Recent content by jay942942

Try a Chain Loach. They are far smaller than clown loaches and do snail removal just as well as clown loaches. And algae nuggets are good for both the catfish (the upside downs and the plecos). Algae-wafers are also okay, so are 'herbivore diets'. I assume your upside-down catfish is from the...

I have a large turtle pond (which has barriers around it so the turtles don't escape and go into the fish pond or wildlife pond). In it I have 4 red eared sliders, 2 yellow-bellied sliders, 3 unknown painted turtles, 2 red-bellied turtles and 1 cooter. What turtles do you have?

Aren't small algae such as diatoms in the kingdom Protista? Back to Caulerpa, is it okay in a 10 gallon nano reef with no fish, just inverts, live rock and coral?

Canada Geese really aren't that bad. Unlike duck species like Mergansers, they won't harm your fish (except with their poop, or accidentally). They will also help cut your lawn, if you have one. They eat blanketweed, string algae and overgrown oxygenators such as elodea crispa and hornwort.

Is a Koi-only pond worth it? Since all my current ponds are just mixed fish ponds with about 4 koi in them, not true koi ponds.

Species of insect larvae like the Homophoberia cristata and Synclita obliteralis often feed on waterlily leaves.

The best thing ever is the totally cool algae named Japanese Moss Balls, also known as marimos. They don't take over tanks like Java Moss, and are compact. Their scientific name is Aegrophila linnaei. Most commercially-available shrimp love them, so if you're planning on getting a couple of...

Amano shrimp are far more suited to eating algae than the shrimp you currently have, add a couple of Amanos, they'll get on fine with what you already have.

Vals, Crypts, Java Ferns, Java Moss and Japanese Moss Balls will be all great.

Great link...I didn't know there were so many plants that actually grow on the reef....!

That's odd. I didn't know that plants could be kept in marine aquariums! Thanks for the help... What's bad about it being in a main tank? I'm sure it's legal where I live, in the UK, pretty much everything including red belly piranhas is here.

I heard of this coral or anemone or similar stationary aquatic invert that's called a Caluerpa? I saw it in an aquatics shop...what is it? It looks kinda like a plant but then don't most marine animals like corals do too?

Introduce any species of loach from the Botia genus, preferably a small one such as a Pygmy Chain Loach, if you can't find it, choose a larger one, that's more common like the Clown Loach. These guys love anything wiggly, whether it's earthworms, caterpillars or water snails.

Never house a lobster with fish. Most small fish will get eaten by/harassed by the lobster. Fish larger than the lobster will also start getting harrased and for that reason may start attacking the lobster. Lobsters should live in species tanks.

A Sheepshead Acara would be great with them, and it's quite common too. As well as that, the fish bs6749 listed (bolivian rams, angelfish and discus) are all fine too. Firemouths are way too aggressive, they'd probably tear any dwarf cichlids to pieces. I don't even think they're south...