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Could this tropical freshwater community work?

Posted on September 4, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

For a 20 gallon aquarium, I want:
1 Dwarf or Pea Puffer
2 Male Guppies
4 Female Guppies
5 Platies
4 Ghost Shrimp
8 Neon Tetras
3 Panda Cory Cats
Are there any fish I shouldn’t get? I know this tank will be way overstocked, I am going to moniter my Ammonia very closely and stay on top of the water changes. I have made a shopping cart at an online aquarium supply store and just to let you know how well set up this tank will be, I even bought a refugium for the livebearer fry, of which I plan to give almost all away to a pet store nearby. It will be a planted tank with a piece of driftwood and a big rock. Will this tank work? Please answer!
Pea Puffers are the only freshwater puffers. They also need to eat snails to keep their teeth ground down so they don’t get too long.
Oh, and my mom and I order our fish from liveaquaria.com. great site, we have never had an order we weren’t happy with. And there’s no way they would label a fish incorrectly.
The pleco would eat the leaves off the plants.

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Having trouble setting up a fish tank?

Posted on November 11, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

So i bought a 10 gallon aquarium with a filter and i filled it up with water and used some conditioner and i constantly go to get the water checked and each time i get told my ammonia is to high! so they told me to do partial water changes %15 each time once a day with conditioner so i did that for a week and a half and i went today to the pet store to once again get the water tested. and this time they told me my ammonia is worse along with my nitrate’s and all together it has been like 3 weeks i am very annoyed all i want is a fish tank. so today i bought a different conditioner called prime because i was told it was really good. so i was told this time to do water changes twice a week with conditioner. i have no existing fish in the tank and i want it to be freshwater with african dwarf frogs and bamboo shrimp and maybe some glofish. can somebody tell me what i can do to get this done

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I’m looking for the perfect (small) pet fish, any suggestions?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by admin| 13 Comments

I have a 1.5 gallon aquarium. It has a filter and light source but no heater.

My Betta of 3 years recently died and I’m looking for a good replacement. I was thinking a few Ghost Shrimp since I think they’re cute little things, or maybe a guppy (or 2), any small fish would be fine really. I’d rather not get another Betta (want something different) but I will if there are no other options.

I know the “ideal” set-up would be a larger tank but I don’t have much room in my apartment. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If needed I am willing to upgrade to a 3-5 gallon though. Freshwater fish only please.
I forgot to mention, but I am willing to buy a heater. Along with anything else they might need to survive.

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Bamboo Plant in Aquarium?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I have a 20 gallon aquarium freshwater tank with 4 tetras, 1 dwarf gourami, 1 pea puffer, 1 loach, and a dwarf frog. I have fake plants and 2 branches as decor. I want live bamboo (dracaena) in my tank, just because it looks different. I’ve seen Petco fully submerge bamboo inside their tanks with shrimp. I’ve done research but found out that bamboo will rot if fully submerged. How does Petco do it?

Has anyone tried it?

http://aquarticles.com/articles/management/Ali%20bamboo.html

I found this link and this person seems to have successfully planted bamboo into his tank. Do you think I have to cut the roots and leaves off before putting varnish dip? Can I buy varnish dip at Home Depot?

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I need help finding a fish!?

Posted on October 24, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

Ok So I’ve got a 29 gallon aquarium with 2x 30 gallon filters, an airstone, and I do regular water changes. I plan on having by the end of my stocking I plan on having: 3 boseman rainbows, an african dwarf frog, a platy, a dwarf gourami, a cherry shrimp or two, and an angelfish (yes it may eat my shrimp). Soooo my problem is that I have room for one more fish. But I can’t find one that I want. This fish should be 1-3 inches big. I want a really interesting fish that you wouldn’t consider your typical petco’s beginner fish. Something REALLY cool. Something that will actually bond with me (like the angel will) not a ditzy fish that only eats (i.e. a platy) Any suggestions? cuz id love an idea! (no invertebrates please. unless there’s a freshwater starfish lol)

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