Recent content by swandunken

I thought about treating them for worms, but its hard to use medications when there's no obvious illness. What Medication would you recommend? I also don't understand there complete attitude with eating 1.5 months and lasting this long. I'll probably try ending up using a medication. As for...

I have 2 Blue Acaras that I got in August. One is about 3.5 inches and the other is 3 inches, male being the larger one. They have a 40g to themselves and I do a 40% water change every week. They also had a brood in September which was eaten. Lately (last month and half) they have been so...

Any luck with the acaras breeding?

Um, mine only fought when their fry had become free swimming. The male kept the female away for 2 days till he ate the fry. Since then (almost 4 weeks now) they have been extremely peaceful with each other, only once did I see them lip lock after shaking and rubbing up against each other. They...

lol. Can't be to hard to agree on a rock...They only have one flat rock to choose from. lol I wonder if I should toss two more flat rocks in?? is it that important to them\ are they that picky? Thanks for the advice!!

My male also got real aggressive with the female once the fry went free swimming, then he ate them. Since then he has been extremely friendly with her, as expected :rolleyes: Something must also be holding them back as its been 3 weeks since he ate them??

How often do Blue acaras spawn? or how often does the female lay eggs? My pair spawned one month ago, but the father ate the fry three days after they became free swimming. Almost immediately the parents began courting again. For the last 3 weeks they both have been shaking, flicking/rubbing...

Yea I meant Ich, but the spell check corrected it to Itch. :rolleyes: I'm not sure why I wrote that I was treating for ich......lol wow.. I meant fin rot, but I'm beginning to think that its not fin rot and its just nipped fins. My previous setup had ich, not my current one. I probably will...

The tank isn't new, I have been keeping different fish for a few years now. I had a long battle with Itch and tiger barbs recently and all was lost, so I cleaned everything out and filled the tank a week ago. It's a fresh cycle so I have been testing the water every 12 hours and it seems like...

I have a few question concerning my aquarium containing two Blue Acaras that I bought three days ago. A week ago I set up my 38 gallon/150L tank and bought two Blue Acaras. When I got home from the LFS I realized that the small Acara had frayed fins. Her dorsal, caudal and pectoral fins are all...

Hello everyone:) Currently I have a 38g aquarium which is well planted with fake plants. The aquarium has just fished cycling a few days ago and contains 5 tiger barbs, which were use to cycle. I was thinking of adding cardinal tetras next and was wondering how many I could add at one time...

Cool, never had heard of bio-film ;) Did some research on bio-film and found this Bio film – A slimy matrix produced and inhabited by bacteria which enables the bacteria to adhere to a surface and carry out certain biochemical processes essential to the Nitrogen Cycle. In open aquatic...

Aside from the appropriate water chemistry for fish to thrive in (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, water temp and water hardness), what decides the difference between a fully cycled tank and a mature tank? In other words, there is science behind a cycled tank " The nitrogen cycle," but is there...