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Hey Folks, I've seen some references on the internet to "pearling" being a good indication of healthy plants in a planted tank. Was wondering what that meant, can't find a definition anywhere. Thanks!

Thanks cichlidmaster... BTW, is Lamprogine a word? If it is does it encompass both genus' Lamprologus and Neolamprologus?

I recently picked up a trio of Lamprologus meleagris from my lfs. I've been doing some research, and it seems like meleagris and speciosus might be the same fish? It's so confusing to keep up with constantly changing taxonomy, I was wondering if anyone knew if they were the same species, or...

Hey, how do people feed insectivores?

Be careful when you treat your loaches for white spot, they're pretty sensitive to medications... most recomend that you only use half the normal dosage for scaleless fish. My father killed a couple of beautiful 9+" clown loaches that were in his 125 gal when he treated the tank for ich.

Wow, that's an expensive fish! They usually go for $500-1000 here. Good luck, would love to see photos once you get him settled in. :P

That's an impossible decission! All your tanks look fantastic! :wub:

I couldn't count all my molly and p. pulcher fry... I think I have... 2 Pelvicachromis pulcher (with fry) 6 young (6 months old) P. sp. aff. "sacrimontis" 2 young angels 3 tiger barbs 3 serpae tetras 3 black mollies (always with fry) 3 yo yo loaches 3 otto's 3 dwarf gourmi's (1 female, 1...

Here's a photo from my 20 gal long mini tang. biotope. Most of the tanks residents are shellies (lamprologis and neolamprologus), but I have a pair of J. dickfeldi. They're by far the largest inhabitents in the tank, but also the most peaceful so far.

Here's a list of "beginner" cichlids broken down by biotope and recommended tank size... I don't know enough to know if this is a good list.. but I found it the other day. Species Recommendations For Beginners Here's another link with some cookie cutter setups and other useful links... Quick...

Would like to qualify what I meant by "community tank", I have a pair of p. pulcher in a general community tank... it's not limited to cichlids. Currently it has 3 mollies, a school of tetras, a school of tiger barbs, a few yo yo loaches, and a few ottocinclus. My kribs have staked out a small...

I'm pretty new to cichlids myself, so I hope you'll take my experience for what it's worth. My experience so far is that easy and beginner suited fish is all relative. Many cichlids can deal with a variety of water conditions, stability is the most important factor as their native environment...

My pH was same as yours, 7.6... Mine were fine except I couldn't get them to breed. I lowered the pH over the course of a week to 7, and last night I noticed eggs (and all the other fish in the tank in the opposite corner :P ).

SMB, just noticed that you're in Ohio too. Have you checked out Aquarium Adventures giant sale? In Columbus all fish are 55% off, and quite a bit of equipment's on sale too.

You might also consider using aquarium salt in the tank if you're not already... Doc Wellfish makes a good product, it comes in handy for alot of things and is pretty cheap.

What about synodontis (sp?) I also really like ottocinclus, they're so small and fast that other fish seem to tolerate them.... at least my krib's ignore them. Anythen else that goes near their cave gets severely heckled.

My mother always tried to tell me it was a phase I was going through... don't believe it :D

Thanks Tim & Impur... I use Hagen Bio~Max in a media bag in my 30 gal with an AquaClear HOT filter. I think I'll just take out half of the ceramic bio~max rings, and put them in the new filter. I think I'll probably keep a close eye on the 30 gallon though, I'm a little worried about throwing...

Krib's are supposed to be very sensitive to Nitrates... don't know if you've checked that? I just lost a female krib to high temp... went up to almost 32c before I noticed my heater was stuck on.

I found someone in my local area with 6 young Giant Krib's. I'm not sure where I'm going to put them yet, but it's so difficult to find interesting species in my area so I can't say no! :D How large of a tank would everyone recomend for these guys? I could make some room in my 10 gallon at...

I just did partial water changes instead... the package made no mention of continuously adding it (bio spira) unless more livestock were added.

Welcome to the site. Pirahna's are so cool, I love watching them eat at the lfs. I was shocked at how shy they were... red bellies at least. The first time I saw them with their hands in the tank cleaning off algae, I almost had a heart attack. Not nearly the man-eaters of their...

I think you could put just about any other community fish in the tank... I've read livebearers will breed no matter what the tank mates are, and it's definately true with my mollies. If you want the fry to survive you might consider one of those breeder thingies that hang on the side of the...

I'm glad their ok now! Did the infection go away on the sick fish? There are days that my tiger barbs terorize the tank, and I'd love to knock 'em out for a few days (hope this doesn't offend anyone... mean it in good fun :D )

Thanks SMB... I wish I would have joined the forum before I started cycleing that tank so I knew about it. I was lucky enough to find Bio Spira, and it was relatively cheap for my 30 gallon (well cheaper than losing 4 or 5 fish at least!). I didn't have the results that I've heard advertised...

We have the ASPCA... I don't know that their taken too seriously though. Unfortunately they've shot themselves in the foot by being a little too militant in the past. Ya' gotta' give people time to catch up with you instead of expecting them to be with you overnight.

Believe it or not lordmoose, I didn't loose any of them. I guess I was lucky... REALLY lucky :crazy:

BettaBabe - You might want to keep a close eye on your new 30 if you add a couple of females. My brother's betta experience was that the male killed the female after breeding. Don't know if this is a rule, an exception, or otherwise. Congrats on the new tank!

I have 2 females, and one male... they're almost always pregnant at the same time! I never had to adjust water conditions or give them special food to spawn... it just happens. Their worse than rabbits!

I lost a fish today too... I'm sorry, hopefully at least some of the fry survive.

It's so.... so... so.... BIG! :hyper:

The only thing I've ever bought for snails is Yo Yo Loaches... Just playin' :D

Today I lost a female krib, my heater somehow got stuck in the on position... before I noticed it the temperature was 90 degrees. I took the hood off the tank and unplugged the heater, but before the temperature dropped she was already dead. I ended up having to scrap the heater, it won't...

Very Sharp! I'm glad I'm not the only one who's significant other thinks they need a 12 step program. :blink:

My ph is a bit high on my community tank, somewhere between 7.6 and 7.8. It doesn't seem to be bothering my fish too much, but my plants aren't dealing well and I'd like to add some fishies with lower pH requirements. I've heard that using peat is a great way to do it as it's a more gradual...

Do you know if you have any heavy metals in your tap water? I don't know how dangerous they are, but I know some of the more expensive water conditioners remove these as well.

Hagan makes an ammonia nitrifying insert for their aquaclear line. I've never used it though, I was afriad it would interfere with my complete bio filter developing and I'd be stuck always using it. You might be able to make it work it work in your filter.

I miss the PNW, I used to live in Seattle and Portland. Now I'm landlocked... ahhhhhh! Out of curiousity, when you re-decorate a tank... is it better to slowly move things (like decorations) out of the aquarium so as not to cause another mini cycle? I'm soooo jelous Missy! :fun:

I love Green Terror's... how big is your tank?