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Cleaner wrasse won’t eat?

Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I’ve had a cleaner wrasse before who had no problem eating anything I put in the tank, but the one I have now will hardly eat anything. I’ve tried garlic soaked flakes, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp and he will go after it and try to eat some but then ends up spitting the food back up or won’t even try to eat any. What else can I do with him?
I have 4 other fish in the tank and I see the cleaner trying to clean the other fish. He even tried to eat my nassarius snails, so I know he’s really hungry, but has trouble keeping the food in his mouth for some reason.

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How to feed saltwater fish while on vacation?? help?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by admin| 11 Comments

I have a 20 gallon saltwater tank with a clown fish and 2 damsels. I live in a dorm and they are kicking us out from Friday the 21st until Sunday the 30th for Thanksgiving break. I went to the fish store where I bought my fish and i thought you could put like a 10 day or 7 day dissolving tablet so they can eat, but the guy said they wont work in saltwater. So thats my first problem. My other problem is that he has me feeding them Brine Shrimp so they arent “used” to flake food. My mother seems to think there is something you can put in the water. Shes calling it a “pill” but i told her there isnt anything. And if there is, its not for sale around where I live. What do you guys suggest I do? is there actually a pill or something thatll dissolve that i can put in there? Thanks
What does doing the water change before/after i leave and come back do for the fish?

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This is my first time hatching brine shrimp.?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

This is my first time hatching brine shrimp. It been almost 24 hours since i started it. I just realized that there are bubbles building up and some of the eggs are on the bubble and some of the eggs are on the side of the glass. I was wondering if this is normal or not. If it’s not is there anyway where we could solve this problem?

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Goldfish food that is good for swim bladder problem?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I have a fantial goldfish with a slight swim bladder problem.

High quality pellets (even if soaked), seem to always cause a problem. Actually, he does a bit better with soaked flakes. I have heard that the inside of a pea does well, and when I fed him the pea, he was fine.

But, how much of his diet can be peas (or similar type food?).

I also have frozen brine shrimp (for my saltwater), but can he eat them, and will that be good for his swim bladder.

Thus, I am trying to come up with a diet that is a mixture of peas, some soaked flakes, and another type of food, but I do not know the proper ratios. Thanks.

-Adam

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Sea monkey problem?

Posted on October 24, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

Its time for me to add the sea monkey eggs but something is weird. i looked in the water before i added the eggs and there are already little creatures growing in there. there are very small and they swim so it looks like they are vibrating or something. is it possible that some eggs got into the water purifier or is it a foregin creature?
plus there are little specks of black floating on the top of the water. kinda like pepper.
I havent seen any mosquitos out side the house let alone my room. so i think mosquitos are nothing to worry about. But i did open the #2 pack early cuz i wanted to see what the eggs looked like. haha, That might have done it.

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