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Where should I put my danio fry?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I just got a tank maybe 3 and a half weeks ago. I put in danios to help cycle the tank, and then I noticed a few fry. I couldn’t figure out which fish had laid the eggs, though I think it’s one of my leopard danios. I knew the parents would eat the fry, so I bought a brine shrimp net and a little net-tank thing that hangs in the aquarium. I caught about 20 fry and a few eggs, and put them in the net-tank thing. I feed them Hikari First Bites (it’s a really fine powder), but I don’t really know if I should be feeding them something else or changing the water conditions. I know that 20 is very little, but is there any chance they will survive?

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New fish questions?

Posted on October 3, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

Okay, yesterday I got 3 scissortail rasboras. They are doing great. They were the only fish in a 55 gallon tank, perfect water conditions and a temperature of 75 degrees fahrenheit. I have an undergravel filter, plants, rocks, driftwood and gravel. Today I got 2 red platys and 1 pleco. We got the pleco algae wafers. I have a few feeding questions:

Can I feed both the platys and the rasboras tropical flakes, frozen peas and some iceberg lettuce (last two sparingly). Would the platys like brine shrimp like the rasboras?

Will the pleco be okay with the small fish as he gets older?

When should I start feeding the new fish?

Thank you so much!

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Betta Fish Wont Eat?

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin| 9 Comments

I just brought a beautiful red crowntail betta from petco. Its been about 5 days now and he still refuses to eat. The water is perfect 79 degres water conditions are perfect hes in a 5 gal tank by himself. I tried feeding him betta bites but everytime i would go to feed him he would see my hand n swim to the bottom. so i picked up some brine shrimp n he still wont eat……I dont know what to do hes not eating at all

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OK…My angels had babies…without me knowing. What do I do now?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

They are free swimming now and I did a partial water change and gave them ground flake food and brine shrimp. Which I ground myself. I saw that they (Mommy and Daddy) had eggs and I was just going to let nature take its course. I never thought they would survive this long because I haven’t been making the water conditions perfect or anything like that.

What should I do now? They are in a 20 gallon tank with their parents. With an elite filter, it is still on. And I have absolutely NO money. So I can’t buy any supplies. Is there anyway I can keep and raise the fry without having to buy anything. If need be I could probably spend $20-$40 without totally messing up my finances.

I just looked over at them and Mommy is beating up on Daddy. What should I do? The fry are swimming together in one spot.
If I take the fry out of the tank now will I need a sponge filter right away or can it wait till the next day?

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brine shrimp watr conditions?!?!?!?

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

i want to get a brine shrimp packet of seeds so i can feed to my fish but what should the water conditions be iherd they like salt water but what kind of salt?!?!?

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