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I posted previously about my weather loaches wondering if they had parasites... Well it seems they do no they were just literally starving to death the previous owner could not have been feeding them very often.they were so skinny it was unreal they are now filling out and constantly shedding...

So I had a tank set up for my daughter cycling in her room it was almost done cycling when she thought it was a good idea to put cheese and soap and IDK what else in the aquarium and it was there for a couple days before I noticed (smelled it)... I have everything taken out rinsed in hot water...

I had a case of what seems to be internal parisites in my tiger barbs And now two weather loaches I got 2days ago from a friend is the same thing. The loaches are on their own they seem to be putting weight on so I think they were just underfed the also have a incredible apatite, the tiger...

i noticed that my Moorii cichlid has been lethargic and almost going belly up so i tested the water and the nitrate is gone sky high at over 160 ppm i have had a nitrate problem for a while but this is the first time its been this bad. water changes are done weekly nitrite is 0 ppm, and the...

I have been having a problem with m cichlids flashing as if their scales are itchy been having this issue for a long time. The water was getting low where I was after setting up another tank for my holding female I took a bit of water out if it to go in the other one.so I went and got more...

My female Taiwan reef and my male red peacock were breeding last night and I'm wondering if they will actually be geneticly compatible and can actually successful batch of fry.

This is a picture of my largest fry it seems to be a red peacock (looks like it has a slight bit of color) when can I add it to the main tank? The bulb is to show how big it is

I just ordered the tank in the pictures above it’s. I have a mix of African cichlids in my 38. And it’s time to upgrade to a larger size tank I currently have in that tank 1 red peacock 1 blue peacock 1 yellow lab 1 blue zebra 1 Livingstoni 1 Moori 1 pleco, 1 snyodontas valentine catfish, 1...

These two fry are from the same female and same batch of fry so they share the same parents. But why do they look so different? There are 3 ( there was 14 but due to a unknown hole in the breeder net there was only 3 left) And two look like the dark one but only one of them is that light one...

So I put my female peacock in the breeder box today an 5 minutes later she released her fry. There is about 13 babies. I was going to post a video but its not letting me post it but how do I care for the babies? Is there a higher water temp I need? I have a bottle of fry food and the female is...

I am setting up a 10gallon tank for my 1 female cichlid so she can catch a break from the males because she not long ago swallowed a batch of young which would of been to term. So she's a little on the thin side at the moment. I have some substrate from her current tank put in there. the...

My female peacock cichlid swallowed her young on march 7th I guess because we had to take somethings out of the tank to make more room and to make sure fish poo don’t build up in hard to reach places again and create the problem we just luckily fixed. But now the two male OB Peacocks are...

I have a 38-gallon cichlid tank with a Fluval 405 filter so it filters 100gallons. but I did a water change yesterday, during the water changes I used the siphon to suck up as much crap I could. I managed to get most of it. then I tested the water after (i have a master kit as well as a...

Do this female peacock look like she’s holding ? She has the throat drop and about 4weeks ago she and one of my ob peacocks we’re doing the dance but I didn’t notice if she dropped any eggs

These are the only two what I believe to be females in the whole tank but not my only peacocks but only these two spend a lot of time in this spot One is a OB peacock (from what I have read online female peacocks have rounder fins than the others. The one in the picture has rounded fins while...

I have two yellow labs and one cobalt zebra all three have egg spots does that make all three of them male?

Just asking for further reference My boyfriend and I are planning to upgrade our cichlid tank later in the new year. The current tank has 40lbs of caribsea eco complete cichlid substrate. My question is: when we upgrade the tank will we need to buy all new caribsea eco complete cichlid...

My boyfriend used to have one of these and he is looking to get another but he can’t remember whAt this one is called? Can anyone ID it?

So it seems my local pet store gets cichlids mixed up. This one: Was sold to me as a Taiwan reef cichlid but based on my googling it is not a Taiwan reef but to me it looks like a female peacock. (The other fish in the tank the same size of this one have started to get their color) Do anyone...

I got a rope/reed fish yesterday I don’t some research on them so I put cling wrap all over the back of my tank so he/she can’t get out. Is there anything better someone could recommend? It’s only about little over half a foot long.

It looks like a peacock to me but I’m not sure It’s a juvenile and it looked completely white in the store but now looks blue. Can anyone ID this type of cichlid?

I turned on my filter the same day I set up the tank. Is it possible I turned the filter on to early? Just out of curiosity.

How do I tell the difference between male and female common Plecos?

My northern green frog he is about 2”-3” long I feed him any insect I can get my hands on like spiders, earth worms, grasshoppers, crickets, meal worms. Would super worms be safe for him to eat? And I am going to be making some changes to his home soon. I was going to divide the tank to half...

There are no mines at all in my area. How do I tell if a rock is safe for my aquarium. I have some siliconed together to make caves for cichlids but I want to make sure that they are safe. So what should I look out for?