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Just because it is common practice, doesn’t justify it being done. It is also number 3 on that list… Here in the US it is against lab animal regulation to use blunt force trauma. Yep, definitely worse ways to go- but my partner had options but refused to listen or ask our professor. As for...

As long as possible. Kickstarted with sponge filter

F. gardneri Update #2 Well, good news and bad news. Two killifish are happily retired in my home tank & the research is done! The bad news- I ended up with only 2 individuals to observe and complete the research. The other mating pair became very ill, so I had to separate them from the group...

And you would be exactly right! The male nearly ignored the lure from the beginning, while the female realized it was fake within 30 minutes. She bit at it a bunch but eventually got over it. 5 days later I tried again and they still ignored it- which means they might have some good memory.

f. gardneri Project Update #1 Hello again, I have a couple of things to show. I will do my best to explain the data. https://imgur.com/9xyfFMF Morgana & Cockeye having a disagreement Take note of these abbreviations from now on: Dt - Dart FF - Follow Female Dr - Drift BT - Backtrack SH -...

Unfortunately for both of us, procrastination isn't an aquarium-related issue... Lol

Yes! My bronzes are very shy sometimes and dart around real fast. It definitely could have been that quartz

This looks like it could be an infected injury. I would quarantine any sick fish and treat them with anti-bacterial. I'm not sure I see the yellow spot, I would try to get a better picture. You might want to lose the plastic plants and opt for softer silk plants, they look more natural and...

I'm fascinated by this. What led to this law? I'd love to see these go out of style here in the US. They're carrying ugly Glo-bettas at my local petsmart now too...

A UV sterilizer is a great non-invasive way- both a preventative and a cure. I think they make giant ones for ponds, but it worked wonders for my little 29 gallon. I think you may also dye the pond to prevent/kill algae but of course, your pond will just be blue for a while.

Beautiful babies with a beautiful tank. My keeper friends and I are too far, but I hope you find a home for the young soon.

Yeah, it sucks but pretty much anything flakes off eventually. If it were me I'd just build something or use plants to cover the part of the filter that sits in the water. You're probably fine to paint the outside tho. Makes me wish that there were more accessible (and not tacky) ways to...

Unfortunately, it sounds like that pet shop may have given you misinformation, either accidentally or on purpose. Every time I have gotten a water test from a big box store, I found that the parameters they give me are completely different from when I use my liquid indicators. They mainly use...

Depends on what the rest of the room looks like. White would be neutral and would look very clean (If you keep it clean haha)

It does kind of look like some type of fungus/water mold. If you have dying live plants then that's a food source for it. Honestly, based on the stuff you already tried I would just tear the whole thing down, deep clean, and try again. Then quarantine your creatures and make sure none of it is...

It doesn't look like ich. Ich is more numerous, smaller dots on the body surface and sometimes fins. It kind of looks like fuzzy little spots. I'm not sure if it is the same as what your betta has, but one of my bronze corydoras had something similar. http://imgur.com/19xF8aQ I'm thinking fin...

Hi all, I thought I would start an ongoing thread about the project I am conducting this spring. This is for an animal behavior course, where I will pick a study animal and catalog its behaviors with ethograms. Once I've done that I will use the data to make diagrams, graphs, charts, etc. to...

Yes!! Goldies need lots of space since many types can get rather large. I'm glad you took him in and are taking the right steps. Best of luck

Thanks, I'll be sure to look around. You pointed out one of my main concerns: Shipping! Not only does it take a long time, but there's also a chance that the animals may not even survive! I've had too many fish losses due to a LFS not quarantining newly imported animals. I want to go right to...