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Yeah I got the betta bug again. I can't go more then a few years with out a betta fish.  I have 5 tanks with many different kinds of fish discus, large cichlids, delhezi bichir, and shrimp to name a few. But I always come back to betta fish.    It all started AGAIN when I saw the Big ear betta...

You might not get 100 fry with your first spawn. And there is nothing wrong with culling off the weak or defected fry. I think 70 fish makes more sence. Still a lot of betta fish to find homes for. You could sell them online for cheap just have people pay for shipping. Bettas are so easy to...

I have always wanted to breed betta fish. I am thinking of giving it a go. I have a spare room that I can turn into a betta breeding room. I don,t think I have time to trake care of fry. Feeding and cleaning fry tanks takes lots of time. Oh no I am back to being a crazy fish person.

15 gal is not enough room for 7 females. I had 7 females in a 36 gal tank and I still had problem. They set up a pecking order and the lowest gets pick on a lot and will hide all the time. Mine even in the big tank stressed each other out and in the end all died. I had the tank set up for a...

If one pet store will not take the fish another one will.  PetCo does a fish adoption thing.  They don't promote it much. But if you have a fish you can't keep for whatever reason they will take it for you but don't expect any money for it.     More petstores will take back a healthy fish you...

Now I want more again.  I caught the betta bug for the 4th time.  I am trying to think of how I can keep more bettas. 

I have had bacterial blooms. I happen to me in very established tanks After I do an extrem clean.  If I let my 100 Gal tank too a little too long for a water change then go and clean the filters and do a 90% WC I got a bloom.  One was so bad that it depleted my tank of O2 and the fish was...

My daughter picked out a golden Dojo Loach for her tank.  It's an Awesome fish. Active at any time of the day and kind of cute.  we love Loachy he likes to swim around the tank. He will hang out in plants just chilling. Most of the time he is on the bottom of the tank looking for snacks.    I...

That Male Black copper King CT is amazing. That Tail is perfect wow. Very nice. 

15 years ago I got my first betta and have had one ever since.  Well I went a few years with out one. This time it has been 3 years since I had one.     I took my daughter that is 4 years old betta fish shopping.  I wanted a big eared betta. I found a great big ear plakat he was purple and very...

So I have not kept bettas in a few years. I use to be obsessed with them. So lately I have been thinking about getting another one. I miss them. I saw my first Elephant ear betta the other day. I was so close to getting him. I have 20 Gal long with lots of plants that would be good for him just...

3 dogs german shepherd , pit bull, pom mix and 5 fish running tanks. If I was a stay at home mom I would want chickens

I use to do water changes like crazy some times ever 3 days never let it go longer then a week. Now my tanks might go 2 weeks with out a WC. It all depends on the tank how it is stocked and your filtration. No tank is the same. Doing less WC might not work for you. Constancy helps keep the...

Over 15 years of fish keeping I have had just about every kind of algae pop up in my tank you name it i have had it. I am happy to say my days of fighting algea are over. My tanks have the balance they need for plants and fish to thrive. I also have rams horn snails and otos that keep algea from...

Breeding is hard you need lots of time and space. Not worth it for me. But plants are easy once you find the right kinds for you. I have been growing and different kinds of moss and I have made some money on them. Work on your plant keeping skills and you can being growing and selling in not...

  Yup could be that. Could be another type of worm. Most of these tiny bug things found in the shrimp tanks are harmless and some help keep the tank clean and are just part of the eco system.    I have had a few shrimp only tanks and one of them I think I over fed it and my filtration was not...

Keep them in the refrigerator. You don't need to feed them much. I put a little big of moss in with mine. You can feed them veggies or the yucky stuff some the filter. Just a little bit. They last a long time in the fridge. Clean them with treated tap water. Every few days or so to keep...

I sold someone a lot of moss. There were some blackworms that I kept with a little bit of moss. I tried to wash them all out. Turns out the person I sold to is a wimpy girl. I never thought I would need to warn the person they might see a harmless worm. To me worms and yucky stuff is just a...

yup what he said. 

they all look so cute. 

  My crazy frisbee dogs getting her frisbee out of the water. 

I love the blue acara photo. But the Cory with the sand going out the gills is awesome. That got my vote.    That angle fish photo is great too.  

Thanks Guys.  I have a Pentax K-30 DSLR I love this camera.  I am a web designer SWI Designs in my website company I am trying to get going. Photography has been a hobby of mine for many years. It's like a side project to the web design and graphic work.    the key to good fish photos is try and...

I have a delhezi its one of my best fish. They are so active and fun to watch. I love him.  Great fish for sure and they don't get too big that I like.    At first mine was not eating well.  I fed him sea food.  Then when he got more use to the tank he started eating anything I put in there...

 

I have a Bolivian ram with 2 apisto not a pair.  they all get along fine. BUT the tank is an 80gal well planted. So they all have space. giving them space and lots of decoration and places to hide is key.  one pair of apisto would be fine with on ram. as long as the tank is set up right. with...

I kept my discus at 86 -90F now I brought the temp down.  They do like it better when it is really warm. 

Rams are good starter cichlids. They get 4" when full grown. 

Weird my severum comes up to the glass if anyone comes in the room but he is almost 4 years old and 8" he is my baby. More of a pet then any fish I have ever had. Sometimes fish are extra edegy when water condition are not right? Add hiding places helps and try hand feeding . Fish can be...

They are cichlids. They can be very nasty to each other. Keep a pair or 4+ . 3 is the worst number for cichlids. .

I have been keeping discus for 2 years now. I still have my first he is my fav. And my largest because I took the best care of him. IME they are very easy to keep and very hard to grow out. They stunt very easy. So to grow out young discus to there full size it's going to take work. To just...

I was thinking of getting some pygmy cory cats but they do not really go with the Gourami. and I have lots of moss and plants not sandy bottom. so the tank is not really set up for cory cats.    Its a 20 gal Long well planted. It was a shrimp tank but I am over these shrimp and I have my CRS in...

I had a betta fish get so cold I thought he was dead. It was my first fish. I warmed him up and he was full of life again. Goldfish do this they will kind of hibernate. As long as the fish do not get frosting in ice they can be ok.

I had a pair of sparkleing Gouramis that I gave away for the sake of my ship babies. But I now got another pair because I missed my little guys. They are not hard to keep they eat everything will hunt down anything my female goes after snails in an aggressive way. It's cute. My first pair did...

Photos This is the new one. Only been in the tank 2 days. Not a good photo but you can see the difference in the shade from the older one to the new one. Here is one of my older ones.

I have 4 skunk coyr cats. The 2 I got months ago have gotten dark. The new ones are still a nice white. The substrate in the tank is black and I think that have caused them to take on a darker over all color. Anyone have this happen to them? I will get some photo soon.

I have never seen or heard of People having hybrids pop up. I am sure it can happen with very closely related Cory cats. But I don't think a bronze Cory will cross with a panda. You know what I mean. I would not worry about it too much personally.

I like to keep 4 of a kind. As long as they are around other Cory cats they are happy. They do like their own kind but will and do enjoy swimming with other kinds. Mixing 4 of one kind with 4 of another kind works well for me.

I love shrimp.