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I've had my firebelly newt for almost two years now. I feed him frozen foods: bloodworms, mysis shrimp, and glassworms. I feed him approximately every 5 days, sometimes 6, with tweezers until he swims away. We've had a good thing going. But he refused to eat yesterday (mysis shrimp) and again...

Hi! I'm constantly throwing away excess water sprite and anarcharis. So if you're in NYC and you would like any, please PM me! I also have a large, healthy population of trumpet snails. Trumpet snails (Malaysian Trumpet Snails/ MTS) are $5/5 and $.75 for each additional. Minimum single...

I got a tankmate for my little firebelly newt. He's teeny, and she's a lot bigger, but the folks at the store told me they've kept newts for years and years and never had firebellies eating each other. I got her yesterday, and today I'm thinking wait-- is she a paddle tail? Cuz she kinda looks...

Hi, I just got a tiny firebelly newt, and I am concerned about the water/air temperature in his tank. Thing is, at the pet store, they were keeping him under a small reptile dome lamp. They had him like that for about a week and he was doing well, but from what I've read online, he should have...

Hey. I've seen some threads about fish swimming vertically, but it looks like most people experience their fish swimming face-down this way. My Bosemani has started swimming like a pencil point-up. He heads toward the top a lot but doesn't quite get there. Aeration shouldn't be a problem because...

I've had my African butterfly for probably about a year, but recently her "wings" have gotten increasingly ragged. They look torn up. The hanging bits look fine, but the side fins keep getting worse, and she's starting to look a little bit pale overall. I don't know whether this could be illness...

In general, I'd recommend buying any live animals from Petco over Petland Discounts, and not just because I work at Petco. But some individual Petland D stores do have really good fish people and are exceptions to the rule. I just wanted to chime in and say that you shouldn't necessarily draw...

Thanks! Will look into Prazi. Doing Metronidazole right now, hoping for the best.

How often do fish get internal parasites from live bloodworms or blackworms? Sometimes I see little flatworms (leaches maybe) in the container when I get live food. If I see any I don't let them go into the tank. But I bet I have missed some. Are they potentially dangerous? I'm just worried...

Alright, I've been feeding him lots and lots of live worms and he's been eating and eating and still thin as a rod, so I got some Metronidazole powder today (Seachem). I'm thawing some frozen food to mix it into but I'm worried. I don't know how much he actually eats of the frozen food. I know...

Thanks everybody. Gonna see what I can do. I'm not gonna bring him back to the store cuz it's the store I work at. I wouldn't be able to get store credit and I'd still have to take care of him lol. Gonna look into symptoms of/ meds for internal parasites.

I have a Marineland biowheel filter in there and sometimes it does make some awful noise. Lately it has been behaving though. There is a Duetto internal filter in the tank too for extra filtration. Maybe that's causing too much vibration, even though it's completely quiet. I could take it out. I...

I have a 29 which is the same width and length as a 20L. I really can't get a bigger tank. If this guy doesn't make it I won't be trying again until I can get a bigger tank. Thanks.

I know the tank is small for a full-grown elephantnose but he is still pretty small and they grow slowly from my understanding. The tank is planted with lots of hiding places and natural rock caves. He has a few different spots he likes to sit in at different times of the day, so I think he's...

29 gallon (he's about 4-5" long), 78-80 degrees F, slightly hard water, pH seems to fluctuate a little (I don't know why) but always around 7, I'd say like 6.8-7.2

He doesn't have a sunken belly. In fact, he has a little belly bulge, especially after he eats. But other than that he's a popsicle stick. His body doesn't get broader toward the "skirt", it just stays narrow except for that belly. My last one didn't have any belly at all toward the end of his...

Eeep! Nothing could be done if that's the case, right?

I have had my elephant nose fish for 2-3 months and he is getting skinny, even though he eats everyday. I see him eat, I know he's eating, but he's so thin. The same thing happened with my last one, and he died after a few months, so I am really scared. But this one eats better, eats more, and...

Tim-- Thanks. I will try to get pictures with a friend's camera when I can. They're so small and sand-colored I'm going to need something with a really good macro setting! Mark-- Thanks. I should try blackworms. I stopped picking them up in favor of bloodworms because my elephant nose fish (for...

I have read all the caveats and warnings about them, but so far my pair of "freshwater" flounders are doing well. I have had them for a couple of months now. Since they are TINY babies (they are only like 1.5 inches now and were smaller when I bought them) and I did not expect them to survive...