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Today, 01:17 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to be a good Betta owner, but not sure I'm getting it right... please help :( in Betta fish

It's not hard to believe you like him so much, betta's are great fish and have a lot of personality. Let us know what those water parameters are when...

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Today, 11:33 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to be a good Betta owner, but not sure I'm getting it right... please help :( in Betta fish

10 liters isn't ideal but it isn't the worst either. A 5 gallon is usually the smallest tank I suggest for betta. The aversion to bright lights is...

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Yesterday, 07:51 PM

Taurus replied to a thread Go Big or Go Home in Aquarium Journals

PERFECT is right. After all, look at the title of this thread\journal.

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Yesterday, 06:26 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Wild collected fish brought the plague! Need advice in Fish Diseases

I have heard and thoroughly debated the Qt's are more stressful argument. I will agree that most don't set up a proper QT and therefore they might be...

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Yesterday, 03:15 PM

Taurus replied to a thread Bought 7 red and blue columbian tetras today. in Tetras and other Characins

I have 2 shoals of 8 in different tanks. One shoal is made up of very young, small CTs and the other is made up of juvenile and adult CTs. The color...

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Yesterday, 02:55 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Wild collected fish brought the plague! Need advice in Fish Diseases

If this is bacterial, I have heard good things about Furan2. I don't know what it will do to your inverts, you will have to research that one. The...

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06-17-2013, 04:48 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread preset heater vs no heater? in Betta fish

You seem to have that problem with glass breaking sometimes. :11: I would try the heater you have and see how well it works, betta's like the...

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06-17-2013, 02:58 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread good amount of kuhli for a 55g in General Aquarium Forum

You could get a lot more if you wanted. As long as there are plenty of hiding spots and plants for them you could get 15-20 kuhli loaches for your...

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06-17-2013, 01:18 PM

Taurus replied to a thread Help stock my 50! in General Aquarium Forum

Great choice Jenn. I haven't seen a paradise fish around in a lot of years. Good for you and I'm glad you went with a pair.

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06-17-2013, 01:10 PM

Taurus replied to a thread My furbies... in Other Pets

LOL...ahhh, Deuce has such an innocent look on his face while Sake and Geisha have that "whatever" cat-look about them. Now about those angel fish...

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06-16-2013, 01:35 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Am I at the end of my cycle in Cycling

It does seem that your tank is cycled. I usually advise adding ammonia for a couple more days to be certain, but by looking at your numbers it isn't...

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06-16-2013, 01:11 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

Many tetra will breed during the rainy season of what ever country they are indigenous. In our aquariums we reproduce those conditions either on...

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06-16-2013, 12:29 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

With all the rain in the area lately it is no wonder you have fry. X-ray tetra are egg scatterers. They drop their eggs in the plants and maybe the...

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06-15-2013, 11:58 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

Time for a bigger tank again... These are probably all from the same batch and are now just big enough to start roaming the tank.

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06-15-2013, 06:39 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

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06-15-2013, 03:13 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Our Family Just Got a Little Bigger in Other Pets

Congratulations Cliff! ...Again

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06-15-2013, 01:09 AM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Old threads being bumped. in Thoughts and suggestions

Congratulations Cliff!

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06-15-2013, 01:01 AM

Taurus replied to a thread Can honey gourami survive only on algae? in Gouramis

That's normal for gourami just settling in. They can do well on algae for a couple of weeks. They'll accept the flakes in due time. Have patience.

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06-15-2013, 12:54 AM

Taurus replied to a thread Help stock my 50! in General Aquarium Forum

Do it. :14:

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06-15-2013, 12:44 AM

Taurus replied to a thread Jenn's 56G Column Tank in Aquarium Journals

You've got a sharper eye than me.

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06-15-2013, 12:41 AM

Taurus replied to a thread Jenn's 56G Column Tank in Aquarium Journals

OMG....I never would have noticed him.

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06-15-2013, 12:37 AM

KingFisher replied to a thread Old threads being bumped. in Thoughts and suggestions

Old thread...

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06-14-2013, 11:51 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread A planted bowl in Aquarium Journals

Eventually we will, it's one of the few plants my husband and I agree on.

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06-14-2013, 11:13 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

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06-14-2013, 08:21 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread A planted bowl in Aquarium Journals

Lovely garden. :ssmile: I love honeysuckle, we used to have it all along the fence line but sadly it was taken down this year.

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06-14-2013, 08:07 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

Female live bearers start to get fat, when it is almost time for the fry to drop the fat spot will get square. If there aren't a lot of fry she may...

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06-14-2013, 06:32 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

Lol, I am just guessing, I can't tell from the picture if it is a platy or a tetra. I do know that platy can have fry up to something like 6 months...

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06-14-2013, 04:24 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread fish ALL sitting at bottom of tank in General Aquarium Forum

Congratulations dad! Could it be an oxygen issue? Adding water would also add oxygen and if the surface isn't properly agitated the oxygen would...

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06-14-2013, 04:19 PM

Honey Badger 1 replied to a thread Trying to help daughter with new aquarium and dying fish in Beginner Freshwater

Congratulations! It's always exciting to find fry. Are you sure it's not a platy fry? Just so you know, platys are livebearers and tetra lay eggs.

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06-14-2013, 03:41 PM

Taurus replied to a thread Help stock my 50! in General Aquarium Forum

Botia striata. Orange Chromide species tank for a cichlid girl?

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About Jaster

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Date of Birth: February 25, 1972 (41)

About Jaster

Location:: Binghamton NY

Interests:: scuba and paintball

Occupation:: PC Board Engineer

Gender:: Male

Orientation:: Straight

Smoker:: Yes

Marital:: Married

Drinker:: Occasionally

Education:: Graduated College

Children:: 3

Aquarium 1:: 80 gallon bowfront cichlid tank

Aquarium 2:: 55 Gallon Angel tank

Aquarium 3:: 30 gallon community

typeof:: Freshwater

Rest of Your Aquariums:: couple of 30g angel grow out tanks couple 10g guppy tanks (angels like fry!)

How I got started with aquariums.:: Got a small tank, then got a big tank... then the fisdh I had had fry and my wife and daughter wanted to save the babies... 8 tanks later....

Favorite fish:: Angels

Fish I have bred:: guppys and mollys. trying my hand at breeding Angels.

Why I like fish::: I grew up on the ocean and pretty much spent more time in the water then out of it. I've always loved fish.

Best advice:: Read read read... learn as much as you can about this hobby before you jump in. It's a lot more then fill the tank and stuff it with fish!