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Triops eating ghost shrimp again

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin| 25 Comments

Triops eating ghost shrimp again

I think my betta was bullying one of the ghost shrimp and killed him. The ghost shrimp laid motionless as I poked him and did not move when I net him up. Nor was he pink or white which usually meant they are dead, he was as clear as can be. I put him in the Triops tank, not wanting him to go to waste and as a Triops snatched him up I saw him move his swimmerets very weakly. I fell really bad now, but there was nothing I could do to save his life even if I took him away from the Triops. T_T
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where can i get fairy shirmp eggs? pet store?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

do pet stores carry fairy shirmp i live in ohio usa. and was woundering because they look very neat. also can they live with ghost shrimp?? thanks!!.. ive always liked ghost shirmp, brine shrimp, sea monkeys, and of course triops. but id like to try fairy shrimp they look cool. any tips??

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What to do about my blue lobster?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I went to the LFS looking for a ghost shrimp to scavenge excess food flakes off the bottom of the tank – they have been out of ghost shrimp for like two months, and I really wanted one of those….

Well, they had baby blue lobsters….maybe an inch long….and I asked if they would scavenge food the same way…they said sure….I asked if he would be alright in a five gallon tank with other fish…they said sure…

Now I’m having the feeling that I was bamboozled.

So here are my questions…

Said inch long baby blue Australian lobster is in a 5 gallon tank with one very young female swordtail I’m holding for someone, and a 3/4 inch fercata rainbow….I feed them frozen daphnia, frozen brine shrimp and flakes…will he eat those things, should I feed him sinking wafers, or will he eat my fish?

My instincts say he’s a hunting critter – he’s going to hunt if given the chance.

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green puffer fish food?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I have 2 green puffers and I have been feeding them frozen brine shrimp cubes. lately they have seemed to not be eating much,is there an alternative to the brine shrimp? I also feed them some live ghost shrimp from time to time. What other food options do I have?

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I have two Ghost Catfish, one looks sick but acts healthy and the other looks healthy and acts sick, what I do?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

They were in a 5 gallon tank with an algae eater, I left the one that was acting sick in the 5 gallon tank and moved the one that was acting healthy into a 10 gallon tank along with the algae eater. The sick acting one sometimes lays on the bottom of the tank barely moving but a while later will swim around like he is healthy. His scales and fins all look healthy with no signs of anything being wrong. The other fish, acts healthy and is always swimming, however he has lost his whiskers, and his fins look like he’s been in a fight. I feed them both freeze dried brine shrimp. Does anyone have a possible explanation or know of anything I could do for them.

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