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Getting a mandarin, question about copepods…?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

Can I put a tank divider in my tank to seperate the mandarin from some of the copepods so they can multiply? Would that work?
The pet store states the mandarin is eating brine shrimp, I just want to be sure it doesn’t starve. (Haven’t gotten one yet; researching in advance).
Thanks!
I have heard the 6 month waiting period.. can somebody explain that further to me? Is it because there are not enough copepods to satisfy its needs? If you were able to feed brine shrimp and supplement with bottles of copepods, could you bypass the 6 months?

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i have a question about my green spotted puffers?

Posted on October 30, 2010 by admin| 6 Comments

i have 2 gsps and one is bigger than the other. I have the in a 30 gallon tank with a divider because i have other fish. My questions are my smaller puffer has black on the sides of its belly that seem to not go away but its belly is white is that normal. Also wut kind of decor should i have in the tank. Right now i have one plant a live rock and 2 other types of tank decor i wanted to know what else i should put in there. My final question is how much should i feed them. ive been feeding them a half a cube of brine shrimp is that enough or to much? I guess just tell me everything i need to know to maintain a green spotted puffer

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Betta Fin Healing?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

So I was changing my tank’s water when I noticed that my divider slipped and my blue male was on the side of my red male. I pulled the blue male (Malakai) as fast as I could and I put him in a separate 1 gal. tank. His tail fin and bottom fin got torn up pretty bad, but the scales on his body look fine (thank God). I’m changing the water every other day or so and I’m feeding him brine shrimp. I’m also making sure that his water is about 78-82 degrees F and I’m putting antibiotics (tetracycline) in his tank for two-three days so he doesn’t get an infection. Is there anything else I can do to speed up his recovery? When his fin regenerates will the blue color ever come back to Malakai’s tail? There are some places where he’s already healed but they’re clearish-white.

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Why are my baby Mollys suddenly dieing one by one?

Posted on June 26, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

I had about 18 baby mollys in a 2.5 gallon tank but they were dieing one by one in it. So i moved them into the 30 gallon tank with the bigger fish (i used a tank divider so they have about one fifth of the tank. There side includes the heater and a small artificial plant. I notice a baby molly with get slow and stick toward the bottom of the tank but swim up during feeding.I feed them live baby brine shrimp,crushed flakes, regular freeze dried brine shrimp, and i used to feed them first bites. I have had them for about 6 months and they are about half a inch, I just added 2 pregnet mollies to there side of the tank and a baby molly who grew up with them most of there lives (i could only find one baby guppy when i got home). I have it filtered, airstone,heated, and the nitate cycle is fine. I had the water tested with Ph nitrate ext. This is when all y angel fish died and it turned out to be a Ph problem but i fixed it. I also notice some baby mollys eyes look cloudy and swollen.Thanks
They are in a 30 gallon tank with a divider and it is heated, filtered and has a pump. I also balanced out the Ph level that killed my angel fish. I treated the babies for ick about a day after they got into the tank because they had the disease. I also used water condition for cloarine and just changed the filter.

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