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Yeah I'm guilty

They have her markings but his head shape. They are fairly aggressive too but I wouldn't say he was peaceful as I've seen him show aggression to others as well

Yeah I know they were talking about african cichlids, just wondered if it would work with these too, now I have my answer. I've given some away to friends that won't try and breed them. Don't know if I have it in me to bludgeon a fish's head in so maybe just let her do what she's gonna do. I am...

OK thanks I'll try putting the weights inside

I bought them at lfs already in pots but weren't floating there. They seem to have some sort of padding inside. They have slots down the sides of the plastic pots so roots can escape

Yeah since she had the babies she'd been grumpy with everyone but mostly the blue acara including her own babies. Hoping she'll calm down. I've heard overstocking can help with aggression, what are your thoughts? Or am I best looking at rehoming...I see it as last resort

Maybe not a good idea then since I have cichlids. Any idea why my potted plants are floating or ways to prevent it? Tried sticking a ceramic weight on top to keep it in place till the roots can take hold but within 30mins it'll be floating again

I've had issues with some of my plants floating instead of staying in their planters. I've seen some someone mention (not on here) using soil beneath their sand. Has anyone ever tried this before, is it a good idea? Thinking if the plants had the soil for the roots to grab they would be less...

A while ago my female green terror and male electric blue acara mated and I had about 40 hybrids. Since then my green terror has become more aggressive but more recently has mostly been targeting the electric blue acara to the point where he has to spend most of the time hiding. I thought when...

So I joined some cichlid groups on Facebook and a few reckon it's a juvenile vieja zonatus. It'll grow to be around 12-13inch and change colour as it gets older

Thanks I thought it wasn't, bit annoyed as it obviously wasn't what I wanted and I'd bought a convict which was supposed to be 7cm and was more like 3cm when it came. More concerned due its size whether it will survive as I have a 4/5inch green terror in there. There's plenty of hiding spots so...

I recently purchased from an online store what I thought was a salvini cichlid, however instead of the nice bright yellow of a salvini this fish appears a light brownish colour. Can anyone help and let me know what kind of fish this is, whether a salvini or not. Thanks for any assistance...

Thanks im sure it wasnt that much over. Im in the UK so not sure if water companies do the same. Hopefully it clears up

I have a green terror and electric blue acara in the same tank which have taken over one end of the tank and produced fry so maybe it got a bit close

Can you overdose with the tap conditioner? I had changed brand and it is a higher concentration but im sure i got it right

About a week ago I noticed a dark patch appear on the face of my jewel cichlid it runs in a straight line down the front of his face extending out past his eye. Is this something i should be worried about? I normally do a 50% water change every sunday but prior to this ill admit i had left it 4...

Do you like putting them in your mouth??

To be honest I thought id given mr molly some mood lighting cos as soon as it went blue the randy git decided to get it on 🤣...he previously had been indifferent

Didnt realise it was stressful, id only heard it was safe for fish. I was dosing them because after id cleared the ich, the gouramis looked like they'd had a little bit of fin rot so was just trying to clear that up, is there a better treatment? Im going to get dimmable lights for a transition...

I can try and look for a glass lid but figured I wouldnt be able to find one to fit so was going to make one with lights underneath. I was going to go with rbg for the blue light as ive dosed the tank with methylene blue which made it really blue and they seemed to love it. Maybe it was just...

Yeah im looking at getting dimmable rgb ones. Ive already been advised by byron to get in the range 5000 to 6500k. It will be underneath a canopy ill be building so was looking at IP67 but doesn't seem to be as much of a range, was wondering if IP65 would do or just stick to IP67, probably best...

Currently looking to replace the lighting for my aquarium but its confusing as hell. Does anyone have any recommendations for places m/ what to buy(UK)? With it being not far from the surface of the water and potential sloshing of water during water changes, what IP rating would be most suitable?

Doesnt matter now, he's gone

Hard to say as not much in them but 7.4-7.6

Thank you and Essjay for the suggestions will pick some up, this is my first attempt at setting aquarium up so im still learning all this stuff

Yes thats sounds like them, ill have a look but I think if im changing them I'll probably lean towards getting LED as may come in a better layout as this fitting blocks the middle of the tank meaning it has to be moved out of the way when cleaning the tank

Damn, fish shop guy got me. Thought it might help the alternanthera cardinalis variegata I bought that just seem to be dying (literally falling apart or getting eaten). Glad I've not put it in now

I would say 6.5 for sample 1, 7.0 for sample 2 and 7.6+ for sample 3

I havent touched the algae yet but will have a look tomorrow as ive turned the lights off for the night. They are flourescent tubes so dont think I can turn them down. If they are going to be a problem I will look at changing them. They are both fitted either side of a bar which is too long for...

Seems to be doing again so got another picture