Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / July 2005

I'm pondering in getting an R/O system, in spite of the financial
barriers.  Is Seachem's Discus Buffer a workable to lower the GH of my
water?  Right now it's at 10 degrees.  Would this product lower it to 4
or so?  And do so without adding other things that bother discus?

I have a sick Jack Dempsey on my hands.  The fish has been ill for almost a
month.  To be honest, I would have written sooner, but I've been expecting
it to die and it hasn't.
The fish can't seem to straighten up, it's back is constantly crooked to one

Hello folks.  I have a 55gal  pH6.4, soft water 81F tank with 5 cardinals,
11 Black Neon's, 1 pair of blue rams, 2 3/4 inch Chinese algae eaters, a
pleco which I see once in a while and one cory cat.  The water and tank are
VERY stable, I've had these fish for over 6 months no ...

I've got a Copadichromis borleyi fandango male in a 30 gallon long with
a few clown loaches, a female pink convict, and a small pleco.
I know, what am I thinking, but they really get along.  It's amazing
how peaceful the tank is.  The convict and boreyli swim together and

Anyone know where I can order some Neothauma snail shells in UK please?
Thanks - Jon

I bought six Siamese algae eaters which have been in my quaranteen tank for
a week and a half.
After a week for of them have died in successive days. Prior to them dying,
all were very active and did not

Hau kolas..
Went to the LFS for some bloodworms and picked this guy up; whereas I usually will not impulse-buy, this time something was different. Folks at LFS could not ID him, so could not really do my homework, and just had to have it ;) fish was in a mixed tank, whereas I knew ...

I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!).
Can anyone help me identify just what sort they are?
 http://oddsnsods.bravehost.com/index.html
Thanks for any help

I am soon traveling to get married and honeymoon. I will be out around 2
weeks. I have a 58G tank which has bolivian rams as the main attractions.
If I am unable to find a friend to come everyday and feed them, what do you
suggest I do for feeding?

i have recently bought a hoplarchus psittacus (parrot cichlid) and have had
conflicting advice in whether it can be aggressive or not, it is currently
in a tank alone but i want to hopefully put it in with my synspilum, there
are only a few fs in cornwall and a few have never even ...

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These are some of the fish I have kept and still have..
T

    Hello, i have managed to make a lovely 70 gallon tank.  it is all
hardwood except the front of course.  it had passed the leak test
outside with flying colours.  i really expected atleast one leak, but i
guess i did a good job siliconing.  Oh and i also used a beautiful

I've kept fish for the last 5 years or so, and I think I'm ready to start an
African cichlid tank.  For lack of something better, I'm thinking of trying
the 75 gallon recipe from
http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/cichlidrecipe/crp22.htm.  The list is somewhere