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Aquaboy on Monday, December 13th, 2010 |
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I want to buy hair grass for my tropical aqarium, but the pet stores in my town don’t have hair grass or other good plants.
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Aquaboy on Friday, December 10th, 2010 |
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My friend has an oscar which is just awesome, though I know that with my 10gallon tank, that’s impossible (her oscar is HUGE!). I’ve looked at my choice of beginner fish: tetras, guppies, and the such. However, they’re just so SMALL. Can somebody please suggest a fish which is larger than or at least the size of (not full grown) a feeder goldfish? One with nice colours, for freshwater, and can tolerate me not being able to tell water PH, water hardness and the levels of other chemicals well.
I saw some gouramis, angel fish, and paradise fish at the pet shop. Are any of those suitable for me?
There were also some bala sharks but I know how big those get…
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Aquaboy on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 |
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What I am hoping to do is to get two or three female Betta’s and put them in a 20 gallon aquarium with one African Dwarf Frog, 2 Chinese Algae Eaters, and 8 Ghost Shrimp. Does this seem like a good Idea? The tank will also have plants and decor. Any suggestions to improve this idea will be appreciated. Thank You!
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Aquaboy on Monday, December 6th, 2010 |
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I have four fry goldfish. Common, but long tail fins (Incase you wanted to know that last part) I have a 20g tank at moment, but Im getting them a larger tank as soon as they are large enough that I can see their color. I have all the basics for them. Before you tell me all that stuff, that I already read.
However, I want to know what would be a good fish for detailing the decorations. I know I can (and do) clean them myself, but it would be nice to have the finer details… well detailed. What would you rec-amend for a algae eater with goldfish?
I had a Plecostomos before, had him for 7 yrs with goldfish in a 100g tank, before the tank broke and I had to give him and the 7 goldfish away (Miss you Mr. Clean, Tele, Flashlight, Midnight, Klepto, Helen, Bella, and of course Flower). But I was told they should not be with goldfish. . . >.< So what should I get, since I still want one to detail my tank?
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Aquaboy on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 |
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I Just upgraded to a 60 gallon aquarium, from a 45 gallon.
In my 45 i had 3 black skirt tetras and 3 red minor tetras along with some others.
I know however that 3 of each is not enough, and i didnt want to over stock my 45 gallon, so i didnt add anymore.
However with the 60 gallon i can add more fish, (i am going to do a 2 week quarantine, i have a 20 gallon quarantine tank for just that reason)
But i want to upgrade the number of black skirt tetras and red minor.
Currently the 3 of each dont usually school together, 60% of the time when i watch they are swimming together but the other 40% they are off doing their own thing.
What is a good size number of fish for them to school with? and if i added in thew new black skirt tetras would my current ones school with them? and same for the red minor?
Just for additional info incase it may inform your responses.
Currently in my 60 gallon i have
3 black skirt tetras
3 red minor tetras
4 Male Guppies (brood brothers)
6 Female Bettas (they did their fighting to establish hierarchy, and now school nicely together 
)
1 Dwarf Gourami
and 2 Otto Catfish (I had 3 but one died, will add 2 more i think)
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Aquaboy on Thursday, November 25th, 2010 |
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i have a 25 gallon with a blue ram cichlid, and angelfish, an african butterfly, a wonde killie, and a tiger barb…i was wondering if my planted aquarium would be a good home for a small dwarf guarami….if not any other ideas for cool fish to add to the tank?!
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Aquaboy on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 |
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I noticed the other day that the filter for my fish tank was beginning to accumulate quite a bit of waste and debris. Is it better to just rinse it off and continue to use the same filter or replace the filter altogether? Also, I noticed there is some stuff stuck on the pump where the water pours back into the tank… I’m assuming that it’s either just algae or remains of what made it through the filter. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t cleaning off any important bacteria.
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Aquaboy on Monday, November 22nd, 2010 |
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I already have 6 zebra danios (which i used to help cycle my tank, and yes i know “you should never use fish to help cycle your aquarium” etc. etc.) but it is fully cycled now and i would like to introduce some new fish, i have a 47 gallon column aquarium, with live plants. More or less, what is a good stock for the aquarium? (size/shape) and compatible with my danios? (as i would like to keep them)
