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Seriously? Big fish eat little fish. That's what they do. It's our job to target our efforts in a way that promotes what naturally occurs in nature. If we create an unsutainable plastic habitat for...

first of all myriophylum or hornwort or whatever that is doesn't need to be fertilized regularly or planted in a nutrient-rich substrate anyway, that could be contributing to the organic build-up....

The shark will be happy to eat any fry that appear in there. I agree it's piggish to want to horde certain animals when there are plenty of "less desirable" animals in need of a home. Having said...

so I went with the Microsyno "bumblebees". They come out from time to time. I'm a hard-ass for biotopes so wanted to keep things as west-african as possible (no petricolas). I did see an amazing syno...

Why don't you want them to breed exactly?

S. eupterus would be my top choice anyway if I could find some. Do they do well in groups or better of alone? I lost the brichardi. Seems he got tangled up in some thread I used to tie down a plant....

I just sold 3 petricolas thinking they wouldn't do as well in a Blackwater tank as opposed to a tanganikya type setup. I'm thinking maybe bumblebee catfish? Hard to find brichardi around here

Is there anything I could put in a 120gallon with various kribs and other ciclids that wont get bossed around? Currently stocking one synodontis brichardi, any thoughts on adding more? I've heard...

I like it. Close to what I fashioned myself. I used eggcrate with a layer of poly fibre. Mesh/zip-ties is a much better idea.The poly batting gunks up and slows down the flow

I need advice on these dwarf pikes. I bought 2 today and am debating whether to put them in a large tank with two 8" gars or a river-tank with other ciclids and loaches OR a 55gallon Blackwater...

Gotta find a way to keep smaller fish from falling into overflows. What are ppl doing for this?

Right. They seem like our native version of a snakehead - appearance-wise any way. I understand they're a "sustainable" caviar source. Makes me wonder if there are bowfin farms somewhere and if maybe...

Like instead of a cat-fish its a fox-fish

Which is it? Pea puffers are better for a smaller planted tank like that while SAP like a heavy current and prefer a school. I keep one now in an 80gallon with a river tank manifold and he really...

I just got a group of 5 for my river tank. Swapped out my cories for them and so far its a better fit - more of a community rather than the cories just keeping to themselves. Mostly ciclids and 2...

What about a bowfin?

You just sold me

A natural pool would be great. Chlorine pools can be converted over to a nitrogen cycle system

Sucks. All my females died to

If you add a female she'll pick one of the three males and pair off. But if you add multiple females they could fight over the males, possibly to the death so be wary. Sex is determined by ph and in...

All those fish are definitely male. Females have a darker purple "skirt" and are smaller. Males have longer more ornate fins and less color with just a light rosy patch on their bellies

Temperature is a deciding factor as well. Kribs like 78 Fahrenheit. Rams and apistos like it warmer like 81 but so do discus. However they all like it a bit soft. Moliwe kribensis would be perfect....

If you have multiple females they can tear each other apart. You'll never find a shred. I had a school that devoured a baby dat. They're definitely nasty

The male will attack it's own fry. After a few weeks it views them as competition. I take the parents out and they immediately respawn in there new tank. This has given me huge survival rates 40+...

Definitely male