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Yep....looks like two females to me as well.

Live bearers love the stuff. Get a couple male guppies or mollies.

There are no other fish you can safely put in that size tank with a pair of firemouths. Smaller spaces will restrict growth, increase the likelihood of disease and result in much more injury and death from fighting. Also, if you happen to get a pair of male firemouths in a 120 liter, one of...

Only if you remove the male. Once they have paired, they will want to keep all the others away.

I didn't realize it until the last few times. My 11 year old daughter noticed the "pointy tails." Since then, I have seen it every time I have had fry with my fancy tails.

Don't be so sure. Look everywhere...they almost always move the wigglers to a different spot.

Do you have a product by SeaChem called "BioSpira" available where you are? This makes cycling unnecessary and I have had GREAT success with it. You can also order it online at http://www.ashbyaquatics.com/index.asp?Pag...WPROD&ProdID=45

Male guppy fry will have pointed tales until they mature some. Females will have a rounded tail.

If it is a blood parrot (severum/red devil) they are quite timid as far as cichlids go. I have kept them with blue acarras, chocolate cichlids, severums and firemouths. If it is a jellybean parrot (they are a convict hybrid), they tend to be much more aggressive. I have not kept these so I...

It would be best to put four females with your male. When you see one female and the male bond, remove the other females. You will notice the male and one of the females stay close and the rest will appear to be outcasts. When they have bonded, you can strengthen that bond by not removing the...

It was their first spawn which hardly ever goes well. For some reason, the first spawn of rams is almost always bad. I left all the eggs in the tank to strengthen their bond I use a DIY co2 injection system.

The Blood Parrot (severum/red devil) has an awesome personality. Do a Google and look at all the sites dedicated to that one fish.

I use Otos for dithers. They are fast and good at hiding if needed. Plus, they will not eat fry so you can leave them in after spawning. One more good benefit (for you)...they are cheap. So, if your rainbows do catch up you will not be out a lot of money.

Sorry for not specifying where to get the water and yes the rock is for the eggs (see pic below..that peice is less then 1/16" thick). Plants don't really matter. Check nitrAtes DAILY. If they go above 5ppm do a water change. Rams are super sensitive to nitrates. The plants should keep them...

I ues that kind because ity is all I can find with no fertilizers added. You can find it at any garden center

Get sphagum peat with NO ADDITIVES!

Your stocking level is perfect

Definately a black neon.

If you buy a peice of slate and sillicone the driftwood to it your problem is solved :)

Too much is stressful on the fish and if it is flaring constantly it can eventually lead to death.

Depends on how many fish you want to add at once. More fish = higher ammonia.

Most stores know nothing about the proper ph conditions for their fish. I have 1 55g community tank with a ph of 7.5 that I keep blue and gold rams in. They do fine as long as you keep your nitrates below 10ppm. If you let your nitrates drift up they will die. They will not spawn under these...

It is common for ram eggs to get fungus. The parents will probably eat the fingused eggs. If it gets too bad they will eat them all. Don't worry, they will spawn again in about 2 weeks. Next time, add methayline blue as soon as you see they have spawned. "Maroxy" by Mardel will also work...

YOu will have a hard time keeping your nitrAte at 0. When your nitrIte is at 0 you can go to once a week. Depending on the fish, your nitrates can stay anywhere between 5 and 40ppm.

Are you cycling with fish? If so it will probably still be at 0.

If it is green then you have algae bloom which you can fix with a UV sterlizer without having to move your tank. Otherwise you will need to get the tank out of the direct sunlight. If it is milky, you have bacteria bloom which can be the result of different things but is usually due to the...

OK...If you want your rams to be REALLY happy, find a store that sells "Glacier" water. It comes in a big machine and you fill the bottles yourself. It is very soft and has a ph of 6.0. Mix this water with your tap water to get the ph you desire. The ph will not fluctuate because your tap...

What color cloud (green or white)? How long hs the tank been set up?

When you cleaned your filter, you killed off the bacteria. Give it some time and it will go back

Not all snails eat plants. Some apple snails don't eat plants and their waste produces infusoria which fry eat. Malaysian Trumpet Snails actuall help plants by digging in the substrate.

The water does look good when it is peat filtered (black water). Put some peat in a nylon and drop it in your filter.

Get some Java Moss and you could save about 1/2 of them. Mollie fry get big enough fairly quickly.

I buy my water. Where do you live? U.S.? Are you wanting to breed your rams?

Two SURE ways to sex blue rams....the black spot on the male will have NO blue in it, the female's black spot will have some blue mixed in. The male may also have no black spot at all. Also, look at the dorsal fin (top)...the first couple of fins will be onger than the rest on a male, the...

Can you drain all but 1" of the water and move the tank without breaking it down? As for the fish, put them in a 5 gallon bucket. They will be fine for a while. About every hour, scoop out water (small bowl) and pour back in from about 2 feet high (several times) to keep aerated.

It sounds ad if your fish are infected with the protozoan Myxospora. This causes whirling disease which is incurable and fatal. I'm sorry for your loss. However, DO NOT add anymore fish. You need to quarantine the danios. Your tank then needs to be broken down and sterilized.

Two things...first, neons do not do well in a tank that is not VERY well established. Second, your PH is waaayyyy to high for neons. Neons like acidic (below 7.0) water. With a ph of 8.5, you might want some consider african cichlids. I have no experince with africans other than I know they...

If your tank is cycled, you do not need to add anything to supplement the bio process unless you are adding a large number of fish at one time. Cycle, by the way, is garbage IMO. "Stability" by Seachem is a great product. Prime is very good for conditioning. It removes chlorine and...

What size ponds? The great thing about ponds is they have their own self-contained eco system. Are you keeping the tropical fish in the ponds?

Might want to reconsider the Plecos. They will get too large for your 39 and are heavy waste producers. If you are looking for something to eat left over food and algae, go with corys (food) and otos (algae).