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I have an elusive khuli as well. Somehow he hitchhiked his way into my cichlid tank (convicts and a salvini) and I thought they ate him. Months later he reappeared and is huge and fat. They don't even mind him. He can forage right under the salvini who could probably eat him it he wanted to and...

The only time ive gotten mts to breed was by accident. I'm a big ramshorn fan and theyre easier for assassins to eat

petco carries filters that are open at the top and accommodate plants, maybe you should look into getting one of those 

i wouldn't raise the temp any higher. Most salt has instructions on the carton, but you typically replace it after every water change. It's a shame that they don't make ich tablets anymore because they always worked great for me

Does anyone know where i could buy micro brittle stars online? 

I recommend convicts, females are usually easy to tell apart. As for the other tanks, Salvinis (salvins cichlids or tri color) are very interesting and very tolerant of other cichlids. Mine polices my other smaller cichlids and keeps aggression down. Firemouths are neat fish too

Female cichlids can be funny. I have 3 female convicts and i tried introducing a male jack dempsey/convict hybrid and the 3 of them ganged up on him

Oh wow. I had a khuli loach hide out in an ornament that I moved from another tank and I didn't know he was in there until weeks after. I also had a small crayfish end up in one of my tanks when I had only purchased adults, and they were long gone when I found him. I love little surprises like...

It probably wont heal completely, but the shell will get stronger with calcium and time 

Was the wood dry? I've had pond snails survive in dry gravel for a few weeks, but your situation is incredible 

He just got moved to his new tank and is doing great. It's currently at around 1.02. I might just keep him in a salt tank to make it easier on myself. What kind of snails should I feed him now? I have 100 bladder snails coming but I'm not sure if he'll eat them if they're dead

He went from the brink of death to thriving. Soon I'm going to have to decide if I should keep upping the salinity because ceylon puffers are high end brackish to salt

I've heard of them almost playing, especially in groups, but that is a little weird. Is the ammonia level normal?

If they're sick they usually go to the great porcelain highway (or the trash can depending, not alive though)

I've never seen a swordtail reach 3 inches, but there are several varieties. That tank is pretty full just from the gourami alone. Once your water situation is taken care of you could probably add a small algae eater or bottom feeder

Thankfully I've never had to euthanize a fish, but typically as long as they aren't sick or too large, my lima shovelnose usually does the dirty work for me.  I don't have the heart to dispose of an injured fish. I also don't like them going to waste

I don't know what that is but i'd just rinse it off. I don't think it's a problem as long as it still works

I'd get rainbows, they come in such a wide variety of colors and rainbow tanks look stunning 

I go through this every time I clean my tanks, and the opposite when it's cold in my house 

I always add stress coat after every water change just to be safe, but i also have air stones

Not very, the hydrometer only read a little above .01 and it's a pretty small tank that I had to hastily set up so i'm going to do a careful water change tomorrow. Depending on how he's doing I might continue to raise the salinity. This is my first time dealing with brackish or salt fish and it...

Without knowing all i can say is cover your basics, i'd use a little bit of aquarium salt or some stress coat

Upon further review it's a Ceylon. It went on a big downward spiral today, and is currently being acclimated to salt in a separate tank. I'm giving the pet store a piece of my mind tomorrow. It should have been in a brackish or salt tank to begin with. I even told the associate at the store, but...

After posting in the puffer forum i think it might be a Tetradon Sabahensis because of how comfortable it is in different parameters. I also found out today that the sale and transport of crayfish are illegal in my state

I put a pair of jacks (they were young, turned out to be one male and one female) with my 3 female convicts, firemouth, and salvini and they are getting along pretty well. I have plans to move the male jack to a bigger tank eventually or find him another home eventually because he's a jerk (as...

You could possibly look into a pair of ropefish

It looks like a pike cichlid to me also. Maybe a jewel pike cichlid?

I've been giving him mainly bloodworms, but also live ghost shrimp, MT snails, and occasionally feeder fish. I'm also putting in an order for 100 pond snails

Neons are typically kept in groups of at least 6 so you have to keep that in mind. It all depends on what you're looking to get out of this tank. If you want numbers then stick to guppies and similar sized fish, but another option would be to add one or two larger fish. You could also add fish...

That's weird but cichlids are known to express personalities and weird behaviors. Good to hear that it's eating

The store knew very little but I'm going to call them and try to get some answers or even dome clues. What makes it even stranger is that the puffer is perfectly at home in 100% freshwater, which I couldn't believe at the pet store. All the store associate said was "we usually don't get puffers...

I would have tried a cheaper snail or a more lively snail to determine if the tank is safe

I'm a little late to the party, but most people call them trapdoors because of Asian trapdoor snails (Chinese mystery snails)  

I just pop in a bunch of frozen bloodworm drops and they go nuts. I usually feed small south american cichlids

It's tough to find a larger fish that will be compatible with the neons, but you could try looking into smaller species of gourami. I'm surprised the shark hasn't caused any problems yet, keep an eye on him

Also: his caudal fin is usually folded up and is typically described as looking like a paint brush

I have never had discus, but if he continues to reject food you might want to try frozen bloodworms (I've never had a fish turn them down) and a little bit of aquarium salt can never hurt. Good luck

I haven't seen go after the polypterus, but he's my favorite so i'm keeping a close eye on him. This puffer is so weird and I cant seem to find an exact match to identify him. At first I thought he might be a juvenile mbu puffer, but i really hope he isn't because they grow to ridiculous...

I'm not sure because there are spots instead of stripes