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Some breeders/exporters will only sell the male species of fish/critters as a way of trying to hold a semi-monopoly on a species. This was tried with the Red Cherry Shrimp but enough females have been imported into the USA that there many breeders/sellers now. The male of a species are usually the “prettiest” […]

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 […]

Hello Tim, By your latest post below, with the help of Lenny’s message, I trust you now understand that I was not referring to your original (previous) post on this topic but instead was addressing our member “texas_tears2000,” who replied to you with a message that had no relevance. […]

Yes Lenny that is what it looks like. It mostly happens to the larger snails. It is probably like mentioned, the bigger foot making it have more of a suction and the snails being sucked in. I have had to pull the snail (shredded) out of the intake. Not nice believe me. […]

I have lost a number of adult mystery snails to the intake filter. I have a fluval canister on the tank that this happened to and I had to put a sponge pre filter on it to avoid this problem. Pam
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom: alambiet@yahoo.comDate: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:00:54 +0000Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Snail […]

The best thing to use for shims would be pieces of hardwood shaped in wedges. Some roofing shingles could also be used if the gap needing to be filled was large enough. If you go to a hardware or big box home improvement store, they actually sell packages of shims in the windows […]

How unlevel is it? Can you take pics from front and side to show it? Do you have hardwood floors, tile, carpeting, other?
If it’s only a little unlevel, it won’t cause any danger but might not be as aesthetically pleasing. Usually, filling the water until the water line is hidden by the […]

Thanks Lenny, I will definitely let you know how long he makes it. As far as I can tell he’s healthy, just mad about his tank size, he thumps the other fish with his tail and either eats them or leaves them to die if he doesn’t like them, bad fishy […]

Your 55G isn’t big enough for three goldfish.. especially not one of the “plain jane goldie’s” which is a common goldfish that can grow up to 24″ long though most only make it to the 15″+ range… still much too large for a 55G.
Two fancy’s would work in a 55G for quite a while as […]