Recent content by Brodeur30

I have an elusive khuli as well. Somehow he hitchhiked his way into my cichlid tank (convicts and a salvini) and I thought they ate him. Months later he reappeared and is huge and fat. They don't even mind him. He can forage right under the salvini who could probably eat him it he wanted to and...

The only time ive gotten mts to breed was by accident. I'm a big ramshorn fan and theyre easier for assassins to eat

petco carries filters that are open at the top and accommodate plants, maybe you should look into getting one of those 

i wouldn't raise the temp any higher. Most salt has instructions on the carton, but you typically replace it after every water change. It's a shame that they don't make ich tablets anymore because they always worked great for me

Does anyone know where i could buy micro brittle stars online? 

I recommend convicts, females are usually easy to tell apart. As for the other tanks, Salvinis (salvins cichlids or tri color) are very interesting and very tolerant of other cichlids. Mine polices my other smaller cichlids and keeps aggression down. Firemouths are neat fish too

Female cichlids can be funny. I have 3 female convicts and i tried introducing a male jack dempsey/convict hybrid and the 3 of them ganged up on him

Oh wow. I had a khuli loach hide out in an ornament that I moved from another tank and I didn't know he was in there until weeks after. I also had a small crayfish end up in one of my tanks when I had only purchased adults, and they were long gone when I found him. I love little surprises like...

It probably wont heal completely, but the shell will get stronger with calcium and time 

Was the wood dry? I've had pond snails survive in dry gravel for a few weeks, but your situation is incredible 

He just got moved to his new tank and is doing great. It's currently at around 1.02. I might just keep him in a salt tank to make it easier on myself. What kind of snails should I feed him now? I have 100 bladder snails coming but I'm not sure if he'll eat them if they're dead

He went from the brink of death to thriving. Soon I'm going to have to decide if I should keep upping the salinity because ceylon puffers are high end brackish to salt

I've heard of them almost playing, especially in groups, but that is a little weird. Is the ammonia level normal?

If they're sick they usually go to the great porcelain highway (or the trash can depending, not alive though)

I've never seen a swordtail reach 3 inches, but there are several varieties. That tank is pretty full just from the gourami alone. Once your water situation is taken care of you could probably add a small algae eater or bottom feeder