g wrote:
Hi Joanna My last post didn’t come out properly or was edited. Glad that my countries fish are popular. But many are being caught in the wild for export and entire populations are being decimated.
Hi G. I deal mostly with fishes from India. While these fish are gaining in popularity, they […]
G,
Would you be able to share with us which fish species are in danger at this time. I personally try not to buy fish that I know are not responsibly wild caught.
-Mike
I appeal to all the forum members to buy only tank bred fish. I’ll try to put up a list of endangered species […]
Hi Joanna My last post didn’t come out properly or was edited. Glad that my countries fish are popular. But many are being caught in the wild for export and entire populations are being decimated. Our Government has no proper laws to control this. I appeal to all the forum members to buy only tank […]
What an interesting site this is. Thank you for directing us there.
I was interested to read the discussion about an aquatic plant collected in the wild. One person wanted to know when the plant was photographed because that would make identification easier. Your […]
You could try out the following website- www.indianaquariumhobbyist.comExperts there will happily help you choose the kind of biotope, fish and plants.
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PimaFix is West Indian Bay (leaves, I think)…
The odd thing to me is that it smells a lot like Geranium, only somewhat more “peppery”.
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote, On 5/10/2008 5:22 PM: > the smell. MelaFix is based on Melaleuca (Tea Tree) Oil and PimaFix is > also based on another […]
> > Steve already mentioned salt and heat which does work for many minor to > major issues.
I had read a lot about salt, but hadn’t realized heat. It makes sense though because different bacteria have different temperature preferences.
I’ve read a lot of conflicting info about how much salt to use. I […]
The best advice is to read a book. You’ve got to be at least a little familiar with the nitrogen cycle, what ph is and how it can fluctuate. You’ll want a good filter that is rated for at least 55 gallons per hour. Filtration types are describes as mechanical, chemical, and biological. Mechanical removes […]
PWC’s, while maybe annoying to fish, is nothing compared to the stress they feel from having poor water quality (elevated ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, hormones, etc.).
In your follow-up reply, you identified your algae eater as a CAE, which technically should be called an IAE (Indian Algae Eater) since they are not from China. http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Gyrinocheilus_aymonieri.html They grow […]