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Happy Thanksgiving NannaLou.

I would leave them. They clean up uneaten food and other organic matter in your tank. They aren’t going to spread around your room, unless your room is covered in wet leaves and lizard poop.

Right now, I only have a Nigerian clawed frog (tropicalis) and a few native toads.

Something very similar happened to me a few years ago. I travel quite a bit on business. My last stop on this particular cold winter afternoon was in a small town in Wisconsin. After my meeting, I decided to stop and take a look at the small city owned zoo. I had the whole place to myself. It...

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I do, but I’ve never kept the species you mentioned.

When I was a young adult, 18-19 years old or so, I was living with my parents. On summer weekends, they went to their lake cottage, while I stayed home alone. I was working a retail job at the time. By "alone", I mean that I usually had friends over on Friday and Saturday nights, as would most...

Plain or’ Lipton for me, generally. But on chilly afternoons like today, I like Tazo herbal teas, usually the fruity ones.

I no longer drink coffee- Dr. orders- but when I did, I loved the chocolate flavored varieties. I also liked Jamaican blue mountain.

I’m considering putting Swordtails in a tank with an opaline gourami. Thoughts? Anything I should consider first?

I’m not a pilot, but I’ve thought plenty about becoming one. I enjoy playing flight simulator on my computer. Some years ago, I went in to a small flight school near where I lived. I told them I wanted to take one of their planes up. One of the instructors asked if I was licensed. I said no, but...

How does it do in a cold water tank?

I appreciate the list- but I think I've managed to kill all of them. I have a pretty good track record with duckweed, though, and I think I've about got guppy grass figured out.

Guppies, goldfish, White Cloud Mountain minnows, and a couple small tetras. Mostly by accident.

I also keep reptiles and amphibians, which can be expensive. Like fish keeping, it depends on what you have, how many you have, and how you house them. For example, it’s quite possible to spend tens of thousands of dollars to purchase a particularly rare animal, and hundreds, maybe thousands...

Back in the olden days, native green anoles were sometimes used as carnival prizes. I suspect that is the species being referred to here. I’ve not personally witnessed this, and always thought it was mostly a thing of the past.

It’s my suspicion that, generally speaking, when people are overly critical of another on an online forum (any forum, not just this one) regarding their animal care, it isn’t over concern for the welfare of the animal, as they usually claim. They do it for the same reason people insult or demean...

Blood fin tetras. I recently bought a group of them, and within days, all of my black tetras died. There was no sign of actual disease, but they all had problems swimming before they died. I think it was stress. The blood fins are neat, but I would have rather had my black tetras.

Plant lights generally do not provide UVB, which is needed for the turtle to properly absorb calcium. The light needs to be situated so that it does not pass through glass, and is within 16" or so of the basking site- manufacturer's recommendations vary. Also note that the UVB output diminishes...

By not providing an appropriate UVB lamp, you run the risk of the turtle developing metabolic bone disease. This is usually evidenced by softening of the shell. By the time it is noticeable, it is usually fatal. While it's true that musk turtles don't always bask out of the water, they do bask...

Axolotls need cool water. If you must keep fish with it, they should be cool water fish. My first choice would be White Cloud Mountain minnows. They are small enough to be eaten, yet fast enough to avoid it for a while.

Sounds like you have everything you need, and much more.

To reiterate some of the points brought up earlier: - Musk turtles are weak swimmers. It needs shallow water, and needs to be able to reach the surface for air by crawling on structure, not having to swim. - It must have proper UVB lighting. I recommend a Reptisun 5.0 bulb. - Water must be...

In addition to keeping a few fish, I keep and breed amphibians and reptiles. Most people would say I have too many, especially my wife. I have two children in college. As for work, I am in the wholesale building materials business, selling mostly flooring. It’s not as glamorous as it sounds.

Not exactly fish tanks, but I have built large “shelving” units for stacking livestock watering tanks. I keep turtles in them.

When I was a kid, there was only one room in the house that had a floor smooth enough for me to play on my skateboard (in the winter). It was also the room where the aquariums were set up.

My water is 16-17 grains per gallon, according to the website. I’m not sure how that relates to this table.

I’m helping my daughter move into her dorm this Saturday.

First- mark the top of the egg with a pencil. If a turtle egg is rotated, the embryo will not survive. Place it in a small container with a lid, and a few air holes. Use an absorbent medium, such as perlite, peat, or coco fiber. To moisten the medium, soak it good, then wring out as much...

For me, it was accidental. I had put a pond in the backyard of the house I was living in at the time. The second spring, I tossed a couple of dozen feeder goldfish in there. However, the next day, they were dead, floating on top. I removed them, fed them to my turtles, and thought no more of it...

I was just a kid in the sixties, but I remember a couple of ten gallons with steel frames and slate bottoms. Wish I still had them. We lived out in the country, and kept mostly native fish that we caught ourselves. We fed them worms that we dug. We never could get the water to stay clear- no...

For cleaning, and to remove hard water deposits, I use CLR and a razor blade.

Same here. I dream that I’m visiting my childhood home, and I realize that I still have animals in the basement that haven’t had any care in a LONG time.

I kept goldfish outside in an old galvanized stock tank during the summer. It was bigger than a barrel, of course, but no plants, no filtration. Some of them lived over twenty years.

My worst nightmare is losing all of my animals in a house fire. I was an insurance adjuster in a past life, so I’m quite familiar with them. My second worst nightmare is dying, and my family not knowing what to do with them. I have a deal with a buddy to dispose of the other‘s animals, should...

I work with mourning geckos myself. They meet most of your requirements, and are extremely easy to care for. However, a couple of things are worth mentioning. They aren’t really something that you can handle. They’re small, somewhat fragile, and fast. The other accommodation you will need to...

I think they care about the life of their pet; that’s why they do it in the first place. They may not care about the damage that they are doing, but I think that ignorance plays the bigger part.

Magic eraser.

What are you using for a light?

At least I had the courtesy to destroy my family legacy while they were still alive.