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IMO brineshrimp are a lot of trouble, I occasionally will hatch some when I want to add variety to a fish I'm trying to spawn, or to feed to some larger fry or something. Have you looked into Daphnia? or fairyshrimp? Some of the smaller daphnia species work pretty well as brine shrimp...

They are Red Cherry shrimp, i figured I would start out with something easy. The photo size is kind of small but the shrimp in the picture is berried. They are really interesting to watch, I wish I had gotten into shrimp sooner. I still prefer fish =P. (I'm majoring in Fishery science, and plan...

Hey, I am trying to increase my shrimp population. I have about 15, one female is in berry. I have a dwarf gourami female also in the tank. There has been no predation from the female gourami that I have seen, though it has tried to eat the shrimp the are two fast, and it quickly loses...

Male nonsmoker. When my local aquarium club has auctions its usually only a handful of people that take smoking breaks, so I wouldn't say it's most. However, most are male. I don't think you are going to get representative data from a poll like this. But its a cool idea.

nice fry, any pictures of the parents?

I would recommend a sponge filter, they are cheap work well and keep dissolved oxygen in the water, also won't hurt fry (unlike many other filtration methods) You could try to culture infusorians, just put a jar with a little chopped up vegetables (like lettuce or a bannana peel) keep it in a...

I picked up some at petsmart once, there fun little fish. I would recommend a good amount of driftwood in the tank, as they really like to eat the algae off of it. Mine will take algae wafers, but not really accept them well, they dont go and try fight over it but they might graze on it for a...

i have fish do this occasionally it mostly happens when I forget to feed my fish that day, or feed them flakes instead of other food they like more. Maybe the puffer is trying to hunt for food?

I have recently tried a fine substrate, after using mainly courser stuff. I have been having plant problems with it, plants just don't seem to grow as well and I am actually considering moving to a more course substrate over top of it. Personally I have also found that this smaller substrate...

have you tried your local aquarium club, i have seen krib pairs go for 12$ for a pair at mine, and even similar prices for some of the more rare species of krib not just the P. pulcher you see at most stores. If you have never checked out your local aquarium club I would give them a try. I...

watch out some rainbow fish can be more aggressive and fin nippers. I have never had problems with any rainbow fish until I bought M. Parva. Beautiful fish though, and fast an active, though I can't seem to get my pair to breed. Most rainbowfish are really mildly tempered though, they are...

Be very careful when dosing, I use an ear eye dropper, that I bought in the pharmacy aisle of the grocery store, because I noticed pouring wasn't very exact. I can't really give you exact dosage for a 10 gallon because, I feel it also depends on the amount of plants and their type. I have put...

Regarding the ghost shrimp fry, they supposedly require salt water to get them the fry to develop properly. Since the fry are born and are free swimming ,not actual mini version of the adults. I think some of the accounts of people breeding "ghost shrimp" in freshwater may be other species of...

OK, This post may be long. Breeding bettas is more difficult than I originally thought so be prepared for for some difficulties, however it isn't hard per say, just requires effort as you have to monitor your fish. What you will need: -A heater (probably it can be done without one, however i...

Ok, So I am just updating this thread. I bought a "Lee's Net Breeder", the wholes on it are small enough to keep the daphnia in it. However, I trouble feeding the daphnia because the net feeder will get nasty if you put to much stuff in it. Fish were trying to get the daphnia from the outside...

I would advice you to plan out your fish when you are getting into the hobby, I ended up with just some random fish that the fish store had when I was getting into the hobby. Most cities will have an aquarium club, if you are interested in joining it or going to at least an auction or a...

Try apistogrammas, they are very peaceful, though you may run into problems if you decide to get a pair and they spawn, becasue they can be more territorial, escpecialy if you don't have good territories set up for them. I have actually tried to remove some of my guppy fry by feeding them to...

What I did to decrease brown algae was to increase the aeration in my tank, however if you have algae there is often some other problem (like a nutrient imbalance), you can probably put in an air stone to get rid of the stuff, but then you will end up with green water. It's hard to offer...

often neons are imported in bulk, like otocincolus and some other "cheap" fish, this as you can imagine leads to ammonia in the shipping tanks basically getting high enough to burn the fish's gills and they die pretty soon. Since they are a schooling fish importers ship in quite a few at a...

Yeah, its a common mistake. Sorry for getting all preachy, I forget that written words do not have the benefit of voice tone sometimes, I'm a nice guy I promise, and I don't mean anything harshly. You should look into breeding some of these guppys, and promoting them with videos, It sounds...