Recent content by Steve2223

I have a lot of cherry, lime and orange shrimp for sale but I don't ship. I travel to Pittsburgh pa and Baltimore Md if you live with in that area let me know $ 10.00 a bag for 15+ shrimp

I'm interested in trying to understand why manufacturers are going away from H O B and replacing them with in tank filters. I personally wouldn't own one for two reasons. First they take up space and look ugly in the tank Second they make a mess when you have to clean them taking them out of a...

Why does it have to be a problem with the tank? I can see a lot of other problems. this type of fish is usually shippped from the wild or pond or tank raised in Florida if the fish has parasites or disease, the stress will cause the fish to have problems ending in death. Assimilation, Care...

To or not to use to get rid of algae? What plants does it harm?

Has anyone bred this chocolate gourami? At what size do they start to breed? I have 5 and they are sexable at a inch and a quarter the females are fighting between themselves the males seem to be ignoring the females and each other 2m & 3 f. I understand they grow to about 2 1/2 inches and didn...

I have a 75w jager heater rate for 15 to 26 gal. I would like to use it in a 10 gal I know I can use it what will the down side be? Thank you

Cories If ur trying to breed cories a little trick I do is to add a heater to a tank of about 6 or7 cories 2 females and 4 or more males a little sand on the bottom I set the heater to about 79 and feed them red worms daphnia and brine shrimp for about 3-4 days Then I turn the heater off and...

Clubs Go to aquaworldaquarium.com / local fish clubs They have just about all the clubs that I know of and some I don't U can go to the clubs website and they will usually list their meetings times guests they will be having and auction dates and times Steve

Tropical fish clubs I don't know what area u live in but I would look for local fish club auctions. I travel up to three hrs to go to them but I enjoy meeting and talking to the different people who breed and sell tropical fish I bought 5 orange lasers for $ 20 unless they are really rare the...

GBR The first week after they become free swimming ( no egg sack) I mix a little GP 5-50 with water and soak it then I use a medicine dropper and shoot it into the cloud of fry I also put some banana worms in with the GP I feed small quantities at least 4-6 times a day After the first wk I add...

Looking for someone that has breed and raise Skiffia Francesae need insite how to get them to spawn. Have them in a 20long w/a lot of nija grass no luck so far

Raising GBR fry I've raised hundreds of GBR fry with golden pearls food, frozen BBS, and micro worms

Looking for parotocinclus jumbo or any parotocinclus who adult size is 3 inches or under Steve

I use golden pearls 50-100 to feed my very very small fry. My question is when do u switch to 100-200 and then 200 - 300 an so on??

Hatching rainbow fish Go to Missouri aquarium society.com Go to hatching rainbow fish by Gary Lange Follow his directions and u shouldn't have any problems