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They're pretty small, maybe two inches tall. I was thinking about moving the tank decor, but it doesn't seem like they have specific territories...More like the aggressor is just keeping thm from the food. As soon as they go near the top of the water he chases em down and to the very sides of...

I recently bought three angel fish for my 28 gallon tank, which now holds them, a small pleco, and a small bala shark. Suddenly I've noticed one of the angels (one particular one for the last ten minutes) has been relentlessly attacking the other two...homing right in on each of them in turn...

I'm very interested in buying three angel fish for my 28 gallon tank. However, I have concerns: 1.There is a bala shark currently in the tank. Will the two species conflict and kill eachother? 2.I want to add a small corey cat from another tank to this one with the angels. Will he be...

I have a tank about 28 gallons with an undergravel filter and a biowheel and plastic plants, and I'd like to put some angelfish (Pterophyllum Scalare) in there. I already have some nasty tetras in there but I plan on getting rid of them. However, I've read that Angelfish like soft (says Soft...

One of my blackskirt tetras has an inflamed, very red nodule with some white nastiness on his bottom lip. It looks like he mightve gotten chewed up there by the three others in the tank, but when they fight they usually go after fins, right? So is this some sort of disease? I tried to get...

Multifasciatus sounds good... But will they still overrun the tank? I'm concerned because I read a story about a guy who kept the similis and ended up having to sell 600 fry in 3 months. Is there anything I can do to keep them from doing this? I have another concern too, though it may sound...

Ph of 8, not 8) haha

26 gallon tank, my tap water is moderately hard and alkaline (pH of about 8) I'd like either 1 fish in the tank or a species tank. That's why i was looking especially into Lamprologus similis...I am very intrigued by them, both looks and cool behavior, and the conditions of my tap sound...

The tank is not heated as it's so small i can't fit a heater in it. It's filtered by an undergravel filter system with one uptake tube with an airstone and coal cartridge. nitrates were a little bit high so i added some gravel from the bigger tank to get some more nitrification going. The bala...

My albino corey was the most active fish in the tank...she would swim everywhere, but then she'd have to rest on the bottom. When she rested though, a bala shark (i saw this happen twice) would come up slowly and nip her back. Over the next couple days i noticed she was sitting in the corner...

I'm not sure if this is an emergency...I'm moreso asking if it is one. I've been feeding my fish more lately. I have a 30g tank with 5 blackskirt tetras, 7 neons, 2 bala sharks and a corey cat. Now all the other fish are remaining a normal size, but one particular blackskirt is particularly...

Undergravels are fine for large fish, although they clog up you can prevent this by vacuuming them, and this is what we do for our Oscar. In this tank, however, there are no large fish in the first place. The balas are small. I know they get very big and I have always known that, long before i...

It's an established tank with an undergravel filter attached to two powerhead jets and a whisper hanging dual cartidge filter. It is planted with only plastic plants that have been there since I set it up several months ago, at which time it was cycled and conditioned and the 7 neons and 5...

It's been set up for several months now.

Nitrate: 40 ppm Nitrite: less than .5 ppm Ammonia: less than .25 ppm pH: 7.2 The balas are about 2.5-3 inches long- they're not any problem yet.