Recent content by bluebetta26

My sister recently rescued a lone albino tiger barb off of craigslist when she went to go pick up some corydoras catfish. He is healthy, residing in a 55 gallon tank by himself currently. She has a male betta waiting to be moved into the aquarium, so she needs to rehome him ASAP. He is free...

Oh, I didn't know you rescued them! I'm sorry for assuming the worst! Blood parrots really do have such fun personalities. That is absolutely adorable how they tilt their bodies to the side like a dog would! I'm glad to hear they are doing well :)

I absolutely adore your blood parrots, they are one of my favorite fish and you have them in such a nice, big tank. However, I'm sad to see two "jelly bean" or dyed parrots in there :(

Get at least one more african dwarf frog, they like to be kept in at least a pair as they are very social. As for fish, a male betta is a popular choice due to the fact they like similar water params- slow current, plants near the surface, and water around 80F. However, I find feeding frogs in...

I agree that the filter should probably be fine. Something to keep in mind with your stocking is that your betta might try to eat the shrimpies, especially the cherry shrimp. I had ghost shrimp with my male, and while I never saw him eat or chase them, I went from six shrimp to zero over a...

I think a gourami or a pair of gouramis (male and female or two females), would make a lovely center piece. I am a lover of gouramis, so I am a *little* biased. A school of harlequins rasboras, a large school of a tetra species like neons, a pair or single pearl gourami, and a school of...

For a black substrate, if you think you may one day want plants that go in the substrate, I recommend eco complete. It's not too badly priced at about $20-$25 for a 20lb bag, easily found at petco, online, most fish stores, etc, and you don't have to rinse it, which is a huge plus! It's soft on...

For your 20 gallon aquarium, what is the substrate going to be? If it's something soft and smooth grained, such as sand or eco complete, then I would highly recommend corydoras catfish. Get 6 of the same species (typically the minimum number recommended), and you will have a happy little school...

Craigslist. Took me about a month of diligent searching. However, there is a piece of plastic from a reptile lid melted to the top rim to the aquarium (the craigslist poster said the previous owner used it for reptiles and somehow melted part of the reptile lid to it. It doesn't affect the use...

Thanks for the response! I already just got a 10 gallon tank, and ordered a new stand and everything for it as well. However, now I'm considering just setting up the 20 gallon cabinet stand and using the 15 high like I wanted to originally. Or just using it for the 10. And canceling my order...

Ya, she is. Livebearers (platies, guppies, mollies, swordtails, endlers, etc.) are super easy to sex. Here are a group of male and female platies, easy to tell the differences. http://http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/tropical-fish-images/platy-01.jpg Generally speaking, platies are shorter in...

Do you think I am taking a huge risk then and would be better off returning it and getting rid of the 15 and just getting a 10 gallon tank with a 10 gallon stand? Or could I use it with a 10 gallon instead with less risk or would it still be a bad idea? I only bought it because Drs. Foster and...

Same foot print as a 10 gallon- 20"x11", just 19" tall A 20 tall is 24"x13"x17"

Both the platies and silver tip tetras are best kept in larger numbers. For the platies, at least 3 with a group of 2 females to one male, all females, or possibly all males, but you don't want to have the boys outnumber the girls. For silver tip tetras, 6+ is recommended as they are schooling...

I would argue that fish is a swordtail. He? looks almost identical to this fish in my opinion, who according to google images, is a female lyretail swordtail.