Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / May 2004

Hey everyone, can the average trailer in good condition (or
'manufactured home' if you prefer) hold the weight of a 55 gallon
aquarium? What about a 75 gallon?
I REALLY want some cichlids, but I want to do it right, in a large

on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs
sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now
coming back to normal, the other seemed to instantly develop paralysis on 1
side of his body only being able to swim to 1 side,  he is ...

Does anyone have experience keeping an Oscar without a heater?
I have some local fish in two tanks (50g and 125g) and the water is room
temperature (around 64). I was wondering if an Oscar could live in such a
tank.

I want to add some firemouths to a 55 gallon tank(no fish in it
currently, but cycled). I don't want the tank to become overcrowded as
they grow. How many should I start with. What other fish would be
compatible with them?

I noticed the name on my breeder sheets.  Sci name is the same.  I
couldn't find much by Googling, just a couple of poor pictures:
http://iopets.com/en/FishD-6026.htm
http://www.twaa.org.tw/%E5%8D%94%E6%9C%83%E9%AD%9A%E5%9C%96/twaa031.jpg

    I have 3 nice females, all laying eggs. How can I find a male when
looking in my LPS?

Can anyone help me with my Green Terror's (Aequidens rivulatus).
Reproduction, diferences male/female... aquarium conditions(size, pH,
plants,...)
I've got 3 of them. in a 40L aquarium

I just got a 120 gallon tank, can i put 4 oscars 3 tinfoil barbs 2 pl*cos in
it, "the guy at the fish store" says this will work any advice is greatly
appreiciated.  by the way i  had a single oscar in a 75 for about 5 years just
thought a couple more would be more fun. if not what ...

Just wanna leave a note to say my Oscar has apparently recovered after about
6 weeks, belly gone back almost to normal. Not sure if it's the medication
or just the plain old hardiness of the species. Anyway, glad to have it back
in shape.

    have an oscar tank, my oldest had a cloudy spot on his side fin
for a while.  today i noticed that it is spread to a nearby spot which
haas eaten through the fin.  2 other oscars have this cloudy spot on
their side (dorsal?) fins.  but only there, and only three of 4 oscars

I was reading online about red top cobalts. Some sources refer
to them as pseudotropheus, and others call them maylandia. Are
they still considered to be from the pseudotropheus family?
Also, when a species is designated BB, what does that refer to?

I have a 150 gallon freshwater tank. I have 1 eheim 2028 canister filter,1
eheim 2029 wet/dry filter,and 2 Penguin 400 filters. I have it heavily
stocked and the water readings are always excellent. No ammonia or nitrites.
The water just gets dingy looking kind of a brown color and ...

anybody seen or read about a sexchange with Lombardoi before? I have a
female, she had one nest. After i gave the man to a friend of mine, she
was/is alone with an other female Lombardoi in the tank (and her 2 young).
Now she is changing color, from blue to yellow and she has an ...

I was looking at the Malawis in my 75 gallon and saw a fish I
didn't recognize. It took me a moment, and then I realized it
was the male red top cobalt who apparently matured overnight,
because he was showing outstanding color. I didn't even know it

Could anyone tell me if there is an algae eater that will live in an African
Cichlid tank?