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Espeis are nice. Rummies, Cardinals, and Lemons. I really like featherfin and celebes rainbows. They school very well.

If you are thinking of using salt for ich, then all you really need to do is crank up the heat to over 86 preferably closer to 88. No salt needed. Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

Yup! Too small for fronts or Midas. You need a six foot tank for large fish like that. Sent from my iPad using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

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I change insane amount of water. But most of tanks are heavily stocked.

I wouldn't get cardinals from petsmart that just got released from the bag or from any place for that matter. They may not even make the trip back home.

Well done!

One clown loach is not a good idea. Like aviva said you need a school for each fish. I would say at least 4 for loaches and 8 for corys.

Not so sure about the guy in the 4th picture being a calvus. Some sort of calvus cross, may be? But not pure bred, I don't think.

Your ram can't harm other fish you listed in the tank. If I were you, I would be concerned about ram's safety. When the frontosa grows, it will probably eat your ram if it's not dead already because your malawis beat up on the poor guy.

You are probably right. But if you are spending close to $20 a fish at stores like Petco/Petsmart, they have to somewhat serious about fish keeping and fish you are buying, right?

This is how I got started with tropheus. Got one from petco many years ago. I threw him in my 125G african cichlids tank, I really liked him, and he did well. Then I learned more about them and I have kept several colonies since then. I currently have a two small colonies in my 90G, again...

What's the foot print of your tank? Your tank may be too small for the fish you are keeping.

Just pour slowly.

Craigslist is good source for used aquarium stuff. You can find some good deals including cannister filters. I have an FX5. It works well, but not a big fan.

I like Rena XP4. I have eheim, fluval, rena, and cascade cannister filters, but Renas are the best value, I think.

Right. Not a biotope. As you said, my loaches are huge and seem quite comfortable in my tank. I do a lot of water changes because of stocking level. I do about two 75% water changes a week. I think I can do more, but that's what I do. Corys seem fine. I don't think there's any agression...

So reptileguy, how much water change do you think I need on my tank? It's a 265G by the way. Shots of fish: Videos: zPfWX-KeXj4 dNoF32V2siA

Merlot, where are you located? I have been to Hans' place several times. He is one of the best sources in North America when it comes to high quality discus. Good luck!

Good luck breeding these guys. I heard it's not easy. There is a person named Larry (apistomaster) who breeds L134s. Don't know whether or not he is active here, but active at simplydiscus.com. He posted a thread on describing what he does to breed these guys.