Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / March 2005

I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the
impeller and  impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small
amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing O-ring.
Because of this it is not working.

Hey all,
   I have not been in the rec.aquaria world for quite some time.  But it
looks like it is still a wealth of information as it always was.
   Well anyway, the question I was going to pose is this.  I am a longtime

I have a friend of mine making holding tanks for some of my crayfish &
thought they would be perfect for somebody with bettas.... They can come in
many different configs. with removable dividers etc etc. They can be made to
hang inside a large tank or be completely separate outside ...

I'm posting this on behalf of a friend....
She is just about to get a 30 gall (UK) tank and is taken with the idea of
getting some Convicts....She also has a Red Tail Shark that really, really
needs moving from a smaller tank. She has asked me for advice on stocking

I am new to this group and very glad to have found it.  I've had a
wonderful experience with my first African cichlids -  I have a 44 gal
pentagon tank established about a year ago and a Malawi setup with a
large electric blue, a medium aulocanthus?, a synodatus catfish

Struggling to identify one oof my fish, since I have got photographs
of both ahli and fryeri and they can look very similar, shop that sold
it to me wasn't completely certain as they took it off someone as it
was getting a bit agressive, I found that when it was first put into

I am relatively new to the hobby and I am thoroughly enjoying myself!
I have a pretty well established 29 gallon tank with about 20 sm - med
size african cichlids of various sorts. I was wondering if other
creatures (any species of crabs, shellfish, eel, etc.) can live in the

Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi
suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed
I'm still working out which species to breed,  my thinking is

I have 4 tanks, in particular a 10 gallon planted tank with 2 very small
African mixed cichlids, and 6 black neon tetras.  I have been scrubbing the
glass about once a week to remove a brown rust looking growth.  The pump
inlet tube also gets coated with this brown residue, as well ...

I have a Jack Dempsey cichlid that is slowly dying. He's 13 years old
so I think he's just dying of old age. He hasn't eaten for several
weeks and he's lying behind his cave nearly motionless. His fins move
just slightly and his mouth is open and just barely moving. He is

whats the quickest way to cycle a tank in less than a week. need to
treat a oscar with melafix. thanks

Bought a male and female fish today described as Aulonocara Macobs by the
LFS....shame on me I bought them on impulse for my Malawi Tank....
I decided to do some post- purchase research but can find nothing on fish of
this name.

Would anyone have any information on where to purchase Tilapia fry for
raising them in our outdoor pond in Florida ?
Many thanks !!!!
Todd

The good news- two of our cichlids have had offspring - lots.
The bad news - mom and pop are being really territorially aggressive,
chasing other fish round the tank. Sometimes you can even hear the thump
when they collide with another fish. The tank is around 80 gal.

No, I am near Houston.
=)
Would like to add that I have purchased the 5 tiger barbs, 5 red zebr
mbuna and 2 kenyis and they all are doing fine togeather... they ar