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I have a 60 gallon with 2 ctenopoma and 6 syndontis petricola. I'm trying to find some african fish to put in this tank to go along with my current stock.   I have tons of hiding spots and good amount of plants, I plan on adding even more plants also. I have a 306 canister filter and 2 heaters...

Wow, it's been a long time. I'm back though and looking for some advice.   Thanks to the help of you guys I got my 60 gallon cycled back in January I believe and it's been running great ever since. The stock I decided to go with was 2 Ctenopoma and 6 Syno. Petricola. These fish are all doing...

My leopard bush fish currently has the tail of a guppy hanging out of his mouth. He's eaten similar sized fish before but for some reason he hasn't swallowed this one or spat it out. Is there anything I should do? Is this dangerous?

alright, looks like bloodworms and fry will be a snack every once in a while and i'll feed brine/mysis shrimp as the main diet

  Just to make sure I understand you correctly, when you say brine shrimp or prawns do you mean frozen or freeze dried? or will either work? and as far as mealworms, i could try that since i have lizards but i feel my fish are to small to eat anymore than a very tiny piece of one

Just wondering about feeding habits, I bought frozen bloodworms to feed 2-3 times a week (i read it's bad for digestion if fed daily). Is it safe to feed live fish as a main diet? The fish would be guppies from my own personal tanks   They don't seem to be interested in flakes so if not the live...

  I was adding 7ml of ammonia because that equaled 3ppm on the calculator. I believe i have added it 3 times (so 21ml total), i was told to redose ammonia once it read 0.  I'm using the freshwater master kit by API   The first two times i added ammonia, i wasnt getting back nitrite or nitrate...

I did a small water change after getting the initial 5.0 nitrite reading (2 days ago) Ok, I just tested my water again. DIluted Nitrite: 0 Nitrite: still at what looks like 5 Nitrate: 40 Ammonia:  0

A few weeks back I was getting readings of 1 ammonia, 0 nitrites and nitrates 2 days after full dosing of ammonia. Now, my ammonia drops from 3ppm to 0 in 24 hours (which is what i thought i should be looking for) but i tested my nitrite and nitrate and found them both to be crazy high. Looks...

    Yup.  You are looking for double zeros, just as you would at the end of the cycle.  Add 3 ppm ammonia every time you get a double zero reading (or every 4 days, whichever comes first).  Finally, if you get double zeros after 24 hours, then you are cycled.  It shouldn't be very long now.    ...

So what exactly am i looking for as far as results? 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite within a day of adding ammonia? and should i add more ammonia once my current ammonia drops or what exactly?

I have a 60 gallon with a Fluval 406 canister filter. I added a nice bit of mature filter media. After adding 3 ppm of ammonia i tested and 2 days following the addition i was down to 1 ppm ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 0 nitrates.    I redosed back up to 3ppm and after two more days I've tested and...

  Aren't geophagus south american cichlids? Would they be alright with african fish?

  Thanks to both of you, it seems like I'll be having more plants than i had planned but nothing wrong with that, all about having a better home for the fish.  I'm definitely liking the idea of 3 ctenopoma and a bichir (sengalus or delhezi preferably). Let's say I didn't get a school of bottom...

I put a post up recently asking ideas for a 60 gallon tank i have obtained. After receiving help and having suggestions given to me, I have decided on having an "African Oddball" tank. I most definitely would like to have a trio of Leopard Bushfish. This is the main part of my tank which I want...