Recent content by nejsux

Thats why I was so shocked. I wondered how they sold anything. It was in the Oceanside/Long Beach area. I can't remember exactly where though. It was down a side street of long beach road.

enpharedskin, where did you get the wood? Any pine-type tree (coniferous) including, cedar & fir, will have oils, acids, & tar in the wood that are harmful in a tank. Tank-safe wood is mostly wood from hardwood trees with large broad leaves or vines. Here's a site with a big discussion on...

I spent Monday driving around with a friend of mine to about 20 fish/pet stores looking for browsing, comparing prices, etc (He's starting to set up a dwarf cichlid tank). I went to at least 10 places that I had never been to before. Mot of them tiny mom & pop stores. One had the...

Try not changing the entire water cup. A sudden change in water quality, temp, etc outs a LOT of stress on fish. Use a mini-siphon or piece of silicon tubing to get the waste out of the bottom and only drain 1/2 the water at a time. Most likely, its stress. Disease may be in the tropical...

The little clear one is probably a baby ramshorn. When they're little and they dont have much shell built up, or if they have a calcium deficiency, snail shell loook clear. I know it may seem sort of cruel, but probably the best thing to to is get rid off them. Whenever you put new plants in...

The plants need food to live off, too. The micronutrients need time ti build uo in the tank, as well as the fish waste that the plants live off of. If you have no fish, you probably don't need to wait that long, but the plants will most likely die unless you have fertilizer for them and some...

Found some. YAY

Anyone know where to purchase ghost shrimp locally? I'm in Long Island and I've never seen em around here.

Youre lucky. I van't even find a store that carries ghost shrimp in NY

I did a google search for "rosy barb" and foung a LOT onfo helpful info, heres just out of the first five listing. Basic info: http://www.fishpondinfo.com/barb.htm Breeding info: http://maximwebsite.tripod.com/rosybarbbreeding.html More basic info...

What are the dimensions of your tank? If I was right about it being 48x24 surface area, you can only fit 1 grown ray in that, IF THAT, there will be NO WAY to keep 2 rays and 2 gars (which often reach more than 24" in captivity comfortably. PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH before you go out and buy a...

If he's already getting oever the ich, I would stress him further by adding salt, but ich infections, the usual recommended treatment is at LEAST a teaspoon per gallon, often people recommend more. You used non-iodized or aquarium salt, i hope? I do keep salt in my tank regularly, mostly...

I'd suggest going around to your local fish store(s) and see what they's be willing to buy or trade and for how much. Maybe that would give you a better picture of your local demand. Chances are, they buy from a huge distributor and even if you spend a lot of time and money breeding the...

I assume the tank is 48 x 24 x 24? The number of breeds of stingrays you can put depends on the type of stingrays and how big they get. Remember that they are bottom dwellers, so its really the bottom dimensions of the tank that you're interested in. The depth is pretty much useless for...