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Most laws inhibiting poor decisions by humans are abject failures. They have speeding laws... people still speed. So they should oulaw cars using the banned crayfish analogy. A banned crayfish might harm the ecology... speeding cars KILL people! But even spineless politicians realize they...

Koi should have at least 300G per fish as a bare bones minimum with a 1,000G pond as the smallest size so they have swimming room. They can grow to over 3' long and are big swimmers so you should have at least a 18' long section to give them room to swim (6X their body length). With an average...

Fancy goldfish are usually best kept in a tank only with other fancy goldfish although some people are successful in keeping one of the dwarf plecos like a Bristlenose and other keep some cool/cold water fish like Whitecloud Mountain Minnows, Zebra Danios, Buenos Aires Tetras, and others. The...

Correct. But the laws are and should be against releasing them, not just keeping them. Same for the speeding analogy. They don't make it illegal to own a car that goes over the speed limit, it's illegal for you to drive it over the speed limit. When government gets over-restrictive in...

You can also buy coyote urine from some garden centers and pour this around your pond. It is suppose to scare off anything else from going near your pond. Of course, if you have coyotes in your area, it might draw them in. No sure. :unsure:

Zebra Danios and Buenos Aires Tetras are also cool water fish. There are many others but I've owned them two so I know they like the low 70's water like fancy goldfish.

Boboboy, No need to call Scotland Yard on Petshrimp.com. They aren't even in the UK. Geeeze.. I'm glad I don't live in your neighborhood. You'd be calling the cops on me every time I come speeding down your street. You should worry more about the terrorists trying to blow you up rather...

I'm sure they can but I think they are mostly only contagious to other snails. Even moving plants or nets or equipment from tank to tank can possibly transfer some kind of pathogen so if you have an unhealthy tank, then it would be best not to move anything from it to a healthy tank. Here is a...

I have a Rena Filstar I and III and I compared many canister filters for price, workmanship, warranty, ease of maintenance, canister reservoir size (for holding media), etc. and the Rena Filstar's were the most affordable for me and I've had them both working for nearly 3 years with absolutely...

In the US, Bio-Spira is the only product that I know of that actually works... as long as it stayed refrigerated in the shipping and storage process. Bio-Spira is added to a new tank the day before the fish go in the tank and there might be a small bump in ammonia/nitrites but generally the...

Looks like a Liposarcus Pardalis. I have one too. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...p?species_id=88

Most algae eaters are bottom level fish so they would be severely stressed out with the crawfish... if they have enough sense to stay in the upper layers, it would still not be their normal lifestyle and they would have problems related to stress. I'm sure your other fish are getting stressed...

I bought my tank from http://www.GlassCages.com and they are well respected all over the net. They will ship the tank to you or you can arrange to pick it up at one of the shows they do while traveling around. They make all sorts of tanks. I bought a 65G acrylic tank from them 2 years ago for...

Come on over to the Invert forum for more reading of the pinned topics and threads and to find out lots more about snails. http://www.fishforums.net/Invertebrates-Am...-Forum-f30.html While many snails are hermaphrodites, Mystery snails are not one of them. They are from the same family as...

Cuttlebone also works and you can manage it like you do with baking soda but without having to do daily dosing as it will slowly dissolve. You will have to adjust how much you add and how often to keep the KH where you want it. What is your tap/source water baseline? See my blog on how to...

They meant to type "dyed" as in artificially colored but that isn't correct either. I've never seen "dyed" goldfish yet. Goldfish change colors many times in their lives. The "gold" goldfish in my avatar is now solid white with just a little gold tint to him. The calico's change colors...

Are you feeding your snail calcium rich foods? What is your KH and GH of your tank? You could have soft water which isn't good for snails.

Many people use farm water troughs used for feeding and watering farm animals. You can sometimes find them used at farm auction sites. Here is a link to a new one for example purposes. They come in other sizes too. http://www.rubbermaidproducts.com/Merchant...%99+Stock+Tanks

Is your pond going to be rectangular? If so, using your measurements, your pond is a around 628G US (using 24" average depth). Without filtration and lots of plants, I would allow at least 100G per goldfish. As babies, you will be fine but as they grow and possibly mate, you may have to...

