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by the way what fish do you keep?
by the way what fish do you keep?
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01-31-2006, 08:10 AM
Thread: Backwards???
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Lets make an anology, with the supose that all...
Lets make an anology, with the supose that all fish can swim both forword and backwords.
Take the eals, i will compare them with a train (due to their body shape), a train can go forword, and the... -
01-31-2006, 08:03 AM
Thread: Just girls?
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Guppys as all species have primary and secondary...
Guppys as all species have primary and secondary sexual characteristics:
by defenition primary are all that born with the fish, and secondary all that apear after a period of development. (in... -
01-23-2006, 09:20 AM
Thread: Oscar tank planting
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In my opinion, you can do one of four:
1- Try...
In my opinion, you can do one of four:
1- Try with Microsorium pteropus (not from Oscar original biotope), and/or Spatiphyllium wallisii, or ever some kind of papyrus (Cyperacae familly), all... -
01-23-2006, 09:01 AM
Thread: Red tailed shark
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Agree with both William and Full3R, i sugest you...
Agree with both William and Full3R, i sugest you add a black bottom filling because it will emphasis the colors in your shark, dont forget to feed him when you put your tank's ligths out, and let the...
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They dont uproot floating plants (just a joke ;)...
They dont uproot floating plants (just a joke ;) ), but i agree with William, they have their own style, and they set their territorys like this, by changing the setup, this is a more intese feature...
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01-20-2006, 09:47 AM
Thread: Adding more fish?
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30 liters is a bit on the small side, and...
30 liters is a bit on the small side, and goldfish are known to be messy, i dont think it's wise to add more fish, i would go for some nice planting, adding quality, other than quantity to your set...
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01-20-2006, 09:29 AM
Thread: Does the kind of food really matter?
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Some years ago i reed an article published by the...
Some years ago i reed an article published by the University of Hawaii, they were trying a comparison study on diferent kinds of comercialy avaiable foods, their main objective was to compare...
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01-20-2006, 09:15 AM
Thread: Pond building
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Personaly i have an old cement pond (used to have...
Personaly i have an old cement pond (used to have gooses, my grand father built it, with is brother), it is there for at least 30-40 years (maybe more), and does not leak at all.
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Usualy, most comercialy avaiable Ick treatments...
Usualy, most comercialy avaiable Ick treatments are chemical cocktails that contains several powerfull desinfectants, like malachite green, methilene blue, etc. this can also help prevent fungus...
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01-16-2006, 09:02 AM
Thread: Proper water environment for Chiclids
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Chiclids come from a lot of diferent locations in...
Chiclids come from a lot of diferent locations in Africa, America, Asia. And their optimal conditions differ from place to place.
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01-16-2006, 08:52 AM
Thread: Something on rock
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it would be a better idea to remove the rock and...
it would be a better idea to remove the rock and boill it, although it's not 100% sure it will solve the problem by it self, sometimes the fungus sporae are too resilient and survive even high...
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I disagree with Full3R white spot (AKA Ick AKA...
I disagree with Full3R white spot (AKA Ick AKA Ichthyophthirius multifilis) doesn't have any web like with form in its live cicle check the following links for more info on Ick.
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01-13-2006, 08:56 AM
Thread: Something on rock
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That is normal fungus growing on your rock,...
That is normal fungus growing on your rock, probably due to some organic material laying ont the rock surface, when you introduce new rocks to your aquarium you should boil them before to kill all...
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01-11-2006, 08:55 AM
Thread: Changing Water
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i agree with william here, the bucket is the...
i agree with william here, the bucket is the best, if you have just one tank, and dont worry mutch about the fish beeing stressed, because the get used to it, since they are young (aquarium strains),...
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01-11-2006, 08:48 AM
Thread: Everyones Fish
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Currently, i keep:
P. Scalare - i produce one...
Currently, i keep:
P. Scalare - i produce one batch of youngsters bymonthly, and this helps financing all my other fish
my main objective are killis: keept in 20l tanks, and youngs in 60l
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01-09-2006, 09:32 AM
Thread: Snail problem in Malawi tank
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Agreed, i will also stay away from chemicals, but...
Agreed, i will also stay away from chemicals, but the sugestion of weather loachs is poor, in my opinion, because these are not endemic species of lake Malawi, insted i would sugest, one of the...
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01-06-2006, 11:02 AM
Thread: Aphanius iberus
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I've checked the conditions in my outside pond,...
I've checked the conditions in my outside pond, and after a period of aclimatation, ive introduce two couples of Aphanius iberius, for kown i will keep my fingers crossed, hopping they get allong...
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01-06-2006, 10:43 AM
Thread: Goldfish Joke
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It was for sure a catfish!!! Lol
forget it was...
It was for sure a catfish!!! Lol
forget it was a silly joke.
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01-06-2006, 10:40 AM
Thread: Happy new year
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Happy 2006 for all your fishes and you also.
Happy 2006 for all your fishes and you also.
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12-16-2005, 09:02 AM
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This is one great thing about killis, you can get...
This is one great thing about killis, you can get most species posted to you, in egg form... great, and can achieve list of eggs from sources such as killis societys arround the world.
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12-12-2005, 10:33 AM
Thread: Aphanius iberus
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Aphanius iberus
Does anyone has any personal experience with this species that would like to share here with me. I'm intrested in keeping them.
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They go well with all other fish that has the...
They go well with all other fish that has the same water conditions, they are a bit teritorial, and defend their turf from any other fish, and the breeding is easy as they can even breed in community...
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Not just for premiums, but also for recognition,...
Not just for premiums, but also for recognition, for example a photo contest, with winning photos on first page for a few days.
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12-09-2005, 02:53 PM
Thread: Discus the new layout
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Great i had to look twice to be sure i didnt make...
Great i had to look twice to be sure i didnt make an error on the http:
and is also great that the forum is also working a lot more, increased activity is nice.
greetings
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