Recent content by lashilia

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Got an algae eater? They help a lot. If you have a small tank (30 or smaller) pick something small, like a rahpeal or stick fish. A pleco is a good choice, but will get a foot or two in length in no time. Boil your accessories to get rid of algae. Plastic plants should be boiled now and...

Boil accesories to kill algae. If the boil is hot enough, the algae dies and either the fish pick it off or it gets cycled through. I once killed a whole colony of beneficial algae like this, so I guess I learned the hard way :( But who knows? maybe it'll work with the bad stuff, too. Best...

Oh, good. I'm so glad they are entertaining. I bought too, but I might go back for more. I'm keeping a mono, a gr. scat, 4 puffers (one only has one eye, we call him Capt. Silver), two eels (who scandously cohabitate in the same shell) my dragonfish, my two cats, two archers (who really like...

Once I had a shovelnose and he would eat like, seven feeders at once. His stomach would expand like a balloon. Those he could not fit in him, he mauled to death. It was really gross. He got too mean and I couldn't change his tank, because he would always stab me and it went straight to the...

Yep! I bought the mag. (Thanx again, Zic.) Yeah, it is the violet goby. It's a filter feeder; and I plan to raise it on bloodworms. I've had them in the past, but this will be my first in brack. I am running about 1.009 to 1.01 grav, fluctuating to avoid ick and stuff. Thank you very much...

Most sunfish are cichlids, and they can be very territorial. A thirty five should hold quite a few, though. I kept one in a five for a long time until I had to let it go. They go well with any fish you would find with them in the wild. I looked it up and most get 4-8 inches long, depending...

Ooh! Thanks! That helps a lot. There is a Petsmart fifty or so miles away. I will try to hit it! :) lashilia

Hey, thanks! Nice to know someone else who has them!

They do dig! I have an orangish one I named 'daddy' when he raised a blue baby. He still digs nests and builds caves. They are such great parents, too, as they will care for their babies, often until adulthood. Mine sleep on the bottom at night. They all fade to grey and tuck up their fins...

This is all shades of wrong, but I just eyeball things when I add my salt. I'm sure there are directions on the back on the carton. I'd use something with small grains, because it disolves easier. A friend of the family runs a locally owned pet shop, one I have visited for years. She uses...

Missouri has lots of fishing grounds, and they don't care if you take anything (that isn't endangered). they even give advice on their website and in their magazines on how to do it sometimes. My extended family and I have kept wild animals with permission (and those liscence thingies) from...

I got some sharks, a scat, another archer, some sailfin mollies (which I'm a little nervous about) and a dragon fish. They are all doing very well so far. As for the eels, one instantly went into hiding, but the others I have had for several weeks and they come out to eat. They hide in shells...

Has anyone ever kept a dragonfish in a low salinity brackish tank? (spec. grav. 1.01) Just curious. I just bought one and I wanted a little advice. Also, the lady at the pet store (a friend of mine) had raised her on shrimp pellets, but would it also enjoy frozen bloodworms? Finally, does...