Oh, the over-sudsing thing happened a couple of years ago while my son was home on vacation. We finally got enough of the Dawn out by refilling the hole in the door with hot water and then soaking it out with paper towels over and over […]
HI JAKI,
If your pond is 40gallons instead of 400 gallons, it is probably a glass or fiberglass aquarium & not a pond. Nevertheless, whether it is an aquarium or a pond, it is way too small for 13 kois and it is a miracle that they still seem healthy. The kois you bought from BiorR […]
It’s mapped out and ready to be dug in March or so! It’s 12′ by 25, and 3′ deep, two waterfall features and an oriental style walkbridge over a narrower portion. I’m still going round and round with the designer about an area I want to do and he thinks I’m nuts. (I […]
OK. I thought you had used Maracyn Two early on but it must have been someone else out here with goldfish issues.
Even ammonia levels as low as you’ve kept them (due to your diligence with constant PWC’s), will still cause ammonia poisoning issues for the fish… especially when cycling with fish where you have […]
OK. You might want to read over the active thread “Newbie with a fungus” which will enlighten you about what you could be facing.
Part of what is happening is when fish are overcrowded in a tank, they get stressed from the increased hormone levels in the water. When fish get stressed, their immune […]
Sure, don’t feed your fish so much food. Seriously Carol Lynn, if the tank is not over crowded and all is well, then you may have an unwanted type of bacteria problem. Water is not cloudy and should never appear that way in an aquarium. If it does, something a bit more sinister may […]
When I was able to open the link to the pictures I see those fish do not appear to be Gambusia. Gambusia have rounded tails like wild guppies. The fish in those pictures have forked tails and appear to be some kind of minnow. They are probably native fish. Gambusia have probably been introduced often […]
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4521
Actually, the Eastern species - the holbrooki - are cute, pretty, and just the right size for my 10 gallon aquarium.
Apparently they not only don’t eat the mosquitoes, they eat other fish that DO eat mosquitos. This explains the explosion in mosquitos. They were introduced into a number of countries for […]
P.S. I’m sorry Ramil - I forgot to mention the number and size of my koi in my last post. There are 24 in total, about half of them 18 - 20 inches long, the other half 10 - 12 inches.
Brenda On 20-Jul-08, at 10:11 PM, ramil_dy wrote:
> Hi there your […]
If you have room to upgrade to a larger tank that is really the best thing to do. Contrary to the beginner’s myth, a large tank is actually easier to care for. The small volume of water in a small tank lets things happen too fast. But caution here. […]