Some of my cichlids...

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I'm a little blown about the HLLE thing. There is not definite known cause, and no definite known cure. Dang it. Ah well... I love ol' Bubba anyway. I will just do my best to keep his environment clean... as I do anyway, and hope for the best.

I appreciate everyone's comments and advice!

-Rich
 
rich_one;5112492; said:
I really appreciate the compliment... thanks! I do think aclockworkorange has very nice argentae... they are definitely brighter than mine... I certainly applaud his efforts on such great looking fish. That's my take on it, at any rate.

I think I should pick up the maintenance of my FX5. As I sit here and think about it, I do monthly maintenance on it... but laziness at times on my part does allow that to fluctuate between 4 to 6 weeks at time... so not completely a month faithfully. That could be where my flaw is here. I will be more strict on the maintenance of that filter, and see if the results improve. Glad I posted here... lets me know I certainly have to do a little more work. I want to make sure my guys are as healthy as possible!

-Rich
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Thanks bro. I also run an FX5 on my 125. I honestly clean it maybe once every 3-4 months. The more important thing is high quality food and lots of water changes IMO.
 
burzumaske20;5112489; said:
I'm sure they're pellets,but I have gotten my Oscar from a petco,where he was brought in by someone,who couldn't care for him anymore,was never fed pellets,since I tried to do.That is why I try to do a variety of food,that has minerals,vitamins,protein,ect
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Try stuffing small pellets in something like frozen krill. I did that for my fire eel.
 
rich_one;5112169; said:
Dang it... sorry, mods... I thought I was in the media lounge when I was doing this, but clearly I was not. My bad.

-Rich
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Don't be sorry at all Rich! The staff is only here to help. You ever need help with a thread in the cichlid sections or setup/filtration, feel free to drop me a PM. Great pics BTW! ;)
 
JK47;5112714; said:
Don't be sorry at all Rich! The staff is only here to help. You ever need help with a thread in the cichlid sections or setup/filtration, feel free to drop me a PM. Great pics BTW! ;)
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Will do... thanks, Justin!

-Rich
 
aclockworkorange;5112654; said:
Try stuffing small pellets in something like frozen krill. I did that for my fire eel.
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lol since you mentioned that,I have tried that with tubifex worms,that didn't work at all.
 
Thanks bro. I also run an FX5 on my 125. I honestly clean it maybe once every 3-4 months. The more important thing is high quality food and lots of water changes IMO.
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+1.

You don't need to clean canister filters all the often. And you should never clean the bio-media. HLLE is a huge problem with oscars but yours doesn't look that bad. It may have just been the picture. Why don't you post more pics of your O and we can confirm if it has HLLE or not. Also what are your water params?
 
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