Thread: Fishtank Help

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

i had an african and a red devil in the same tank one time

The african ripped him to shreds, of course they were both older. I returned the devil and traded the african in. i decided to go another route.

i dont know howd they be if theyre young.

I only buy very young fish, its easier to acclimate them to tank mates.


Red Devils are kinda like oscars and piranhas mixed, especially when they are under a year old sometimes 2 years old at most. They are messy, they eat alot and they prefer live food and can attack/kill a fish bigger then it. They are known to fight oscars as well.

Once my tank gets over its bacteria explosion ill post pics. keep in mind this is a kids tank, with dads help.

All fish benifit from some salinity.

Are you sure you dont want to seperate the convicts, thats decent money. Discus are much better money but convicts are hard to find up this way.

You cyclid guys should ditch the gravel and get sand.

My renewed tropical



dwarf flame

Ok now here is my issue, wtf are these white dots, I dont have a super hi tech mega wow zoom or any lens, its a 7.0 mp canon so I cant get too detailed with the pics. They are white in color now and sway with the current, yesterday they were tiny specks that didnt move. Its not staghorn algea and doesnt appear to be brown or blue/green algae yet.


as well some weirdness, im not sure if its flakes or sand absorbing the decor color or what.

ok back to the tank



Dwarf blue

As for the undergravel and sand, aint happening, even power filters( hang offs) dont stand up to sand, canisters seem to be the only filter that handles sand just fine.
( sucks at 2am when the impeller in a penguin seizes and sounds like a kangaroo getting tortured)

This guy is the entire reason I went to sand
There are about 12 fish in there,
2 gourami
3 red tetra things
1 silver tetra w/ red tail thing
1 dying lone guppy( the other 5 bit it during the bacteria bloom)
2 cats spotted
1 rainbow shark
1 black kuhli loach



What size is your tank? canisters are very affordable for 55g and under tanks, 55+ should use a 350gph+ unit. Marineland makes a hot magnum that hangs off the back yet is a canister filter however, discharge and intake are in the same place like a power filter making them pretty much useless filters as far as whole tank filtering goes, with a floor canister you can have your intake and discharge on opposite sides of the tank as to get 100% water filtration, similar to what you have now however with a canister you wont have an inch of dookie under the filter plates.

I am thinking of a fluval unit this summer when I possibly convert to brackish water.

the fish dont have ick. its on the glass and ornaments.

its weird, I think its transparent in its early stages, when the light goes off it turns a shade of green just like the plants and background., i dunno the rainbow shark and cory's have made trails in it already.

Sorry fresh water guy's. The salt water guy is here. This is of my 29 gallon reef a cupple years ago that at the time was about 2 years established.The fish you can see are Damsels and clowns.

















Cool thing is not a darn thing in there is fake. Sorry thing is after the move the tank has been sitting empty for over 2 years. Just have not gotten back into the hobby...YET!

Man, you just can't compete with the beauty of a salt tank! just my opinion.

I'm gonna be setting up a small aquarium for the baby's room to keep him lulled... (yeah right)

A friend of mine is hooking me up with 2-3 convicts, see how that goes....when we move, I'll probably set up my 50 gallon again and go with something more elaborate. I just don't have the room for anything right now in this little house.

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

I searched criagslist and OMFG you can get all kinds of coral and fish for cheap. I see clownfish, damsels, tangs, triggers, etc.. given away for free.

I love Frogspawn and Zoo Coral and found a bunch that are huge and being sold for $5!

Craigslist Rules!

Yeah, And the good thing about it if you know anyone with any hard corals you can ask them to break off a peice....get some glue and glue it down in your tand and BAM....You now have a new coral growing.


Works for some soft corals too. Just make sure the're attached to a rock or something and don't glue them down lol.

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

I have a question... I really want some frogspawns, but I'm not sure I should mix them with the ritteri anenomes?

I'm thinking if I have a 55 gallon or higher tank I can easily keep them apart.. but what about a 20 gallon long? I know I know it's too small for a ritteri, but I plan on starting small and when it grows too big I'll move it in the future.

Not firmiliar with frogsspawns. But I can tell you anenomes can be disasterious to a tank with corals. And sometimes they can be fine.


Remember they can move all over you're tank,get stuck in filters and powerheads....all kinds of stuff.


And sometimes they will make their home and stay put. Luckly for me this is what happend. He did get stuck in the power head a cupple times though.