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Ghost Shrimp with Common Goldfish?

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:56:05 +0000

I recently bought 2 ghostshrimp, 3 common goldfish http://species.fishindex.com/photo_3191carassius_auratus_auratus_goldfish.html, and a shubunkin http://www.shubunkin.de/images/shubunkin10.jpg, and i was just wondering if these are compatible. The sales person at the store said they were, but after 2 hours, one common goldfish was dead … Continue reading →

Piranha destroys goldfish!!

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:31:24 +0000

This is a video of my 8 inch rb piranha eating a goldfish alive. It’s supposed to be a companion of my first piranha, but it unfortunately died of fungus a week after buying this guy… Irony. i normally feed it shrimp and frozen pinkies, but occasionally feed it live food. enjoy the vid
Video Rating: 3 / 5

I’m looking for a small freshwater eel for my community aquarium.?

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:55:59 +0000

i have 5 tiger barbs, 1 small goldfish, 5 ghost shrimp, an upside down catfish, and a fancy guppy. I saw and eel at the pet store that was said to only grow to 6 inches long and it didn’t bother any of the fish in the tank with it. While the name escapes me I know it is light tan with a forward facing mouth. Would it be o.k. to add this to my community tank, or will it try to eat my lovable ghost shrimp. I don’t want them to die, nor my other fish

Can you feed Tropical fish Goldfish flakes?

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:59:48 +0000

i saw someone ask this, and i TOO have a tub of goldfish flakes im not using… Could i possibly feed these goldfish flakes to my tropical fish? Neon tetras, Guppies, Mollies, swordtails, platies, etc.

Now, sure the PICTURE says what fish… but both are omnivore fish. Am i right?
Also, the back packaging pretty much says the same as the tropical fish food flakes… Fish meal, some other shrimp, etc…

So… can it work as an alternative?

thanks

(7+ years of tropical, freshwater fish keeping)

3+ Special breeding (my best accomplishment was mixing mollies with platies, and swordtails with mollies… Yes…)

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!

Can you get freshwater shrimps?

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:37:40 +0000

I am thinking of getting shrimps to my fish collection with a tank, can you have freshwater? if so, will goldfish or guppies be okay?

Many Thanks

Can a goldfish have a heater in its tank?

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:31:23 +0000

Can a common goldfish have a heater in its tank? I’m asking because I have a filtered freshwater tank, with a goldfish, and i wanted to get and African Dwarf Frog and some ghost shrimp maybe. I know that Dwarf frogs need a heater, and could my goldfish survive with a heater? What about ghost shrimp? do they prefer heated or room temp.? Also do African dwarf frogs need dry land?

Scissortail Rasbora?

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:38:46 +0000

I just got three scissortail rasboras (don’t trust me on that spelling!). They are the first fish to go in my tank and are doing great. We are going to get three more to make a school soon. Right now I only have goldfish food and frozen peas as fish food.

Would any any of that food work?
When should I start to feed them?
How often should I feed them?

When I get them real fish food, for tropical fish, what kind would they like? (any brands, or flakes or pellets?) I know they love brine shrimp, so I am going to get some of that.

I would love to know everything about them, so please include other imformation… thanks!

The fish are the first in a community tropical freshwater tank, 55 gallon tank. It has gravel, many rocks and plants, filters and an air pump. There is no ammonia, pH is 7.0, no nitrites, nitrates are 20, alkalinity about 180…

Thanks!

Cold water Planted Goldfish and Dojo/Weather Loach freshwater tank

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:23:37 +0000

The tank is a 20 gallon long planted tank. I feed the goldfish ghost shrimp, goldfish pellets, bloodworms, and algae wafers. I feed the loaches goldfish pellets as treats, and there main diet is frozen bloodworms, I also feed them pest snails. I keep my tank around 64-70 degrees. Substrate is CaribSea white sand, 20 pounds, and nature gravel, 10 pounds.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Which breeds of fish can I combine into a freshwater tank?

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:36:40 +0000

I am a new aquarium hobbyist and after much debate, I’ve decided to go ahead and set up a freshwater tank (salt water tanks, although beautiful, seem like alot of work for someone new like me!). I guess I’m really looking for ideas and suggestions. I love goldfish and they seems pretty easy to maintain, but what other compatible fish can I add to my tank for variety? Also, do I need to purchase “cleaner” fish for a freshwater tank (like catfish or shrimp)?