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I don't consider my self a Great goldfish breeder. In fact I never intended to raise goldfish. I bought 50 goldfish from Petco to act as mosquito control for my filter ponds for the other pools. The goldfish did all there breeding on their own and when they start their is no way to stop...

I haven't put any reef rock in this tank for 2 years only fish. I have a breeding population of brittle starfish in this tank. Now it seems I also have urchins that are establishing them selves in this tank. I had to catch a Christmas wrasse that I grew up as a baby out of this tank. Took...

I set up a 15gal saltwater tank for fresh water fish And a few saltwater fish. On the fresh water fish side I have Mollies, Guppies, Platys and Green swordtails. On the saltwater side I have Zebra blennies, Marble blennies, rock blennies. The salinity is at 1.023 that makes it a completely...

I realy don't know how to post a picture with a thread. My phone is not a smart phone but a flip open but still has a camera. Not a good one. Can admin help?

Just got done measuring one of my breeder redear female turtles. She measured top shell 11 1/2 inches long and 10 in wide. now add tail ,legs, and her big head. You have a large turtle. She also has an attitude problem. All my females do. My males are smaller of course. They don't have...

I commented on a thread 7-19 Emaciated molly I had a molly with wasting disease at the same time. My male molly was so bad it had no stomach ,super skinny, and could not swim right. I put the molly in one of my saltwater QT tanks. Salinity at 1.024 SG I fed it 3 times a day its reg. food...

My 7 yr old grandson caught a raccoon butterfly size of a nickel. I put it in my 20gal baby tank. The tank had at least 150 glass anemones all sizes. Some larger than the butterfly. The baby raccoon has been in there one week and has wiped out almost all of the glass anemones. I can only see...

the use of aquarium salt in fresh water beneficial or not

I have a baby many banded moray. I'm going to use MBM for its name. I'm going to say we caught it since it took four people,placeing nets around a lava rock where this toothpick size MBM was laying. Lucky we convinced it to go into one net. This moray was the size and thickness of a round...

I have been working on Trying to breed a new strain of mollies for two years now. My goal is emerald green chocolate chip, with slightly longer tail and dorsal fin with red rim tail. Females do not get the red rim only males. I have male and females with these traits ready to breed. I also have...

hermitcrab homes are at a premium here on Kauai. Since shells are scarce here. A lot of the larger hermits walk around with coral rubble as there houses. When put in the aquarium and offered shells they change quickly usualy fighting over a shell. My hermitcrabs at least 30 in a 15 gal baby...

I'm really trying to understand why people want African Dwarf Frogs in their [tropical] fish tank? They don't belong there. If you must have Dwarf FROGS set a tank up just for them. Most fish tanks are to deep for them. They do better in social groups of 3 or more. They need hiding spots...

Went out on the reef last night for crabs and came across the sleeping place for the blueheaded parrotfish babys. Didn't have the right kind of net with me so I missed 5 of them. I am going to build a special net for them now. If I finish I will try again to night to catch 4 babies. I have a 55...

My day octopus just laid eggs. What a job getting the fish out of her tank. Had to move her and the rock cave with her eggs on them to get the fish. Moved her cave back to approx. location gave her a better bottom rock for better footing for her. She left her nest traveled around the new rock...

Just got my 55 gal crab only tank up and running. The crabs are for octopus food! I will be out on the reef in half an hour collecting. Took Me 3 days to put the tank together. Now I only need luck in catching crabs.

Let me first start with public and private aquariums. Even they have to replenish there stock of schooling fish. This is due to the natural pecking order. Lowman on the totempole dies. It is progressive keeps going next in line. Breeders of schooling fish know this. That's why they always have a...

As a goldfish breeder. And it seams like there are a lot of goldfish Questions. I breed regular pond goldfish comets. Better known as reg. Goldfish. Where to begin? First I don't sell any goldfish for aquarium use. Goldfish get big! they need space. You are not going to control the size in a...

I have colonies of sponge and anemones growing in my canister filters. All my tanks only consist of fish and inverts .They are void of living rock and coral because it is illegal over here. Also I tried All different types of the ceramic and glass biological filter media in one of each tray in...

My squirrelfish went on a killing rampage.He was in a 50gal. He killed 1 rock blenny lg. 3yr old, 1 blk.seabea clown 2yr. 1 baby convict tang I saw him kill and he was after my coralbeauty.He was in there for 3 yrs. I Tore the tank up catching him. Moved him into the 125 with the big guys. Like...

I see a lot of kiddie pool the plastic ones being used as turtle ponds. They may be ok for some sp. of turtles like the stinkpots and mud turtles,They are lousy for the redear. Ok for baby redears, but babys grow up. The first problem with them and most important is the depth of water is...

All the forums on MorishIdol are old. The latest posts I could find are from 2011,I would like to know if any of you have this fish and have been successful,I have one going on 3years and another 1 year,My friends here wount even try them any more.Im the only one here that has success with this...

caught a baby niteocopus last night,it was florescent green,they are mostly red ones we get, I will try and post a picture when he comes out of hideing. bit me twice. I realy like the day ones a lot better calmer and good prsonalitys

idol1 new to the site Hi, I'm a new member from Kauai,Hawaii. I have been in salt water since 1966. I catch most of my own fish. Specialty is Morish Idols. I have a fish room. And fish ponds, I have inverts fish and every thing in between. I'm one of the few that can keep morish idols alive...