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Colin_T replied to the thread Plants Habitats.It's not selfish to want to leave a place that isn't nice to live, that's just natural. I want to move from where I am but there's... -
Colin_T replied to the thread Need help with Pea puffers!.When you feed prawn you remove the head, shell and gut (thin black tube in body) and throw those bits in the bin. Then cut the prawn...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Fairy shrimp.The following link has info on making infusoria. You basically have rotting plant matter in water and let bacteria grow. Then paramecium...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Plants Habitats.Problems are happening all over the world. Governments have forgotten what they are in power for (to serve the people) and have become...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Fairy shrimp.You can keep small numbers in planted tanks and they eat infusoria but you won't have many. If you want them for fish food then you need...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Pregnant, Worms or Full Bellies.If they are females and they have been around a male, they are probably gravid (pregnant).
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Colin_T replied to the thread Need help with Pea puffers!.Make sure the water quality stays good and keep ammonia and nitrite at 0ppm and nitrate under 20ppm. If they go up, do a 75% water...
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For anyone who sees this post the betta is doing great now. He’s big, healthy, active, and eating normally. The shrimp have multiplied...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Fairy shrimp.For freshwater or saltwater? Normally they are kept in ponds without filtration and fed on green water and infusoria. However, the water...
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Colin_T replied to the thread Breeding/fry setup.There's a number of ways to make infusoria for fish food. Most involve having plant matter that breaks down and feeds bacteria, which...
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Colin_T reacted to emeraldking's post in the thread My platy has not eaten in 2 or 3 or more days with
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Doesn't have to, Colin... Overhere, it happens also without having any problems. Then at a certain point they start eating again. -
Colin_T replied to the thread My platy has not eaten in 2 or 3 or more days.In my experience if one fish in a tank stops eating when everyone else is eating normally, there is something wrong with the fish...
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Colin_T replied to the thread My platy has not eaten in 2 or 3 or more days.What does the fish's poop look like? Is it breathing heavily? Is the fish rubbing on any objects or twitching/ flicking? Post a 1...
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Thanks Colin. I stand corrected. As you say fertile hybrids should not be part of our hobby, blurs the picture doesn't? A rethink is in...