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Do BNs come up for air? I am not sure if my bns are insanely happy in their new tank, or if they aren't getting enough air, or if a couple of weeks of living with cories (who...	Brengun	11	20-Mar-2008 01:16
Life Expectancy Of Clown Loach hi everybody i read somewhere that clown loaches only live for 4 yrs.. is there any truth to the 4 yr life span? if its true than that sucks.. they s...	leachim	3	19-Mar-2008 06:06
Any Real Extreme "scavengers"? Hi Guys, I've been told that my Bristlenose Pleco will produce more waste material than it eats (except for glass cleaning)on the bottom of my tank. I...	daddySEAL	12	16-Mar-2008 11:35
Electric Squeaker Vs Feather-Fin Catfish ive got a 29 gal community tank and need an active beautiful bottom feeder. i have been looking at those two and and at a stand still of which would...	JBennett181	11	06-Mar-2008 05:07
Found a BN few in bottom of canister, first in years Today I found one 15mm BN I have not seen any for years and was starting to believe I had males only. The biggest alteration to the tank is NO Pict...	keithgh	5	05-Mar-2008 03:40
Bottom Dweller Agae Eaters Hi, I read somewhere and I can't remember where, that you can buy a bottom dweller that feeds on the algae. I have it blooming a plenty on the glass a...	rainsford	13	04-Mar-2008 20:09
Problems with plecos I have a 75 gallon tank that is about 8 months old. It is an upgrade from my 30 gallon. I was able to use the gravel and some water from the 30 when I...	sugabeatz	3	01-Mar-2008 07:45
Khuli and new floating stem plants I recently bought 3 big bunches of Didiplis diandra as usual I washed them then removed the ties and just let them float for a few days. Since I have...	keithgh	1	29-Feb-2008 03:19
Pygmy Corydoras. Anybody has personal experience with these little buggers?. I saw some for sale & i need some info. about them....	jasonpisani	6	28-Feb-2008 11:32
Suggestions? Well my striped raphael is feeling lonely. not really i think hes fine. but i want another bottom dweller lol. love them anyways the Rapha...	sora	11	27-Feb-2008 03:22
10 G Bottom Feeders i have a new 10g tank i got it cycling and now i have 3 neons, 3 halrequin rasboras, 3 longfinned zebra danios and a molly fry. they all get along gr...	JBennett181	4	26-Feb-2008 17:45
New Corries ok so yesterday i stoped by the LFS. they had corries again aand this time i wasn't going to miss out! i purchased three albino corries and three (wh...	brandeeno	9	26-Feb-2008 08:46
are these true SAE's? they were being sold in a big box pet store as "flying fox". i know for a fact that they are not flying fox because i used to own several many year...	moondog	10	24-Feb-2008 16:04
Yoyo marching end to end the tank Hi All A little concerned about one of my Yoyos. I noticed last night he seems to swim about 1/3 off the bottom and from one end to another at the fro...	mews	4	21-Feb-2008 23:50
3 New Additions hey guys,i was at my lsf yesterday,and i came home with 3 new snails,2 large 1s,and 1 tiny lttle black 1,i know nothing about snails at all,but so far...	HOKESE	4	20-Feb-2008 09:25
My cories are laying! Pages: 1, 2, 3 My cories are laying eggs! The other cories were coming along and eating them so I scraped as many eggs as I could find and put them in a brood ne...	Brengun	45	16-Feb-2008 01:01
Will my Plec eat my live bearing Fry. I'd had some new live bearing frys, i've seperated them into another tank and they seem to be doing ok as of yet. The tanks been getting grotty pretty...	Nattyk161	2	11-Feb-2008 18:20
Lima shovelnose shedding??? My eight inch Lima Shovelnose appeared to Shed his skin the other day. When he was laying on his log in his rest position he was completely normal....	JYJason	1	10-Feb-2008 19:07
Anatomy And Physiology The irregular pupils in plecos are obvious, however, what purpose does this serve? Thank you for your thoughtful replies....	pookiekiller12	3	09-Feb-2008 18:12
Gold Nugget Pelco, how slow do they grow? I saw a Gold Nugget that is 2 inch or so. I like it so I started to read up on it. The more I read the more I see the words "slow growth". Does anyone...	steven1982	11	08-Feb-2008 04:27
Something That Wont Eat My Plants hey guys,ive got a bn in a 89gal,witch im taking out because in the last month all he has done is chomped on my plants,so i was after something to put...	HOKESE	9	07-Feb-2008 09:51
Rainbow shark colors. Hey guys as some of you know i recently rescued a rainbow shark from wal-mart. ive been finding pictures of them online and ive seen some variations...	sora	6	07-Feb-2008 02:37
Bulldog Pleco won' eat. I recently bought a bulldog(rubernose) pleco for my 33 gallon cichlid tank(2 or 3 weeks ago). I added him to the tank and within a week he had the wh...	steve711	4	06-Feb-2008 12:12
King Tiger Plec i have just bought a king tiger plec and he/she is wonderful, very shy with lights on so tends to feed after lights out, but classed as a carnivore an...	papasan	3	06-Feb-2008 12:09
Glass catfish pregnant? I just noticed one of my glass catfish appears to have eggs inside her. Has anyone ever bred glass catfish before? Is there anything I should do? She...	Brengun	7	06-Feb-2008 12:08
