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Today, 02:48 PM
It looks like we've got this beat. All four fish are now free-swimming, and they're all begging for food whenever I go by like they normally do. ...
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Today, 01:38 PM
Attention.........Old thread.
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Today, 01:34 PM
How many additional fish did you add all at once? Could this have been ammonia burns that killed them?
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Today, 01:29 PM
Agree on finding a breeder online but often it isn't good to use a divider, either. Males can not be allowed to see one another or it keeps them...
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06-17-2013, 09:57 PM
The oldest I've had for just over three years. He's the second longest-lived fish I currently have in spite of the fact that he's prone to...
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06-17-2013, 07:23 PM
yeah, except there's this PBS show about animals that she loves called "Wild Kratts", and they had a segment on coral reef tanks, so now she wants...
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06-17-2013, 07:14 PM
LIGHTS:
The lights are only on for 5 hours a day and it's a pretty dim light at that, and when I noticed the problem they hadn't been on yet for the...
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06-17-2013, 05:05 PM
Agree to use the heater rather than none. Different if you lived in the tropics. Just how did this person "force" you to take those Betta's? ...
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06-17-2013, 01:38 PM
What a pretty kitty, too. Looks like a long hair variety.
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06-17-2013, 01:03 PM
Just curious if you happened to check them when they were sleeping. I doubt it has anything to do with oxygen levels are they'd be at the top of...
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06-17-2013, 01:21 AM
not that I ever noticed. he'd get bumped into by a cory now and then or something, but that was it. I figured he was sort of like a big otocinclus...
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06-17-2013, 12:24 AM
it's been a couple months without an update, so let's do it.
The third tadpole has died. I don't know if the community tank was an unsuitable...
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06-16-2013, 11:09 PM
the one swimmer is back on the bottom with the rest of them. And now they've got ick. I can treat that (with medication, don't want to raise the...
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06-16-2013, 12:49 AM
yep, I have a five year old daughter too. I need to upload the photos I took of her frog tank.
Back on topic: I dosed PraziPro 4 hours ago. One...
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06-15-2013, 02:17 AM
four days! She's actually been pretty good considering...
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06-15-2013, 01:33 AM
I turned on the light, which prompted three out of the goldfish to get up and swim around. The fourth went for a swim later. All of them are...
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06-15-2013, 12:21 AM
missed it by two days. Been busy.
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06-15-2013, 12:17 AM
I agree. Bumping old threads is the worst!
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06-14-2013, 09:00 PM
I'm inclined to rule out swim bladder problems because, as I've said, they don't seem to have any trouble maintaining buoyancy when they feel like...
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06-14-2013, 08:39 PM
Turning up the airstone had no effect. Their diet is NLS pellets. Would be very strange for all four to come down with constipation at the exact...
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06-14-2013, 06:55 PM
thank you!
I fed them this morning but I didn't watch to see if they ate. I should have - I will at dinner time. Yesterday, when they started...
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06-14-2013, 03:05 PM
Hi everyone, haven't been around much. Just had a baby, so I've been real busy. But now I need some help.
I was making my rounds to my tanks...
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06-13-2013, 09:00 PM
I throw the whole bunch in the tank and within a week or two at the most, they will have roots already and then I plant them.
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06-13-2013, 08:57 PM
I have the type with the little pegs that slide forward or back. So easy to use. I don't even mess with them during our time changes here. Who...
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06-13-2013, 04:48 PM
http://www.aquariumplants.com/Freshwater_Aquarium_Plant_Substrate_p/ss.htm
I use this in my planted tanks.
I would keep either the Betta or the...
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06-13-2013, 04:43 PM
Ditto. With a small tank like that, just lay the tank on it's side on the floor. Pour enough vinegar in it to satuate the side and let it sit for...
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06-13-2013, 04:31 PM
You need to do some big water changes at least once a day until you can get those nitrates under control and rinse out your filter media, as well. ...
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06-13-2013, 04:28 PM
The smallest priority box is now $5.80 and that will be plenty if only shipping snails.
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06-12-2013, 02:52 PM
If pH needs increasing, just get some coral shells and scatter them around in the tank and take care of that naturally. Mbuna's need to be kept to...
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06-12-2013, 02:41 PM
Oscars get a foot long and you have 2. Pleco's get a foot long PLUS. The only thing that you have that is ok for that tank is that 1-angelfish...
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