Decked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 This lobster would be cool to have. This pet store near me carries Electric blue, white, and red crayfish. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have a 125g setup w/ Lake Malawi cichlids and one fairly large plecostomus. They are a lot of work, though if you keep on top of it should only take a few hours a month to keep a healthy environment. (IMO) How big is your Pleco compared to your cichlids. I purchased to Plecos to go with our cichlids and they killed them both. I went back and they told me that I need one at least as big as the Cichlids. So, I bought one slightly bigger than them and he still does nothing but hide out in the corner and they constantly are going after the poor guy. I'm sure he will be dead soon too. Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have a 125g setup w/ Lake Malawi cichlids and one fairly large plecostomus. They are a lot of work, though if you keep on top of it should only take a few hours a month to keep a healthy environment. (IMO)How big is your Pleco compared to your cichlids. I purchased to Plecos to go with our cichlids and they killed them both. I went back and they told me that I need one at least as big as the Cichlids. So, I bought one slightly bigger than them and he still does nothing but hide out in the corner and they constantly are going after the poor guy. I'm sure he will be dead soon too. He is twice as big (10") as the largest cichlid I have in the tank. He roams the tank pretty freely and even skims the top while I feed them with no issues. I only have 10 cichlids in the tank...they have plenty of room/cover to 'claim' territory for themselves. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My largest cichlid is maybe 2.5" long and he is maybe 3". It's weird though, it seems like the smaller ones are the ones that are always bothering him. I have around 6-7 fish total in the tank. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I used to work in a pet shop in high school...The coolest freshwater fish I had was an upsidedown clown knife fish And then I had snakeheads, when they were still easy to buy. Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 My son caught a bunch of Bluegill this last weekend and now he has them in his aquarium. Quote Link to comment
VprHis Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have a little 20g tank. Not going with anything bigger until the kids are old enough that I can trust them not to do something tragic to it. I've got it stocked with tiger barbs (aka the Sea Pigs), cory cats, an oto, and a blue gourami. Bob the gourami and the sea pigs spend their time glaring at each other from behind various plants, so they don't have time to pester the catfish. 1 Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Planted tanks are where it's at. Or salt water tanks, but holy christ, the work to do it properly... Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Noticed the my peacock bass has started to develop cloudy eye..Started salting the tank and 30% water changes. Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Noticed the my peacock bass has started to develop cloudy eye..Started salting the tank and 30% water changes. Adding melafix and raising the temp a bit might help as well. (If the water changes don't help) Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Noticed the my peacock bass has started to develop cloudy eye..Started salting the tank and 30% water changes. Adding melafix and raising the temp a bit might help as well. (If the water changes don't help) It's currently at 80. I'm sure the bass would tolerate 85 pretty well. However, I don't wanna raise it too much and strain my channel cat and green sunfish. And I already added something similar to melafix. Quote Link to comment
FrantzHardySwag Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Just cycled a 55g for Cichlids. Tank is finally turning 2 ppm of Ammonia to Nitrite to Nitrate in 24 hours. Have 16 Juvi Demasoni on the way. It's my first tank - tons of caves and rock work. Gonna do a big 80% water change to get nitrates down before the big day next week. I'm Giddy. Quote Link to comment
Lorewarn Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I have a meager little 6g tank with a betta. Not much, but everything in it is real including some alfalfa growing on the bottom, and working on an aquaponics system to grow... uh... well, some "lettuce" 3 Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 My brother is a fish tank wizard and has a couple saltwater ones and they are really neat to look at. Some of the coral he has in them cost upwards of $5K and the fish are just as pricey. He also has a fresh water one that has a couple alligator gar in it. Those are fun to watch when it is feeding time. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 5 hours ago, FrantzHardySwag said: Just cycled a 55g for Cichlids. Tank is finally turning 2 ppm of Ammonia to Nitrite to Nitrate in 24 hours. Have 16 Juvi Demasoni on the way. It's my first tank - tons of caves and rock work. Gonna do a big 80% water change to get nitrates down before the big day next week. I'm Giddy. They turn into little a-holes fyi Quote Link to comment
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