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It's probably more like a pint or so, dwarf.. :/ Have you all seen those bubble gum machine things they sell on there too for betta homes? I'd say they're too small even for gumballs, let alone a fish.

But it will take it a long time to grow that big, right? And if I put him back, he's not going to have all that much room for swimming anyway, its a really small creek. I'm not sure how he ended up there in the first place, unless he got washed downstream or something. I'm not sure how long...

Yeah he's been eating all the other minnows. :/

I tried one earth worm, but he didn't seem too interested. One of the minnows ended up eating it. I don't have a pic of him, unfortunately, no digital camera. He's just in a ten gallon right now, but if I keep him that long, I'm gonna put him in my 30 gallon. Or do you think he'd get along...

Its hard to keep them with other fish, but theyre compatible with some. Don't put males with other males, or other flashy, bright colored fish, because they'll interpret them as enemies. Also, don't put them with anything that nips long fins, like barbs, tetras, etc. Females are excellent to...

As I said nmarc, I'm not keeping him in there forever.

Where can I get those?

No all I have in his tank is stuff I caught with him. Baby crayfish, minnows and bottom feeders of some sort; I had some tadpoles but they grew into frogs and I put them back where I found them. It's an interesting tank. :P

I don't intend to keep him forever, he is just a really neat fish. Anyway for now, he seems to be growing JUST fine, and rather quickly. :wub:

We caught a large mouth bass in a creek around here, and he's just a baby- around 1.5 inches. He won't eat ANYthing besides other fish. I'd like to be able to keep other fish with him, so I've been trying to get him to eat something besides his tankmates. I've tried flakes, freeze dried...

You try to get it as close to your tank temperature as possible, so it doesn't stress your fish. You might try one of those hanging thermometers to test your temperature before you put it in. Another option is to let your tap water sit out overnight in the same room, that will allow it to...

Barbs can be rather aggressive, in my experiene.. What kind are they? The tiger barbs I had liked to attack everyone, but I had rosy barbs that were peaceful and had no problem at all. Other than that, your setup sounds great to me.

Wow, they sure don't look like anything my snails ever laid. -_- Haha maybe its a different kind of snails, since they do like to climb out of the water sometimes.

I'm SO glad to hear that your rights will be asserted here! Please let us know how this all turns out :)

It will still filter with the pantyhose and also make the suction a bit less strong.. and if it does manage to suck them in, they may be more able to get away from the pantyhose than the stronger sucking pieces of plastic.

I have a ten gallon full of minnows that I caught in a creek, and I have a couple baby largemouths that I caught. I have to give them smaller minnows to eat, they won't eat anything else... I've tried bloodworms, shrimp, tubifex worms, flakes, small cichlid food, and nothing. Theyre...

When I first started, with a 10 gal, WalMart sold me one and I thought they would eat ANYthing. I soon learned they wouldnt, and also that they didnt do well in a 10 gallon! But my little pleco I have now is so spoiled, I don't think he eats anything besides the little pellets I feed him.

Snails are scaleless, so are plecos and other catfish, dwarf frogs, etc. If you can get maybe a cheap 1 gallon or 2 gallon aquariun to move your scaleless buddies into while you treat, maybe that would help. :nod:

When I had molly fry, I tied a small piece of nylon pantyhose over the bottom part of the filter. Maybe this would also work with your larger fish.

I agree with tetras_rock as my black tetras have lived quite a long time. Danios are nice, so are mollies and platties. Try some corydoras or dwarf frogs for bottom feeders or a snail

Try moving the tube up and down in the filter. That sometimes creates suction. Also make sure theres enough water in it. Sorry if I was too obvious :)

My girl betta recovered from popeye, and she now has one white spot thing under that eye. Maybe it IS scar tissue. -_-

I can't criticize your info because I don't have too much experience with Danios. I just bought my first two last night (longfin leopard). It was nice to read and informative :) so, good work!

I learned something last night and just had to share, for those of you who don't know. After purchasing some fish at Pet Supplies Plus, I found a slip stapled to my reciept stating that if a fish died, I could bring it back within 7 days for a refund. BUT You must bring in a sample of your tank...

Salt is not supposed to be used with cories, snails, or any other type of scaleless fish. But, I've never tried it, so I don't know if the salt will really harm them or not... I guess in high concentrations it would. Bettas and goldfish do really well with salt; it can be used as a...

I always come in and the tanks look gross, fish that are sick with what is obviously nothing more serious than ick, with "not for sale" written across the tank. I know a guy who works in the fish sometimes, and one day I asked him to tell me truthfully do they treat them (with the ick medicine...

I find that my lighting fixture really heats up my water, especially in the summer, so leaving it off part of the time might help. You can also freeze a few ice cubes, and float them in a ziploc bag in the tank to lower the temperature slowly. 83 degrees won't necessarily harm your fish...

I have a female betta that I had in a ten gallon tank with another female betta, a guppy, and a couple black tetras. Almost a week ago, I noticed she had popeye so I moved her to a 1 gallon hospital tank and treated her with aquarium salt and MelaFix. I can tell her eye is getting better every...

I've never kept angels, but I do know that they do best in taller tanks, rather than wider ones. I've seen some really pretty setups in those 50 gallon tall octagon tanks. :nod:

I use Hikari algae wafers and TetraMin variety wafers.. they're smaller.

I have two female bettas in my ten gallon with a couple black tetras and a couple cories, they do just fine together.. in fact, I think they are good buddies :) Just be careful with the boys, there's lots of fish that'll attack them, and injury leads to infection.

I have a female betta who is recovering from popeye. I put her in her own tank, and am treating her with melafix and a little aquarium salt. I can tell her eye is improving a little every day. Maybe a good thing to try :nod:

He may come around, mine wouldn't eat when I first got him, either. I feed him pellets, and after about a week or so he decided he would eat them. :rolleyes:

I had never seen a ram before. I like them! Are they like cichlids in personality?

:nod: 24. Thats how many my molly mamma had. :nod:

Get 3 or 4 guppies, and a snail or a couple of african dwarf frogs.

The same thing happened to me, my beautiful long finned blue betta had two holes in his fins. I did water changes and shaped up on my upkeep of the water quality, and he is fine, in about a week!

I had a molly die from popeye, she lived for about a week. Sorry :-(

I feed them about once a day, sometimes a treat in addition to that. They have an airstone. And theres two of them, a boy and a girl! (I think) LOL maybe he is just lazy.

I have ammo lock, should I use that? I don't have a running filter in the tank now, the stupid one that came with it doesnt work. The old filter cartridge is just hanging in there, along with some old rocks. I haven't done any water changes.