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Coler and J_chicago, thanks for the great advice, much appreciated!

AFAIK, the plecco and ram get along fine. i've never seen a confrontation, not even once. The Ram's tail has always been a bit haggard (sp?), with longer red streamers at the top and bottom. the ram's fins et al have looked better, but i was wondering if that is from the shock? sadly, i...

ignore the green spots on the belly, that's algae on the tank glass. thanks!

Hi all, Last Thursday I came home to discover that my precious little Bolivian Ram was hiding off in a corner, then saw that its right eye was bulging out. It looked red/torn on the rear side of the socket. I will see if I can get a pic or two up later. I immediately removed the carbon...

Cool, thanks guys, will do. I'll hit them up this weekend and find out. Although, they usually end up putting all the small african's in a single tank, $X.99 each...but I hope they can special order some for me. If not, please let me know if there are specific sites/breeders to check with...

Hey all, I'm looking to pick up some Labidochromis caeruleus for my newly cycled 55g (with lots of caves :D ). Based on rec's, I'm shooting for 1 male and 3 females, but have no idea how the sex them myself at the LFS. (btw, if you have suggestions on combinations other than 1M, 3F, feel...

wow, D's good! :) very pretty peacocks, btw. I definitely will have to pair some with my forthcoming yellow labs.

I have been slowly piecing together my 55g tank, which has been up and running for a week or so. Water, caves, sand are all in the tank and I am using media in my HOB (AC 70) and cannister (XP3) from one of my cycled tanks in addition to the new media. Since I plan to have electric yellows...

WOW, what amazing pics!! the fish look terrific, and the way you captured them...wow. congrats on the beautiful little guys :) (i have the same camera, different lens...and i can't seem to take pics for squat... :rolleyes:)

hahahahahaha:laugh: now someone tells me :) i feel relieved at least. not sure why the online gallon calculators were telling me it was less than that :huh: So...I will this new fact alter peoples' recommendations?

thanks mooman! i appreciate the light rec too! i was thinking of going with a dual bulb fixture (i think i linked to a different, 1 bulb light). I need to remeasure my tank again, but when I measured the tank a second time over the weekend, I came out with slightly diff figures, and the...

that's ok puma, sometimes i need to be told more than once :p thanks everyone for the suggestions. i think it's time to order some supplies from bigals to get this tank going! **EDIT: any thoughts on whether i should use the incandescent light that came with the tank, or a new...

any other 40+g ciclid suggestions? thanks!

bump for any more ideas. i've seen lots of 20g threads, and 55g threads, but hope to get some more recs for my 47. please, don't be shy :hi:

thanks SnowHeart for asking, i've been having troubles netting a fish in my planted tank, where there are too many places to hide. thanks to everyone for the good recs, i think i'm going to attempt the "while they're sleeping" trick. :)

thanks everyone, keep them coming! i will definitely check out the black background, filter, driftwood ideas. any suggestions for a pair of cichlids to put in the tank (instead of the bolivian)? or is it possible to find a mate for my female? again, thanks!!

As I mentioned in my other thread (for a 47g tank), I think I want to make some changes to my 20g Tall, and this time I'd like to do it in a more educated fashion, with help from the experts -- you guys. Please go easy on the criticism, and heavy on the constructive. I still think of myself...

thanks for the barb rec. I finally got around to testing my tap water's parameters: pH = 7.4(ish) KH = 3 would anything else be helpful? After spending some time the other day browsing labs, I've found a few with 30g min requirements that are quite pretty. Unfortunately I left the...

funny, i was thinking the same as Diana, i'd happily give them a good home :D beautiful labs, and congrats on the rescue!

awesome. thanks for the info mooman!! I look forward to anything else you add later too. im going to past what luvmykribs posted to me in another thread, in case others might find it useful. In addion to stocking my 48" tank, I think I want to redo my 20g tall. I will post pics of it...