geleen

Removing the eggs seems easy and it wont hurt.......I would put them in a small tank with an airstone or sponge filter at the same temp; they should hatch just fine.

J

i realize the tank isnt ideal size but its also his quarentine tank. smaller tank less meds that need to be used. i have a few feeders that have been in quarentine for 2 months. ill try giving him one of those. any other advice???

ill post pics asap

Amy

EDIT: he also seems super skinny which is why i started with prazi pro. i think he was unable to compete with the other fish in his originonal home...

OSCARS can be very shy and do not like change.

He or she would like to hide, so if you can provide some cover- so he feels more secure -he will likely come around in bit (maybe a couple of weeks.) I would try an earthworm for food.

Also see if the temp is around 78 a bit warmer is good.

John

What a super idea! Will try it.

J

Indeed, very nice. Not something you see often.

John

With 2 angels at full size there is not a lot of room for more fish. Also the natural diet for angel fish are neons so it is possible they will get eaten.

Depending on your water change regimen and filtration be careful to add too many more.

have look here: http://rainbowfish.a...rg.au/Haxel.htm

You can download the book. here: http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Book.htm

I added a premix KNO3 that I purchased from the south side Edmonton hydroponic store and it was suggested to add it at 5 x the dry dose.

My questions :

1./In a heavily planted 30 gallon where I routinely measure 10 ppm Nitrates; why add KNO3?

2./ When I did add the solution (1 cc) the Nitrates went to 20 ppm, doesn't that harm the fish long term.

3./ My admittedly little research suggest that 5-10 ppm No3 is plenty for plant growth, is that not correct.

4,/ Am I totally missing the point?

John

Hi

I posted in the wrong section earlier. Sorry, I am still navigating through the site.

Anyways I am hoping someone can help, I am starting a 10g that I want planted and I will be putting guppies in it.

Thanks to all.

You can use a lot of plants for this. I have some you can come and get in Edmonton. Alway's something overgrown around here.

John

Just gorgeous pics. O, nice fish to

J

great article guys! I was wondering if you can post a how to care for rainbowfish. I always wanted to take care of these marvelous fishes. thay just seemed to fragile to me(lack of knowledge).

and are the prices different for each kind? what are the price ranging at? thanks

RT

Actually very easy to take care of.

1./ WC 40- 50 % per week

2 ./ give food clean poop

Fry need very small food to start 50 - 100 microns in size. Then live BBS after about a week to 10 day's,BBS make a huge difference for growing up from my recent personal experience. You can also rear them with vinegar eels, white worm and crushed fry food and green water.

Juvi's over 1 inch can eat 1/5 or 1mm pellets or a good quality flake food.

Live foods seem to make a great difference when growing up and feeding life foods several times per week for ever, makes a difference that is visible. They will do fine and even thrive with a high quality pellet however.

In your local fish store they run from $8 -20 each as juvi's. for the common variety's. On line a bit less but then there is shipping.

From breeders depending on the variety and size from 1-15 each. You also find the not so common fish from the local breeders.

Hope that helps

John

Great info Ric! I was debating over Lake Atynjo versus Lacorte but decided on the former, because the Lacorte may be a linebred Boesmani (I am not sure about that though) Gorgeous for sure as well!

Your Melanotaenia splendida splendida "Deepwater Creek" are reserved I am trilled to have picked up the M. Nigrans; while only 1.5 " now they are showing some color on the fins and are very active and curious.

J

Val have a look at the shaft and the impeller and the opening for the magnet; perhaps it is clogged and you don't get the full force of the water. I rock mine back and forth a few times while it is running to expel the air if it is noisy for more than an hour.

John

Very nice. I tried this plant but failed...It needs very high light CO2 and a Ph of below 7 I believe to do well.

J

There will be quite a variety of rainbows including: P. Gertrudia Aru 2, M.Nigrans, M. boesmani Lake Atynjo, M. herbertaxelrodii, M.splendida deep water creek, M. Aru 4 ,M.preacox and others, in the Edmonton area in the next year or so. I and several others are working with these as we speak.

