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so my venustus is holding eggs and i didnt want her to get bullied and lose the eggs so i went out to petsmart and bought the top fin breeder net so i can put her in there. now as shes in there im wondering if the breeder net is too small for her. i mean she can turn around pretty easily in it...

well earlier today i ordered the hydor koralia nano 425 pump so hopefully my cichlids will enjoy it.

hey guys, so im debating on if i should get a circulation pump for my 55 gallon cichlid tank. i decided to post a thread on here to see what you guys think before i spend money on it. for filtration i have a fluval 406 canister filter and a marineland penguin bio wheel 200 power filter. i was...

so earlier today my ob peacock cichlid and my venustus cichlid spawned and now the venustus is holding the eggs in her mouth. my question is how long will it take for her to spit out the fry and while shes holding the eggs is it ok to do any type of water change. this is my first time that i...

so i ran to my LFS and i bought the master test kit. here are the readings.   ph 7.6 ppm   ammonia 4 ppm   nitrite 0 ppm   nitrate 20 ppm

i am new to the canister filters and i dont know if it just takes longer for the good bacteria to settle into the canister. i just thought that 3 weeks would be enough for everything to settle in.

when i first got the canister i did rinse everything with tap water at first but then when i cleaned them again i used the water from the tank that was in the canister itself

i did rinse the media and 2 weeks into having the filter i cleaned the filter just to see how well the filter was working. did cleaning the media two weeks into having the canister effect the benefical bacteria? i cleaned the media in the tank water that was in the canister

i had two penguin 200 power filters and i removed one to make room for tubes for the canister filter. the other one is still running, the tank is a 55 gallon. i have 6 cichlids and one algae eater. as far as the water parameters i dont know to be exact because i ran out of the test strips but...

hey guys i recently bought a fluval 406 canister filter, ive had it for almost 3 weeks and my water is still cloudy. today i did a water change and it didnt help at all. i even used acurel f and still nothing. a couple of hours ago i put my green killing machine uv sterlizer back in the tank to...

i have 3 danios 2 tetras and a pleco. so i think i should be fine then using a 125gph filter

hey guys im new to this website. i have a question i have the aqueon 15 gallon colum tank and i was wondering if i can use a bigger filter that does 125gph. would this be too strong of a filter?