Recent content by LyndaB

I tried endlers, that bombed. The females kept eating the shrimplets. But others have successfully kept endlers with RCS in heavily planted tanks. You could try something like ember tetras, they're tiny enough I'm not sure if they'd go after the shrimp.

Please give us the specs: size of tank, is it cycled, readings for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH. Hard to tell, pics are fuzzy, but it looks like fin rot to me. Usually, this can easily be cleaned with good tank maintenance and keeping the water pristine. What are you feeding? Usually...

There's really no one answer to your question. Some have had success keeping bettas with tankmates, some have failed miserably. It really depends on the personality of the individual betta. And a young betta that gets along with tankmates might not as it becomes a mature fish. So yeah, in my...

I respectfully disagree. The temp should be maintained for at least a week after you've seen the last spot on the fish and then reduced slowly. Dropping temp 5 days in won't really have served a purpose, in my opinion.

Congratulations! I always enjoyed seeing the little wrigglers their first time out.

That's a very poorly stocked tank. The betta alone should really be in a 5 gallon. Not sure what the crab needs size-wise but don't think it's a good combo with the betta. With regard to meds, never use meds unless and until you have diagnosed a specific illness. Clean water is the best thing...

Your sharks might not do well with the salt. You might want to research that. Dissolve the salt first, should you decide to use it. In my eyes, your tank seems overstocked. Yes?

I have FW tanks. I would only use salt when treating disease and then, only sparingly. People seem to be strongly opinionated either for or against it for consistent use. Expect to see both sides of the argument here.

I have corys in my RCS tank. They leave all the shrimp alone.

I have to respectfully disagree with the proposed stocking of this tank. I have over a dozen kuhli loaches and would not recommend keeping them in tanks less than 30 gallons. Yes, they have a small bioload, but just like a rainbow shark would require a larger tank footprint (compared to their...

Ditto, you need them. Being able to test your water parameters ensures that your fish tanks are being properly maintained. It's the responsible thing to do. End of story.

I've never heard about serpaes eating fish scales, mine never did. Mine were also not nippy but I also kept a nice large school of them. My serpaes were kept with other tetras of the same size and attitude like red eye tetras. As aqua_chem asked, if your school was not large enough, you would...

If you're in the USA, you can get the test kit at kensfish.com for less than $18. Great customer service, too.

Tropical Fish Hobbyist, hands down the best. http://www.tfhmagazine.com/

that's really a beautiful fish!