Recent content by snowflake311

The word Peaceful and any cichlid does not work. My Uaru was the cause of the death of my beloved Severum. I should have homed the Uaru as soon as I saw my severum was getting stressed. They can be mean I think they do best with other Uarus and other good size fish that are not cichlids. Uarus...

Too young/small to tell and really only when breeding tubes drop will you know. The males will have a bigger head as they mature. I had a breeding pair of normal blue acaras years ago and I only could tell them apart because I saw them spawn. It is not easy to sex the little ones. here is the...

I found when keeping NW cichlids the more the better. 2 was NEVER good an oscar and a severum alone in a tank could be war. You never know but I would not do it unless you have a 100Gal and other south american cichlids to level the aggression out. Each cichlid has it's own personality so if you...

I had a Bichir with my uaru that would be a good tank mate. Tetras are hit and miss they are often eaten or scared so badly they jump out.

I had 2 Uarus for years. They ran the tank. I blame the big one for the death of my favorite and first Severum who was 8 years old when he died. They are cool fish but since one was involved with the death of my severum who was a pet to me. I have this thing against them I know it is wrong. I...

I have a little bit of black bread algae in my planted tank but since the tank has become more established I have got it under control it really is all about balance. Sometimes it takes years to find that balance .

The real question is what kind of plants are you looking to keep?

Well this is my tank now. I have my Discus again. 100Dsicus2018 by Sarah Ireland, on Flickr

DIscus are not hard to breed. I had some breed in a community tank they are a lot like Angles. The Key to keeping discus is start off with good stock and buy the biggest you can afford. I would never buy fish under 3 inches ever again. I buy my Discus from a good source I trust and I get 3.5 - 5...

My Silver Dollars love this stuff.

I have one Tank now. 100Gal Planted Discus tank. I am back.

I have been keeping fresh water fish since 1998 I have kept all the types of fish I wanted. Now I do not know what I want for my planted 100Gal. I have always wanted to make my 100Gal into a planted tank and I have it looks amazing. One thing is What fish to put in it? What is in it now 1...

The Paradise fish or Macropodus opercularis has been in the hobby for 100s of years. I wonder why we do not have different Color morphs and different fin shapes? Betta fish come in all colors and finage. Why not the Macropodus opercularis? I feel like this fish is very under estimated and...

I love Vallisneria aka Val. I have the corkscrew kind and jungle and Giant. Over the years I have had it TAKE OVER a tank but other tanks it did not make it. This plant grows like a weed or it does not grow at all. It needs good light and CO2 to grow like a weed. Brazilian Pennywort All...