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Congrats on the rat decision! I've kept hamsters and rats, and they're both good pets. I recommend two or three male rats rather than one; they are social animals and appreciate company. Get them young, from the same litter if you can, to limit aggression. By the way- check flea markets and...

The third pic in that group looks like a typical "wild" goldie to me. Goldfish that size are common in the Lake Erie area.

If you want quartzite, some landscapers and stonesellers carry it. If you mean quartz crystal, check museum gift shops. Sometimes touristy places will have semi-precious gem sellers too. Otherwise, contact a local geology club and see what the rockhounds have to say.

Thanks, V! Very helpful.

Progressing nicely, Schiz. I look forward to more updates.

Catfish prefer young, tender humans.

:D I leave my potato skins on. Lazy and nutritious.

I know what I want for Christmas!

Color temp doesn't really tell you how much PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) the lamp gives off, as color temp only describes the appearance- many different spectral outputs can give you the same color temp. I'm sure someone somewhere has analyzed various lamps for the actual PAR...

We don't run into them too often in the hemisphere, but I have kept hitchhiking fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton and D. tenebrosus) from time to time. They're hardy enough, but it's difficult to find a balance between a tank the spiders cannot depopulate, but also has no predators who will...

Yeah, keep them apart. Gambusia are notorious nippers and can harrass to death fish that are larger than they (I've even heard of this happening with young gar who were given gambusia as feeders).

Tall tanks are great for an emergent plant/ paludarium setup. Here's an old pic of my 65: It looks better now, I just don't have a recent pic. The tank is about half-full with lots of submerged mosses and hornwort, floating riccia, and emergent lizardtail, sagittaria, and rumex. It is...

I can't help you with the prices. I feed my box turtles almost daily (sometimes I miss a day or two). I keep a bowl of pellet food (koi pellets, Rep-Cal Box Turtle Pellets, or both) in the tank, and supplement with greens, tomatoes, melons, and/or whatever wild fruit happen to be ripe 2-3...

Submerged lucky bamboo, like other Dracaena, will linger for several weeks or months, then die. However, it does well with the roots submerged and the stem and leaves above the water level; besides being an attractive arrangement, it makes the plant an effective nitrogenous waste sponge. I...

You can't rely on any turtle species to refrain from eating your fish. If you want to keep kinosternids and fish together, at least try some inexpensive fish for a few months before you start tossing the turtles any $20 snacks. I have kept two species of Sternotherus and can tell you that...

Like Vampie said, what you are describing is a paludarium. Post in the terrarium/vivarium/paludarium section and you will get more of a response. I think a platform land area will be better than a built-up land area in this case.

I think the easiest way would be to make a garlic soup by soaking a clove in a little hot water; then you can dip your pellets in the soup. I don't know if anyone has studied the health effects of garlic on fish, but it is considered very healthy for humans. The small amount of garlic you...

Scuds! One great thing about them is that they breed continuously, so you will always have an assortment of sizes available. Only the biggest predators or most devout vegetarians can turn down a scud. Also, it is very easy to cultivate microcrustaceans such as copepods and daphnids in your...

There's just not an easy way to do it. A stepladder helps. If it's really a huge problem, build up the substrate so the surface is a little nearer the top of the tank. This is not an ideal solution, but it works.

Check out this little beauty: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-alternans