I think it would be since it says it is safe for reef tanks and saltwater fish are much more sensitive than freshwater fish when it comes to water quality and medications. You could also ask the maker, API, at: http://www.aquariumpharm.com/en_us/contact.asp They have a phone number but I...

I would return the heater and keep it set to at least 78F, maybe even 80F. Your heater should have a thermostat that turns the heater off once it reaches the desired temperature so the heater would turn off when the room temp gets to 80F and would turn on when the room/water temp drops below...

Measure the height and then measure the distance from side to opposite side on the flat sections and then from side to opposite side on the points. If you take the average of the two side-to-side / point-to-point numbers, you will have diameter of the tank if it was round. Then use this site...

I was thinking about getting a wild fish that is a "natural" predator, from the same local creek or a local lake that would eat these "garbage fish" fry. They should have some kind of resistance or immunity already built up. Instead of only keeping a few "garbage fish" and raising them to 8"...

Sorry to hear about Pat/Chris/Kelly/etc. :unsure: What dechlor product do you use and what "water preparator" product are you using? Actually, I'm not quite sure what a "water preparator" product is. I use API's Tap Water Conditioner which treats chlorine/chloramine and heavy metals. I...

Oh.. you just had to play the race card... didn't you! ;)

I think you should name it Pat, Chris, Kelly or some other name that could be either a girl or boys name. Since it's pink and blue, the coloring could go either way. ;)

I would see them on the small piece of cuttle bone on a regular basis and it sure looked like they were eating it. It would also slowly dissolve some KH into the water which is good for my goldfish anyhow. I just dropped a small piece along the back of the tank where they would often be...

If you've been keeping and breeding them a while and this just recently happened after upping the dosage of the ferts, it seems pretty obvious to me. I've read conflicting articles about fertilizers and shrimp so it's probably best not to OD the ferts in the water column and maybe use a...

I bet Google and Dictionary.com is overheating with people looking up "anthropomorphic cariacatures". LOL "I remember being SO disappointed when they didn't look like the cartoon drawings..."

Not wanting to get into a whizzing match. LOL.. but isn't that too many fish for a 15G tank? The kuhli loaches grow to 4" each. Eight of them would be way too many, IMO. Or was that suppose to be 1 kuhli loach? http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Pangio_kuhlii.html

The dwarf gourami is listed as being OK in a 10G. No need to apologize. Now a regular gourami gets too big for a 10G tank.

Look at these pictures of Ich and make sure. http://images.google.com/images?svnum=50&a...q=fish+with+ich You don't want to become paranoid and over medicate your fish. Sometimes, people overmedicating cause as many problems as the minor health issue. You don't really need medication for...

The "1 inch per gallon rule" is a complete farce. It only works for fish that stay under 3" as full grown adults. For example, you cannot put an 18" common pleco in an 18 gallon tank. Read the blog article on better but still simple guidelines that I posted earlier. Now, the way the 1" rule...

I have a list of suitable fish and stocking recommendations for a 10G tank on my Blog. You could use it as a guideline for your 15G, especially if the 15G has the same footprint as a 10G. How tall is the 15G and what is the footprint dimensions? Here is the list...

Although I am sure there are some pet store employees with long-term fish keeping, I haven't personally ever met one. LOL You will get much better advice from the experienced fish keepers out here. Unfortunately, there are many websites that give bad information as well so you are doing the...

If the moderators don't do move your post, you should re-type it or copy/paste it into a "New Post" in the non-stickied section. The original post in this thread was for you to copy/paste into a "New Post" and you clicked "Reply" instead of "New Post". Not many people will see it here in the...

Here is an overflow box. http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CR1511 (This one is capable of 300 gph but there is a larger one up to 650 gph. The main thing you would want is the overflow box capable of siphoning as fast as your canister. Most canisters do not go over 300...

WOW... you sure used big words when you were a kid. ;)

If you don't want your water as hard or alkaline, you could also feed them calcium rich foods. A list is on this page... http://www.applesnail.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3988 You can also drop a piece of cuttlebone (like used for birds) in your tank and the snails will eat right off of it.

If you don't want your water as hard or alkaline, you could also feed them calcium rich foods. A list is on this page... http://www.applesnail.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3988 You can also drop a piece of cuttlebone (like used for birds) in your tank and the snails will eat right off of it.