Jimmer107

I love burbot. They are the coolist fish. I've watched them while ice fishing in a fishing shack, and they are an awsome predator.

Fishing with electricity requires very specialized and precise equipment. Too much current can actually cause such a strong muscle contraction in the fish that it can snap the backbone. Larger fish are more sensitive to shocking than smaller fish. It is also very dangerous, even when using the proper equipment. Not a DIY project.

Sorry, can't post a pic because I didn't buy one. I was looking at them in the store but wanted to research them a little before I picked one up. Dave, It doesn't look like that. Body shape is similar, but eyes are on top of head and kind of bug out. Color was brown with some spots. I thought it was similar to a weather loach in color, but the head and eyes were different. Eyes were larger than typical loach eyes.

That's what I was wondering about. It must be something else. I'll have to try to get in there again and get a scientific name. Thanks.

Thanks. I looked at that site but didn't find anything like it. The profile is more like a goby, with the neat looking buggy eyes looking up.

I was in Animal World (Medicine Hat) a few days ago and saw a loach for sale called a banded stone loach. Typical loach shape but the eyes looked to be on top of the head. I've been looking for info on them but can't seem to find anything that looks like them on the net. Has anyone seen these before?

I had one and he caused no end of problems. He would single out a fish and keep picking on it until it was dead. I finally put him in a tank with a breeding pair of Jack Dempseys for a day. After I returned him to the community tank he was a different fish! Never had another problem with him.

This is probably due to choosing "aggressive species" or species that aren't compatible. I like sticking to the "peaceful" species like Acei and Labs. No aggression problems Right. I was trying to keep mbunas. Maybe I will try again sometime.

Great pics. I've tried keeping africans a couple of times but they didn't look that nice. All mine ever did was fight and rip each other up until I got frustrated and quit.

I was about 10 when someone gave me a 10 gallon with some common guppies and a cory cat. I had them till I left home and then gave everything away. I got back into the hobby after I got married and settled down. I've mostly kept cichlid pairs, but I also have a small tank with common guppies in it.

Rainbow trout adapt quite well to an aquarium. I've seen 2" to 3" rainbow fry in an aquarium without cooling. They did fine, although a cooler would be ideal, especially with larger fish

The water is treated with chlorine. I've been using Wardley's Chlorout to condition it. I just ordered some Seachem Prime from Big Al's and will try that. I don't have a nitrite test kit, but did order a nitrate test. I hadn't been paying much attention to testing water, and it caught up to me. I just had one tank set up before (60 gal) with a breeding pair of Jack Dempseys, and I didn't have any problems with water then. Now that I have this smaller tank, and I converted the large tank to a community tank, I have to pay more attention with feeding, etc. I haven't kept a community tank for many years, so it is a learning experience.

I usually rinse them out in the pail when I change water. Sometimes I do rinse them under the tap. The test kit is brand new and I have used it on a large tank I have. Readings in that tank were 2 mg and dropped to 0 after some water changes and reduced feeding. I think the test kit is working fine.

I have a 15 gal tank with feeder guppies that is consistantly testing 4mg/l ammonia, and I can't seem to get it lower. There are about 20 inches of fish, mostly young guppies, some driftwood, a couple of rocks, and playsand in the tank. I have an ac mini and air stone in the tank. I have been changing one third water every day for the last week, cleaned the filters, and limited feeding to one small pinch a day. Most of the fish don't show any signs of stress, are active, and feeding well. A couple of the adult females show some red swollen gills. Any ideas what may be causing the high readings? I was wondering about the driftwood. I was feeding a lot more before, which certainly may have contributed, but how long does it take to drop? The tank has been set up for several months.

Just wondering, are the lead plant anchors that are on bunch plants when you buy them toxic to fish if left on to anchor plants? I've been using them, but started wondering about that after I read something about lead in water.