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Dechi thanks...

Dechi Hi. I'm confused about what " the end of my thumb" measurement means... ( and honestly I think it would take my fish way over 5 minutes for my 6 fish to eat 18 pellets.) The pinch of flakes I feed them is roughly the size of the eraser on top of a pencil... is that way over feeding? or...

A201 Hi. Thanks for the advice. I'll try to get a larger tank before they get that big.

Dechi Hi. It is 36x12x16: 30 gal./ I was wondering if maybe I'm under feeding them. I feed about 3/8" diameter pinch of ground up flakes which takes them about 5 minutes to eat maybe 90-95% of and then they spend 15-20 minutes scouring the tank for remnants. Dechi I got a colony of 6...

I have 6 Electric yellow labs...?...( could be hybrids with red zebra) and at feeding time they are fine until 90% of food is gone and then the Male will start chasing all the tankmates all over the place indiscriminately... (this lasts about an hour). And they all get along peacefully the rest...

awilkinson871 thanks.

How to restart airstone after power outage?

so after a power disruption the airstone should just go back to working like it was before the power disruption? The airstone was working fine before I unplugged the old airpump and installed the new airpump. And the new airpump works fine. JettsPapa Thanks for responding to my query... I...

Yesterday I installed a airstone and found the airpump to be too loud and too powerful... today I bought a new air pump and installed it...( air pump works fine, much quieter) but the airstone isn't producing bubbles. Does this have something to do with the backstop valve that suppose to...

mattgirl Thanks again for advice. I'll do the 50% water change and hold off on cleaning.

mattgirl and Dechi Thought I'd post an update: The nitrite spike went to zero 24 hours after my original post... I added 2.0 ammonia and checked 24hrs later: Cycle complete! 0.0 ammonia/ 0.0 nitrite/ 5.0to10.0 nitrate. I plan to do some light cleaning of the tank and a moderate water...

Dechi Thanks again for your help... I'm now thinking 1male/6female= lucky 7.

SouthAmericanCichlids So are you saying that I need to learn how to have conversations with the Electric yellow Labs at my local fish store? " Hey there little fella... what do you think about living in a 30 gallon aquarium with 7 females of your kind? ( I'm just playing. And I get the...

Hi. I'm currently cycling a 30 gal. tank, (36x12x16), and I'd like to stock it with Electric Yellow Labs... 'this is my first aquarium, and I've run into some confusion while researching the Labs: some sites say 30gal.tank is okay (species specific), some sites say 50gal. min tank, and some...

mattgirl Thanks so much for your insight...I feel like I'm on the right path going forward.