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a lot fo people call me crazy but i use GLASS rock. they carry it at my LFS and it is sold by the pound for like 1.50/lb. It comes in beautiful colors and an endless amount of shapes and sizes. I have a 45 gallon setup with my africans and they absolutely love it. Plus it makes good caves that...

i picked up a couple at my lfs and they are nice fish but i odnt know much about them other than they are compatible with the cichlids i currently have. Any pics or advice.

i have 3 featherfin cats and three blue channel cats. They are all very docile however the blue cats get very large as opposed to the 6-8 featherfins.

danny boy why cant you have pacus is it a lack of space or like a state regulation? just curious

hey my oscars did the same thing whe i first got them, i did a water change and they came right around.

freddy thank you again those picts are awesome! mine looks more like the hap

awesome thanks for the input to all

i think if you type jack watley on google it will bring you up some good sites. Jack watley is like te king of discus

today at my lfs i saw a tank marked flameback cichlids, they are juvenile and slightly yellow in appearance. i did a google search and it showed a picture of an adult male that was listed as a flame back but it as bright red. dont have the genus name for the fish but i was wondering what color...

wow! thank you freddy that information will be very helpful in the future. I was going to get 3 or 4 of them. As far as the water conditions in the tank, i do weekly changes and teh levels are all sufficient. I have had the tank established for a year with no fatalities or sicknesses. I will...

thank you for your replies i found the picture and the name is listed as [/I]Tropheus moorii Chimba red from Zambia. Sorry i dont know how to post the pics. My friend at the pet store said he can order some for me but it will take up to if not longer than a month to get them and they will run...

Hello all. Im not new to the site but i havent been around for a while and have made a few tank updates. I have a 45 gallon tall tank set up with cichlids of every color imaginable, except red. Much to my surprise i was reading a tropical fish magazine and there it was a beautiful picture of an...

african cichlids AWESOME

i would personally never buy a fish online they might be a little cheaper but then you get killed with the shipping. also i think the trip would be kind of rough on them and i agree with sky that unless it is exceptionally rare its not worth it.

hi i never thaw out the cubed food. i was under the impression that it ruins the sterilization of the food especially if you heat it too much and then put it into a tank that is cooler than the food. im not sure but it might say on the package what to do with it. i use hakari brand. i would...

hi i have nothing but penguins and the 125 is definitely a good choice for your sized tank. as far as the gravel/sand i would start with gravel especially if you are going to have plants. :D

i have several walmarts with pet sections near me and none have any idea what they are doing. all the fish are in ungodly health and a lot are just floating there, por guys :sad:

hey i do a vacuum and water change weekly. personally i take out all the decorations and rocks every time becasue i rearrange them. i found that this is a good thing because i have a lot of artificial caves that get used and have a lot of waste under them but again this is just my opinion. :D

I was glad to find this thread as i thought i was the only one who felt this way. but let me say that in my experience from my day when i was a stoner all the people i was friends with that smoked had at least two fish tanks in there house. the gentle movement of the fish in the water and the...

i am a little confused at the goal this topic is trying to achieve? one topic said punctuation error one topic said using a word in its wrong tense. not to sound sarcastic but this isnt an english forum its a FRIENDLY forum dedicated to fish questions not peoples comments about others grammar or...

my biggest fish now is my featherfin cat about 4 inches but my crayfish is about the same size does that count :D

ok i will try to get a picture out im still new with my digital camera so please be patient i will do my best pete :D

hey i forgot to add what a dumy i am if you take full pieces of romaine lettuce thourohgly washed in cold water put it in the tank wieghted down by a rock or something your pleco should come right out and start a munchin :D

rena i couldnt help but notice that your hospital tank you said has bugs and slugs in it did you by any chance put any of the fish from larger tank in here and then back into the big tank when they got healthy?

i like the new look everyhting looks nice and stable. you dont have to do water changes on a fishless cycle if you dont want to. sorry i should have been more clear i meant to say i did them on a couple of my tanks during fishless cycles. :D

i think i have strange plecos then becasue i have 2 clowns and 1 bristlenose in the same tank and they all are inseperable should i seperate them or will they be ok?

hey all i couldnt help but notice the post about sunfish and perch. we put three baby sunnys in my friends 155gallon tank last month and they got along surprisingly well with the other fish. only one problem after the month we had to release them back into the local pond because they became huge...

hey drobbins i dont know if this will help but i bought a hardwire light fixture at home depot for 10 bucks it has a flat round part about 10inches round that goes flush with the ceiling and has three adjustable lights that protrude from it kind of like track lighting. these are moveable to...

hey black pvc is essentially ABS pipe and avail;able inexpensively at any hardware or home improvement center. as this pipe is used for drainage purposes usually most of it is air tested when installed and any pressure over 5psi might be pushing it but if your only going to run water throughit...

ok ok dont worry your not gonna flush the little guys this is just a diy idea to give them some hiding places. first you will need a closet flange with a heel outlet. (available at most hardware stores) make sure it is all plastic if it has a metal ring simply remove it. note this will work...

hey you should be fine with the pvc jsut washing it thoroughly. just take extra care when gluing on the pebbles and other stuff as it can easily come loose once in the tank if you have very mobile fish good luck let us know how it goes

hi all there are some other types of plastic pipe that are readily available. one of them is called abs it is black plastic very similar to pvc not usre if it safe in tank but i would think so. also clear palstic or glass pipe is available but hard to find. your best bet is a plumbing supply...

hey at some plumbing supply places or construction supply places they have green sewer pipe in diameters up to around 24inches. i know this sound large but they also have 3,4,6,8,10, etc you can make some wonderful caves from this. they also sell alighter duty perforated pipe that can make a...

thanks for the reply i think i will get one and keep people posted. i have a great deal of time to do it so ill give it a shot if i can find a decent priced one. thanks again pete

hey all im thinking of purchasing a rock tumbler and polishing my own rocks i heard they are inexpensive and i think i could make some pretty cool ones for my tanks. has anyone ever tried this or know about tumblers? any advice would be great. :D

i have 4 large conch shells in my tank that i boiled for 30 minutes and my cichlids absolutlely love them

:D hey i just by different colred slate very inexpensive and arrange it to form pile that have little nooks and crannies. and as far as the plants if you are using plastic just wedge it in between the slate and you should be able to put them just about anywhere you want hope this helps :D

couldnt you just drill the two tanks as if you were going to install overflows but on the side. they sell glass pipe that they use for chemistry lab drainage tubes that you could probably connect to the tanks. just throwing out ideas. :D

the clear gift basket wrapping in different colors works lovely

hi i have 2 large bumblebees and 2 very small clown plecos about 1.5 inches each and they do fine. if you are still concerned about agression maybe you could buy more than one pleco of a size that will not outgrow your current tank. hope this helps