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Ok so I recently picked up a 55 gallon starter bundle kit from from petsmart (topfin is the brand) I haven't set it up yet but I was wondering about filtration, I kinda want a sponge filter to go along with the included filter so what do u think? Should I upgrade the included filter and if so...

Hello I'm new to MFK so I apologize if I'm doing this wrong. I recently bought a 55 gallon aquarium and not sure what all I can have in it, I'm looking for a community type aquarium but would be open to single bigger fish suggestions. I was looking at gouramis and thinking one good size one...

Hi, I have recently bought a 200l tank, 100cm long. Water is 155TDS, GH - 179ppm PH - 7.5. Originally i wanted to keep an Oscar, but this tank is far too small to house one fully grown so Im looking at some smaller south American Cichlids or some apistogrammas. I have been looking at...

I'm a forum newbie here, but I've had aquariums for over ten years and want to share my current story: The last few years my 125 gal SA cichlid tank has been at my buddies house/old roomate. I decided to leave it there after my wife and I bought a new house. He kept the tank for the last 4...

Hey everyone, I'm new on the boards, and I'm getting back into the love of messing with my aquarium. I have a 55 Gallon tank with gravel filler, standard filtering (i'll post brand/etc if needed) and heater. I had some rocks we were going to use in our flower gardens, but I acquired them and...

Just got my biggest tank ever set for fishies! We upgraded from a 35 gal. To a 75 currently holding 6 assorted Australian rainbows 1 koi angel,a Chinese algae eater (4 inch), and an electric blue acara (my husband brought home the blue bully )All juvenile around 2 inches except the algae eater...

Can someone please help me figure out if I missed my jack dempseys laying eggs.. They are acting like they laid eggs but I just noticed all this behavior yesterday when it looked like they were spawning but I didn't see any eggs... I saw little tiny clear dots coming out of my female and go on...

I was sold a jack dempsey when I was told it was a jeweled cichlid. Now I am frustrated. It has been 4 months and I have upgraded its tank to a 50 gallon. Now that he is in a bigger tank he seems less happy. Should I buy him a tank mate? All he does is sit in his cave and hide from me when I...

Hey, I've been wanting an aquarium for a long time but the only trouble is i am away for around 4 days a week with work. I've been looking at buying and keeping adult red belly piranha's as they do not need feeding every day, are there any other fish that i could maybe look into keeping? or...

Hello Guys, i am new in monster fish keeping...and i wish if we can share the knowledge and experience in this awesome world. Regards, Pravesh Shilotri

Hey all, this is my first post to MFK, my roommate referred me here, if I'm breaking any forum rules by posting in here I apologize and please direct me to the right section. I've got a 55 gallon tank, my first one, with a few black skirt tetras, a lungfish, black ghost knife fish, and a pleco...