There are these semi aggressive fish, assorted apistogramma.
They do good in planted tanks, that seems like what your going for.
And the colour is great looking on them!
General Newbie Questions?
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nighthawk2207 - Posts: 40
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ok i'll will give it awhile, you wouldn't know why any of that is happening would you? cuz its still f'd up
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Tmercier834747 - Posts: 887
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you could try a new thread labeled 'javahava' in this section instead of hijacking this thread and expecting him to figure out whats going on since you don't seem to have the pm system all worked out.
There are no moderators on this forum. Generally its pretty self-explanatory and things don't really get out of hand..
I can almost assure you though you'll get java's attention if you create a new thread with his name in it.
There are no moderators on this forum. Generally its pretty self-explanatory and things don't really get out of hand..
I can almost assure you though you'll get java's attention if you create a new thread with his name in it.
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nighthawk2207 - Posts: 40
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cool thanks i'll give it a try an i'm pretty sure if i'm new to the site an have a question
it falls under general discussion newbie questions not relly high jacking anything but
thanks for the advice
it falls under general discussion newbie questions not relly high jacking anything but
thanks for the advice
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bigwillcast - Posts: 107
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ok, back to my thread... I've been testing my water almost every other day, no nitrites or nitrates. Though, I seemed to get a massive buildup of algae? does that mean the tank is cycled????
can an algae eater be put in the tank with my cichlids? any smaller varities? I keep seeing these monstorous ones at my LFS and unfortunately, I think one of those will look out of place in my tank.
can an algae eater be put in the tank with my cichlids? any smaller varities? I keep seeing these monstorous ones at my LFS and unfortunately, I think one of those will look out of place in my tank.
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zambize - Posts: 401
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BigWill - forgive me if I've jumped the gun, but I haven't read the whole thread. Welcome to the hobby first of all. I'm fairly new, just started last February. Just one note....TMercier is actually a good guy, he's helped me a ton, you just took him wrong. I hope the rest of the thread went better....for both of you.
And I hope you go to that bigger tank. I have a 37 and wish I had a 55.
For a simple, cheap, easy, brightly colored fish, and hard to kill.....I like Platy. My yellow twin bar recently died, but it was nearly flourescent. The red/orange are bright, too.
Welcome,
Zambize
And I hope you go to that bigger tank. I have a 37 and wish I had a 55.
For a simple, cheap, easy, brightly colored fish, and hard to kill.....I like Platy. My yellow twin bar recently died, but it was nearly flourescent. The red/orange are bright, too.
Welcome,
Zambize
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bigwillcast - Posts: 107
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zambize.. you really need to go back and read.
I did upgrade to a 55. I have 13 fish now. 4x white top afra, 3x yellow lab, 4x red zebra, 1 syno. petricola, 1 pleco.
Cichlid tank.
I did upgrade to a 55. I have 13 fish now. 4x white top afra, 3x yellow lab, 4x red zebra, 1 syno. petricola, 1 pleco.
Cichlid tank.
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Tmercier834747 - Posts: 887
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chances are your best bet is an algae scraper/brush. Your tank is probably still going through NTS and balancing out phosphates and such. If you're seeing absolutely 0 nitrite and nitrate though, either you're on the very brink of a complete cycle, you're changing your water incredibly frequently, or your test kit is a little whack...without one the other should always be there...
The pleco you have in your tank now will probably be ok as its growing at the same rate your other fish are and I'm assuming was introduced as they were setting up territory rather than after it was already established, if you were to add another it would most assuredly have to be larger than the stock of cichlids you have. Common plecos can take a beating but not an onslaught.
Unfortunately as they age they take more stock in your cichlids food, and driftwood rather than algae. So the larger the pleco the less algae it will actually eat, generally.
I don't know of anything else really that could be kept with what you have. If your problem doesn't go away within the next few weeks naturally as the tank ages you could consider trying to pick up a few hundred malaysian trumpet snails from your LFS (i doubt they'd charge you much of anything if anything at all) and introduce them to your tank at lights out.
They generally spend the daytime hours IN your substrate away from predators and will actually cannibalize each other if not enough food is present to continue reproduction...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDX1j1z5mME
The pleco you have in your tank now will probably be ok as its growing at the same rate your other fish are and I'm assuming was introduced as they were setting up territory rather than after it was already established, if you were to add another it would most assuredly have to be larger than the stock of cichlids you have. Common plecos can take a beating but not an onslaught.
Unfortunately as they age they take more stock in your cichlids food, and driftwood rather than algae. So the larger the pleco the less algae it will actually eat, generally.
I don't know of anything else really that could be kept with what you have. If your problem doesn't go away within the next few weeks naturally as the tank ages you could consider trying to pick up a few hundred malaysian trumpet snails from your LFS (i doubt they'd charge you much of anything if anything at all) and introduce them to your tank at lights out.
They generally spend the daytime hours IN your substrate away from predators and will actually cannibalize each other if not enough food is present to continue reproduction...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDX1j1z5mME
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bigwillcast - Posts: 107
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Would building a sump/refugium help with filtering my 55 gallon?
I'm thinking of building one sometime soon. Hoping for about 600 gph.
I've looked into an overflow box that handles 800 gph, a return pump that does 600 gph, and a 20 gallon long. Besides bulk heads, acrylic, glue, and lines to run the stuff... am I missing anything???
Would this help with picking up the fishy doo doo off the bottom? ever since I picked up that pleco, that thing poops like crazy. Will this stir up the sand on the bottom and create a haze in the tank?
I'm thinking of building one sometime soon. Hoping for about 600 gph.
I've looked into an overflow box that handles 800 gph, a return pump that does 600 gph, and a 20 gallon long. Besides bulk heads, acrylic, glue, and lines to run the stuff... am I missing anything???
Would this help with picking up the fishy doo doo off the bottom? ever since I picked up that pleco, that thing poops like crazy. Will this stir up the sand on the bottom and create a haze in the tank?
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Tmercier834747 - Posts: 887
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I have 0 experience with sumps and I learn by doing when it comes to mechanical things...sorry. A sump may not exactly help as far as poo buildup on the substrate. an increase in waterflow doesn't exactly mean that it'll pick the stuff up off the bottom unless you're directing the flow to do so.
However you have to think of any interconnected system as an increase in volume of water. Something as simple as a rena XP1 canister filter (which holds 1gal of water) makes my 30gal system holding substrate, plants, rocks, and driftwood roughly 30gals despite all the water displaced by other things in the tank..
So at any rate a sump is great because you're turning your overall volume of water into a ton more which leaves a lot more time between filter maintenance, and water changes..and well, its damn sure healthier for the fish.
However you have to think of any interconnected system as an increase in volume of water. Something as simple as a rena XP1 canister filter (which holds 1gal of water) makes my 30gal system holding substrate, plants, rocks, and driftwood roughly 30gals despite all the water displaced by other things in the tank..
So at any rate a sump is great because you're turning your overall volume of water into a ton more which leaves a lot more time between filter maintenance, and water changes..and well, its damn sure healthier for the fish.