Featherfin ok guys well i might be getting a featherfin in the next few days. i just wondered if anyones had experince with them and can tell me about their pers...	sora	6	04-Feb-2008 03:10
Question about Yoyo's Hi guys, do Yoyo Loaches prefer a heavily planted tank? Right now I have two small ones (about 1.5 inches) in a ten gallon with a CAE (about the same...	FishKeeperJim	2	03-Feb-2008 00:40
My new Cories are laying eggs!!!!!! Pages: 1, 2 OMG the new cories are laying.... I have counted 48 eggs so far on the glass. The other Cories are leaving them alone, but I have 4 danios in the tan...	fishsage	32	01-Feb-2008 05:40
Java v striped loach: activity Hi all Has anyone else noticed that Java loaches are more "active" than striped? Just noticed something and tried verifing it on the net but my searc...	mews	0	30-Jan-2008 10:21
Botia sidthimunki I have the opportunity to buy several Botia sidthimunki, aka Chain/Dwarf loaches. I am excited and hesitant at the same time. My hesitation? 25-30$...	Twilight	9	28-Jan-2008 22:28
Big Catfish Photos - Giraffe and huge Royal.. Thought Shingigami and LHG would appreciate these photos that we snapped at a lfs. both are for sale.. [link]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Tr...	Mez	16	28-Jan-2008 20:57
Snowball Pleco hey guys,i was just looking around the newer profiles,and came across the snowball pleco,so i was thinking of getting 1 of these,ive never had this pa...	HOKESE	6	28-Jan-2008 02:45
Synodontis eupterus 4 comm tank? Hi all I posted here http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/threads/36715.1.htm?5# but got my fish mixed up. Its actually a Synodontis eupterus he wants to...	mews	0	27-Jan-2008 14:31
Filter Panda! Yesterday while I was cleaning out my canister filter I found a little suprise inside. When I dumped the old water out I saw a little something movi...	RNJ_Punk	9	26-Jan-2008 19:08
Handfeeding Spiny Eel I have had my new spiny eel for about one week now. He is fairly active swimming around in theday and at night. I have been feeding him/her very small...	cappa	9	25-Jan-2008 22:18
Input On Pictus Catfish i was looking through the profiles for a bodem fedder for my tank if some of you dont know my plan it is to get all of the original stocking out and g...	platy boy	11	24-Jan-2008 15:54
New cories.. I bought 4 yesterday, 2 salt and pepper and two bronze, the two salt and pepper can't control there.. up and down-ness The last time i got corys i...	eat_ham222	4	22-Jan-2008 22:43
Pleco ID I've reccently inherited a Pleco from a friend who shut her tank down after not cleaning it for a year (and the previous owner of the pleco was just a...	PurestDJ	3	22-Jan-2008 22:31
Cory owners SEQld, Australia Ok, time to come clean cory owners of SE Queensland, Australia. Who's got em and where did you buy them? I have been on the net for hours trying to fi...	Brengun	2	22-Jan-2008 12:54
To Pleco or not to Pleco Hi all A friend of mine has two Plecos and wants to get rid of one (offered me a swap for some of my SAEs) Im reading and surfing info on these fellow...	mews	5	22-Jan-2008 10:11
How do I quarantine a fish that will bury its self. Will I hurt it when gravel cleaning I going to do it. I am going to buy a Spiny Peacock Eel. Now when I quarantine him should I put gravel in the tank or no. My thought is that if I put...	steven1982	2	20-Jan-2008 00:25
Re post of an ? I asked. Please help! How many YoYo Loaches can one keep in a 29 gallon tank? How bout a 46 gallon with 5 Giant Danios, 5 Rainbow fish, and 3 Pictis cats? And if I were...	oldpro	1	19-Jan-2008 00:38
Not even a cory? I purchased 3 of these fish today at the lfs. They were labelled as Corydoras Melanistius and I paid $11.95 each for them. I had been brushing up on w...	Brengun	10	18-Jan-2008 22:17
Breeding kuhlis I was wondering if anyone has ever had success in breeding kuhli loaches? There doesn't seem to be much information on it. I found a link which shows...	Brengun	7	18-Jan-2008 22:12
Looking into Cories... I'm looking for a Corydoras that won't mind spending time out and about during the day. Tankmates are listed in my profile and my topic in General Fre...	Shinigami	11	18-Jan-2008 01:04
Fish ID please I have no idea what type of fish this is. I listed under bottom feeder because he's always on the bottom. I thought maybe some type of goby? I have no...	rohape	5	17-Jan-2008 07:42
Dots on glass..... Recently i have been getting some weird white/opaque dots on the front glass, that is driving me LOCO!!! I cant really see my betta, and it looks disg...	GobyFan2007	2	17-Jan-2008 05:49
New Emerald Corys!! After waiting for a very long time, we finally purchased 3 emerald corys!! Very exciting. The little guys are shoaling nicely, and hopefully they sett...	fishsage	5	15-Jan-2008 13:04
What kind of catfish is this? I got some little catfish. They are pretty small, cory size. (these pictures taken by me) http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5875/dsc00257tu2.jpg...	General Hague	17	11-Jan-2008 20:01
Plecos oudoors? Are there any plecos that can stay outside during a NC peidmont winter. My aunt has a real big, green and hair algae problem in her koi pond due to he...	art-fish	7	10-Jan-2008 22:25

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