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GaryE replied to the thread who keeps cooler water tanks???.I should have added - my fishroom somehow sits at 22c to 24c once it gets cold outside. Insulation, ambient heat, lots of tanks and a... -
GaryE replied to the thread who keeps cooler water tanks???.So far, there hasn't been a lot of reported temperature change in the waters of the tropics. I think there has been in the temperatures...
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GaryE replied to the thread Food for Anomalochromis sp..I've seen quite a bit of sifting when I've kept them. It's why I asked about substrate. To me, with fish that have these habits, flake...
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GaryE replied to the thread food specs... doing some reading this morning.....I am having great success right now with a homemade food as a staple. I have shrimp, black soldier fly larvae chicken 'treats', zucchini...
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GaryE replied to the thread Can I add any more fish.I have a personal rule for stocking - if I ask myself if I have enough room, I don't. If I know I have space, then I proceed, but asking...
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GaryE replied to the thread Best substrate.Parts of Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, have sailfin Poecilia latipinna mollies. But stores have the usual hybrids. Mollies can be...
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GaryE replied to the thread Food for Anomalochromis sp..I'll say this could be way easier than you think. Or not. First, how is the tank decorated. Are there broad leafed plants for cover...
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GaryE replied to the thread food specs... doing some reading this morning.....The article has an AI feel, and contradicts itself a bit. A few more "may" and "might" statements pop up at the end than at the...
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GaryE replied to the thread Best substrate.I like to use a fine grained pool filter sand. If I buy the local playground sand, half of it washes away in rinsing.
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GaryE replied to the thread How long do I have?.So back to how long you've got? Livebearers are hard to pin down for that. My first livebearer fry arrived 59 years ago, and I still...
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GaryE replied to the thread food specs... doing some reading this morning.....About every 10 years or so, there is a short fad for garlic as an ultimate natural miracle med in fishfood. The marketing is everywhere...
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GaryE replied to the thread food specs... doing some reading this morning.....I think the great lack in prepared fish foods is fibre. Algae, plants, fish, crustaceans, insects - all are fibrous foods to varying...
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GaryE replied to the thread Kribensis - Pelvicachromis pulcher.I'm not Ted Judy. He's a great guy and a fine aquarist, and we all could do worse than to keep fish as he does though. I try to...
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GaryE replied to the thread Returning after 43 year Hiatus.Returning to the hobby after a long break must be intriguing - you'll know a lot but have missed a lot that has gone on. None of it...