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hey i just was given a very aggrisive red devil and he attacked the two algae eaters i had in the tank? what would make this fish so mean? he was alone when i got him and he was the only “fish” in the tank when i got home,what do i do? […]

Red devils are all very aggresive, that’s just how they are.  There is nothing you can do to “calm her down”……..I would read up about the variety to familiarize yourself with them, and keep her in that tank alone. Kristen

Hi James,
The name of the fish kind of hints at the nature of the fish in this case.
What kind of Algae eaters do you have? How big is the tank? Gallons and dimensions?
From your posting I cannot tell which fish inhabited the tank you have first. The cichlid or the algae eaters.
If you take […]

While many people do 50% or larger PWC’s, doing more than 25% PWC’s at a time can result in a change in water parameters too much, too fast which can result in pH shock, temperature shock, osmoregulatory issues, stress issues, etc.
That article was dealing with a SW tank and did not give any actual test […]

Thanks Lenny & Steve,   The house is about 15 years old.  It has pvc pipe in all of the areas that I can seen which is most most if not all.  I can bypass the filter, although it will all be cold water.  I will do a pH, KH and GH test on the […]

Yes, the Oriental Fire-bellied Toad http://www.amphibian.co.uk/bombina.html http://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/caresheets/firebelliedtoad.html
They have been known to live up to 16 years in captivity! I posted about them a little while ago. You need to make sure they can get a foothold from the aquatic part to the land part. Barring that as a problem, they are very […]

When moving some fish from one tank to another,one of my serpae tetras accidently ended up in my platy tank.He killed all of my neon tetras and all the baby platys before I could figure out what was doing it.With the orange red and black,he looked so much like my platies,the only way I spotted […]

That’s ordinary bamboo. It is NOT completely submersible, only the roots are submersible. It can be grown either in water OR soil. An easy to find plant that IS submersible is the Devil’s Ivy. I have grown it underwater in plastic pots containing pea-sized gravel.
Christa