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im startting a marine tank with research?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

ive had my freshwater tank for about a year and its a 55gal but they used to be in a 30 gal, should i stick with that or up to a 40 gal. I am definitely getting at least 2 bangaii cardinals. im getting live sand and live rock, is live rock and coral the same thing, i dont think so but my dad does. im trying for a pistol shrimp and a black ray goby for the symbiosis effect, im sure they should all fit in their with a sea anemone. would these fish and anemone work out?
ok so no to the anemone, and im doing great with my other tanks and i didnt really ask anything about coral besides if it was the same as live rock, which i already knew it wasnt =P looks like im done with that extra months worth

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Tagged anemone, bangaii, cardinals, coral, dad, fish, freshwater, freshwater tank, gal, goby, live sand, marine tank, pistol shrimp, research, rock, sand, tank, year

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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Tagged Brine, brine shrimp, dogs, earthworm, easy peasy, fiancee, fish, fish keepers, fish shops, food, happy days, hassle, peasy, pet, pet food, pet shop, pet toys, question, random basis, scissors, sea monkeys, shop, shrimp, toy, toy shop, year

why is my established – 10 gal freshwater tank cloudy?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

I have an established 10 gallon tank. I’ve had it about a year.
Lately, like the past week, the water seems to be more cloudy than usual. I did a 3 gal change this am and tonight the nitrate/nitrite and other things are all in range.

The only thing different is that w/i the last month I noticed a sudden appearance of a bunch of baby malaysian trumpet snails.

Could that be why the water is cloudy?

Also, I’ve lost about 3 fish over the last 3 months. I suspected ich or velvet and treated with that teatree oil fish med.

Currently I have two zebras, two platys, a female betta, 4 ghost shrimp and about 500 teeny tiny baby malaysian trumpet snails.

One potted plant. put in a new filter today.

The other new thing is TetraMin Tropical Crisps. Or maybe it is the freeze-dried bloodworms….

any thoughts on what could be causing the cloudy water?

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Why are my fish dying?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

Hello all. I have a 60 gallon freshwater tank. It has been running for almost a year so it is a mature tank. I am very experianced in keeping fish but I can’t figure something out. I religiously do my water changes 1 week to everyother week and my water tests ALWAYS are at 0. (Nitrates,nitrites,ammonia). Well in the past week or so I have lost 2 swordtails, a sunbelly, and a bamboo shrimp.I still have 5 neon tetras, 4 black neons, 2 blue rams, 1 molly, 2 angelfish, 1 spotted puffer, 2 tuxedo fish,1 swordtail, 3 bamboo shrimp, 3 mystery snails,and 3 bettas. They all seem healthy, are all eating well, and there’s no sign of disease. My tank is as clean as a tank can get so why all the sudden deaths? Or is it just a coincidence and those that passed had reached the age that death was upon them? Pls let me know bc I’m getting upset and I don’t want some of my rarer fish to pass away if there’s something I can do about it. Thx

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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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im startting a marine tank with research?

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

why is my established – 10 gal freshwater tank cloudy?

Why are my fish dying?

ABOUT MY RED EAR SLIDER ?

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