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here are some pictures of the fish that will be living in the new tank from about a year ago the clowns; I had six when I took these. I had a four larger ones that I rehomed with a friend a while before, once I learned more about their needs. Now I have 9 and hope to get more once their in the new t...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3704070652_d952e8078e_b.jpg a picture of how my 55 was set up; I want a similar feel with the new 180 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4305297277_eee4e19b7c_b.jpg the new tank on its stand; the doors are off because my roommate already started sanding and prep...

never had striata, but i would definitely worry about the tiger barbs picking on kubotai

and I think most botia are too aggressive for kuhlis. i personally house myersi, black and regular kuhlis with darios, yoyos, clowns and kubs and heard about them living with histronica, rostrata, striata, etc. However, I don't know about modestas or skunks. hopefully someone with experience can ch...

all of the koralia powerheads have small enough slits on the intakes that they can't suck up even small loaches. stronger swimming medium/large loaches can swim right up to the output of the powerhead which does have large enough openings that a fish could get their snout in there, however all of th...

What are the tank dimensions? Unless you have over 4' in length I would agree that the modestas will probably get a little too big fully grown to have a full size, happy shoal. you do however want to consider one of the other moderately agressive botias, like skunk or eos, but steer clear of the ver...

Curtis wrote:Diana, what temp do you think clowns would like during "winter"?

I've wondered about this as well. Does anyone know the temperature variations between day and night or between the seasons in a natural clown habitat?

I knew I wanted a 6' long tank, and wanted more than 18" of depth front to back for a nice big foot print, so the 180 worked out great. My roommate is going to be refinishing the stand and hood which are made of a beautiful red oak with butter smooth piano-style hinges on every door and hatch. I als...

howdy all. In the last few years my clowns have lived in a 20 gallon, 55, 75 and soon moving into a 6x2x2' 180 gallon truvu acrylic tank which I'm picking up tomorrow; finally had the budget and space for the upgrade. I had some questions while getting the final equipment, and furnishings and was ho...

roughly how many snails or what size box for 10 bucks?

how small of a tank is he in? from the pictures, it looks like some kind of medium sized fish bowl... the excess slime coat, and general hazy quality of the skin and eyes lead me to believe it is an issue with a water parameter as well as mild fungus or bacteria. i would do medium to moderate size w...

i dont add fertiliser or anything like that... i turn the lights on in the tank whenever it get dark enough so thinking about it, since its winter, the lights are on longer, so algae will grow more...i didnt think of that...maybe i'll turn lights off a bit earlier... get a timer for the lights if y...

I have had several fish do this to my medium/large clowns, including my kubs. it primarily has been younger yoyos and kubotai. the young clowns will do a similar, but less pestering version of this behavior that the older clowns tolerate. the young clowns seem to understand their place in the heirar...

the white fuzz makes me thing it was a bacterial or fungal infection that combined with the ich. The loss of color and fin rot on that fish also make it seem like more was wrong that just ich, even a really bad case of ich. the fuzzy food makes me feel like their could also be over feeding or water ...

Biggest issue with LED lighting is that it doesn't produce nearly as much UV as other forms of artificial light. Do you intend to have a lot of live plants? I also think my fish and inverts benefit from a little UV in their lives.