April 2013 Blog Posts (32)

Newly Planted Dirt Tank

This is day 8 of water changes in this new dirted tank and yesterday I did a 50% water change and the water was much clearer with just a little bit of cloudiness. I added my heater & prime thinking I would add a few fish to begin the cycle. Well when I woke up this morning this was the result.

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At this point its been 8 days of water…

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Added by just_ray on April 7, 2013 at 10:07am — 9 Comments

Maleri island peacock

I have a male maleri maleri peacock and he was starting to color up and then his face turned gray and the yellow on his body turned pale. What could have caused this?

Added by Toms Cichlids on April 6, 2013 at 10:57pm — 2 Comments

Question about shrimp ???

I'm thinking of putting some shrimp in my new  "Fluval Flora"  7.9gal tank that I aquascaped - I have heard that a tank with shrimp should have a lid on it or the shrimp can get out .  The Fluval Flora has a lid but when it is placed on the tank it leaves about a 1/4 inch  gap around the top of the tank - would this be OK or would the shrimp be able to get out ???

If you can help please reply ..........…

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Added by thefisherman15 on April 6, 2013 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Lunar light benefical or an algae bloom and an electric bill spike waiting to happen?

Okay so I've been reading on some forums via google posts and seeing that some fish benefit from a more natural "moonlight"lighting scence,But my concern is doesn't algea feed off of any light it can get?Also with the added wattage will my moms electric bill double? I have 5 tanks fully opperational now. All have fish in them with the last being a QT that only has a heater and filter.I turn all filters off at night execpt then 90 which is downstairs in the family room so I can't hear it.…

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Added by Hard core pokemon gamer on April 5, 2013 at 2:16am — 7 Comments

Puffer Fish

Hey guys, I want a puffer, and I'm wondering if anyone here has kept one. It 

obviously would have to be a freshwater species, but I also want to know if there is a

certain species which I can get that does well with other fish AND plants. Also I know

that puffers require a diet of snails to keep their…

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Added by alex9j4m on April 4, 2013 at 8:32pm — 2 Comments

New tank fully cycled.

Hi everybody,

Well today was the day I checked the health of my new 46liter tank and everything is perfect. So I proceeded to swap over all my adult fish from my fluval Chi. We have 3 male Guppies, 2 harlequin ras boras, 2 phantom tetras then another 3 female Guppies. The two heavily pregnant guppies I have put into the nursery tank and transfered all my Guppy fry into the fluval Chi. All looks to be going well apart from in the new tank I can't actually see any of the fish as they are all… Continue

Added by Sue Ball on April 3, 2013 at 6:04pm — No Comments

Heat or substrate or what??

I woke up the other morning to find my heater on around 32c 90f (forgot to turn it down after working on the tank) I added new substrate (tropica) the day before and some bits were floating around in the water. my moss looked like it was dying, going brown so I trimmed the dying parts off turned my temp back down to 26c 78f. will it survive and how long before it starts growing?? Thanks

Added by Stephen on April 3, 2013 at 4:19am — No Comments

Thinking of getting " Shrimp " ???

I bought a new " Fluval Flora " 7.9 gal aquarium that I'm currently using to raise 10-12  baby Angel fish. Long story but my two adult Angels had laid eggs in my 65gal six times b/4 and ate the eggs every time - so this last time I moved the amazon leaf that the eggs were on and put it in a 10 gal by itself - most of the eggs died but 10 - 15 eggs hatched. I have been feeding them frozen bbs and first bites and they are doing good. Soon I want to move them out so I…

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Added by thefisherman15 on April 2, 2013 at 5:19pm — 2 Comments

Lighting

Hi fish tank people! Wanted some help on lighting
My fish tank, am fairly new to aquariums. I have a 110l think that's 25g and wonderd if 2 23watt cfl bulbs would be sufficient. Want to grow different kinds of mosses and java fern, Anubis n stuff. Thanks

Added by Stephen on April 2, 2013 at 2:22pm — 3 Comments

FIRST SPAWN OF THE SEASON

So yesterday I was out and about looking at my now, "budding" pond. But I noticed something was different. My goldfish that I had gotten last fall (had to get new fish after a tragic accident) were swimming to the top and pushing each other around. Then I saw her. One of the fattest goldfish I had ever seen at such a young age for a fish! Then behind her came 3 presumable males pushing her into the Mississippi water iris's roots.



Then today I found tiny sphere all over the pond… Continue

Added by Hunter D. on April 2, 2013 at 1:40pm — 2 Comments

New Dirt Tank. Need help

So I followed Dustin's videos on dieting a tank. I drain and refill on Sat & Sun then last night I drained & added plants. My water is not cloudy. What should I do?

Added by just_ray on April 2, 2013 at 7:28am — 8 Comments

damn it.. fish tragedies.

I found a store with rummies and I've been adding them 3 at a time to not overstock the tank all at once.  UGH.   My fish from that store had been great so far.   The last 3 I added all my rummies broke out with ich a week after I got them.   Treated with salt and heat,  but all 11 of my rummies were dead in 3 days.  

The rest of my fish were fine.   After 2 weeks treating I did a big cleaning and water change, then did something STUPID.    All of the fish left in the…

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Added by HeatherS on April 1, 2013 at 6:28am — 4 Comments

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