Recent content by mewhorse

Well, I wasn’t gonna even read this forum anymore – better ways to spend my time but got bored on my night off so here goes: re horses: my goal was not to compare horses to fish in any way – I guess I should have brought up my successful breeding/sale of various types of finches, and...

Well, I had different ideas for the 10 gallon anyway so forget trying to even RAISE a few fry...they would work better as my original plan...as feeders...although (gasp) meat - eating fish?! How cruel...how can any of the LFS out there even stand to have those feeder goldfish/carnivores in their...

I have just a boring Petsmart veil-tail male (although a gorgeous purple that I've never seen before w/red & teeny bit of blue fins)....he is making a good bubble nest already and when I just went to see him he flared at me - very tough ya know! I think I'm gonna pick him up a girlfriend...

Just to add a bit - no the females don't look as fancy - fins are way more plain/short...although they do come in a very wide range of colors - have fun choosing if you go for them! Especially if the store does the usual thing and has them jammed into teeny plastic cups...feels nice if you...

This is quite off topic...don't know anything about growin the food but I just gotta say beautiful kitty cat! Looks alot like my manx (although he has no tail of course) Just had to comment on it...what does your cat think of the fish? My sisters cat ignores everything but her (accidentally)...

I currently have 4 tiger barbs (thought only 3 survived but 1 hid for 24 hours somewhere when tank overheated)...today I bought some guppies (asked for 3 males & 5 females but he gave me extra females for free - got 11 total guppies!) I always thought tiger barbs are aggressive fish, keep in...

Right now I just have a fairly newish male "Petsmart" betta all by himself in a 1 gallon (yes I know it is too small - although way bigger than the stupid cup they sold him in!) and I was curious about bubble nests...what age do they start making them, is there a way to encourage it etc. He has...

I hope this is the right forum... Anyways I currently have 3 otos and likely will be adding a few more this week (37 gallon with some tetras/corycats etc.) and I was just curious about their breeding habits...has anyone out there tried or accidentally succeeded? What signs do you see (eggs...

I was just wondering...when fish die don't they normally become floaters? I just had a bunch of deaths due to heater malfunction, had 1 floater (corycat), 1 tiger barb stuck in a plant, and a few corpses on gravel, plus a bunch of "invisible" corpses (1 harlequin rasbora & 5 neon tetras are...

Not an expert...but this might be helpful... :) At next water change clean plants by using the bucket of old tank water and scrubbing/swishing them with your hands to get the ichy stuff off, then returning to tank without letting them dry...the filter matter if a sponge type filter can be...

Yeah, everyone lives too far away/works opposite shifts from me etc....had a bit of reprieve...put new heater in tank (still waiting the 15 minutes for temp adjustment before plugging in) and what did I see? 2 green corycats! I have no idea where they were hiding! I could only see bodies...

Well my heater busted its thermostat this past week (normal temp around 81F ended up at around 94F) No deaths had occurred at this temp, it had levelled off at 94F and I was just starting work week (I work 10 hour shifts - 7:30pm-6:00am) so couldn't replace it til my days off...got home on my...

I usually feed my fish once a day for 3 days then skip a day then 3, then skip 1 and so on...it is better for basic fish health as fish can overeat too which adds a bit of weight and increases waste...and less feeding benefits by increasing appetite - if they aren't eating as much they stay...

I rarely feed my fish twice I day - only if they make me too guilty (poor starving fishy faces!) I try to feed 3 days, then skip 1, 3 days, skip 1...seems to keep water cleaner, fishes stay at healthy weights with good appetites and look very happy...

The valve is a needed safety device - if your power goes out/or pump fails what can happen is the water gets siphoned into the airhose and all over the floor - big time electrical problem then! Not to mention the mess....and if caused by power outage then replacing airfilter...