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1) Can fish see in the dark? Unless they are nocturnal and have clearly reflective eye lens (like cats and clown knife fish) . 2) Telling by a fishes droppings can you tell if your fish is being fed right or not. I noticed most of my fish have full poops brown or red (usually cause of the diet...

As we know many fish eat crustaceans such as crabs, cray fish, shrimp ect. But a pillbug/rolleypolly is also a crustacean can you feed these bugs to your fish? This is the crustacean I'm talking about common in Virginia and though out most of the us I beleive...

Just a random tadpole question for a friend of mine. Shes had 2 tadpoles for like 6 months now for a while one of them started growing legs then they just kinda slowly disappeared. And now they are both still tadpoles. is it possible for tadpoles to miss their growth spurt and forever remain...

Today I purchased my 2nd 75 gallon tank. its up and running and going though the cycling process with some feeder goldfish. Anyways the purpose is to divide my cichlid colony into my 2 75 gallon tanks but I need help of deciding how to pair up my fish. All of them are currently juvenals. 3-8...

I just bought 70 rosey reds (small feeder fish) and tossed them into my feeder tank and noticed just a few of them had white spots /bulges. I took a needle and pokes one of the white bulges and removed the white goo and to my suprise the goo was inching out , it only made it about 1/2 a cm...

Just pondering where "better" colored fish come from. Typical Green Terrors from lfs http://www.americancichlids.com/fishpics/greenterror1.jpg Here is a online dealers Green terror http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=274 Or is it like all fish have a...

Today my water heater from Aqua Gardens decided to boil my fish alive. I usualy keep the 300 watt heater on 79deg but today while I was gone "new years day" my heater decided to break and turn the water into a staggering 93ish deg; I lost a cute lil newt, 2 out of 3 jade cory, my pink convict...

Here is just a though. Could people who use water in the city have a slower or zero cycle rate due to the chlorine in our water supply. VS people who live in the country that have well water? Chlorine is used to remove bacteria from water could this chlorine be killing the nitrite/ritrate we...

Just over the weekend I entered a small random oriental market where I discovered a horrifying sight. There was aprox 4 - 500+ gallon saltwater tanks stuffed with live flounders, shocked a ran behind the counter and looked at them all. They were stacked on each other filling the bottom of...

Surfuing the web and looking up many types of fish and learning as much as I can. I noticed alot of sites say Jack Dempsey is a "highly aggressive" fish. But though fourms I've heard people say their jacks are semi aggressive or even push overs. Do fishs aggression change over time /age...

I have a 4 inch oscar and a missing 2 inch placo you dont think he would of ate him do you? I figure with such a rough body none of my cichlids would eat him.

I'm a bit of a fish noob and wondering is it possible to feed your cichlids other foods like earthworms from your back yard . Or how about crickets, mealworms, beatles ect? I assume they do eat bugs in the wild so it should be ok right? Or any other ideas for more out of the ordinary fun...

My mother just bought 2 "assorted african cichlids " though they look beautiful I cant help but to wonder if they are painted if so I dont want to support painting fish and I'd like to return them. Is there a way i can tell. One is a brilliant yellow and his underbelly is white, top fin is...

I have a 75 gallon tank (only atm) I dont want to put my fish though the cycle I'm worried they may die they are all very young 1-4inches long. So I change the water constanly to keep the ammonia down. Is there a way I can just say use a 10 gallon tank and cycle it with shrimp then add the...