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And I apologise if I misunderstood and got snitty.
I agree - I couldn't feed live fish to anything else. I know it's nature's way etc, but it isn't something I'm prepared to see happening.
I know nothing about discus (except that they are very impressive) or reef tanks (ditto) so can' commence on the cost etc.
As a rough example, the saltwater livestock tends to cost ten or more times as much as a rough equivalent freshwater fish, sometimes it goes crazy high, don’t remember seeing any four digit prices, but definitely saw more than a few fish about hand sized or less over 500.00 US.
EACH.
Then you have reverse osmosis water, generally required for saltwater.
I don’t remember the exact price, but I think I remember it being ridiculously high.
mystery snails and bladder snails barely have any use against algae
I don't know what a bladder snail is, and as a Brit, Mystery snails are just a photo on the internet . . .
I've just looked bladder snails up and realise that that is what has appeared in my tank since I got some new plants a fortnight ago. I've just been squashing the little buggers because I didn't want to be over-run (I assumed that it was a few eggs which had hatched because some of them are tiny).
I'm now going to look up how to slaughter them en masse, because it looks as though they can reproduce on their own. Is there anywhere I can get an assassin snail? I know I'll have to move my beautiful Nerites, but it will be worth it.
I'm now going to look up how to slaughter them en masse, because it looks as though they can reproduce on their own. Is there anywhere I can get an assassin snail? I know I'll have to move my beautiful Nerites, but it will be worth it.
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petco. also i dont think you should squash them that releases ammonia. just throw them out and let them DIE
Awwww.... even my L128 Blue Phantom Pleco? I think it's so pretty.
Plecos may not be the nicest looking fish, but I find them super interesting.
I like glofish. I don't see any difference in keeping them and Goldfish,Parrots,Flowerhorns,Purple Arowana's...etcetetc.
In fact I like those glow Tiger Barbs that are ruby. I also like the Black Skirt tetras in a pure yellow with a dash of blue on the snout. I have two pink that I regretfully bought just to see the grand daughters reaction..and now 2 years later they are still healthy sons of guns..lol..Black Skirts have to be longest lived common tetras in the world!
ps Any of those glows released in warm native waters? Would be culled out by nature in days. No chance they keep the dna going.
In fact I like those glow Tiger Barbs that are ruby. I also like the Black Skirt tetras in a pure yellow with a dash of blue on the snout. I have two pink that I regretfully bought just to see the grand daughters reaction..and now 2 years later they are still healthy sons of guns..lol..Black Skirts have to be longest lived common tetras in the world!
ps Any of those glows released in warm native waters? Would be culled out by nature in days. No chance they keep the dna going.
That depends entirely on how well it's managed. Did you know oxygen is toxic, and largely responsible for organic breakdown? Yet we can't live without it. They key is to manage the environment so that fish don't suffer. Most fish are fine with small levels of toxic ammonia and nitrites. There is always small levels of ammonia and nitrites in water, even in fully cycled tanks. If there weren't the nitrogen cycle would stall. Those levels are just below the thresholds of our test kits and read as zero.
But my (understandably controversial) point was more that it's a great learning experience. I'm not recommending everyone do it.
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I don't understand cycling with fish. Do you balance the fishbowl on the handlebars or strap it on behind the seat somehow?
(ba dum-tsh!)
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People who sell aquarium plants? Doesn't mean they know about plants. One thing that stands out on youtube are that people with water plants for sale or aquascaping..don't seem to have basic knowledge of botany. Many have said Java and Bolbitis make "seed" Ferns don't make seed,they make spores- and ONLY do that emerged into air. They call a rhizome "stems"..and so many paludarium experts push wrong plants for them. Plants like Bromeliads that need very high light to be red and also will outgrow the whole area if lighted! Ask a gardener about orchids and small Elaphoglossum ferns,Huperzia's...plants ignored by tube paludarium guys and instead,what they got at Home Depot are stuffed in there.
It's really telling when those guys show their yards? It's just flat lawns!..No plant guy lives there you would think.
It's really telling when those guys show their yards? It's just flat lawns!..No plant guy lives there you would think.
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