Recent content by kelly528

Yep, marbles change color quite fast, and I am seeing the red on a few patches of his body and a bit of black under his gill flap. Looks like pigmentation, not an infection.

Nope, your arm will not disturb water quality, that is unless you have something toxic on your skin (e.g. an industrial cleaner). It's still a good idea to wash your hands before, and especially after putting them in the tank.

...are you positive it's really septicemia? I'd give a fish with septicemia a week to live at most... it's basically a blood infection so it psreads pretty fast and is quite lethal. Perhaps you just have an unusually 'veiny' betta?

Personally I have never had much luck with pygmy cories (corydoras pygmaeus). Littlecamy would agree! They are quite delicate and despite my best efforts they would slowly die off over a span of months. Never found out why. Just every once in a while a body would turn up. Anyways I know kuhlis...

My friends think its hilarious... I took a year off university, stayed at home to work and fell hardcore into fishkeeping. When I came out of the closet they laughed their asses off... I am just a second year student, into all the usual partying, going out with friends, NOT bothering with...

And likewise, viewing a fish tank for 30 minutes a day has been clinically shown to dramatically reduce anxitey. Ownership of pretty much any pet has been shown to have extremely beneficial effects on mental and physical health. Its not just limited to 'interactive' pets.

I really like nerites, they only eat green dust algae but other than that they are hands down the best algae eater on the planet! Very efficient lol... you would only need about 2 of them and they have a lower bioload than apple snails. Another good option is the oto. I know they have a...

Probably not, aren't they technically filter feeders?

Ahh I see. Well all that would go for any fish though. Doesn't seem relative to any particular species, only how you stock them.

Yeah, exactly I keep mine at 72. Which for me at least requires a heater, as our house stays at about 62 normally. Where are you finding that ammonia becomes more toxic in warmer water? I've never heard that before. But yeah, on the topic the platy needs a heater.

??? Sorry, not many tropical fish keepers have heard of heating fancy goldfish tanks so I am used to proffering the reasons why without waiting for people to post back asking. I didn't mean to put my handbag down, whatever that means. I heard it from 'Fancy Goldfish' by Drs. Richard Hess and...

I always put mine right before my biomedia so that it filters out any fine debris that could get trapped in the biomedia and decrease its surface area.

A few world-class koi vets and goldfish enthusiasts / authors actually... Dr. Richard Hess comes to mind. Doesn't seem to be a commonly held idea on this forum but on legit goldfish forums such as the GAB and koko's this school of thought also prevails. A temperature in the mid 70s is...

You'll probably want to invest in a Hydor Mini-Heater (7.5w)... before I knew that fancy goldfish needed a heater I had mine in an unheated tank. I kept tabs on the temperature and it was all over the map, depending on whether we had the heating or air conditioning on or off. There are tons of...

From what I hear marbled crayfish seem to be a pretty popular feeder-tank tenant among puffer keepers.