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david - 2011-06-12
Are Rams compatible with Heckel Discus, Altum (wild) Angelfish, and Black Ghost Knifefish? How about with Silver Dollars?

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Charlie Roche - 2011-06-13
The Knifefish needs a minimum of a 100 gallon tank on his own. They are beautiful but they get huge and he will most likely eat the others.
cody - 2013-02-24
The angel fish isn't recommended but you may try with a knife fish all depends on you tank size to oh and for the discus. Alot of people may tell you to keep them in a single species tank and they need different water phlevels in their tank.

Mayank Dusane - 2013-02-24
I have a 4 inch long green terror and a common pleco in a 15 gallon tank. Yes I know the tank is too small for it so I have put ads to sell it. Just wanted to ask about its aggression towards the pleco in such a small tank because I am a bit concerned.

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-24
Plecos have armour and sharp spines so he should be fine. Most fish will not chance an injury, just keep them well fed.

sabrina - 2012-12-01
Help! my black moor has whitish color on him. His fins are shredded and he is swimming sideways then ok, then swims fast too the top swims down then sits on the bottom for ages struggling to sit straight. What's wrong with him??? I have had him for two years he is in a two foot by 1 foot tank on his own with a good filter can anybody help???

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Charlie Roche - 2012-12-01
Animal World has a page of various diseases symptoms and the corresponding treatments for fish. Follow this link and look up the symptoms as you see them on your moor and the corresponding treatment is there.

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/Diseases.htm
Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-01
Sounds like fin rot. Add some salt to the tank. Can also get medications for it as well.
Sam - 2013-02-23
my fish used to have the same problems. how many fish do you have? their could be a illness in the water. they sell droplets at almost any petstore after I got the drops my fish look great the spots are gone and their fins grew back.

silver_arowanna - 2013-02-22
i had 2 silver arowana fish, 2 days after i bought it home...it doesn't want to eat, and i bought shrimp. And the night after, it starts to put it head under water and it's bottom part up like upside down , it was still alive after i thought it was its behavior so is okay later it die, i just want to know what cause that? and why? cause i brought 2 new one. HELP!

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-23
Check your water conditions. What size tank do you have?

Jeremy Galloway - 2007-12-30
I have a RTC that is roughly 30 inches in length. He is great! He has eaten from my hand since he was only around a half an inch long. I started feeding him red worms and moved up to earthworms and then too catfish food and for the last couple of years he has been eating kibbles and chunks dog food. I feed him about six pieces twice a day and am careful not to over feed him. I would love to show you how he acts! He has toys in his tank that he loves to play with (nothing he can swallow) and loves to be played with. I take my hand and pet him and also wrestle with him by grabbing his tail and pushing him through the water. He will actually put his tail in my hand and want me to push him. He has a ball in his tank that he will balance on his head and push throught the water from one end of the tank to the next. He loves attention and if he wants it he gets it by splashing water or hitting the tank lid or his new thing is to spit water half way across the room. He is truly a great pet and i consider him part of the family.

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Jay - 2013-02-22
Is your Rtc on YouTube if so send me a link.

mrsmelton2012 - 2012-11-20
I bought a pair of them. They killed every fish and then they battled it out. I decided to just keep the one by himself an he has been doing great for 3 yrs.

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JOHN DOWNING - 2013-02-22
find this difficult to believe, i have had these fish for several years mixed with other cichlids, mainly african, and have never had a problem with aggression. is your or was your tank small, wonder if that could be the problem. or what were the other species you had in with them.

Brian Walker - 2013-02-22
Hillstream loaches are a fin fish.. I have 5 of them now in a 75 gallon. I'm going to order more.. I keep getting different species every Tim I order..

Sarah - 2006-02-03
i was just writting because i have recently started an aquarium. i purchased 1 pearl gourmai, 1 bristlenose catfish, 1 fighter and a dawarf gourmai. My pearl gourami started to nipe my fighters tail it then began to bite my dawarf gourmai and continued to eat it. My dawarf gourmai has been left with no tail and very few scales. I was told that all these fish were compatible and good community fish. We have since sold the pearl gourami and the tank has been restored to a peacful enviorment.

Liam D - 2008-02-06
Horatio and his teeth!! Following on from the overfeeding incident Horatio seemed off his food and was a nasty grey colour and not his usual interactive self. On looking at his face he appeared to be all teeth, his top teeth touching his bottom (GSP s have 4 teeth/beak for crunching shells). Googling puffer teeth showed I would need to trim them for him to eat or he would starve! Fearing he would die anyway I carried out the following procedure. I used a dish about 2 inches deep containing his tank water, about 1/2 pint, to which I added 3 drops of clove oil. I placed him into dish and gently rocked the dish until his fins stopped moving and he rolled onto his side. Then I fished him out in a net trimming his teeth with cuticle cutters (heart stopping stuff), steady hand required and not for the faint hearted! Once I had trimmed back a suitable amount I placed him back into his tank still in the net with the filter water on him until there was movement. About 20 minutes later he was swimming around. A day later he was looking a lot less grey and is now his playful self.

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nick - 2013-02-21
i dont have pufferfish but every fish i buy it dies over the next couple weeks what should i do about this the oly thing i got is two corycats and thair the only ones that didnt die

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