LOL@”the incredible mr.”… darn.. I think I just showed my age.
The little flat heaters for small tanks do NOT have thermostats. From what I’ve read on them in the past, they’ll heat up the water up to 4F over the ambient temp in a certain sized tank… I forget the actual size. But […]
You should probably sell or give away all of your babies. Five goldfish is pushing the limits on a 250G pond…. or maybe it’s time to make a bigger pond.
If all you have is 12 or so fry, then that is likely the cause of your foam. Dozens of them were eaten as […]
Hi Serena, If you have an in-pond pump that is oil filled (oil filled for cooling), it’s most likely your pump is leaking oil into the pond. If the pump is one of the newer model being sold, the oil should not be toxic to the fish, … IF you get it cleaned out […]
Hi Noura,
It is hard to know what country I am dealing with by just E mail address. I have used Ice cubes as well on specially hot days but your frig will not keep up. Thus what I do is use the larger snapple plastic 32 Oz type bottle and allow those to freeze solid- […]
Higher O2 levels do not necessarily translate into lower CO2 levels. Are you using CO2 injection? If not, then your fish and ecology will continue to put out the same amount of CO2 but it will outgas faster due to the increased surface agitation but it’s a trade-off that you might have to […]
Hi Steve.. It’s a 20 G community tank, with closed wooden top to hide the lighting. and I have another 2 G tank for guppy fry, but these don’t really matter, I can simply stop “saving” them out of the big tank and let the others eat them as a rich fresh protein meal. […]
It is interesting that your guppies were dying at 30C. The temperature range they can live in goes up into the 90’s F. You do not mention the size of your tank(s), so it is difficult to determine the best course of action for you. A chiller has been mentioned already, but they can be […]
Are you saying the stick on thermometer is inaccurate?
BTW, unless you have a thermometer in the tank, you > cannot know the temperature of the water — it usually is one or even > two degrees lower that the ambient temperature due to processes such > as the cooling effects of evaporation, etc.
When I […]
While the Betta may “look” good, its really impossible to tell how stressed it may be when the room temperature goes down to 66 o. Just because you do not see any signs of illness YET is no reason to believe the fish is doing “well,” and no reason to subject […]
I want to correct a mis-thought you are having. Just because you do a partial water change, you are not removing any of the “good” bacteria. They live on all of the surface areas of your pond but mostly in the filter media. As long as you are careful when cleaning your […]