Recent content by Shickley

Do you think I should bet on them out swimming the discus? The shrimp I have a kind of expensive and I definitely don't want to loose those. On a side note, does anyone have any idea how fast shrimp breed? I started with around 10 maybe a month ago and rarely saw them and now I see them more...

Are those foods live? What is mysis? As far as beefheart goes is at actual heart from a cow? Sorry about not knowing much but could someone walk me through the steps of a feeding? I want to make sure I'm well educated before even setting up a tank for them.

What I've heard is that Malaysian Trumpet Snails are the ones that can crack their teeth. Their shells look like little spiral cones. I personally have dwarf puffers and they are awesome! So much personality. On a separate note, it might be good to consider raising a massive colony of shrimp. I...

Alright so beef heart, bloodworms, and blackworms? Could I find beef heart at the LFS? Are there any other foods they eat? Thanks Also would some loaches work with the discus? I think those would be cool because they are so funny looking :P

That definitely sounds like a good idea. Thanks again for helping the noob :D

Oh ok I see now. That makes a ton of sense! Thanks for the help!

When you say before does that mean before you put the treatment in the tank after the water has filled or do you mean treat the water first then put it in the tank? Sorry, just had a brain fart :P

Awesome! Good to know. I'll have to pick up a python. Thanks!

Can you put untreated water into a tank with fish if you immediately put water treatment in as soon as it is done filling? I couldn't seem to find any answers on this. I know it is a total noob question but I am looking at using the python water changing kit and wondered if anyone has experience...

That sounds like a good idea. Good luck! How do you like the pygmy corys? I've thought about getting some.

Sounds like you have a great setup for them in the fry tank! Much better than what I had and I had about 30 of them survived. I would try my best to get those three out of the filter wall somehow. I don't know what it looks like but maybe you could use some kind of wire to scare them out? Also...

In my experience I about 30 fry from one platy and only saw 4 at one time. They are extremely good at hiding, and if they are in the main tank then it will be a survival of the fittest situation. What kind of plants do you have in your main tank? What other fish are in the main tank?

I've been scouring the internet trying to find how fast discus will grow as well as the best food to feed them. Any thoughts on how fast they grow? Best food mixture? I'm trying to get everything mapped out before I try to get any. I want to be prepared. By the way, I have a 75 gallon tank and...

Thanks for the info! Are any of those species beneficial to the discus? I might go with discus as well as a few loaches. This is probably a stupid question, but would shrimp survive in a discus tank? Also in a separate tank, would they survive with dwarf puffers?

I think I will end up trying to breed discus. I will definitely check with the one LFS that I haven't talked to but I might just have to end up shipping them. I'll see what the store has to say. On a side note I'm definitley not going to buy an zebra plecos. I'm not made of money like some of...