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Ive read around and nothing has said anything about their shells changing color. I bought 10 feeder GS and they were all their normal opaque color. I was looking around this morning and one has dark brown spots on his shell. Looks kinda neat, I just didn't know they could/would do that.

Maybe he hooked up with another Cory lastnight and then this morning when they woke up he found out it was really a guy. So now he is trying to purge the evil from his body.

Ive always heard you can place a small saucer upside down in the center of your tank with a piece of lettuce on it at night. Then in the morning just remove the saucer and all the snails that are on it. Also, Id pay for shipping if you would want to collect as many as you can and send them...

The black worms Ive been feeding the fish have been hanging out under the gravel. They are still alive because when I do a waterchange they are moving around in the bucket. My ammonia has jumped up to 1 either because of them, or because of the cycling is in full force. I changed about 40%...

Movement is the key. I have frozen mysis shrimp that just sits in the bottom of the tank. They will eat it, but I think its thier last choice. I haven't done blood worms but everyone keeps saying to try those. I don't get how they will let some frozen food sit, and eat others. However...

Does he burninate his food?

Nothing beats a feeding frenzy ending with over eating enough to where the fish and even the ghost shrimp can't do anything except sit there with worms still hanging out of thier mouths.

Earlier you said "What should I do to the culprate?" I say give him 5-10 years no parole.

Speaking of that, I think Im creating monsters. The puffers do thier chasing each other away thing and the guppies are doing it too.

My puffers are only 3/4 of an inch long, so it doesnt take much to fill them. So, brine is what I was speaking of.

I came downstairs about 3 hours after feeding the fish brine shrimp. Both the guppies and the puffers have HUGE peices of poo hanging out of them. I guess thats what happens when you swallow something whole. One of the puffers shook it loose and to me it still looked like a shrimp. I guess...

I have some mysis for the guppies and flakes as well. I keep hearing you guys say bloodworms and I really need to try that. Do puffers react to the blood like sharks do? As in triggering thier sense that food is near?

I set up the same thing recently. I got so sick of tropical community fish and I had no idea what to get. I thought about cichlids but when I saw them up close they weren't really impressive. Ive always wanted puffers and I ended up getting 4 and I love em to death. Kind of aggrivating to...

As some of you have read Ive been asking about live food for my puffers. I have some live black worms and brine shrimp today. Here is the run down. I put the worms in there and they tried to crawl into the gravel, but one of the puffers ate a few. 2 weren't paying attention and the guppies...

Even the brine? Do they need air holes or anything?

Ive got some live black worms and some brine shrimp. I didnt even think about asking the guy at the store how to keep them. I have the shrimp swimming around in a plastic container, and the worms are doused with water in another. How can I keep them alive for a while?

Yeah, but the key word is "feeder" guppies. Whats prolly gonna happen is they won't be eaten and they'll grow, I'll get attached and then all hades will break loose.

I think you, or somebody told me to put the frozen food in the current so they will move around a bit to intice the fish. I tried that the best I could and they still watched it fall to the bottom. When they see the shrimp hit the water and float they RACE to it but then they just follow it...

I took all the advice given to me about my tank. It seems it wasn't fully cycled so I bought 10 feeder guppies and 10 ghost shrimp. Mainly to see if the puffers would eat em, but they are slightly too big right now. I tested my Nitrate/trite and ammonia on Friday when I put those fish in and...

Thats where I got mine at. Since they are my first, feeding them was an issue I had asked them about and they said "OH WE JUST FEED THEM FLAKES" Right there shows you they aren't 100 percent up to par. Mine have been going ok for 4 days now. How long have your puffers from PS been lasting?

I know you just corrected me on some things I was doing wrong, but Ive been watching my puffers since I got them and as I said in one of my other posts, my puffers love moving objects. Im dying to get some live brine and I should be getting some live black worms today. When I dropped the...

Well Ive got three things to say 1. :::sigh::: 2. Yikes 3. Right when I think I know what Im doing. Preciate it, I'll let everybody know what happens.

Since I need to step backwards, whats the proper way to add water? How long should it sit/be treated before its added? Like whoever said it, Ive always had fish that can take the changes and I guess thats why im sick of community fish.

Hmm. News to me. I guess when I was younger I only bad part of it down and now it seems I still do. Im using a 125 biowheel. So im looking for all three to be 0. I'll get some tests today while im out. So if fish start to die because they can't take the changes, what should I be looking...

Thank you very much for responses from my first post. We talked about using a vac to clean up any uneaten food, which I will do, but I really don't want to put my hand in there everyday and starttle the fish. If thats what I have to do then I wil. However, what about some sort of scavenger...

I want to hatch some brine, but I want to do it in the tank, or at least try a small number. What are the pros and cons of doing so? There is nothing in the tank that would bother them until they hatch.

I didnt cycle with fish or ammoina. You mentioning it is the first I have thought about it in a long while. I dont think I ever have done that, but I have heard people telling me to do it before.

Yes they are Dwarfs. Im not a total novice. Ive had fish since I was a kid, but Im still learning. Its been a long time since Ive had fish and I was so tired of regular community fish. Im familiar with basic cycling, i.e. letting the water filter for a week or so to build bacteria and...

I bought some really tiny puffers from Petsmart yesterday and they have now been in my tank just over 24 hours. They didn't react to dried tubifex. I was getting worried because I heard they are moderately tough to keep, I changed a bit of the water today and that ment they had to acclimate...