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Do ghost shrimp and german blue rams work well?

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:32:02 +0000

I have a 75 gallon freshwater fish tank.

I plan on keeping
5-6 zebra danios
2-3 German blue rams
2-3 ghost shrimp
1 clown loach
1 (mid sized catfish) not sure which one yet

Do these fish work well together?

What size tank would work for a ‘community’ tank?

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:35:24 +0000

I don’t want a huge tank but one that can handle 10-15 different types of freshwater fish/invertebrates. I don’t have a real huge space to use either. The types of fish/invertebrates I’m considering are: shrimp,flag fish,rasbora,and platys. Those are just an example. Basically what I want is a tank with different types of beautiful,colorful fish. I want more than 10 gallons but under I guess 30. What size would work? Thanks for the help.

*^*^*^*^* THEY WOULD ONLY BE PETS AND WHAT TYPE I GET I HAVEN’T DECIDED YET. *^*^*^*^*
Maybe only up to 10 different species then.

anybody have any luck with shrimp for catfish?

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:44:14 +0000

wondering if shrimp would be an effective bait for freshwater fish in N.C. mainly catfish.

Question about Goldfish, Betta, and small bowl.?

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:32:14 +0000

First a bit of background about myself, I’m quite experienced with owning freshwater fish.
I currently own tanks with guppies, red-tail sharks, mollies, gouramis, mbunas, catfishes, platies, shrimps, clown/kuhli/yoyo loches, etc. And i think i’m doing really well with it.

However, i have never owned a Betta, or a Goldfish, though i have an idea of how to treat them.
But I have never owned a mini bowl tank. Unfortunatley, i have received a “betta bowl” for xMas, that looks similar to this in terms of size:

http://www.altavistamall.com/psproducts/ACU07001.jpg

Given that I will make use of it, probably putting my first Betta in…

~~~First (set of) question:~~~
How does it really work?
As in, would you even cycle that?
Would you bother putting gravel in it, i’m planning to have horn wort in it, which doesn’t necessary need gravel.
How do you do water change? I don’t think vacuum cleaner is an option. It’s so small too, wouln’d pouring water in and out so stress the fish?
And given how small the bowl is, how often do you change the water?
My room is quite cold in winter, maybe 10-15 celcius? You can’t put a heater in that thing.
Right.. i really dont’ get how those stores can have maintain those cups of bettas…

~~~ Second (set of ) questions: ~~~
Please don’t kill me, but on the box, it says don’t get mistaken by the name, thought it’s called “Betta Bowl”, you can put a golfish in.
Now i’m pretty surprised, i thought Goldfish needs BIG tank for how messy they are. So I think it’s lying.
But in case i’m wrong, do you know any kind of GOldfish that can be happy in that bowl?

THanks!

I have a 30 gal. freshwater tank, with 5 small tetras. I would like to add some colorful fish.?

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:37:15 +0000

Are there any freshwater fish that are as colorful as saltwater fish that would be adiquate? Also what about little shrimp etc.?

Fishing: Is shrimp good bait for freshwater fish?

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:35:20 +0000

I hate worms they are too icky.

What type of freshwater fish/shrimp cleans the auqarium, so that is remains clean?

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:39:40 +0000

I want to buy a freshwater fish/shrimp that cleans the aquarium, so that it remains clean. But the problem is I don’t know the name of those type of shrimps/fishes. And I want one that won’t eat my guppies. I … Continue reading →

Where do you buy live brine shrimp, live blood worms or eggs for both of those?

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:38:26 +0000

I am looking to feed my tropical freshwater fish, and can’t find anything offline. Do they sell them at petco, petsmart, or are they only at specialty fish stores?

Thanks!

Brine Shrimp??

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:37:54 +0000

I want to buy some Brine Shrimp to keep as pets but I don’t know what water to keep them in, I have aquarium salt for freshwater fish, can I put some of this in the water? Or do i … Continue reading →

Breeding brine shrimp?

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:38:57 +0000

Last year I bought a packet of brine shrimp eggs. (To feed freshwater fish) Now that I have a marine tank (65gallon with 4 percula clowns and small corals)(it’s fully matured so now i’m starting to add corals) Will brine shrimp lay eggs in the tank. Last time I fed my percula clowns brine shrimp was last week and last night after I turned off the light and looked into my tank with a small torch I could see some brine shrimp swimming around.
Will they breed themselves? Or is there anyway to promote breeding? I want them for the perculas and coral.
Any advice would be much appreciated.