Recent content by Remington

So yesterday when I got home the bluegill tank is green. I am assuming it is due to a algae bloom. This my first tank using locally sourced drift wood, wild caught fish, cold water all in one go. I fed them some chopped worms and unfortunately all I could source was “green” night crawlers. So...

Well my girlfriend had other plans.... we bought another shelving unit. Much better quality. Decided that seems how we were going to empty the 55 to move it anyway might as well put the bluegills in. So I scrambled for some driftwood scrubbed it three times and threw everything together. I...

here is the man myth and legend what a hardy fish!!

It is my belief most fish can survive in most water. I also have hard water but am able to keep tetras, bettas,barbs, guppies, shrimp, leaf fish etc. in my opinion it’s all in how you transition your fish from the stores water to yours. I drip acclimated all my fish. Some for only one hour...

He is still alive and well I keep meaning to get another picture but I have been busy. Tomorrow is water change again for him so I will try and remember so you guys can see the progress

So I did a thing.... I had ordered a minnow trap to do a “local” species tank. It came in the mail and I was going to wait until next spring to use it. My girlfriend got excited and we went to the stream and placed it and we were using our fishing poles. The trap caught nothing. We however came...

Good news. The leaf fish are hanging out with the ravenous pack of barbs now. The two leaf fish have eaten both frozen brine shrimp and dried blood worms so all is well. I acquired a piece of pvc tubing and will give it a good cleaning and let you know how well it works.

Thank you for the great advice with the tube. I will try and find a piece of PVC or something like that and drop it in the cave if need be. lol. The QT tank has been added to the budget and it looks like the second week of December will be the latest I get one. I am keeping an eye on my local FB...

I would follow king fishers advice. If it was me I would do daily water changes until medicine arrived at the very least

King fisher has never lead me down the wrong path. Keep us posted. I take a picture of my betta every other day to monitor regrowth and or relapse.

I did a post about my betta. I am using salt for mine. But his was due to a fight and or sharp edges on decoration. Salt supposedly will kill / help with bacteria issues.

I bet someone reading this post is upset because I don’t quarantine fish. I just want to say if I could I would. I do not have a spare tank. Yeah I have a 20G sitting empty but it was a recent purchase. That being said I have taught myself what to look for when buying fish. No white...

To be honest I have not seen them eat yet. I have started brine shrimp today. We did a batch when the guppy fry were born but the leftovers were frozen. We had two trays of frozen shrimp. I accidentally left one out yesterday and had to dump it out . So hopefully the live ones will get them...

New tank setup. As I said before I’m not happy with the shelving but it works for now.Top left on shelf is empty for now. Also added two leopard leaf fish to my 55G.

He was fed a hearty meal of frozen baby brine shrimp and two dried bloodworms. He will be getting a 50% water change later today. Water is warming up and dechlorinating.