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Hi everyone, Yeah, you've seen us talking incessantly about doing all sorts of cool planted displays, including palludariums and ripariums using aquatic and marginal plants... Well, we finally have the easiest, coolest way to help you build an epic display using marginal plants- the new...

Takashi Amano passes away after bout with pneumonia. Not necessarily cichlid related, but he made an impact in the hobby. Rest in peace. -Rich

I have had this sole remaining Callochromis pleurospilus for a few years in my Tang community tank. He went missing the other day and I found him dead, wedged in one of the calvus spawning shells. I suppose they go in (maybe chasing a piece of food), get wedged and can't back out. Hasn't...

My prized red female died so suddenly. Both her eyes got huge and popped out. I don't know what caused it. But I will miss her. No more reds from me. She was a one of a kind female angel. She will be missed.

Yesterday (3-17-14) after a regular evening feeding, he started swimming sporadically, darting dangerously all over the tank, seconds later he hit his head on the Glass Top & sunk to the bottom. I quickly took him out & put him in my hospital tank. This morning he appeared to be doing ok, but I...

I finally had to euthanize my big gold severum today (picture in my avatar). I've had him for almost 6 years and noticed him starting to deteriorate physically a few months ago. He was starting to get beaten up in the tank, so it was time. Kinda bummed. He was the first fish I put in my 180...

So my female jewel died this morning. Thank you all who advised on helping her. I treated with iodide and the goiter got smaller. Then it came back, I tried treating again, but it didn't shrink this time. Papa jewel is still with the babies and I'm glad to say her babies are all fine. Papa jewel...

Unfortunately pristine aquarium closed its doors for good today. This really sucks for the people in virginia that really don't have many options as far as fish stores.. now the only two I know of are vienna aquarium and centreville aquarium (which has less tanks than most members of this club...

Sad to see that cancer took his life away. http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/04/beastie-boys-adam-yauch-dead/ Glad I got to see them in concert (Virgin Fest 2007) because they are def one of my favorite groups, ever. Some vids I took. tCUXsuOT3dw TrvSwLCtIqI ui48eiRItNU

My 2yr old picked out a Demonsani in December from Tropical Lagoon in Silver Spring cause it had "tons of personality." It was in a 29g with an exasperatus, 2 socolofi, and 2 yellow labs. I have been getting ready to upgrade to a 55g and was going to let the demonsani have his own tank in the...

OK so when I first read all of the sob stories about someone's favorite fish dying, I was like, "Well, that's sad, but they'll get over it." Well, fate has come to me and I've lost my favorite fish :( I found him last night floating upside-down in the tank barely grasping to life and staring at...

put my favorite guy in the hospital tank 2 days ago...had some white film covering red ulcer looking things from an infection of some sort...just passed away today...anybody have any ideas on what it could've been? i've been treating with salt and maracyn plus.