regarding "sterilising" the tank and equipment minus fish - just putin a cocktail of anti int and ext parasite meds at several times normal dose and drain after a week.
in many cases just draining and leaving in strong sun to dry out completely my do.
the new little "worms" may be harmless and due ...

Lima sn seem to be always undersized on line and in books.
my two are 18 and 14 in total length ,add to this that they swim with barbels extended in front and you must treat them as a 24in fish.
with a small tank i would advise you pick a nice syno instead. they can be fed earth worms ect if it is ...

"wongi" is a mad mans fish!!
dont think about this beast unless you can provide 20x6x4ft.
if you can-god bless and all the luck in the world.

if you can live with the "unnatural" ,i would suggest binding some large artificial plants to the roots with cable ties (cut off the exess tie length to prevent injury).
these will provide some extra shade without taking up much volume and can be blasted with a hose when dirty.
dont expect any large ...

Regarding ph put some coral gravel in your filter to act as a buffer and always run water supply for a minute or so before ph test.
The wounds are very minor and look self inflicted.
this type of injury is often caused when colliding with tank cross straping as a result of panic, poor water ...

Have seen large group of GC's ranging from about 15 to 30 inches but in system around 10000ukgal.

I have one arround 25in that shares with perruno 28in, megladorus 24in down to pike ciclid around 8in ,there have been smaller fish, down to about 5in with no problems.
the only fish it would not ...

i have always been reluctant to use potatoe due to the starch, plecs tend towards green veg as a rule.

dont think the cross will suffer , but i have always disbelieved the line about red tails eating fruits and seeds , i assume the contents of stomarch quote that has been past from book to book by ...

Hi, this is my first post-so sorry to be so negative.

I do not claim to be all knowing, but i have kept trops for over 25 years, including "tank busters" for around 8years .

If you have had these 2 pims for 2 years the reason they are unhappy is not tank size but lack of food.
at this age they ...