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You could try this by the entrance to the waterfall. :lol:

This thread was about two goldfish... unless I missed something in one of the posts.

Adding aquarium safe salt at 1 teaspoon per gallon (0.1%) will keep them from suffering nitrite poisoning. It's not the answer to bad water but it will at least help while you are doing other things to get your water quality in check.

Fly 30 feet? You might want to re-check that. I dont' see anything on them, such as huge pectoral fins, that would allow them to fly 30 feet.

Lots of freshwater shrimp are available. What kind of fish are you planning on having? Many fish will eat your shrimp. Here are a few sites with shrimp for sale. I'm not recommending you buy from these sites, only for the information. http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.php...

While Zebra Danio's are cool/cold water fish but many people do keep them in tropical tanks. They actually prefer temps below 75F. http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Brachydanio_rerio.html Most barbs prefer tropical temperatures. Someone mentioned the other fish being Golden Barbs and I did...

How deep is your pond? Judging from just surface area and the size of your fish, I would say yes, your pond is overstocked.... but also judging from the size of your fish, it seems to be working. Besides the fish being eaten, do you suffer many sick or dying fish? The other ponds add to the...

The first picture of the "Bubbles" stuck to the glass could be an egg cluster from your snail. Can you take a picture of your snail from a couple of angles and post links to them? Most apple snail species lay egg clusters right above the water line like that. Try to take another picture of...

It could be a black mystery snail, part of the apple snail family. Take more pictures of different angles of the shell. It does have the operculum (trap door)... right? I think this thread has information to help you determine if it's an apple snail or relative...

I see them on Aquabid for $1.00 each all of the time and as more people start breeding them and selling them, the price will come way down. When mine start to overpopulate, I'm going to put together $25.00 packages of 25 shrimp, including shipping. It will be a few months though.

EDIT - Somehow my post got duplicated. I've seen this happen to other people over the years but this is the first time it has ever happened to me on any forum. Hmmm.... does anyone know why this happens?

I don't think it was a shrimp like that. Most shrimp are herbivores and eat algae and leftovers. Now there are some bigger shrimp and crawfish that might attack a fish but not the common shrimp like ghost, cherry, amano, etc.

Your picture makes it look more red, than just along the top. It may be a male in that case. The females seem to turn more red all over. As far as pricing, I've seen people post where they paid more than $10.00 for a single shrimp. I just got an order of 25 shrimp, a BN Pleco and 7 different...

While most snails are hermaphrodites, only some can breed by themselves. Most of the others need two in order to breed and one assumes the male sex while the other assumes the female sex. Then there are the sexed snail species like Apple & Mystery snails, etc., that need a male and female in...

I had never heard of "Root Boosta Fe" so I did a Google on it and only got 13 hits... most to shopping sites like eBay and a couple to a brand new forum, started in Jan. 2007, where they admin of the forum seems to be promoting this as a product he/she "invented". I'm not sure you should be...

Also read over this thread which was started after Bloo's. http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?act=ST...=0#entry1273918

Bloo, I just read through all 5 pages of this thread. Have you ever thought about editing your first post to include a summary and your thoughts about what might work? Maybe including the links that were posted throughout this thread? Just an idea! :D

Are there any predators in the tank where it is at? I don't know if I would call it pregnant.. but it is definitely holding eggs under it's tail. I always considered "pregnant" to be an internal thing. Shrimp carry their eggs with their back legs and you will see them constantly moving the...

It looks like a Cherry Shrimp (female). Here are some retail sites with lots of pictures for you to compare to yours. http://www.franksaquarium.com/freshwatershrimpfarm.htm http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.php I've never bought from either of these so I'm not recommending them for that...

http://www.fishforums.net/Large-Snailhow-D...ad-t188998.html I just answered this same type of question in the above thread. It's normal for apple/mystery snails to do this. I've seen them floating for up to two weeks. As long as they don't stink, they are still alive.

Live snails just smell a little fishy. Dead snails stink to high heaven. You would know if it was dead. Apple snails and Mystery snails (and a few others) have trap doors where they can close up inside their shell. I've seen them close up for up to two weeks. Some will even add some air to...

Tell us more about the tank that you are thinking about adding snails. Some snails do better than others in different tanks and fish stocking. Some fish eat snails, others don't.

http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.php http://www.franksaquarium.com/freshwatershrimpfarm.htm The above two sites have pictures and information on various shrimp. Maybe the pictures will help identify them. Ghost shrimp and baby Cherry shrimp look very similar since the cherry shrimp do...

Are these goldfish? They always breed like crazy in ponds compared to aquariums. If your pond isn't big enough, you need to look for some new homes for some of them so they won't get stunted.

Do you have normally soft source/tap water? I've only started keeping Red Cherry Shrimp recently but I did read up almost everything I could find on them and like most inverts, they like harder water to build harder shells. I'm not saying that is your problem but it's something to consider...

I was curious as to whether they were schoolers and found a few other profiles. None mentioned schooling but this snip from my Google search does mention it in the Google summary but not in the linked profile. Brook Silverside in Alabama Brook silversides are a surface feeding fish often found...

Remember that the 1" per gallon rule also means the expected adult size of the fish... not the actual inches of fish in the tank at the time. Also, the 1" rule does not work when dealing with fish that grow to over 3" as adults. Also, because your tank is so much taller, the surface area issue...

I agree about getting lots of information. I asked for it too. I've always been torn as to whether to provide some ideas that would get people talking versus not offering any help until I get all of the tank parameter issues answered. Some people do not have any of the test results and may be...

It's supposed to be EPDM rubber which is the same compound that the better pond liners is made out of so as long as the pond surface is prepped properly, it should work. That's the key to any type of coating product... the prep work.

Yeah... I guess I should have said more than just "infection":

Send a copy of the pic to this guy, Brian Wagner, [email protected] ... or a link to this forum. He's the state biologist for http://www.agfc.com/ I would hope he could tell you off the top of his head.

Does it look like blood in the eye ball? How is the fishes health? What are your water parameters like?

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Found these on the net. Another site said it could be due to ammonia levels but I have seen countless threads on high ammonia and none of them said anything about scale loss so I would lean towards a parasite. Both of the above snips claim that parasites could be involved. If it's not from...

I'm not sure if you used a garden hose when you filled your tank but it's not a good idea since they can leach a vinyl/rubber chemical compound into the water. Certain hoses are suitable for potable water but garden hoses aren't. Now, if you run the hose for several minutes first to kind of...