Fórum Cichlid Fish Forum

Greetings I am setting up a 125g tank and want to use an old 55g I have for the sump. This will be my first time using a sump system and was wondering if anyone knows of a website or other source that will design the plumbing, calculate flow rates and what to use as a return pump? I would also welcome any suggestions on what brands make good return pumps and if it’s worth it to spend more for a name brand like sicce or if a no name one will be just as good as well as any experience in... Sump Design

Thoughts? The Nitrogen Cycle Is Wrong (And Has Been For 130 Years)

Thoughts? The Nitrogen Cycle Is Wrong (And Has Been For 130 Years)

Next week I'll be getting goldfish for the first time in my fishkeeping career. I have 24 years keeping and breeding tropical fish, snails, and shrimp, but I'm new to goldies. Going to get 2 or 3 fancies at 2-3" length (baby guys) for a 40 gallon bowfront that's 36" by 15" by 20"H. Will upgrade them later if they end up needing more room. The tank will be getting fully cycled filters from other tanks. I know my stuff when it comes to fishkeeping- just new to goldies. The temperature of the... Any Goldfish peeps here? I have questions and I'm new to goldfish.

Here are the parents and also the fry (edited video) growing out in a 10 gallon and also the parents have been moved to a 30 gallon planted setup. They are still settiling in as you can see here but their color and behavior are improving. I think the brigher lights in the new tank bothered them initially.

Following on from this My mbuna tank 450l Juwel Rio, has been stocked for 6 months now (from Christmas Eve). Deco was dead reef rock, substrate pool filter sand, various plants. Fish were as far as we could tell; Labidochromis caeruleus Kakusa, (1M, 5F) Chindongo elongatus Mpanga, (1M, 6F) Pseudotropheus sp. acei yellow fin, (1M, 5F) Labidochromis (?) joanjohnsonae – Pearl of Likoma.( 1M, 6F) I have had... 6 months on

Today was a swap meet at the local club here in Chicagoland. One of the vendors had Neocrhomis greenwoodi - a species I've always wanted and they were really nice. I had the bag in my hand but then I listened to the voice that said "put them back - you don't have room and you have a plan for other tanks". So I did. But then after today's water change, my existing Victorians decided to show off to console me. [ATTACH... Self control at the swap meet

While I resiisted buying fish that I don't have room for at today's swap meet, I did score a full 29g setup for $60 (tank, heaters, light, canopy). This is to keep me entertianed while I'm restoring the big tank for my Tropheus experience. I have a bag of shells. So I'm thinkng shellies. I've kept multis a few times and I do love the little Tanganyikan bulldozers, but gimme some shelllie recommendations and photos if you have some!

While I resiisted buying fish that I don't have room for at today's swap meet, I did score a full 29g setup for $60 (tank, heaters, light, canopy). This is to keep me entertianed while I'm restoring the big tank for my Tropheus experience. I have a bag of shells. So I'm thinkng shellies. I've kept multis a few times and I do love the little Tanganyikan bulldozers, but gimme some shelllie recommendations and photos if you have some!

Would you alter the sump partitions. It has three chambers in a 70G Tank. They are I guess about 2/3 up towards top. The sump was running previously and i presume it has a fail safe height for power outage. Chambers: 1 # In flow. 8" length by the 17" width. No socks used. Its a bit to fill. From bottom say 2" gap, 10PPI Poret, not sure how thick I will make it. I purchased some mesh bags to fill the length and width. No Gaps. Can over flow into next chamber if clogged. Pot Scrubber's large... Sump Chat