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by J-P » Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:12 pm
Actually I like the Galaxy rasbora
and you don't need a heater for it
That one would certainly be on my shopping list.
I wouldn't say they are ugly fish.. just not as good looking as their salt water cousins.
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by J-P » Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:14 pm
Ok.. so I hope you didn't feed the puffer today and did the morning water change.
This evening you have the night off. Watch the puffer, see what he does. Watch the fins for white areas and the stomach.. it should be white also.
Tonight do nothing.. take the night off and do a water change in the morning
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:00 pm
J-P wrote: Ok.. so I hope you didn't feed the puffer today and did the morning water change.
This evening you have the night off. Watch the puffer, see what he does. Watch the fins for white areas and the stomach.. it should be white also.
Tonight do nothing.. take the night off and do a water change in the morning
yay well a found one of the old log fish dacorations i had and cleand it up and put it in there for them they dont seem to use the ghost house(basicly a clear tube )im trying to find out more about the dwarf jellybean cichlids they come in very very pritty colors
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by J-P » Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:07 pm
nope .. not on the list .. they get 6-8"
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:18 pm
J-P wrote: nope .. not on the list .. they get 6-8"
even the dwarf ones?
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by J-P » Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:08 pm
if the Neolamprologus family then it is ok..
the ones you are looking at get too large for that tank
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:38 pm
J-P wrote: if the Neolamprologus family then it is ok..
the ones you are looking at get too large for that tank
sigh there dont seem to be very many pritty frish water fish that can live in a tank that small if any
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by J-P » Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:21 pm
I wouldn't call them "ugly" they are just fish.. just the fish that happen to fit in your tank, and most are easy to care for and can be kept in groups which make it more interesting
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:46 pm
J-P wrote: I wouldn't call them "ugly" they are just fish.. just the fish that happen to fit in your tank, and most are easy to care for and can be kept in groups which make it more interesting
true
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by Pufferpunk » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:49 am
"Jellybean" cichlids are dyed parrot cichlids.
How about some glofish?
http://www.glofish.com/
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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by J-P » Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:03 am
those are very cool!
I can see some of those in the future
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:17 am
i have had them they didnt live long
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by hermionejanepotter12 » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:18 am
J-P wrote: those are very cool!
I can see some of those in the future
yeah they are but you need a black light for them to even glo
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by J-P » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:27 am
black light is easy.. you take out the bulb in your tank and replace it with the same size.
Or you can go with blue light.. same thing
Tomorrow morning you can feed the puffer 1/2 the normal amount of food and tomorrow NIGHT you can do a water change. I know Sunday is your cleaning day, but only clean the filter.
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by J-P » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:29 am
clean the filter in the dirty tank water not tap water
This is very important!