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Today, 05:15 PM
Picked up more boxes at the postal service.
Small priority box is now $5.80 and medium sized box is $12.30.
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Today, 05:03 PM
I go into classifieds and all I see are ads (mostly outdated) but no where to insert a new one?
Nothing says "new thread" or "place your ad...
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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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Today, 01:17 PM
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
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, 06:26 PM
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, 02:55 PM
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, 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, 04:48 PM
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
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, 01:38 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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06-16-2013, 01:35 AM
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
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
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
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, 03:13 AM
Congratulations Cliff!
...Again
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06-15-2013, 01:09 AM
Congratulations Cliff!
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06-15-2013, 12:37 AM
Old thread...
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06-14-2013, 11:51 PM
Eventually we will, it's one of the few plants my husband and I agree on.
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06-14-2013, 08:21 PM
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
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
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
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
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, 12:21 PM
Looks great Jenn. I think you will be much happier with angels instead of discus, or maybe that's just me, I have never been a discus person. Either...
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