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Hi everyone, Last night I had to flip a switch on my circuit breaker and when I did I shut off power to my fish tank. When I flipped the switch back on, everything else returned to normal except for my filter. It's a Penguin Biowheel filter (the kind that hangs from the back of the tank). I've...

It was quite clean, actually. I don't understand how it happened. But thanks for everyone's advice - I'll do my best to get to the pet store and get what she needs. :/

Hello, I was gone for the weekend and returned to find that my heater had shattered, sending glass all over my 10 US gallon aquarium. There were burn marks on the glass, as well. I had 8 peppered cories in the tank, but one died due to burns. I have another one who is severely injured, with...

Congratulations!! Mine did the same, last night. This is my third ram spawn in six weeks, and I too am going to let nature take it's course. Last time the eggs hatched and I had some tiny little babies that disappeared. Hopefully I'll have better luck. Good luck with your eggs!

From my (limited) experience, she is indeed "nesting". My female will start forming the substrate into a depression and chase my cories away before she lays her eggs. She's been doing it today, in fact, so I think I might have some eggs on the way. Good luck!

Thanks for the help, Amber. It looks like my Rams moved the eggs and fry to a different place in the tank. I've heard of anabantoids doing this, but I wonder if this is unusual for Rams. And don't worry, I'm not discouraged at all! After this breeding cycle I'm going to set up a breeder tank...

Okay, so about 10 days after my last Blue Ram egg ordeal, they spawned again! They did it in the same place, and I decided not to intervene at all. Low and behold, this morning I found that some of the eggs had hatched and I had tiny, tiny little fry wriggling around. The parents still seem...

Well, my eggs didn't make it. I filled a 10 US Gal with water from the community tank where the eggs were and added an air stone. Then I scooped the eggs with a spoon into a little tupperware so they were always underwater and added them to the 10 Gal. The next morning they were covered with...

Hi, thanks for the support! It's great to hear that you're having such success with your Rams. I feel like my Rams would chase my hand if I tried touching their eggs, but I might try netting some of the eggs into a breeder tank with an air stone. That's my plan for the moment. I might stop...

Hello! I bought a pair of blue rams at my LFS this weekend to go in my 29 US Gal newly planted tank with 8 peppered cories and some harlequin rasboras. They've been doing great but yesterday I noticed they had started chasing the cories around. I thought this was unusual until I looked closer...

Thanks a lot for the great advice! Next time I'm in the neighborhood of my LFS I'll pick some up. I'm excited to see the cories digging around! -Dave

Hello everyone! Right now I'm using 2-4 mm wide gravel in my tank with 9 peppered cories, but everyone keeps talking about sand for cories. When I talked to my LFS, they said "it's too hard to clean" and recommended I didn't use it. How do you clean with sand? Doesn't waste just sit on the...

Thanks for all the great advice! I ended up with a dozen harlequin rasboras. And I'm loving them!

Thanks for the great information! I guess I should've stated that this tank has been fully cycled by some great gouramis who are moving to a new home, and that I have kept Corydoras Aeneas and Corydoras Panda before (with success). It's been my experience that most livebearers do best with...

Hello all! I was wondering what most people consider to be compatible tank mates for cory catfish? I'm looking at pandas in particular. I have 29 US gal aquarium and I wanted something that would spend time in the middle to top of the tank. I know livebearers are no good because they need a...

Hello! I'm interested in getting a tank going with some Panda cories, so I scouted out a couple of my local fish stores to see what their stock was like, prices, etc. One store offers larger pandas for $8.99 a piece. Another fish store offers much smaller ones for $4.99 a piece. Now, both...

Sylvia, Thanks a lot. I've already contacted my local fish store and made arrangements. I could've sworn it was three females! Oh well.

I just got my gouramis two weeks ago, so I assume they're young-ish. I hope it's normal! Okay, I have an update about the behavior issue. I think that I actually have two males and two females. One of the males (which I thought was a female) has a longer dorsal fin that's still kind of...

Hello! I have a couple of questions about my four three-spot gouramis. If I've sexed them correctly, there are three females and one male in a 29 US Gallon tank with no other tankmates. First, I've noticed that recently they've been chasing each other around a little more than when I first...

Awesome! The next time I get pandy cories I'd like to get eight or so. I think it would be great to have a herd of them (to me, pandas don't seem to school, they seem to herd). :)

Don't worry, I won't. I learned my lesson there. They didn't bother each other at all, but I think the gouramis were afraid of the sharks.

Hello! I just moved to New York City and set up my 29 US GAL aquarium, and I'm happy to say that everything is going well. I have four three-spot gouramis (one male, three females, if I sexed them correctly) and I can't believe how well they are doing. Before this, in my old place, I had six...