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I know there are gobies, wrasses in the marine aquarium but are there any freshwater cleaner fish that clean host fish, I've read that the thick-lipped gourami does clean in the wild, not sure about in captivity? Just an interesting thought.... :) Emma :)

Thanks you guys your designs look cool, really easy too! I found these, go to this link http://www.ageofaquariums.com.au/prod465.htm that's what sponge filter I want to add to my 300 au litre tank, it says in the description it can be attached to an air pump, I have an air pump that I could...

Hi everyone yes breeding is what I want to get into My tank is 5ftx18x18 (300 litres) and it will have 1 pair of oscars in it. My filter is a external canister aquaone 1200/litre per hour Tolak could you pls give me step by step directions on how you make your sponge filters? Thanks :) Emma :)

Thanks for all your help everyone and Good news!!!! when I put Boff in the newly stripped tank, with cycle-like product in it etc, he didn't look very good. He wouldn't swim around and I thought he was just about to die, but the next morning he was running around like nothing happened...

I'm interested in going bare bottom for my tank, because I eventually want to breed a cichlid. I had 2 oscars but one has died and the other is doing so well, so once I get my tank problems solved, I was interested in breeding a big cichlid (probably oscars again), but I just wanted to know how...

It is 84 gallons. There were about 20 tiny 1/2 inch feeder barbs, and 2 two spot rasboras. All the feeder fish I've got rid of. I stripped the tank, ran everything under boiling water, cleaned the gravel, filter etc and put everything back in, I put water conditioner and pura water (like a cycle...

I'm so sad , last night my treasured female oscar of my oscar pair died. Yesterday morning I woke up and found Scout breathing really heavy, lying down on the bottom of the tank. I thought that maybe she was puffed out by either the other oscar chasing her or she had been chasing the feeder...

I don't have a setup...yet. I was just interested in owning one, I've had one befor ehwen I was younger, I think I named it Sampson, it was blue ;) I remembered it would put bubbles on the surface, is this a bubble nest? :) Emma :)

I know that bettas can breathe from the surface, thus not needing waterflow, but if you put a powerhead in your tank, would that mean the betta would use its gills more? would this be optimum conditions compared to just still water? Or is it better just to have still water? as I know they found...

Could anyone please give me a Basic equipment/stuff list for a 2.5 g nano reef? not including life forms just lighting, powerheads sand and live rock etc?

Hi everyone I'm posting this for my brother and his fish. He's got a tank with assorted juvenile african/american cichlids and they were scratching and flashing alot, also he found worms in the gravel, he's tried so many treatments, tablets and been double, even triple dosing them, and...

what would be the minimum gallon for a baby oscar growout to grow oscars to 1-1.5 inches?

Hi everyone, I've got 2 oscar fish in 84 gallon whom I'm trying to breed, but they are not ready at the moment. Laid eggs twice before, but the female's just not into it at the moment so I'm looking for a fairly easy interesting little fish that would do fine in a 2.5 gallon tank to breed/ I'd...

I've tried cichlid floating pellets, spirulina sticks, shrimp pellets and other mixed flake foods, and he comes up to the surface but doesn't look like he's eating any if it. I put my hand in there today and it came up and was chasing my hand and nibbling my hand, and if the baby pleco stays...

Does anyone on here breed oscars? if so I would like to hear from you....

Hi everyone, I'm helping a friend of the family get back into the tropical fish hobby. What are some nice, fun to watch fish, non aggressive, that will go nicely in a (not sure what size) 20-30 gallon. maybe? I'm looking to suggest a good setup with bottom dwellers, mid tank dwellers and top...

Hi everyone :) My brother's tank's KH reading is 17! is this really high?! The tank is a mostly african cichlids. I also don't know how high his pH is, as I know his add quite abit of pH up, but I only havea mid range pH test kit, so it's only showing 7.4 but I'm pretty sure it's higher than...

How do you give the jewel cichlid the best care as in water parameters etc, what is a good cleaning, feeding routine to make the jewel grow faster. Does anyone keep them? What caves does it like the best? I've got a juvenile, that I want to heal up (think it has fin rot) and when it is older...

hi guys this is a post quoted from my brother "My partner and I are moving house soon and are getting ready to set up our 72x24x18 tank. Im after some stocking ideas for the 6 footer and some advice on how many cichlids i can have in there. The tank has 2800 ltr an hour external canister...