Go to the Ohio Dept of Natural Resoures website and use their lake finder to find out what species can be found in the area lakes near you. They should have a species list of fish somewhere on the site that might explain a little about each fish.

I think I would agree on Ancistrus sp.3
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I have 4 of these bn and have not been able to ID http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2078/bn18to.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/983/bn34hq.th.jpg I was told by the gentlemen at the store that they are a dwarf variety and shouldn't get any bigger than 3"-4" The spots on the fish appear to be ...

Go to the Texas Department of Natural resources website and see if they have a list of native species. That's where I would start.

I would agree that it is fat, not with eggs. They can eat a lot of food. Cut down the amount you feed and see if the belly reduces in size.

Try zucchini and yellow squash my plecos eat it regularly.

The baskets look very cheap! Sometimes you get what you pay for. Stick with Eheim. I have 2 2028's and 3 Aquaball power heads and love them.

These are some of my personal favorites. Platydoras costatus(striped talking cat), Agamyxis pectinifrons(spotted talking cat), Pimelodus blochii(pictus cat), Baryancistrus Sp.(L081)(gold nugget), Baryancistrus Sp.(L177)(gold nugget) I keep all of these fish in a 220 gallon tank along with 5 large ...

I tried garlic in my tank for the first time today and the fish in all my tanks went crazy for it. I cut it into small strings and blanched it in the microwave for about 40 seconds and threw it in and it was gone in seconds. I have read in a few places that this can stimulate some hard to feed ...

I get my sealant at petco and I believe it is the 10oz by allglass. I have used it a couple of times and seems to work well, no leaks yet!!

I have been a member of this sight for a little while now and I have to laugh everytime someone posts about a dead fish, they always write my water parameters are perfect! Hmm? Makes you wonder. Now I know it is possible to lose fish in ideal conditions but this often. I highly doubt it. Now if ...

I do agree with the eheim products I have 2 of the 2028's on my 220 gallon tank, awesome filters! But since I have a canister filter under my tank already I don't want to switch. I was planning on maybe some bristlenose and fancy show quality guppies. I have heard the 2 make a good combo.

I have been thinking about changing my 72 gallon bow front to a planted tank. What type of filter would be the best for that situation. The tank will be heavily planted and will also have fish in it. I talked to the guy at the lfs and he suggested a trickle filter. I currently have magnum 350 and a ...

Active, schooling fish. OK with fish of similar size. Provide plenty of swimming room and hiding spots.

As I said in my posting I am using proper chemicals (novaqua and Amquel) and only a capful of each for a 10 gallon. Then I add my cycle bacteria. I did not change my media in my filter, I never do that at time of water change. I removed the guppies last night in fear they might die overnight. When I ...

I have been cycling a 10 gallon tank with 10 fancy guppies for about 2 weeks. Yesterday I did my weekly 2 gallon water change and it seemed within an hour or so the o2 level dropped and all the fish in the tank went to the top and have stayed there since. And the water seemed to take on a foul smell ...

I would never tell someone not to get a fish, but I just got rid of 2 tigers because of multiple reason first off the guy at the lfs had them marked spotted shovelnose and said they wouldn't bother my other fish. come to find out they are tigers. And then they grew about 6 inches in 3 months and ...

Spotted Raphael Cat(Agamyxis Pectinifrons)or the Striped Raphael cat(Platydoras costatus) would do well in a tank that size. They are easy to care for and don't bother other fish. All they need is clean water and a nice cave along with some good food and they are happy.

I would still suggest Tinfoil barbs, I have 2 pangasius and 4 large Tinfoil barbs and it is a very peaceful coexistence, they don't pick on each other at all. You will have no worries about compatibility.

Now I am confused are you getting a redtail shark or a redtail cat because there is a difference one is a minnow the other is a catfish. If it's the minnow? large barbs will be fine. If it's a redtail cat? I would only keep large fish like pacu and other large cats.

Stay away from tiger barbs they are fin nippers. I have made that mistake already. Tinfoil barbs are a good option if you have enough room for them, but they eat alot of food which makes it hard to feed bottom dwellers. Silver dollars are another good one for a community tank,

If you try meds use a med that is safe for scaleless catfish or you could have problems. And be sure to remove any carbon you may be using for filtration, carbon removes meds. Sorry I don't know they name of the med you need but maybe some one else could tell you. It may have been maroxy or ...

I think any time you run your tank temp that high it's dangerous to some fish.

Give it time to settle in, it will feed when it's ready. Pangasius sutchi are skiddish by nature but will get better over time when it gets use to the new surroundings. As for the ich I have used that treatment before many years ago and it worked for me but can be very dangerous.

If you can find a brand called redflint it comes in many sizes and go with the smallest you can use with your UGF. It's very good for biological filtration. Put it in 2-3 inches deep. It has a great look to it, very natural.

I have 2 large pimelodus blochii and have no issues with them eating other fish other than feeder goldfish. They are housed with atleast a dozen cories. My pims are 8-10inches long so they are big enough to eat the cories but they don't seem to bother them. Sometimes the cories will swim all over ...

Don't think you can get that in the US and I think you have to do the layering with that product. The Eco-Complete is a use alone gravel that you can grow plants in. So they say.

Does any one out there use Caribsea Eco-Complete gravel in there planted aquarium. I have been thinking about doing a planted cory tank and don't want to go through the hassle of doing layers of soil and clay and what ever else people use in planted tanks. I have been reading about this Eco-Complete ...

Sounds to me like you need to just keep your hands out of the tank! Let it run. I was guilty of this when I first started keeping fish 12 years ago. Since then I have learned to just do a bi-weekly or monthly water change. This would all depend on the how many fish you have and the amount you feed ...

I have 2 Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum(tiger shovelnose catfish). I had trouble in the beginning feeding any kind of food to them except live roseys or gold fish. I have since got them to take frozen freshwater shrimp, but that is all they will take. I think sometimes you have to adjust to the fish ...