My friend is moving up to a 2200 gallon pond, deepest part is approximately 4 feet, surface area approximately 110 sq ft. We’ll have a 90 gallon homemade biological filter feeding the waterfall, looking at the homemade venturi setups to put on the output of the skimmer pump to help […]
The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, could force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to “shut down a number of industries dependent upon nonnative species—such as the pet industry, food aquaculture and sports fishing,” according to Marshall Meyers, testifying yesterday […]
Rob, As has been pointed out, the amount of a water change can vary, depending on a number of factors. Some of these factors (bioload, tank size, etc.) can be added to with the type of tank and its inhabitants . . . and also with the particular type (hard, soft, […]
> From: jason horyak
> saw you guys writin about turtles and decided to ask: > my turtle looks as though he has eye infections and cannot > open his eyes due to sloughing skin. I added a dr turttle > sulfur treatment but doesnt seem to be working any ideas?
Jason,
I had a turtle as a kid […]
Can you give us a little more information on the tank itself, such as size, fish load and filtration used? Test results?
My initial thought is that if they are only doing this for a couple minutes then acting normal for the majority of the time, it may not be a problem, perhaps […]
Hi Lenny - Thanks for the quick response! The message you’re thinking of wasn’t from me - I just joined about three weeks ago, and this was my first post. I do get the compiled digest of e-mails once a day - I thought that included all of the posts, but maybe […]
Sounds like that would be best addressed to each food manufacturer.
If it’s Chinese made, algae meal could be melamine. LOL
I’m looking at my pack of Hikari Algae Wafers and there’s lots of “meals” (fish meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat germ meal, dried seaweeds meal, krill meal) and lots of other non-meal goodies but no algae […]
I believe, traditionally, “meal” refers to a ground up or finely grained product…usually grains…
From the Miriam Webster dictionary…
Main Entry: fish meal Function: noun Date: 1854
: ground dried fish and fish waste used as fertilizer and animal food
(big ewww)
Main Entry: […]
Hi Steve,
While I certainly don’t mind emails addressed directly to me, it’s probably best to leave the salutation section blank on a new topic as there are many other members who might have replied more quickly since I was working out in the field all day today.
The best place to start for diagnosis and treatment […]