Getting new fish for my birthday!!!
- Thread starter StarSapphire22
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Haha! Poor thing...I doubt it would let me try and shove it into that, lol. I'm confused as to how it works though, lol.
It's a fishing bobber on the top (or a few of them), fishing line going down (or some other waterproof thread), and then the little harness.
Oh!!!! I didn't even see the fishing line til you said it, lol. I feel like my fish would just pull the bobber down it's so fat, lol.
Or 7. Hopefully it does just fine, and is just less-than-graceful! I'm worried about the small spaces in my tank though...do you think it's dumb enough to get itself stuck?
I wouldn't say so much with "dumb enough" as much as cartwheeling around and getting stuck on accident. You may need to go lightly decorated for that little guy. You'll have to wait to see how he swims when he gets there to make that call, though. With the gel food & lots of peas in his diet, hopefully he'll just be clumsy, though.
Well I'll see how he swims and take out stuff if I need to then. I'm worried mostly about the spaces in between decor and tank walls, and all the holes for the fish to swim through in the driftwood cave and grey rock thing, also the ledges in the driftwood. I'll post a picture in a minute.
Also, speaking of gel food, look what I found:
Nutritional Analysis of Gelatin (7 g serving)*
Calories - 23.4 (from protein)
Animal Protein - 6 g
Folate - 2.1 mcg
Choline - 2.7 mg
Calcium 3.9 mg
Iron - 0.1 mg
Magnesium - 1.5 mg
Phosphorus - 2.7 mg
Potasium - 1.1 mg
Sodium - 13.7 mg
Copper - 0.2 mg
Selenium - 2.8 mcg
Ash - 0.1 g
Nutritional Analysis of Agar-agar (7 g serving)*
Calories - 21.4
Carbohydrates - 5.65 g
Omega-3 Fatty Acids - 6.15 mg
Omega-6 Fatty Acids - 0.28 mg
Vegetable Protein - 0.5 g
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol) - 0.35 mg
Vitamin K - 1.7 mcg
Riboflavin - 0.03 mg
Niacin - 0.03 mg
Vitamin B6 - 0.03 mg
Folate - 40.5 mcg
Choline - 4.43 mg
Calcium - 43.8 mg
Iron - 1.5 mg
Magnesium - 54 mg
Phosphorus - 3.7 mg
Potasium - 78.8 mg
Sodium - 7.15 mg
Copper - 0.05 mg
Selenium - 0.53 mcg
Ash - 0.28 g
This info is from the USDA.
Looks like I may want to use agar agar then, since it has less copper for the snails, and is more nutritious?
This is a cool link I found helping to pick out ingredients too.
http://www.allnaturalpetcare.com/Formulating_DIY_Homemade_Tropical_Fish_Food_Nutrition.html
Also, speaking of gel food, look what I found:
Nutritional Analysis of Gelatin (7 g serving)*
Calories - 23.4 (from protein)
Animal Protein - 6 g
Folate - 2.1 mcg
Choline - 2.7 mg
Calcium 3.9 mg
Iron - 0.1 mg
Magnesium - 1.5 mg
Phosphorus - 2.7 mg
Potasium - 1.1 mg
Sodium - 13.7 mg
Copper - 0.2 mg
Selenium - 2.8 mcg
Ash - 0.1 g
Nutritional Analysis of Agar-agar (7 g serving)*
Calories - 21.4
Carbohydrates - 5.65 g
Omega-3 Fatty Acids - 6.15 mg
Omega-6 Fatty Acids - 0.28 mg
Vegetable Protein - 0.5 g
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol) - 0.35 mg
Vitamin K - 1.7 mcg
Riboflavin - 0.03 mg
Niacin - 0.03 mg
Vitamin B6 - 0.03 mg
Folate - 40.5 mcg
Choline - 4.43 mg
Calcium - 43.8 mg
Iron - 1.5 mg
Magnesium - 54 mg
Phosphorus - 3.7 mg
Potasium - 78.8 mg
Sodium - 7.15 mg
Copper - 0.05 mg
Selenium - 0.53 mcg
Ash - 0.28 g
This info is from the USDA.
Looks like I may want to use agar agar then, since it has less copper for the snails, and is more nutritious?
This is a cool link I found helping to pick out ingredients too.
http://www.allnaturalpetcare.com/Formulating_DIY_Homemade_Tropical_Fish_Food_Nutrition.html
Full tank shot.
Cave closeup...see the holes? Batman and Sammi love them!!!
Driftwood has lots of ledges and a few holes.
Rock formation with all sorts of holes. The previous owner had cichlids, can you tell? lol
Left side of the tank from above so you can see the layout. Sorry about the crappy lighting, had to move my lights forward so you could see stuff.
Right side of the tank from above. I can take out that grey log, I never really liked it anyways, the plants on it are tacky and it's a huge space hog. That's just a big empty tunnel begging for the pearlscale to get stuck in it anyways.
I really like all the other decorations though...I just don't know if they're gonna be pretty hard for it to get stuck in though or if it will be too dangerous. The only plus side of that grey log is that it helps anchor the grey stones, so I'll have to find something smaller so that no one can knock it over, but make it something no one can get stuck in. I was planning on adding a few more taller plants in the back as well. (I'm getting a background soon too, so excited to not see all that crap and my boring, ugly orange peel builder white walls!!!!)
Cave closeup...see the holes? Batman and Sammi love them!!!
Driftwood has lots of ledges and a few holes.
Rock formation with all sorts of holes. The previous owner had cichlids, can you tell? lol
Left side of the tank from above so you can see the layout. Sorry about the crappy lighting, had to move my lights forward so you could see stuff.
Right side of the tank from above. I can take out that grey log, I never really liked it anyways, the plants on it are tacky and it's a huge space hog. That's just a big empty tunnel begging for the pearlscale to get stuck in it anyways.
I really like all the other decorations though...I just don't know if they're gonna be pretty hard for it to get stuck in though or if it will be too dangerous. The only plus side of that grey log is that it helps anchor the grey stones, so I'll have to find something smaller so that no one can knock it over, but make it something no one can get stuck in. I was planning on adding a few more taller plants in the back as well. (I'm getting a background soon too, so excited to not see all that crap and my boring, ugly orange peel builder white walls!!!!)
Also, here is my tentative gel food ingredient list:
1 cup API pellets, presoaked in one cup of water
1/2 cup daphnia
1 cup Romaine lettuce
1 cup kale
1 teaspoon garlic
1 cup broccoli
1 sheet of Seaweed (Sally's Seaweed Salad, 100% natural dried Porphyra yezoensis seaweed)
4 containers of peas&carrots baby food
1/2 green bell pepper
1 tsp basil
3 tbsp canned pumpkin
Insides of 1 spirulina capsule (spring valley brand?)
4 tbsp agar agar/4 packets unflavored gelatin
Any tips or suggestions for additions/subtractions?
1 cup API pellets, presoaked in one cup of water
1/2 cup daphnia
1 cup Romaine lettuce
1 cup kale
1 teaspoon garlic
1 cup broccoli
1 sheet of Seaweed (Sally's Seaweed Salad, 100% natural dried Porphyra yezoensis seaweed)
4 containers of peas&carrots baby food
1/2 green bell pepper
1 tsp basil
3 tbsp canned pumpkin
Insides of 1 spirulina capsule (spring valley brand?)
4 tbsp agar agar/4 packets unflavored gelatin
Any tips or suggestions for additions/subtractions?
