Recent content by tbordeau

I have some catfish that are slacking in my tank as well. I heard from a friend that you can buy these tablets at LFS that you drop in and kills the algea. I tablet per 10g and add every three months. I have not tried it yet but plan on it...

I bought something from PetSmart called "First Bites". It works really well and the babies eat it up...good luck with yours.

Wow. That had alot of information and answered some other questions that I had. I do not think that I have enough cover for these fish. My jewels just had babies again so I am waiting until they get a little bigger before I move them to the holding tank. My boyfriend has never done a complete...

I can always tell my female is going to lay eggs because her belly gets pudgy. Almost fatty looking. Mine dig holes before they lay the eggs. I have all the pictures of my male and female with the babies beside them but for some reason it will not let me upload. If you want you can reach me at...

I have a 30g tank that currently has 3 jewels, 2 algae eaters, and two other cichlids that I do not know the name of. I have gravel in the bottom of the tank but wat thinking about removing gravel and putting in sand. What kind of sand do I use? And I use a gravel cleaner now to clean tank..what...

Yes you can see the eggs with the naked eye. I would say about 3-4 make up about the size of one grain of rice yes. First you see the clear looking or pink looking egg. Then in a couple of days they seem to have a black dot in each one. Then they start wiggling around in the eggs. Then they...

I have 2 jewel cichlids myself and tey seem to lay eggs at least once a month. They do start to dig and make a place to lay the eggs. I keep my water around 80-82 degrees. From what I have read at this temperature it promotes the breeding pattern. After they lay the eggs (150-200) it takes about...