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Feeding live Brine Shrimp?

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I’m currently cycling an Eclipse 5 gallon corner fish tank (freshwater) housing a single juvenile Zebra Danio and an African Dwarf Frog. My equipment includes a bio-wheel filter, hood lamp, air stone, large gravel substrate and a 25-watt Top Fin heater that is currently set at low and produces a consistent water temp. of 77.5 degrees. (sorry if this was all useless info!)

Basically, I’m looking to diversify/enhance said Danio’s & ADF’s current diet of flake food and frozen blood worms. Preferably, I’d like to find a local pet store (Seattle area) that sells ready-to-feed live brine shrimp. Setting up a mini-hatchery in my tiny ass apartment seems like a hassle (let me know of any possible mis-conceptions I may have about this!), although if no better options present themselves, I’ll make it work.

Can anyone share their experience feeding live Brine Shrimp? How often/how much should I feed? How do I make sure the ADF gets his fair share of live Brine Shrimp?

Regards!
I’m sticking with a single Zebra Danio just until the tank has finished cycling.

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I am trying to decide which fish to buy for my freshwater tank.?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin| 10 Comments

I am trying to decide which fish to put in my 10 gallon tank (after it finishes cycling) I am new to this so I would like easy fish. I already have a betta which I would like to try in the community tank, but I can put him back in his bowl if he wont get along. I like potbellied mollies and platies but how many of each do I have to get. One website said 8, 3males 5 females. I dont have a lot of space being a 10 gallon tank. I love ghost shrimp, but will the mollies or platies eat them? Im not trying to breed them so I dont care if they eat the fry. I kind of want a frog but I heard they are difficult to keep alive. I will not be adding all of my fish at once. Just a few at a time. Any other suggestions?

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I have a Freshwater Tank with a PH of 6.2, is that bad??

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I just checked my tank and I have low ammonia, nitrates and nitrites. The conern I have is I also have low alkalinity and low ph of 6.2 which is acidic. Is this bad? I have 2 bleeding heart tetras, 2 threadfin rainbows, 2 shrimp, a dwarf frog, 3 rasporas, a snail and a otocinclis.

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freshwater community tank questions?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin| 9 Comments

so i have 4 guppies, 5 glolight tetras, 1 snail, i african dwarf frog, i snail, and 2 marble shrimp! I have room for about two more fish, i want them to be a no more than 5 inches together. Any good ideas? They need to be readily available and not really expensive!

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Too much ammonia in fish tank?

Posted on March 20, 2011 by admin| 8 Comments

I have a 30 gallon freshwater aquarium. It has two zebra fish, a silver dollar fish, a sunburst, two neon tetras, a guppy, a frog, a scissors tail and a cory cat in it. I do a partial water change almost every 10 days. I have had it set up for about a month now. I test almost every day for ph, nitrate, and ammonia levels. The ph and nitrate levels are great. The ammonia levels are always high though. I have four ammonia bags in the tank (to help control the ammonia). I feed the fish twice a day fish flakes. There is never any left after 5 minutes of feeding. I also give them a treat once a week of freeze dried brine shrimp cube. Why do you think the ammonia is always high? I have tried ammonia lock to help control the ammonia, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. I have two filters in the tank and both hang on the back. What do you think could be causing the ammonia problem? I also add aquaium salt with every partial water change. Any suggestions?

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