Getting fish from Ric in Calgary right now is always possible as there are free rides available.

John

That's rainbows: always changing. always very active.

I love working with these fish......mostly watching though.

A 110 gallon would be able to handle the 3 fish you have now only. In addition you would need to do a minimum of 50 % water change a week.

If you add the other 2 fish you would need to change 50 % water 3 times a week.

Bigger trouble will come with the fighting for territory among the oscars and it is unlikely more than 2 would survive in the end.

John

someone hear in fish land must have away to make it not so noise i can deal with the air bubbles cuz that is keeping my fish alive over night till i get a soiled for the co2 being vary new to the co2 end of things i am scared to do 2 bubbles per second co2 in my 55 gallon tank over night with nothing rely braking the water on a well covered tank

so plz me my and help me out.

On a pressurized system install a solenoid on a timer that shuts off an hour before lights out, and on 1/2 hr before lights on

On a DIY undo the tubing at the bottle

HTH

Could you post a location for the folks (folks ....notice the Calgary speak) from Edmonton

Please and thanks

John

Arowana was just yawning but it really looks like he's going after the loach:

Great shots!

J

. Aside from aquariums, I like canoeing, fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling. That is all for now! Cheers!

-Cen

Sounds like you are a "mermaid' welcome to the forum.

John

So i am wondering where in edmonton is the best place to get a smaller size piece of glass that can handle the heat of 2 T5HO bulbs? I had gotten a piece from a lfs and it wasnt good enough to handle the heat, as i found part inside the tank today. So now on the hunt again. please let me know

Those bulbs put out a lot of heat. However at 4" above should not cause a problem unless the glass was stressed (internal flaw) Have any glass shop cut some thicker pieces 4-5 mm should do just fine. Kinges are the next problem with that.

HTH

J

I'm going to the Dominican Republic in less than 2 weeks (Puntcana) and was curious if I could bring back some fry or juvies from a species indiginous to there. Does anyone know of any sites than would have all the info I need? I've been looking for different types of fish that live there exclusively and think it would be pretty cool to bring something back with me. Any and all suggestions welcome.

I would think you would need an export license from the Dominican..perhaps a fishing license as well..bringing them into Canada should not be a problem, unless they are endangered or cold water fish

J

i was thinking of buying sand for my 135gal tank (freshwater) BUT id like to know if its easy to maintain, clean ect (never had it)

how often does it need to be cleaned and can any fish tolerate it ?

any other info you think i might need to know would be great.

Play sand works well or SIL Industries on 17 street and hwy 16 has I believe # 9 sand that works great

Needs weekly vacuuming like everything else but the poop tends to stay on top so that makes it easy You will need 160 lbs. Will not affect PH and is used by many.

J

Hi there aquarium gurus one and all!

Where can I buy a needle valve for CO2 in Edmonton?

Thanks

John

It's the dry powder version of Prime.

Seachems Directions for Safe:

To remove…

Chlorine: use 1 measure to each 60 L (15 gallons*) of tap water (removes 1 ppm).

Chloramine: use 1 measure to each 75 L (20 gallons*) of tap water (removes 1 ppm).

Ammonia: use 1 measure to each 11 L (3 gallons*) of tap water (removes 1 ppm). Do not overdose!

1 measure of Safe (100 mg) is only a reference point.

So using Safe for 2 mg/l of chloramine (such as Red Deer & Edmonton tap water), one would need to use 2 measures (200 mg) for every 20 gallons of tap water, or 1 gram per 100 gallons of tap water.

That works out to approx. 1/8 teaspoon per 100 gallons of tap water.

A 4kG container will treat 400,000 gallons of (Red Deer/Edmonton) tap water, a 4L jug of Prime will treat 80,000 gallons of chloramine treated tap water @ 2 mg/l chloramine. (Red Deer/Edmonton)

Where can you buy this?

thanks

John