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[dougall] 10:29 pm: and I thought I was old tucking my boobs into my jeans

About 2 months ago I got 6 black orchid and black devil crown tail bettas. 3 male black orchids and 1 female, and 1 male and 1 female black devil. I won't be able to spawn all of them due to lack of space, and only having one orchid female, I intend to only get 2 spawns from this batch. I'm...

Don't lift/move tanks with water in them. I'd resell the tank as a reptile tank and wait for petco's $1 per gallon sale. You can get a $55g for almost the same price as you paid for that one, or get a 29 if you wanted about that size for cheaper. I've built a couple tanks from scratch, but...

There is no way to make a fish grow faster than it was designed to grow. It's impossible. All you can do is give it optimal conditions. Young fish release a hormone that stunts growth so that they will have less competition from their siblings. Doing frequent, large water changes removes this...

This is only a 125, not a 1250 gallon tank. You could get away with 3 or 4 discus, but when those babies get to be 10-12" diameter saucers, it's still going to look a bit cramped.

If I had a 125, I would heavily plant it and stock it with a couple ctenopoma acutirostre and congo tetras.

Nice. The "albino" is actually known as a celophane. The other is copper.

Any kind of crypt does well in low light. Look forward to seeing it all planted. Also, your puppy is adorable. I have a pitt mix with that same sweet face.

His brother doesn't *care* is the problem. If he cared, then Patrick and the forum could educate him, but he doesn't, so any attempt at education is as effective as talking to a brick.

The giant arm thing is how it breathes. Mystery snails breath atmospheric oxygen, so they go near the surface, stick up that tube and take a breath of air every so often.

Since when is 7.4 the magic pH number? All but the most sensitive fish can adapt to a wide range of pH's and it's best to acclimate the fish to your tap water than to futz with it to make it lower. My pH is 8.0 out of the tap with a GH of like 4 or 5. I've kept bettas, honey gouramis, several...

Dechlorinator. And not the fancy crap with slime coat promoting stuff in it. Basic dechlor. My tap water is pretty good, very low chlorine, no flouride, quite tasty and I don't even filter it. It's a little hard, with high pH, but so far the fish don't seem to mind.

IMO there is a big difference between selectively breeding for specific traits (all living creatures do this in fact, selecting the strongest, smartest, or most beautiful mate to have offspring with), and genetic mannipulation in a test tube, intoducing DNA from a completely different species to...

The fish in the picture was not the actual fish that fell out of the tree. They said "and a local pet store confirmed it was a Midas cichlid, similar to the one pictured above."

1/2 inch betta fry are only a few weeks old. Often they can't be sexed until around 2 months old, and even then it can be iffy. Keep it's water clean and feed it well and you'll probably be able to tell for sure in a few more weeks.

You have to empty the tank completely to move it, else you risk the tank cracking or busting at the seams.

I'm wanting some input on my design. Essentially there will be six of the 7 gallon rubbermaid storage bins (they are roughly 23"L x 17"W x 7"T), two on each shelf of a heavy-duty utility shelving unit. The unit has 5 shelves measuring 24x36 inches. I can fit two bins on each of the three middle...

If it gives you an idea, I have a 40 gallon breeder with 2 nannacara (comparable in size to Rams), 20 glowlight tetras, 4 ember tetras (tried to stock with these but all but 4 died, gave up and got glowlights instead, the embers school with the glowlights and seem happy enough), 5 otos, and 2...

Rasbora and tetras are schooling fish and must be kept in a school of at least 6. They look nicer in schools too. Angels can get large and will A) eat your chili rasbora, and B) possibly outgrow the tank. A better setup IMO is a pair of german rams (the females are almost as pretty as the...

Best way I've found to attach wood to something heavy is to take a piece of slate tile from the hardware store ($.99 for a 12x12 tile). Get some stainless steel screws that would be long enough to go through the slate and into the object you need to weight. Use a masonry bit to drill a hole in...