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I've been feeding my bichir rosy minnows but I now know this is not the best diet for him. When he was smaller he would eat Harki sinking carnivore pellets but then stopped and this is when I started him on fish. I have the room to gut load the feeder fish but what should I feed them/ treat them...

I currently have a 55 gallon. Sg 1.010. I have 3 monos, 1 evil orange chromide, and 6 guppies. ( I know I'll probably need a bigger tank for the monos someday.) I had my fiddler crab in there before I moved him to his own tank. Now my husband says I need something else, to sort of replace the...

Thanks for the article! Overstocking is most certtainly a contributing factor (now anyways) due to a well meaning mother and three more fish!

I have, in my freshwater tank this green, fuzzy, clumpy, algae. It sort of looks like green lambs wool. It starts at the top of the plastic plants and grows down. After a bit it comes off in little tiny bits and floats around the tank. What is it and how do I get rid of it? Thanks!

Thanks zoo! I've read about the iodine too but I have my doubts. I keep land hermit crabs and they need lots of calcium to aid in molting. I added chrushed coral to the sand so maybe he'll accidently injest some or absorb it through the water??? A crab molt is a crab molt right? hehe! What...

Thanks for the info! I am waiting on the pet store to get in my order for more. So right now I only have one. But he is in his own tank now and seems to be doing well. I have provided him with hiding spots at different water levels. But he preffers the spot under the filter. He is more...

(Also posted on the oddball page.) I recently got a fiddler crab (not a red clawed crab but Uca something maybe minax or pugnax hard to tell). I have him in with my brackish fish just now (sg 1.010). I also have a floating turtle dock that he can and sometimes does get out on. I am having...

I recently got a fiddler crab (not a red clawed crab but Uca something maybe minax or pugnax hard to tell). I have him in with my brackish fish just now (sg 1.10). I also have a floating turtle dock that he can and sometimes does get out on. I am having trouble though finding good care info...

I did a lot of research on Mono Argentenus, or so I thought, before I bought them. I had to have them shipped and unfortunately only three of them survived the trip :-( (shippers fault!) Anyway, I was expecting a schooling fish that may eat smaller fish BUT I now have one fish who is a terror...

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Oh and the guppies will be gone this week maybe today

Your idea about the combination of bulling and ip's seems to fit. He would get a big round belly after eating but it would soon be gone. Come to think of it he wasn't or maybe I just didn't notice but I doubt it, pooping as much. Thanks for your help. I'm not thinking of replacing him at this...

Just with you saying that he was eating but not putting on any weight, but if you cycled the tank with him it could have been that or if you didn't carry out enough water changes or if your tank is too small (15(US)G minimum required) it could of been that. If you have other fish could he of...

I considered that but I'd had him a while and he was healthy. There hadn't been any new additions to the tank so if so I don't know where they'd come from. I'd like to get another but I don't want to if I have no idea what happened to him. How would I know it's parasites and how do you treat them?

My f8 just died. He was eating well but just kept getting thinner. I had him for a while 6 months or more. The other fish ate doing fine. He was eating mostly snails and occasional frozen bloodworms. Any ideas?

I had mollies with mine but the mollies were so active it scared my f8's when they were trying to eat snails so they got re-homed. Oh and the puff's killed two. I also tried orange chromides but they are hard to find and very water sensitive. I had a water issue awhile ago and only 1...

I just noticed tonight some little creatures in my snail tank. They are on the cuttle bone and very hard to see but they are about pin head size and tan. They scurry around faster than the snails that is why I'm not thinking they are baby pond or ramshorns. Just worried they could be harmful...

doing some reading on flukes. can my rahmshorns be a carrier of these and if so what can I safely treat them with (in US) and how? I normally gut load for about 3 days before offering them to my puffers but now I'm worried that may not be enough. any suggestions?

thanks, I was thinking of getting some floating plants anyway next time I go to the pet shop.

Just got some orange chromides on Thursday. They seem to be feeding well, very eager to eat anything and they already know my feeding signal (I tap on the lid). They keep mainly to the bottom but are still very skittish when approaching the tank. When I feed them they hide behind a plant and...

It won't let me pull up the site???

One thing I'd like to add- I wouldn't hand feed them. They will associate your fingers with food and could give you a nasty bite when you stick your hand in for maintenance. I use tongs to feed mine as well as a veggie clip. Puffs are very smart fish! Good luck!

Is there any difference in life span in fresh vs salt mollies?

Got our first pair of mollies. I think they are both female but that doesn't matter I don't really care about breeding them. They are in my community tank now but I would like to move them over to my brackish tank at somepoint. Does anyone have any experience with this? Also, they are VERY...

I had this problem in my snail tank once but it seemed to be caused by over feeding. You said there are not creatures in your tank yet? Hmmm... Well to solve the problem I would try water changes, that's what cleared up my tank. And if you're limiting light that would help I should think...

My tank is a light tea color right now. BBgobies look great but makes my f8 look dull so I have to agree with Neale that it depends upon the fish. Another thing, when you have a tea colored tank everyone (meaning my mother, lol) always wants to know what's wrong with your water and why is it...

Well I just cleaned what I could so you don't see too much now but I don't want it to come back on so strong as some is left on my wood and live plants. The tank is not densly planted as you can see. Water changes, irregular but about 25% every two weeks. I have two filters. One is 100 GPH...

I have a lot of green slimy algae in my tank. It is a brackish tank with an SG of about 1.006. The lighting is about 1 watt per gallon. And I fert on and off. I have a fake plants (which were totally covered), a java fern, val, and sag grass. I don't mind a little of the stuff but it is...

not too sure on best times but I just try to do 2-3 times a day at about the same times

mine are skittish from time to time also. they are more active when no one is around. when my kids are at school they swim about more than in the evening when there are three little boys running around. is there a lot of activity going on? they are very particular about feeding times. the...

My figure 8 has for the last week or so had a very lumpy belly. Before when he'd eat he'd just get round and plump. Now he always has lumps in his belly. I suspect he may have eaten a few rocks? If that's possible. Anyone ever heard of this before? He has lost some weight too and is a bit...

Didn't know that, guess I'll dig up some more. Thanks!

I have a 55g brackish set up and recently one of my new clumps of hornwort got knocked out of the substrate. The fish seem to enjoy it and I was wondering, can I leave it there or does it have to be planted? If not what would be a good floating plant for a brackish tank (sg 1.005)?

thanks neale! oh and i wanted to ask, do you think this is an adequate diet for him? snails and re-hydrated tubifex worms?

My figure 8 loves to eat. I'm feeding him mainly snails and re-hydrated tubifex worms (he doesn't like the bloodworms). I am wondering how much food is to much? He seems to eat whatever I put in the tank but then gets so fat he looks as if he might pop! How much is enough for a 1.5 inch puffer?

My SG is 1.005 and my lighting is 2 15w fluorescent light strips.

Ok so I've never had plants before but am trying. I have a low end brackish tank and followed the recomendations for what plants to chose from the brackish forum. I have Sag grass, Val, Hornwort, Java fern and Java moss. I have been using Flourish fert once a week. But my plants are not...

Has anyone used azgardens.com to order plants or fish? Are they any good? I've never ordered plants or fish by mail before.

Well at first I just sprinkled some substrate on it to hold it down because I was waiting on a peice of wood I got on ebay. I plan on tucking bits of it here and there around the tank. Anything I should know to help anchor it until it roots?

I was just wondering about Java moss and if they might like that any one know?