Hi Sam,
There is no “rule”, whether it’s 1″ per gallon or 2 gallons per fish that works… except for slim-bodied fish that stay under 3″ as full grown adults. For example, a 10″ Oscar certainly can’t be kept in 2 gallons of water, nor will 10 gallons of water be sufficient…. more like […]
I am using Ehfisubstrate in both trays. In the top tray there are also a handful of ceramic rings mixed in. Bayshore water is a little on the hard side but usually never changes. I have a fire station on the next road so the are constantly opening up the hydrants to […]
What area of the world are you located in? I know some areas do not have as many available meds. Are you familiar with any of the meds that are available in your area?
First, you should move the ill fish to a quarantine tank so that you can treat it separately. This […]
Check the nitrite level. Whenever my tank has any fishy smell at all (noone has specified what their bad smells smell like but several have hinted that that’s what it smells like), my nitrites are high. They’re classically associated with the fishy smell.
A noxious rotten odor would be hydrogen sulfide […]
Bill said:
…. is playing russian roulette with the lives of their pets. And, yes, we stock them too.
Hey Bill,
How much are russian roulettes going for these days?
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Please forgive the commercial post - but these are not usually available at your local Wal-Mart……
The FLOW METER looks like an upside down test tube attached on top of a horizontal pipe. As the water rushes past it thru the pipe, it has a little thingee that rises up the tube to indicate how […]
What kind of fish are breeding? Some fish are egg scatterers and leave things to nature, others lay their eggs in nest area and guard them and then of course, there are live bearers.
How big is the breeding tank?
If you want maximum survivability of the spawn, it’s probably best to have the spawners by […]
Me too, I mean he is neat to watch and stuff, but I don’t want to take chances that he will get hungry and grab an unsuspecting cichlid…
I also called a local pet store and they sell them for around that price too.
I just don’t have a set up for him at all, I […]
Great to see thsat you finally were able to obtain some items to work with, for your fish. Before I go any further, I would just like to suggest your trading in those two Chinese Algae Eaters for Siamese Algae Eathers. The CAE’s can get to around 10″ long, and […]
Sounds like one of the african mormyrids. They are related to elephant nose and “baby whales”. Here is a link about african cichlids with a picture of a “dolphin” about midway into the article. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichli524.jpg&imgrefurl=http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,%2520African%2520IV.htm&h=157&w=384&sz=11&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=FCPm-pwsyTGmxM:&tbnh=50&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dafrican%2Bmormyrids%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
They eat small crustaceans, worms etc. They really tend to feed at night. You could try some live blackworms a […]