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I came across a journal entry I wrote back in 2002 about my first experience with fish keeping. Kinda makes me cringe to read now, but I thought it was kinda funny. If you're bored maybe it can serve as a bit of entertainment. Enjoy! I am very proud of myself. I haven't had a fish die on me in...

Last time I went on a 15 day vacation I asked my roommate to feed me fish. When I came back everyone was alive and the tank looked great. "Thanks for feeding my fish while I was away." I told her. "Your FISH!!! I completely forgot about them..." she replied. Never know what can happen when you...

I had my puffer in my 46g community tank for a couple days while I set up a dedicated tank for him. The tank is kept around 1.002 salinity because it has a couple archers. He lived peacefully with: archers tiger barbs He terrorized: gourami bichir He was terrorized by: acei cichlids (not in...

Don't worry. I have a water droplet test kit too. But I like the passive meters since I don't test my water every day. Yesterday I converted his tank to a sandy bottom with tons of plants, performed a full water change, and added a cup of marine salt to bring salinity up to 1.005. I still...

Thanks for your help. Off to buy marine salt, a passive ammonia meter, more decorations for him to play in, and possibly a second filter since I can always use that. Will probably buy some black sand too because I read puffers prefer sand to gravel. I am looking at the 20g eclipse tank, 15g...

I had a single pacu with a jewel cichlid in a 46 gallon tank for around 3-4 years. I would assume that your pacu would get along with most of the lesser aggressive cichlids as they are fast enough to not get eaten and wont harass the pacu. Yes -- I eventually gave the pacu to someone with a...

I have a single baby figure 8 puffer in a 5g corner tank that I previously used at a QT. Yes, I know I will need to get him a bigger tank soon, but right now he is only about an inch (2.5 centimeters). As for salinity, the pet store kept him at 1.002 so I have added 1 teaspoon of aquarium salt...

The pleco seems to be doing fine at 1.002. I doubt he would like it if I raised the salinity. But 1.002 is basically fresh, just a touch of salt to make the archers feel more at home. Maybe I can tone this down as they mature a bit since Archers are supposed to be fully fresh as adults... that...

Haha Thanks! Guess we both saw the same deal at Petsmart.

Maybe I should give live plants a try :rolleyes: 46 gallon bow front semi-brackish (~1.002) 2 Archers 4 Tiger Barbs 1 Senegal Bichir 1 Pleco 5 gallon eclipse corner tank with a baby figure 8 puffer... he is camera shy, but you can barely see him behind the plant.

Thanks. I am going to return the strips for a full liquid kit. I did buy an ammonia liquid test kit since the strips didnt test it and was happy to see the tank was at 0. I wasn't too worried because I have an old in tank meter that reads far into the safe category for ammonia, but it looks to...

I just bought API 5 in 1 Aquarium TEST STRIPS Does anyone else have trouble reading these things? I tried twice and the test strips make no sense: NO3: 20 ppm NO2: 0 ppm pH: <6.0 kH: 240 gH: 0 My in tank pH meter reads 8.2 (which is what I want) so I am willing to bet all the test strips...

I like how they specify the sample and fish be "in separate containers." I think the LFS should go ahead and test the water of anyone dumb enough to bring in their water sample with a floating fish in it.

That must be new. The last time it happened to me I just took in the fish and said "My Midas Cichlid didn't like him." ... But that was around 5 years ago, and "killed" is different from "died". A quick Google search confirms:

Just curious, but have you guys ever had a fish die within the 10 day guarantee? How did you handle it? Did you return it to the store or were you too embarrassed? On a related subject, my new Bush Fish didn't make it. I would like to say it was because he seemed completely stuck inside one of...

Haha maybe... but I was also considering that my Midas was a Lake Malawi Cichlid.

Whoops. I guess I should have posted this in the Old World Cichlids forum...

He's got lots of little needle-like teeth. The bite isnt deep, but it easily breaks the skin. He got me once on the elbow too with similar results.

I've had my 46g tank for about 7 years, but most of that time it only contained a Midas cichlid, Pacu, and Jewel Cichlid... definitely not recommended fish for a 46g. I recently gave the fish up on craigslist to owners with larger tanks and began to restock mine with more appropriate fish...

Hello! Just thought I would introduce myself. Wes, 27 yo Male in Atlanta 46g bowfront tank 2 Archer fish 2 Acei Cichlids 1 Bush fish 1 Sengal Bichir I had been using Aquarium Advice for info on stocking my tank, but after being chastised for referring to a fish that bit me as "b*tch fish" I...

While I was lovingly rearranging the plants in my aquarium ***** Fish (a King Midas Cichlid) decided to perform a sneak attack. Hercules (also known as ***** Fish when I am angry) sunk rows of needle sharp teeth into my knuckles leaving me with two serrated strips matching his upper and lower...