Recent content by SAAER45

Yeah, I'll try and get one up There are two masses, one is essentially on top of his head, and the other is where the anal fin meets the body. I was told to feel them to see if they were hard or soft, and they were hard. When I took it out of the water, I noticed no discoloration in the affect...

One of the fish in my outdoor pond has developed several tumor formations on its body and has pop-eye. I first noticed it after the ice started to melt off the pond. I contemplated moving it, but figured it had been in there for so long that if it was contagious, the other fish were long...

Is it possible to overfeed your fish? Will they eat until they are full or will they just continue to eat every morsel of food they see? Testing out for myself, I noticed that if I feed them several times in a day (I don't usually, just seeing what they would do) they eat just about all of it...

Yah, I have Mbunas, A Jewel Cichlid, and a Pleco Someone mentioned an aquatic frog (not an invert), would that work?

My cichlid tank is just about at it's limit of fish and I wanted to add some non fish creatures to the tank to add some diversity. I was turned away from crabs and crayfish for different reasons and was looking for some other suggestions for no fish creatures to add to the tank... Anyone have...

Well, the two freshwater crabs I found for purchase are Red Claw Crabs and Gold Fiddler Crabs. I'm having a lot of trouble finding info on them, if anyone has knowledge or experience in keeping crabs, I'd appreicate it.

OK, thanks (both of you) Is that stuff the same with the fresh water crabs they sell at the pet store, or is that any different?

I have a thirty gallon tank (among others, but I thought this would be the best chance for this) and was wondering what conditions do I need to have to put shellfish in it? They sell freshwater crabs and crayfish at the Local Pet Store with all kinds of disclaimers that they might kill your...

Very true, but from my experience (maybe not yours), if the fish are going to kill a newly introduced one, you see the effects (at least aggression) within the first 24 hours (at least I have).

If anyone is interested for future problems, I had success by feeding the resident cichlids tuffys to fill them up and tire them out... I then mixed up the environment and let an Electric Blue, Electic Yellow, Scolofi, and a Pleco in with no casualties! Thanks for all the help, John

I feel bad for throwing all these question at you, hope you don't mind too much... I found this on another site: Is this true? One last thing (I promise after this, I'll shut up :) ), The same page also said that if I get cichlids of a different color and genus, they would be thought as as...

I went to the store today to look for possible replacements and wondered, how come the newly intoduced fish don't fight back? They are bigger than the resident fish in the tank... What fish can I put in that would hold it's own against the 3 12 inch Jewel and the 4 inch Bumblebee (without...

OK, one last question, If I was to try again could you recommend a type of fish to try?

That's a good idea, I could definetly try that... I also had one more idea, that I wonder if you think could work. I wondered if I put a screen through the middle of the tank for a while seperating the fish, while they could both still eat and have fresh water. After that, I thought they might...

Well thank you for the response, but the fish really aren't that big... The Bumblebee is around 4 inches and the Jewel is maybe 3 1/2. The tank looks so empty, I can't imagine that there isn't enough room...