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    Sexing my golden eye cichlids

    Hi can anyone please help me sex my golden eye cichlid pair ? I was hoping for a male and female but think I may have 2 females
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    Easiest / hardiest dwarf cichlid to raise

    Sorry I been blowing up the forum with questions lol. My tank is just about ready ( I was able to get some filter media from my LFS to speed up the cycle . Now just about ready to pick out my dwarf cichlids . What would your recommendations be on the hardiest / easiest to keep? Being im a...
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    New to apistos

    Also do you recommend driftwood ?
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    New to apistos

    Thank you so much for all that info ! I’ll probably keep 1 male and some small schooling fish like 4-6 of them. Do you have recommendations on a reputable person to purchase them from? I’m fine with getting him shipped if need be
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    New to apistos

    Got it okay I will keep 1 male then . Any suggestions on which are the smallest / easiest to care for ?
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    New to apistos

    That was my first go around , I do not plan to breed them but if they breed I will get a separate tank for the babies
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    55g nannacara anomala tank stocking

    Where were you able to find those fish? I have been looking everywhere
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    New to apistos

    Hi everyone . Hope all is well! Will be taking a shot at keeping an apistogramma pair . I was unsuccessful my first go around , but have done more research this go around . I am in an apartment and can only keep a 10 gallon tank. I’ve read mixed reviews about keeping a pair of apistos in a 10...
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    Ph always drops

    No aggression issues . I have all my water situations figured out . And I think my female may have eggs in a cave based on her behavior : she’s extremely yellow and barely comes out of the cave . She only comes out when I feed them . Or come very close to the tank ( thinking there being fed...
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    Ph always drops

    Thank you for all the advice ! Fortunately I fixed the problem and my fish are doing great ! And yeah 5-6 days a week from 830 am to 930 pm. So kinda hard to be completely focused on it working 65-70 hours a week
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    Ph always drops

    Really ?? When I was like 12 I had a betta in a .5 gallon tank and maybe cleaned the tank once every 3 months ( yes I know this is all wrong now) and it lived for over 4 years , never had any type of issue or sickness , didn’t have a heater filter or anything
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    Ph always drops

    Thank you so much for the advice , and dealing with all my questions lol . I really appreciate your patience
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    Ph always drops

    Ppm the reading was from the api 5 in 1 test strips
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    Ph always drops

    And yeah I think if these don’t work out I’ll be getting a betta and calling it a day . Taking care of these fish is like a second job
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    Ph always drops

    No problem again I work 60-70 hours a week I don’t have pictures of the tank now . It’s 10 gallon tank I put 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and that was it , dissolved it in water first and poured it in the tank
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    Ph always drops

    10-15% water change weekly , no CO2 injection . Have Anubias nana and Java fern , no pest , and a couple fake plants and caves as well as the drift wood . I put a little baking soda mixed with water in last night and today the fungus seems to have came down . The fish were never acting weird...
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    Ph always drops

    GH was about 80 and KH about 40. I’ve been studying !! Just everything I do is always counter productive in some way . I was thinking my driftwood is maybe dropping the PH substantially but again I am not sure what is causing it , and my tank had cycled for about 1.5 months
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    Ph always drops

    My PH constantly drops and I don’t no why , the fish were perfect before work I get back there growing a white fungus or something on them . And the weirdest **** is that my nitrate nitrite and ammonia Is all 0. And the tank cycled for over a month , don’t understand as to why this happens ...
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    Ph always drops

    I’m a recent college grad who keeps wasting money on these fish that constantly die , my water and everything is always perfect I even take the water to multiple fish stores to get tested snd it comes back perfect and then PH always crashes , while all other levels stay at 0
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    Ph always drops

    Hi everyone . For some reason my PH always drops astronomically in short periods of time . I have a pair of tri apistos got them last week and we’re doing amazing up to this morning . After work I saw there developing a white fungus type thing growing on their bodies, I checked the PH and it had...
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