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Update: it is almost 24hrs since I noticed Pip had a large ball-like swelling on the left side of his abdomen. I wasn't able to find him in the tank this morning (easy to hide in all the java moss and betta log). I just fed them now and noticed that the swelling is almost completely gone. If I...

No ammonia in the tank - I check weekly before water changes and I checked again last night when I saw his condition. All shrimp are accounted for. I guess it could be over eating but I haven't changed the amount of food I put in the tank even with adding the 4 shrimp since someone had already...

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum - hope someone can tell me what's wrong and what I should do. Yesterday my ADFs were fine. Today, one of then has a swollen side to his/her belly (pics below). Pip, the frog, is in a 5 gal with one other ADF and 4 ghost/grass shrimp. The water parameters...

How terrible! What is she teaching her child?! I just can't believe someone would buy a living thing with no intention of even feeding it. :(

so sorry about Teddy  

Replied - but touched something in my phone and it disappeared before I could click post - grr Shorter version- bio load: I believe it! My frogs are super messy - that's actually why I added the first shrimp, to clean up after them. The tank is way to crowded with the java moss I added for the...

The betta is a crayon drawing of Jack (in the 2 gal) my kids drew/colored to "reserve" his spot in the 10 gal :)

Oops - didn't mean to post this in the emergency section, meant to put it in the general tropical discussion section :/ 3 gal per frog? The info sheet on this site (http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/133204-african-dwarf-frogs/) had 2 frogs in a 2.5 gal, which is still probably on the...

I have a problem saying no ... To others and myself. Feel free to skip the next paragraph. In August, my son got a betta as a present in a 2 gal critter keeper (no filtration or heater). My daughter thought he'd be lonely and should have a friend. The pet shop suggested an ADF and I said yes...

Great tank :) I recently got a few grass shrimp (often sold as ghost shrimp and are from southeastern US - notably Florida). They are very entertaining - though the watching then digest food thing is more icky than cool to me :p The big ones are quite brave and will even walk over my ADFs to...

Neat! The first link didn't work and I had to search in the second ink to find the right article/video though :p Just watched it with my 4yr old who currently wants to be an animal scientist (like the Katz brothers and j. Corbin) - great convo on migration in the wild :)

I don't know about fish, but they have something like this for baby bottles - If it doesn't exist for keeping other liquids warm (like fish) then it shouldn't be that hard to modify the tech for fish ::shrug::

amazing!   ...how do you keep your little one from sticking a hand in?

This is what I NEED (grr - so frustrated!):   seeding media to quickly cycle a tank. Why don't aquarium stores sell this?   You can buy those little bottles of live bacteria at pet stores that most people on this forum say don't work BUT everyone will suggest to get mature media from a cycled...

I checked the water parameters before adding the API quick start - ammonia 2-4 ppm, nitrites  :(. I added the quick start Nov 12, I checked the water parameters yesterday (Nov 13) and the nitrite test looked almost purple - not the usual light clear blue ... I was very excited. When I went to...

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yay! the images on this site (http://www.planetinverts.com/ghost_glass_grass_shrimp.html) look very close to the shrimp I have - so "Grass" shrimp instead of "Ghost" shrimp.... although the site has them labeled as Grass/Glass/Ghost shrimp. I guess they are happy in my ADF tank if they've...

Will it also harass ADFs? There are no fish in the tank, just frogs. Incidently, I looked at the other "ghost" shrimp that is half the size ... it doesn't have the red bands on antanea/legs, but it does have two tiny red spots on it's tail like this one does.   The shrimp and ADFs have been...

I bought two "ghost" shrimp from my local pet shop about 5 days ago to live with my ADFs. One is twice as big as the other. I took some pictures today for a different post and now I'm worried that the bigger one is not actually a ghost shrimp.   The pinned Ghost shrimp info sheet on this site...

    I'll let you all know if in a month, Casper (ghost shrimp named by me) and Sparkle (little ghost shrimp named by my 5yr old) are still OK.

incidently - I realize this topic isn't much about shrimp anymore - so in the wrong forum - sorry!   I read the info sheet on this site for the ghost shrimp and it states that they can be kept with ADFs. I went to the petstore and asked two different people there (the main aquarium guy and a...

I only put 8 pellets today.   The pellets have been gone for 30 minutes now and the frogs are still swimming around actively (what I consider their food seeking behavior since they are pretty lazy otherwise). They are digging between stones and once in a while nipping at a foot or hand of the...

I re-read the food jar ... It says 5-8 pellets per frog :p oops! (It also says that frogs will over eat if given the opportunity)

Just read the whole thread - WOW!   I really wish you'd been able to solve the mystery of the dying fish. But I'm glad that overall your tank project is going well - it looks great with the dark substrate and the bright neons :)

the pellets are bigger than grains of salt and smaller than grains of rock salt :P crumb size? The jar says to give 8-10 pellets per frog.   on a few days, they have left 3-4 pellets on the dish, so I don't know about continuing to eat once they are full. Also, the bigger frog doesn't even...

... looks like this pic: http://theaquariumwiki.com/Xiphophorus_variatus

ditto ... you've spiked my curiousity

new pic - just because ... I like how his top fin kinda looks like a blue/green crown

awesome tank! I have to stick with my little 10 gal size while I finish my doctorate .... but someday I hope to have a much larger tank (probably not anywhere near as big as yours though)

beautiful tank!

Bummer :( Is there anything I can do to promote growth?

So - 0 progress on my tank :(  ... day 45   About 1 gal of water evaporates each week and I add it back. I also add another drop of ammonia (per Dr. TIm's directions) to make up for the gallon I've added. I test the ammonia and pH before and after adding the water. The pH had dropped two weeks...

Hi all,   I was looking at bettas at my local petstore yesterday and then at images of crowntail bettas (just googled it: https://www.google.com/search?q=crowntail+betta&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tBuBUoLYJcOzsATRq4Fg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=634) and I realized that my betta's tail fin is...

Progress - though slow, is still good :)

Good to know the difference :) I don't have any algae so I think I'll stay away from snails - that's a lot of poop!

Wow! So then, why are snails recommended to keep a tank clean?

Good looking fish! :)

I've had the ADFs since august. One is extremely timid but "she" has almost doubled in size since then and is notably bigger than her tank mate (which is why I think it is a she). They eat about 15 pellets a day (.zoomed aquatic frog & tadpole food - what they were fed at the pet store). They...

Hi All,   I have two ADFs in a 5 gallon tank.   I would like to add some tank mates - primarily because the frogs are messy eaters and I want something to help clean up the mess.   Currently I have 4 small marimo moss balls (each about the size of a marble) and lots of java moss. I have a few...

interesting thread!