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This is my 90 gallon aquarium with live plants and a 407 Fluval filter on it, i have been recently surprised with fish but i am now wondering if my tank is overstocked i have a electric blue Acara, a Angelfish, 5 Red head Geo’s, 4 Columbian Neiva Geo’s, a rainbow cichlid, a spotted pictus...

Hey, I used to be in the hobby and I was in this forum too (some of you might remember me). I was pretty obsessed with the it back when I started I think 3 years ago, but then for x reasons I stopped and I havent had an aquarium in about a year and a half. I've missed it, so I have saved up some...

Hello, I'm a newer fish tank keeper. I currently have a setup with three 1 year old Jack Dempseys of different varieties and as much as I love them I find it a little sad that I can't add anymore fish to their tank due to their aggressive nature. So I want to set up a second tank. Originally I...

Hello, I've been keeping 3 jack dempsey cichlids for about 6-7 months now in a 35 gallon tank (eventually I will set up my 90 gallon for them). The tank has an under gravel filter with bubbles coming out of the powerhead. I keep the temperature at 75 degreees, and have 2" gravel with coral in...

Hi I have 3 new additions to my tropical community tank: 2 month old leopard skin discus fry that I got from a friend. I've put them in my 55g with 7 zebra danios, 15 cardinal tetras,6 black neon tetras, 1 red dwarf gourami, 6 cory cats (pandas, punctatus & albino) and an electric blue ram. The...

hello fellow fish hobbyists!! I'm new to the site.. been a fish freak for years but this is my first forum.. I usually just read them when I need info. look forward to chatting and sharing my setups!! I have a few pics now and will be adding more soon.. Had 8 tanks going and now Im down to 2...

Okay, so October 2009 I bought my first cichlids (unless you count angels, but that was when I was younger and didn't research anything): four convict cichlids. Turned out there were exactly 2 males and 2 females. The top two fish paired up, and killed the unmatched female. I managed to save the...

Hey! My name is Trevor. Im from NJ. Really excited to be on the forum! I'm on another forum, with the same username, so some of you may know me from around. Anyway, im 14. I currently breed pure strain snakeskin guppies, my hines57 guppies and i'm getting back into cichlids (again hahahah)...

Hi there, I'm new and this is my first post but I'm sure there will be many more. Any way... My questions are about pike cichlids. I have a 40 gallon tank, I know that's a little small for most pike. The tank is custom (36'' long 16" tall 18" deep) so it's not as tall but it's bigger front to...

i got a few cichlids from my friends dad cuz he was gonna flush them they were breeding to much and didnt want them i took them and put them in my 75 gal fish tank and had them for bout 6 months and they still arent breeding but he has a few more batches already so why arent mine breeding?

i want to add one cichlid for color/personality because i miss my cichlid community tank ;( i was thinking a ram for their alleged peaceful demeanor. (i've never had rams) any ideas for a lone cichlid for my community tank?? i have 2 or 3 caves/private spots perfect for a rock-dwelling cichlid...

okqy so we have a 100 gallon tank with cichlids and 2 10 gallon tanks. One 10 gallon tank holds guppies, White cloud Mtn Minnows, tiger barbs, red eye tetras and one blue dwarf gouarmi. and the other is for babies. we currently have 15 baby cichlids that are way too small to put in our cichlid...

Okay so we have a 100 gallon freshwater tank with Cichlids in it, a 10 gallon tank with random small fish in it(guppies, tiger barbs, red eye tetras and white cloud mtn. minnows) and we also have another 10 gallon for babies. We have about 15 baby african cichlids in our breeder tank.. I have 2...

I have a 125 gallon freshwater tank that we cycled with roseys (we now know about fishless cycling but a local pet store advised us to do it this way) and we saw a spike in nitrites and then low ammonia levels. We added our fish a couple every week or so and all was well for a few weeks. Then...