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My first tanks were both 40 gallon. I just put sand in them, added water, planted the plants, waited a week then added all the fish. Changed maybe 5 gallons of water a month, ran filters on the back of the tank and always put clean filter pads in (no chance for bacteria ever grow), and only fed...

is it just me (being confused) or does fish gods answer make no sense? I don't understand point here..it just don't seem helpfull.

but it is so so kewl to watch them eat. It's like an Oscar, they'll open their mouth and suck a fish in from several inches away and so fast....woof....fish gone. :hyper:

twitty, that's so kewl, I like that better than tweety :D That's the first time I heard of a female talking, that's great :thumbs: If you got a female to talk, you must really give her a lot of attention and she must love you a lot

After reading that, I'm getting one. But I will have to wait till after christmas, so till then I'll just have to do the water changes. Thats a great idea, I'll give that a try. Do you think these algea eaters, almost 2" long could have attacked my baby cardinals under 1" long? thank you for...

I'm not sure on terms, not sure what the cere is. If that's the part above the beak where his nose is then it's probably a female. The part around the nose is pinkish when they're young, under a year, then it should turn. A female will be pinkish but should turn very white when she's in heat and...

Anyway, out of 12 I have 4 neons left, out of 15 I have 6 zebra danios left, still have all 5 kuhli loaches, and all 12 white clouds are left. I'm not moving the chinese algea eaters, and I have 1 pencile fish left out of 6. All 6 cardinals are missing, could my chinese algea eaters have gotten...

I've been rinsing off my filter pads because there hard to find here, I was worried it would be bad, but what you said makes sense. :nod: My BIG question.....you have any idea how I can get those algea eaters out of a fully planted tank with driftwood and large rocks? :crazy: Everytime I...

I've about had it. When I had my first tanks (20 years ago) I just filled them with water, then plants, waited a week then aded all the fish. Never had any die, never checked any levels. Now everything is dieing, even my plants. This is on my second attempt the first time it was bad air...

That is one healty happy looking bird. I love that its white. Seeing that makes me miss my last one. It was an english parakeet, you can see by the picture it's a bit larger than a regular parakeet. He's been bred 4 times and had several white babies but I sold them to the local pet store. I see...

the filter I had was a whisper, the large 2 sided one, I just added a new one that has the sponge. There were times before where my wife was over feeding them, but it's all been rebuilt (I vacuumed the top 1/2 inch of sand to get rid of the debre). The water is good right from the tap, they...

Yea, I've had to hide my fish food because they are always trying to feed them :nod:

I need to add this, i think, here's a close up of the so called driftwood i got from my LFS

Now if the school can keep the air conditioning working I shouldn't have to do another rebuild The cloudyness is algea growing on the glass, I was hoping my algea chinese eaters would take care of it, but maybe I need to get a few more. I think this tank is just too bug for only 2 of'm.

Thanx for your help :) This tank is gonna be a lot of work to keep up :(

It's been set up over a year, but it has one of those filter that you change the pads, so it never gets a build up. I just added a filter with that sponge so that should help in time. I can't change the water on the weekends, the tanks are in the school where my wife teaches, so all i get to do...

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Those pictures are really good, your fish look great. :cool: A friend of mine up in Michigan just told me he bought some bloodfin tetras, I was wondering what they looked like, your pictures are the first I've ever seen, what a kewl fish. I just love tetras!!!

The LFS either didn't do a total water analysis or just lied to me to sell me some fish, but I just bought my own test kit and here's the results: PH - 7.8 Alkaline - 60 (i think that's ppm) Hardness - 150 (hard) Nitrate - 1.0 Nitrate - 40 Amonia - 3.0 I have neons, zebra danios, kuhli loaches...

I would really like to see a picture of your budgie if you could post one here :nod:

I gave one of my tame keets to a friend when I had to move to a place that I couldn't have any pets. This was many many years ago, anway, he was on the 3rd floor and had a deck with a sliding glass door. He kept the sliding glass door open all the time, and the parakeet would never go out, like...

I wish it could be someting as easy as ich, then ya know. I never lost a fish to ich, see'm itch, look for the spots, treat, all better. But this, not knowing, could it be just unhealthy fish I just bought, and the rest will live? The thing that gets me, 5 neons died, 3 zebra danois died, 4...

My tank has been set up for 18 months, it was full of fish for over a year. I had a full comunity tank, mostly tetras. I had a snail problem, went to the LFS and tey sold me 3 of these fish they said would eat snails. I told them I had tetras and they said there should be no problem. The first...

yea, i started after I had 2 dead fish and noticed another with inflamed intestines

I took a sample of my tank water to my LFS last friday when i bought the fish and they said everything was perfect. I need to get a test kit but the LFS is an hour away, I just can't find the time. I ment to get a test kit while there but forgot. Like I said i'm treating th etank with melafix...

Ok, last night I lost 4 neons and one zebra danio. I'm treating the tank with melafix. I'm starting to wonder if maybe i have some conflict with my fish. I know that the zebra danios, cardinals, neons, white clouds and one male betta get along, the only other fish i have are 5 black kuhli...

I wasn't getting any help in Tropical Fish Emergencies so I thought I'd try here. I've had 4 fish die in the last 3 days. 1 zebra danio, then 3 pencile fish. It looks like the pooped out a bloody bowel. Right now there is one zebra that is going to die, it looks like it's guts are all bloody...

Her name is Lianna, a mix between my wifes mothers name (Lily) and my mothers name (Deanna). As you can see, she noticed the camera, she always does, I can't ever sneak a shot in without her looking at the camera. and thank you.

what would you think I should use?

I've had 4 fish die in the last 3 days. 1 zebra danio, then 3 pencile fish. It looks like the pooped out a bloody bowel. Right now there is one zebra that is going to die, it looks like it's guts are all bloody. How do I explain this, the area around it's intestines is red and it don't eat and...

Thank you all for the comments on my daughter, it's that Filipino/Caucasian mix. She takes all our spare time, but she's well worth it. Thats another reason my wife had no problem spening all that money, she figured our little girl would enjoy looking at the tank.

Just had a child no promotion. My wife love animals, she never seen that many tropical fish though, that's why she went crazy. She was just blown away with the way they look.

My LFS has about 10 tanks, there about 15 miles away, so they suck. Last Friday I took my wife to the pet discount wherehouse (30 miles away), I called and they finaly has some kuhli loaches (been waiting 5 months). I took my wife, told her I was just gonna buy 5 of these and we can go home...

maybe this is just a stupid idea :|

Now that I live in Hawaii I have access to lava rocks and dead coral rock, free. I just wonder if there's a market for it. :dunno: I could boil it then sell it here, cheap, just a little $$ for my trouble. I don't know what they charge in the LFSs in the mainland, but I know they charge a lot...

I've had a few cocatiels over the past 20 years, but never got one to talk. Have you ever gotten one to talk?

Thank you all for your possitive feedback, my wifes students and I really enjoy the turtle. And I hope the turtle enjoys the care I give'm. Thanx for the offer, it's been 20 years since I've had a turtle and I don't remember anything. So far everything is O K but I will bother you when (not if)...

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True, Finches can't be out of cages, I ment parrots (including parakeets). Yes, in my early years, i was a pot smoker, I taught one of my keets to say "smoke a joint" and "get me high" and "pretty birdy" also "do bongs". It's not as clear to understand as a larger parrot but yea, they can speak...

To answere your question, if you put the new cage in the same spot as the old one, they well hardly even notice the change. They notice whats outside of the cage more than the cage itself. They have great eyesite and watch everything around them. I've had budgies for the last 25 years. I've...