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This reminded me of an old pic I had. This was from several years ago when I had guppies. As petfairy stated: they didnt have much color. but there was a difference in what they looked like. Anyhow, this is a pic of some babies born from the same mother at the same time. Notice the 2 at the...

You mentioned you wanted plants. You will have to decide what kind of planted tank you want - how much care and maintenance you want to do on the plants themselves, what kind of plants, etc. etc. Even in a low-light setup where growth is slower therefore tending to the plants is minimal - the...

Reviews of products here http://www.cichlid-forum.com/reviews/category_display.php Powerheads are a sub-section under "pumps, filters, media"

I love the driftwood on the left. It really gets the imagination going, like someplace I'd like to explore. The stick add-ons go well, but you're right, the driftwood on the right doesn't match. I'd take it out. Rocks would be nice, or just leave it as the low open section (the "meadow"). I...

I always went with how monkey_toes explained it. I’m sure there are arguments on both sides but I took it that way simply because of a book I read: A clarification about two pairs of troublesome words: first, fishes and fish as the plural form of the singular fish. In this book, I have followed...

I use floss. I like the Big Al's brand because it is in sheets as opposed to loose. I made a template and cut a whole whack of squares that will fit the baskets and just take one out when I need it.

I would still make something up that I could just rinse out, I'm too cheap to buy cartridges!

I abandoned the cartridge and cut my own floss from sheet floss (Big Al's). You can rip that in half so it's 1/2 thickness. Then I wrap it around the black thingy with a thin sponge on the inside of 1 side of the floss. Another idea, how about a sponge, say the thickness of a fluval sponge...

I also thought some big disaster would befall my tank when I went carbonless in 2002 - when I learned right here on AC it wasn't necessary. But of course no such disaster happened. If you decide to take the plunge, do what I didn't do (but should have). Put the money you save not buying...

Specifically for snails: Alum (aluminum sulfate). You can buy it at a grocery store (spice section, most commonly used for pickling), it's a white powder. These are the instructions I have copied down from somewhere a long time ago: Use 1 tablespoon of alum per gallon of water. Soak the plants a...

They are sold regularly here in Winnipeg - and yes they are the true SAE's - so I don't think they are illegal.

They can easily dig into the gravel, usually if they are spooked, but sometimes because they like caves and will try to make one if there isn't any (but your barrel seems like the kind of home they would like). Jumping out is a possibility, too.

Ah, you have to have a GOOD camera..... I have an HP and it's, um, the quality of my pictures I mentioned before. I'm hoping to have enough Air Miles soon to get a Canon, I've seen good pics with those. You'll like your pork chop rasboras. I am very happy with mine.

I have those exact fish. They are rasbora hengeli. They are smaller than harlequins. There is another kind that looks almost the same as the hengeli but instead of clear (where these are clear), they are red (espei). Here is some info on them...

Looks like "flashing" to me. If you look up/search the term flashing you'll get more info. Something is irritating your fish. Could be water quality, could be parasites (ich, flukes or other). You have to go through process of elimination. Are the fish new? (These or any others in the...

The name of the non-aquatic unknown #2 is "aluminum plant".

Queen Arabesque Pleco (L260). They sell them around here, a little pricy but not totally outrageous. They grow to about 4 inches.

The plants were put in the pond first? A pond outside could be subjected to chemicals, on purpose or inadvertantly, i.e. any spraying of pesticides or weed killer around the yard, maybe even by a neighbour.

Get the harlequins. I've always just seen the small ones in the stores. In April, the aquarium society had a fish expo and somebody entered their harlequins, they were full size (as per rules) and absolutely gorgeous! I'd really never seen them that big before. I have a few in quarantine, to...

Where are you? In the US and Canada you can buy it from Big Als, or perhaps a fish store (I know only a couple here out of all of them do carry it). http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=28213;category_id=3463