Recent content by mikemou

Hi, Ready to move to our next home this Friday but yesterday I saw a bunch of grayish black 'worms' hanging out on the roof of an ornament temple. At first I thought they're, well, worms because I've never seen fries before, then I realized they're baby fishes. They're so tiny - 1/8 of an inch...

hi all- i'm in dc and wonder if you know any good on-line shopping source for shrimps? someone suggested one in arizona but the shipping will most likely be way over $40. i don't want to spend that kind of money on shipping if something is relatively close-by. thanks!

Wow! I just saw this on azgardens, they have it on sale! Cherax Blue Lobster Cherax quadricarinatus "Blue" a.k.a. Blue Yabbie Lobster, Red-Claw "Blue" Crayfish, I think I'm gonna get a couple!!! Thanks much!!!

This is from Dr F&S's article: "The Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobsters are generally peaceful. They typically will not bother top and mid level swimmers, but exercise caution when keeping them with bottom dwellers such as loaches and catfish." That's what prompted me to want one.... I guess I'll...

Hi all- I have a 55 gal long community tank currently housing 1 angel, 3 rainbows, 2 CAEs, 5 lemon and 2 neon tetras. I'd like to add a Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster and some amano shrimps. Since they're both hard to find I'm considering buying from Dr F&S. I've bought equipments from them but...

well one of my beloved koi angel died last night. actually i mercy-killed him/her. i fear the other two kois and blacks are in danger. :( :( :( :cry: :cry: :cry:

Hi, In the past few days all 5 of my angel fish hovered around the surface almost all day long during the day, doing nothing. I once checked at night and they're all in the middle/bottom. Other fishes were business as usual. So, I did a 25% water change, tested amonia and nitrite(sp) and found...

Yeah it is a bit busy in the mid/top part of the tank, the lower/bottom part looks fine. I'm hoping my LFS will take the two CAEs back to make room for Amano shrimps. Also they are very territorial. Not my kind of fish. Thanks for the advice!

Hi, I have a 55 gal long sparsely-planted community tank with a relatively low bioload until recent weeks when I became fish-buying happy. I used to have: 6 zebra danions; 3 neon tetras; 3 adult Koi angels; 2 Bos???? rainbow fish; 2 CAE; 1 guppy. They were all happy and healthy. I added the...

The gourami I got a week ago was apparently dying so I did a mercy killing last night putting it in ice cubes. And then came blood!!! From near one of its gills! I'm sort of freaked out because I've never seen this before. I fear this is some nasty infectious illness. Its belly was all swellen...

Hello experts, After almost a year the bio-wheels on my Penguin 330 are still, well, like new!!! I thought they're supposed to get gooey by the 'bios' taking residence on them??? I have a rather light bio-load, 55 gal with 3 angels, 1 guppy, 3 neons, 6 zebras and two CAEs. On the other hand...

that did the trick! he seemed very happy about the small pieces. tks!

update. fed flakes last night. all did well except the Bluexxx/Turquoise. he attacked the flakes but only chewed them into pieces in his mouth then spit them out. i don't think he had any down his throat. i might have to go back to worms if this continues.

Just an update. Bought bloodworms the other day and the rainbows are feeding fine now. Thank you guys for the suggestions. :D Will switch back to flakes to see how they react. The bluexxxx had only a few of those worms, while the bosemani was literally attacking them. But none other fish in...

2 F to 3 M, right? btw, what kind of female rainbow should i be getting or it doesn't matter as long as i know for sure it's a she?