Recent content by Ace_Of_Fades

I guess I'll have to get him a female then, any tips on picking and introducing her? I know how convicts can be lol. He came in a 10 gallon when I bought him and I did some research on convicts before I went to buy a new tank and the minimum recommended size was 30 gallons, so I put him in a 30...

Just an update on my rescue fish, as well as a few questions. So his tank is cycled, it's been a long time since I've gotten an ammonia or nitrite reading from his tank. He's really happy now, likes to interact with me and get's excited when it's feeding time. On the other hand his fins don't...

I'm no expert but when my convict cichlid kept hiding from me every time I walked by, or when I turned the lights off, barely eating almost exactly what you're explaining. I rearranged his tank and gave him more hiding spots, which must have boosted his confidence or something because now he's...

My biggest female is probably 2 inches max, I fail to see how that would be considered not small? I definitely agree go with a 20 gallon tank though, 10 gallons look like it's plenty of room for small fish but it's not that big.

  Good to know, thanks man.

You could get yourself some corydoras paleatus also known as the peppered corydora. Not sure about the UK, but where I live you can find them in almost every pet store. They are very small and I have 8 in a 10 gallon, with no problems the tank looks huge compared to them and my ammonia/nitrite...

UPDATE: So the mean one with nice fins, I decided to give him away to a friend who also keeps fish, he's probably still in the 10 gallon that he came in unfortunately. :( The one with torn fins, I gave a name (Gill T) and bought him a 40 gallon. He really seems to be liking it, and he no longer...

  to the forums! It's unfortunate to hear about the baby crabs passing away, maybe you can find some information on the forums as to why they died? These forums have given me tons of useful information.

TwoTankAmin, that was some really helpful info on hospital tanks, you should do a write up on hospital tanks and sticky it somewhere.

So I guess where to go from here would be to get a bigger tank. Thanks for the input guys. :P

Hello and   to the forums. :)

That's what I like to hear, doing daily water changes is starting to get annoying.

  Very helpful information, wish I would have read it 5 weeks ago lol. I have some amazing news though!! It's been two days since I've done a water change and I did a water test today and I haven't gotten results like this before! I think my tank is finally cycled, or at least very close to...

Sounds like you have a bunch of valuable knowledge that would benefit these forums. :) 

So, I've been doing %25 water changes daily. The nitrate levels are starting to rise a bit but I'm still getting a little nitrites with close to none ammonia. How long does fish in cycling take on average? It's alot of work and I wanna be done with it!