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I Have Emergency Questions On My New Hamster?

By on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments

She/ he.. (The store owners couldn’t tell :/) is a teddy bear hamster.
I have her in a ten gallon aquarium.. With a wheel, a wateer bottle, a hut, and a litter thingy. Oh, and a chewstick… She came right up to my hand in the petstore, and they let you interact with the animals a bit and this one was sweet(: So her water bottle may need replacing, because It fell. I came home after I had put her in her cage and went to the grocery store, and the water bottle had fallen. I put it back up and secured it better, and then as I was watching her for a few minutes she climbed onto the top of the hut. :/ Then she went to the 1-1 1/2 inch space between the water bottle and the top of the cage.. Obbviously she was trying to get out, and she fell and I was scared! And then she did it about 3 more times, and she has been digging at the glass. She was with other hamsters, and when we put her in her new cage, it was almost as if she was looking for them… I KNOW hamsters shouldn’t be together. But it looked like she was looking for something. So I moved the water bottle and put tape at the corners to hold the top down and also where the top was a liiiiiitle loose I put a but of extra tape. DON’T WORRY, she can still breathe…
And do you have any ideas in case she still tries to get out? In at least a few weeks, maube later, I will be getting some money and can buy a really good 30 dollar cage that is huuuge(: SO if size is an issue I am already trying to fix that… :/

Is This Safe To Put In My Aquarium?

By on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 8 Comments

I thought it would be a cool idea to have an empty bottle of uv vodka in my new 30 gal. tank for decor/place to hide… I am getting small fish like glo-danio, guppies and tetra and a small 3″ pleco (thats max size for its breed). What would I need to do in order to do this, if it is even safe?
Also thinking about using a glass cutter to cut the bottom of bottle out to create tunnel sort of cave…would remove cap either way, and maybe use a cork if top opening of bottle if fish getting stuck in the small opening is possible…

WHAT HAPPENS IF MY AQUARIUM FILTER OVERHEATED?

By on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 3 Comments

Question by Steven: WHAT HAPPENS IF MY AQUARIUM FILTER OVERHEATED?
My cuzn turned off my aquarium filter to plug in my ps3 and when he plugged it back in a while layer he didn’t put water in it so it filtered dry air for idk how long and when I just seen it rite now it doesn’t want to turn on so my Q is will it work later on maybe if I let it cool down or do I need to buy a new one? I own a pleco and it’s getting very dirty cuz of him…
Fish:
Pleco
3 swordtail
3 zebra
Aquatech and he says that all he did was unplug it to play ps3 and replugged it what he says an “hour later”

Best answer:

Answer by hellz yea
fish sticks

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Gourami Question…bubble Nest?

By on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments

Okay I just got 2 Moonlight Gouramis..they are about 4 inches long each.
I have one that is constantly ripping out my live plants and putting them in the corner of the tank at the top. The other is hiding behind my filter..The one that is hiding..its bottom fin is going kinda brownish..along with its under belly. Its not fat or anything..and do not know if this means it might be having babies or is sick??????..would the other one still make a bubble nest even though they might not be spawning?..I have a 55 Gallon with other fish in there as well..such as Danios,rainbows and tetras…whats going on?…any ideas?

Can A Dehumidifier Harm You?

By on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments

I just got a new fish tank and when we were installing it we got my carpet wet. My mom put a lg energystar 65 pint dehumidifier in my room. Now whenever I get home from school and go to my room to do homework my nose gets stuffy and all dried up, so I have to breath through my mouth, and I constantly have to swallow because my throat gets dry, and my room is extremely hott. It’s set on max speed and the humidity is set as low as it can go. It’s not a I’m going to suffocate to death thing it’s just extremely hard to breath and do normal things like swallow normally and breath normally and my heart rate goes up slightly not a lot just slightly and i sweat like crazy. And in every room we have humidifiers not dehumidifiers. It’s just a extreme discomfort not like I’m going to die take me to the hospital pain. And don’t say to just stay out of that room that’s not possible that’s where every miniute other than school and dinner are spent. I have to clean my fish tank every day which is a 1 hour job, once it gets cycles and ready It won’t take me that long and I have a lot of homework so I have to do it in there because I have 1 brother 1 sister both younger who run around the house like hiennas lol! Thanks I know it can’t like do major damage but are these symptoms normal when using a dehumidifier? Out house is not humid we have humidifiers in every room normally mine too.

What kind/type/power/size of a filter and heater do I need for a 63 gallon aquarium?

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Question by Cheyenne: What kind/type/power/size of a filter and heater do I need for a 63 gallon aquarium?
I only have the aquarium itself, I need some help finding the basic necessities for it, yet be specific on them..

Best answer:

Answer by David
I use two Fluval 405 canister filters on my 70 g Cichlid tank. I started with Marineland Emperor Hang on tank (HOT) filters but they were very noisy and as my tank grew I wanted a higher quality filter. I went with the 405 for the extra media capacity. When I changed to a canister filter I had to add a air system to the tank, Tetra Whisper, (cheap and somewhat quiet). Air stone are available at any petstore or even walmart
I also use a under gravel filter, purchased from Petco and added 2 1200 Maxi-Jet power heads. Helps keep the gravel clean.

I would use two smaller 100 W heaters instead of one big one 200-300 W . If one fails and get stuck in the on position. You may have the time to catch it before it cooks your fish. I’m looking to change to the Rena Smartheater. I have spent a lot of time reading the product reviews on cichlid-forum.com website

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