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Can I keep dwarf seahorses?

Posted on January 16, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

I want to get 2 in a 2 gallon tank(yes a 2 gallon because when I was doing reasearch it said that in larger tanks it is hard for them to find their food)and yes I know how much work it takes to keep seahorses and in a small tank I have to keep up with ammonia, nitrate, and nitite levels(including that I can’t use live rock to cycle my aquarium) and I also know they are very fussy eaters including the ones that are wild caught and please I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t be mean to me I already had a stressful day. Also they will have this in the tank:
Decor
1 Littlest Pet Shop Aquarium Figures
1 Top Fin® Pink Plastic Plant Variety Pack
food
1 8oz. bag with live adult brine shrimp(which i will keep in a 1-1.5 gallon tank)also the seahorses will have a turbo snail as a tankmate to keep the 2 gallon
here is the 2 gallon tank they will be in: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752291
I will be using this site to help me with dwarves http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/dwarfguide/dwarfguide.shtml
hello?these are dwarf seahorses there are critters in live rock which harm them and the tankmates you suggestes will also harm/kill my dwarf seahorses

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Too many fish? Too much food?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

have a 45 gallon tank that is running really well. All my parameters are normal for a tropical tank. Not too much ammonia, nitrites or nitrates, good stable PH, good temp, clear water… the tank has been up and running a couple months. My fish get fed bloodworms, brine, shrimp pellets, algea pellets for the bottom feeders and crisps.

I have
8 adult tiger barbs
1 adult rainbow shark
3 adult dwarf gourami
5 green cory (3 adults and two albino babies)
1 upside down catfish

No one fights, theres lots of decorations and plants so they are always swimming in and out and playing, everyone seems perfectly happy.

I had a friend come over who said my trank was overstocked. Is he right?

Also, how do I know if I am overfeeding the fish? Whenever I come up to the tank all of the fish swarm up to the top like carp they act so hungry, and will even come up and nip at my fingers if I put them in the tank. One person told me to only feed an amount as big as their eye, but then someone else said to let them eat as much food as they want for 5 minutes then stop feeding them.

Let me tell you, these guys SCARF food down- I will put two peices of frozen bloodworms, a pinch of crisps, an algea pellet and some sinking shrimp pellets, and they attack it like they havent eaten in a month, and it will be gone in moments. If they keep coming back for more, do I keep feeding them? How do I know when to stop?

Thanks for any help!

Rainbows do not grow over 6”, and most top out at 5. Mine is already 4.5” and is several years old. Even if he hits 6” that will not be too large for my tank. He is not going to get huge.

Thanks for the info- I think I will take the baby albino cory out and maybe one of the gourami and transfer them to a new tank, just in case.
Filter is a biofilter 100gallon filter running on med/high, ammonia/nitrIte levels are at 0, Nitrates are at 10 I think. PH is 7, on the dot, temp is 79. The crisps are definitely for fish, LOL, not human crackers… its just regular tropical fish food but they are small bits that sink instead of flakes that float. They call them crisps, I dont know why :)

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Can I own a male and female red claw crab in the same tank?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

Okay so i have a 2.5 gallon tank. I know male red claw crabs are very territorial, but will a male and female get along? Also, the fish store said that the reason the crabs don’t fight in the tanks that are in the store is because there is soooo many that it actually offsets them being territorial. So can I get like 4 or 5 in the 2.5 gallon tank or will it be a blood bath? I want more than one, so hopefully i can get a male and female, but if a male is too territorial, can i get more to offset it?

Also, if i can squeeze another question in- am i able to raise brine shrimp in the tank so that they have a constant supply of food or will that not work out? Thanks.

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a baby african dwarf frog

Posted on December 16, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

i have a baby african dwarf frog… (the large old one just passed away, so i got a new one…) this baby is only about a cm long… he wont eat anything i try to feed him… ive tried freeze dried blood worms, freeze dried brine shrimp, and flake food, but he wont eat it. i cant get to the store for a couple of weeks to buy frozen blood worms or brine shrimp, what can i feed him..(will tiny peices of frozen meat work..) any ideas would be great!!! also, should i keep him alone in his one gallon tank all to himself, or put him into a large already slightly overcrowded tank? and one last question… how long does it usually take for them to get fully grown? (my old one was two inches, but i bought him when he was fully grown…) i just want my baby froggie to be happy!! thanx in advance for any help and/or advise!!

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MANDARIN GOBY PAIR eating brine shrimp?

Posted on November 28, 2010 by admin| 6 Comments

My LFS currently has a pair of these in hist store they have benn eating brine shrimp for the past month. I want this pair! is it possible to keep them eating this or will they just eventually die. I have a 110 gallon tank with about 100 pounds of live rock and a deep sand bed, but i have never been able to see copepods. I dont want to buy them if i am going to just kill them. Can they survive if they are eating prepared foods? will m,y sebae clown bother them? will any of my watchmen gobies bother them?

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