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Well, last year a freak storm in October caused me to lose all my fish.This weekend I am starting over.I have a 54 gallon corner tanks. As for filtration, I am thinking a Fluval 306. Not sure about...

Certainly cheaper on Amazon. My LFS still has them for $200. Didn't buy it yet, good thing! Still researching - it will be a couple of weeks before I can get my tank set up again.

Th eheim needs to be replaced - running for several and looking to upgrade - but it is hard to position in the tank and a pain to clean. My LFS no longer stockes them, so hard to find replacement...

Thanks - I'll research both of them!

Hi all - been a while. We have been doing some remodeling and I had to dismantle my tank and get rid of my fish. Starting over and want to replace the eheim 2215 I was using with something better....

O.K. - so here is the question. Even though I have been keeping fish a number of years now, I still struggle with this, so opnions are needed. What else can I, if anything, add to this tank? I have...

A severum and a nice geo, or a threadfin acara would be a nice pair. Also, keyhole cichlids, though not very colorful, are wonderful fish. I have seen them kept in a community tank with rainbows and...

Dwarf gourami, or maybe even a pearl gourami (my favorite of that species).

Hmmm...the Petco near me, which I visited today, seems well-stocked with gold and green severums. And - the tanks of "African Cichlids".....no other description. Unfortunately, I have never kepts...

Interesting - I never thought of zebra danios to be aggressive before, but I guess they are. I have had them before, and since my latest power outage die-off, I decided to go with some schooling fish...

Started restocking my tank. Decided not to go with cichlids this time. I have 4 ornate rainbowfish and 6 gold barbs right now. Doing some small schools of fish, with the rainbows as the...

That is terrible! I feel for you - I lost all my fish as well - my water temp dropped to 42 degrees, and that happened fairly quickly. Just starting the restocking process now. Good luck with...

Thanks Lady Hobbs. I will really miss that severum - such personality he had! I think my LFS was in trouble, unless they had a generator or two. Power was out everywhere for several days. Tomorrow I...

Thanks all - fortunately we only lost power for a few hours with Irene a couple of months ago. Well, I will keep you all informed of my progress as I regroup. Any suggestions as to what I might add...

That's what I'm hoping! Fingers crossed. Think I'll go with rainbows this times around (though I'll miss my severum dearly).

Hi all - unfortunately we were hit with a rare October snowstorm here in CT...knocked power out in my town for a full week. House got down to 44 degrees. Moved in with in-laws for the week (they had...

Don't know if anyone has seen the new Animal Planet production, "Tanked", but it is about a family run business in Las Vegas that builds custom aquariums. These are some seriously sweet tanks, but I...

You may also look at keyhole cichlids. They may do well in that size tank. I wouldn't go bigger than that, however.

My keyhole cichlid seems to njure himself frequently - must happen at night. Sometimes I notice scrapes, damaged scales....I think he may have run-ins with the severum. When this happens, I usually...

I clean my filter completelt a couple time a year. I use tap water (I have well-water), and I change all pads. I do not rinse the media - just get large particles out. While cleaning, I store the bio...

They look normal to me....they are a shiny fish.

Actually, I have never heard of it in the in the 16 years I have been keeping fish!

What is "tripple slfa"?

I used the Eclipse bio-wheel for many years on my 20 gal. tank, and it was tremendous. Definitely something you should look into. I now have the eheim 2215, which has also worked incredibly well for...

I have the opposite problem. I can't get my water above 73 or 74 at best. I'd like it to be 77-78. I have gone through several heaters - just can't get the water temp up. I hate hot weather, so my AC...