Recent content by Aqua67

Just posting another update to say all is still going well with this betta and his tankmates. He definitely has places where nobody else hangs out and nobody seems to be getting picked on. I still spend a lot of time sitting by this tank, sipping my coffee, watching the happenings. Here is a...

I agree. I also exercise my betta with a mirror each day, ever since I heard about students who exercised one group of bettas and not the other group, and in the group that was exercised, those fish lived to be nine years old whereas the other group lived nowhere near as long. It was discussed...

I believe it because I’m on week three with a betta in a 5 1/2 gallon aquarium, and the water still shows zero ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.

Amphipods have live young, just like neocaridina shrimp do. Snails have not been detrimental to my scud colonies whether I keep everyone in a mason jar or in a fish inhabited aquarium. Just an FYI. I’ve also kept lots of snails in my shrimp tanks where I also have copepods and nothing...

I would say go get your betta! I would love to see pics too. I got the urge for a betta about 6 months ago. I hadn’t had a betta in over 30 years. I brought him home and he’s been a joy to watch, feed and keep. Now I’ve also converted one of my four shrimp tanks into a betta tank, and I...

There is not a lot of satisfaction doing things that are “easy” unless perhaps it is the first time you’re doing them. I think you’re more about the personal growth and the satisfaction of being able to say that you did it from scratch, on your own, in your own way. Challenges are strength...

I think it is important to replace minerals that have been taken up by the plants and fish, therefore remineralized RO water is what I use in all of my aquariums. I rely on my TDS meter to tell me when it is time to test my water, saving me time. Yes, evaporation will cause the TDS to rise as...

Thank you, GaryE. I’ll do with the Daphia and other critters like I do with my amphipods then. I will just get several colonies established outside of that betta aquarium and drop in what I need for feeding. It is good to know I won’t be setting him up for bloat. Thank you.

Sounds like it might work then. Thank you.

I have a 5.5 gal aquarium that has been going for several years with cherry shrimp. This tank also has plenty of copepods and tiny baby snails (ramshorn and bladder) as well as some of the adult larger snails of the same type. I was going to add daphnia to the tank also. I was considering...

I just wanted to post an update on this betta in the 38 gal with plenty of other fishes. All is well and he is doing fine. Nobody picks on him and he is not picking on anyone else. I will say that my only challenge, if you want to call it that, is just making sure the betta eats his...

One of the cories is very old and probably doesn’t have much longer to live. She is leftover from a group of 11 from many years ago. Being a lone cory, over this past summer I did feel sorry enough to bring home 4 more younger cories. There are no cardinals in this aquarium.

Yes, I’m very sure it is not a stunted or deformed ember tetra. I purchased all of them together about a year ago. They were all plump, brightly colored and healthy, normal sized and mostly female. I only had 2 males, possibly 3 out of the batch of 12. I did lose one female who developed a...