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Brine shrimp? Easy peasy for a 6 year old.Did you know this? A question for all fish keepers and breeders.?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

I have been to loads of fish shops in search of live food for my breeding of betta splendens, but it seemed that they only stocked them on a very random basis.I replaced live food with boiled earthworm cut up very finely (it works great), but i went to all the hassle of finding or digging them up , scalding them with water , cutting them with a scissors and freezing them for later…. and being always told by my fiancee that I was disgusting. One day my 6 year old daughter returned from a toy shop down the road with “sea monkeys”? I never heard of them either, on close inspection they turned out to be brine shrimp that a child could harvest and keep them for a guaranteed 2 years, they multiply or breed or whatever readily…..I couldnt believe it, happy days, so its the toy shop for pet food and pet shop for pet toys ( i have dogs too).

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Fishy………………………….?

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin| 9 Comments

Do you know where to get that little box that pet stores have for fish? My ghost shrimp is having some babies and I need something to separate her from the bowl. Here’s a picture of what I need:

http://www.aqua-medic.de/freshwater/shared/25/imgs/fish%20boxes.jpg

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im looking for a small shoal of shrimp to keep as a freshwater pet.?

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

hello, well recently i have seen a few shrimps like “ghost shrimp” and “cherry shrimp” and have liked both. I was just wondering about what sort of size tank i would need for about 6-8 shrimp and what other things i would need to buy to get a nice clean healthy shrimp colony going. i like the ghost shrimps best but whenever i look on google the links are all about breeding them, im not sure whether i want to get into all that? looks pretty hard work. basically all i want is a few happy shrimp swimming about in a apropriately sized tank. if anyone has the time, might they write a list and sizes of all the items i need to achieve this? thanks for your time!
Robin

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ABOUT MY RED EAR SLIDER ?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

i have a red ear slider hes about 4 inches and ive had him for about a year ive been feeding him omega one freshwater flakes for tropical fish that the pet store said to feed him and he loves dried shrimp but im worried about his diet he doesnt want to eat the turtle sticks or pellets he doesnt eat vegetables or fruits i tried alot of things and it seems like the pellets and sticks are the healthiest thing to give him he isnt that big is that y hes not eating alot of the foods does any one have suggestions on feeding him healthy food
also he doesnt like to eat in a separate tank so i have to clean his tank out alot and sometimes i cant do it all the time and the water gets cloudy and his shell is kinda of yellow is this because of the cloudy water
it almost looks like he cant chew the pellets he puts them in his mouth and spits the back even after i break them up

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Can you feed turtles, seafood?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by admin| 12 Comments

My pet turtle seems to really enjoy fried lobsters and shrimps and totally shuns away from anything green and/or leafy. Is a seafood diet appropriate for a turtle? I don’t wanna inadvertently kill the poor thing.

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