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I am not into fishing, but wouldn't you hate having to wait for hours to hook a big fish, and then when you finally have it, have an even BIGGER fish come and eat your catch? [:o] Hammerhead vs. Tarpon

I posted this on the "Getting Started" section, but I guess I probably would get more replies by posting it here... Here is a link to the original post, I hope you can help me! :oops: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?p=644087&pc_tzo=-25200&pc_d=20060504&pc_t=74892#644087

Figure eight not eating - stress? disease? I started a tank about 10 days ago. 10gal. Let it sit for 2 days for the chlorine to evaporate, then on day 3 added 4 ghost shrimp. Day 4, down to 2 ghost shrimps. Day 7 added a figure eight puffer fish and biospira. Fish was swimming up and down the...

Hi everyone! I am in the process of starting a new brackish tank (10gal) that will be the home of a Figure-8 puffer fish. I was planning on bulding, for that tank, a 3-d background as well (kinda like this one on http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_aquarium_background.php) That seems to...

Hi all, Here is what I want to do: I want to set up a tank for a Figure-8 puffer fish. This will be a tank for one F-8 puffer fish alone, so I am thinking maybe a 10gal will do it. Although there is a certain controversy on whether that fish is FW or brackish, I guess I am leaning towards a...

Hi everyone! It has been a while since I last posted here, but now I am back with a burning question - LOL SO... I've been reading and reading and reading about the figure-8 pufferfish, and no one seems to agree whether these fish require fresh or brackish water... I was wondering: how many...

I don't know if someone brought this up yet, but I've been following the 3d background posts for a while and didn't see anything like this: http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/panis/pu_background.html It looks really easy to make, since all you do is mixed it together and pour it against the...

I just noticed that I have 1 Tiger Barb which is having difficulties swimming. It seems my tiger barb is having problems with its swimm bladder, since it is constantly doing a nose stand while swimming sideways (the fish seem to be fighting not to flip belly-up). I have another 9 tiger barbs...

Hi everyone... Wow, it's been a long while since I last posted here at AA!! I've been really busy with school and all, but now since I am on vacations I'll have plenty of time to work on my fishtank... Here is the story: I have an Eclipse 2 tank (I believe it to be either 25 or 29 gal, not sure...

I have a bunch of tiger barbs who were always fed the slow sinking pellets BioBlend brand. I don't know why, but I just couldn't find it for sale anywhere anymore, so I decided I should try something new. I got the Tetra Pro crispies, which I thought would be similar, but to my surprise they...

I've always cleaned my tank once a week - water change, wiping the inside of the tank, take out the dead leaves, etc. and my barbs were always OK with my arm going near them. They were actually quite playful, trying to bite my freckles thinking it was food, curious about all the gravel movement...

I just saw at the LFS: it is small (2.5-3 inches), bright yellow, looks like a rubber squish toy, and it has fins that look like feet. It was hanging out in some rocks. It has a round face, tinny teeth, eyes in the front of the head, creepy looking thing...! Does anyone know what that is...

Have any of you ever heard of "mini moss"? How about "Xmas moss"? Here is what I had in mind: right now my tank is loosely planted (25 gal eclipse with 2 amazon swords and 3 bunches of red ludwigia) and I would like to "carpet" my drifwood with some kind of moss to make it look like it has been...

So, a while ago my fish got ich. A few days before I realized the tank had ich (before the white dots appeared on my fish) I remember doing a partial water change using this piece of tubbing, which I set aside behind the couch to either boil later or throw away. I did a heat therapy and the ich...

Find out what kind of hillbilly you are... LOL.. http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/10/ That is me... Maybe I should post this on the "What do you look like" thread... :D

What is your japanese name? http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/969/ Even though I have a (real) japanese name I got something else... :D Also try the very brittish name... http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/10/ --- I got 遠藤 Endoh (distant wisteria) 久美子 Kumiko (eternal...

Hi I keep reading contradictory info on red-clawed crabs. (i.e Google) Some sources say the crab needs a plataform out of the water to rest on, some say they will live completelly under water no problem. So instead of relying on who knows who wrote which website, lets hear what the experts here...

Hey all I am facing a not-too-happy situation. As a broke student that I am, I live in an apartment. The management decided it was about time to change the carpet (which is more than true! It looks like a ol' dirt rag) and that is great, except for one problem... Yes, that is right. I'll have...

I posted last week that my oto was behaving strange by hidding most of the time... Then, followed some advice and got more to keep him company... Now he kinda comes out but doesn't suck algae... Strange. He sits on the driftwood with the fins and belly, mouth not attached to anything. The other...

Have you guys seem the iMAC aquariums? http://store.macaquarium.com/aquaria/customer/product.php?productid=6&cat=3&page=1 I wonder how you open that monitor case to change water, feed fish, etc... Seems like a drag... 8O

Does anyone have any experience with Tiger barbs and Ghost shrimp together in the same tank? I was wondering if the shrimp would become food for the fish...

I have noticed that my oto seems kinda sad... It has been sitting for two days on the driftwood part that is behind the plant, mostly. It moved to the pump for a little bit and then went right back behind the plant. That is not its normal behavior because he used to be all over the place looking...

Am I the only one who is scared of large fish? Last time I went swimming on the river, there was this HUGE fish that went just underneath my yellow floater and scared the heck out of me - it was just like in JAWS in my head, I even heard the theme song and all... Now I am scared of swimming in...

Scenario: I am up to something here... I pick up one of those San Francisco Bay brine shrimp egg mix, throw it in water and put in a sealed container outside, full sun. One and a half week later, the water is a glowing green (algae) and there are tons of tinny brine shrimp swimming around...

I've been reading all the postings in the DIY section about 3D backgrounds and it seems for most part they all use construction insulation styrofoam sealed with epoxy... My question is related to the safety of those products to fish. My biggest fear is to make one of those and have my fish sick...