Recent content by biondoa

I would not keep shrimp with Discus. Discus require very warm water. I am not sure what the shrimp like as far as temps, but the discus will eat any small shrimps that they can find.

I always wonder why everyone says one honey gourami. I have 2, and they love to be together. I think one would be very sad without the other. they are completely peaceful and gentle. These are great fish.

large fancy goldfish of that size can sometimes bring a fair price. You should talk to your lfs guys. They might be willing to buy them from you.

I honestly don't know how to tell the difference between male and female honeys. I have 2, but I have no idea what their genders are. They get along just fine though. Very pleasant and peaceful fish.

Well he looks like some sort of gourami, and he does have some color, but his body shape is a little strange. The honeys are more rounded both on the top and bottom, and not quite as long. They are also more gold in color. I don't know if different gourami types interbreed, but his shape and...

I have two honey gouramis and they were extremely shy when they were in the quarantine tank and would only eat blood worms , but once they got into their community tank they were fine and ate the pellet food that I fed to the tank. Your mr. mango does not look like a honey gourami to me. He...

I think you are planning to spend a lot of money on this set up and the maintenance, however, since you were originally worried about having time to feed the fish, how will you ever enjoy your fish tank? In one of the earlier posts someone asked if you had checked with an engineer to make sure...

Research first is a smarter way to go. Also, you don't have to spend an hour coaxing fish to eat. They eat instinctively.

If you have time to brush your teeth, you have time to feed fish. If you are away from home for any length of time, it sounds like you could afford to hire someone savvy enough to feed them in your absence.

This is really hard to understand. The filter got hot?? I don't even understand how the filter gets hot. The filter does not have its own heater, at least none that I have seen. Also, when you said you rinsed in room temp water, was that right out of the tap, or did you dechlorinate first?

Be careful with a 10 gallon tank. I would suggest under stocking for a while until you make sure your tank and filter can manage what you already have.

I would think he would be fine in a 4 foot deep pond, but I guess it depends on whether your pond freezes solid over winter. If it does, then wait until you can get a larger tank for him.

It has been my experience that using seeded filter media from an established tank makes cycling unnecessary. That is how I set up when I need to use my quarantine tank. I have never had a problem. Just always use a dechlorinator.

Either that or cycle again or get some seeded filter media from some source like the pet store or a friend. If you wait a week and start up again it would be best to add some seeded media to the filter, but once you add the seeded media don't wait too long to add fish.

You don't really have to dump everything. Just do a normal water change, add a heater for the betta. Your filter should have all the good bacteria in there. Just don't wait too long to add the betta. Your bacteria in the filter probably wont last more than about 24 hours without some fish...