I would have no problems selling the young angel’s (or any young fish I happen to breed if he wants them) to the LFS. I think there would be a better market in gourami’s or pleco’s (especially the dwarf pleco’s as they only order the sailfin pleco’s) though, as neither arrive here […]
The only reason I am hesitant to breed anything more than simple guppies is because my LFS (well the owner rather) is rather… umm… profit orientated only, which means for me to sell any of my babies to him I would have to basically beat his wholesalers prices. Not to mention I […]
Thanks for all the info Ray, I figured I didn’t have a good environment for breeding angel’s, but was actually surprised that they started to breed as I didn’t think I had a male/female. My silver/black striped angel is actually my favorite (she’s the female) I think she’s much more colorful […]
Hello Everyone, First of all I’d like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year, may it give you everything that you want. Next, I’d like to tell a little true story. A member of one of the Freecycle groups I belong to in Devon had three goldfishes she didn’t want […]
Lenny,
The tanks has been shut down for two weeks, so I’m not worried about the bacteria. I will be buying new “bio-wheels”, he tossed the old ones. I also will be cleaning the 350 canister pump, what do you use on the “O” rings to lube them? I give the […]
It may have a negligible effect, since the salt concentration to recharge the zeolite is much higher than what you ever had in your tank. I’ll bet that once the ammonia and nitrite are under control, most of your problems will go away. Then, when you get a larger tank, the rest of them will […]
No. Goldfish are not nocturnal. Maybe the previous owner used to feed them right after lights out or something so they have Pavlovian conditioning to start looking for food after lights out. Check with the previous owner. If it’s Pavlovian, they will slowly learn that you don’t feed after lights out and […]
Thanks for the advise Edgar, I’ll put some in just in case. I’m not really sure when the problem started, certainly one of the fish died before the new ones were put in. Of the new ones, one died within 2 days, the other within 4. It’s strange that all the dark coloured koi are […]
Those darker colored fish are goldfish babies. The young ones are often a brown, bronze or nearly black color but they do change colors. For the past few years my daughter has been catching some of the early fry or harvesting eggs and placing them into an aquarium and caring for […]