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Beautiful tank :thumbs: Amazing job on the video!

:welcome: to AA!!

Congrats on the spawn! :thumbs:

:welcome: to AA!!

:welcome: to AA!!

I have a Turbo CO2 Bio-System Canister that i want to use with a DIY home made recipe for CO2. I have a 33 gallon planted tank. What would be the best Yeast, sugar, water.. etc ratio?

:welcome: to AA!

:welcome: to AA!

Welcome to AA! :thumbs:

Welcome to AA!! :thumbs:

What is the best way to clean the sand? I know i can't use the standard gravel vac. How does everybody else do it?

I would be worried about the stress level if you put it in a 5 gallon tank. It should heal on its own as long as your params are good. Keep a close watch and make sure its eating.

Yeah thats the stuff i got. The Quikrete Playsand. :thumbs:

In theory it should be easy. But in real life they can hide pretty good if they want to. I have had times where i have ripped apart the whole tank trying to find a fish. Couldn't find it and put the tank back together and 20 minutes later i see if swimming around.

Sounds like it could be a good trick. I might have to try that. I have been successful in scooping them up when they come up to eat. But if im catching a holding female then she won't be eating. Ill have to try that some time. Thanks for the info.

Yeah it was like a navy blue. lol

Thanks for all your reply's, i went to Home Depot in hopes of buying some sand but all they had was the blue and red play sand. So i went over to Totem and they had some regular play sand there. It looks great in my tank! Not that much dust at all... It is the first time that i am putting sand in any of my tanks, so we'll see how it goes. :thumbs:

I was hoping to pick up a bag of sand today for one of my tanks and i was wondering where the best place to go. I think Burnco is closed for the rest of the year but i am not to sure. Maybe Canar?

Thanks for all your advice. I will defiantly consider another filter to accommodate.

I'm running a Rena XP4 right now. Shes good for up to 175 Gallons. Defiantly not enough for the amount of fish i currently have in there though. I 'm keeping up with the water changes every week. I will be getting an additional used Fluval 404 in about 2 weeks or so. Money is kind of tight right now otherwise i would get it right away. I'm keeping a close eye on my Nitrates at least until i get the other filter. I probably will eventually put a sump in for it but we'll see when that day comes. What do you got for filtration in your 180?

Well lake Malawi is in Africa so that makes no sense. What fish are you wanting to add? I will have close to 50 fish in my 180 gallon right off the hop, and will likely add / exchange a few more. Maybe redO knows something that you havn't stated but you need to supply some more info. Typically, breeding fish will become very aggresive towards others and can cause damage. Yes, many africans do fine in a heavily stocked tank (mbuna esp.), but if you want to breed fish, a overstocked community tank is not the best set up. That's why I do all males! Boom :boom: They are mostly all from Lake Malawi except the convicts i believe are from CA. Here is a list of all the fish i currently have in the tank. 1 albino peacock 5-6 inchs 1 sunshine peacock 5 inchs 1 large male yellow lab 5-6 inchs 1 large yellow tail acei 6 inchs 7 yellow tail acei 3 inchs 1 large male red zebra 5 inchs 1 f1 mosobo 3 inchs 1 large Pseudotropheus elongatus 5-6 inchs 1 large female Pseudotropheus elongatus 5 inchs 2 cobalt blue zebras 3-4 inchs 1 large male red zebra 5-6 inchs 5 yellow labs 2-4 inchs 7 large red zebras 3-5 inchs 2 small red zebras 1-2 inchs 1 small red empress ( unsexed) 1-2 inchs 5 convicts 3-4.5 inch 1 f1 electric blue 1 male jewel 1 female jewel 2 unknown The fish i will be adding in a few months will be 2 buffalo heads 2 lemon jakes 2 ruby reds 3 lwandas i decided i'm not going to add more electric yellows or convicts so only 9 more will be added. I'm willing to sell off a few zebras and acei. i will keep in mind the fact of Hybridization and i will monitor them closely to see which ones are more temperament than others. i guess my main question was will all of these fish be fine together in a 150. or should i thin some of them out to avoid problems in the future. ie. diseases from stress.

Will it decrease breeding though? I am not sure what your asking? if you have caves for them to dig and places to lay there eggs they will still breed. What i'm saying is... will the breeder fish be to stressed by the amount of fellow fish in the tank to breed?

Will it decrease breeding though?

I have heard many things about stocking a tank. Like the 1" per gallon rule. I have also heard that if you have ample enough filtration and hiding spots that you can go over that limit with ease. I have 44 fish currently in my 150 Gallon. About 1/3 of them are full grown. The ones that aren't full grown vary from 3" to 4.5". It doesn't seem to crowded but it is over the limit. They are mostly Cichlids from Lake Malawi. With a few Africans in the mix. I have about 15 more fish to add in about 6 months or so. They are still juveniles so i want to grow them up a bit first. And i heard Lake Malawi's do better in larger groups. It reduces their aggression. There are a few fish i have in mind that i would like to sell to reduce the count if need be. I want to get other peoples opinion on what they think is the "true" rule about the amount of fish to stock a tank with.

I found that heat and salt worked the best when curing my tank of Ich. The heat speeds up the development of Ich, therefore making it reach the "vulnerable" state quicker. And the salt helps heal the fins and body of the fish faster.