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lol yeah the ones I have are from the dollar store, but the packs normally have more small ones and a couple big ones. But then again Ive only looked at one dollarstore.

heck yes, whenever they go on sale at sobeys I buy some up, eat em up, and open a new housing project for some shelllies

lol sweet, now I just gotta find someone that eats escargot in calgary and doesnt mind sparing some shells =D you just boil them right?

Thanks

mmmmm mussels in a white wine sauce

lol the only seafood that makes my mouth water is shrimp, but on a related topic, could you use escargot shells for shell dwellers?

If you can find a freshwater mussel (the ones at grocery stores are almost always saltwater), you can feed it very finely ground up fish food or algae wafers. As Jvision noted, you probably won't notice a dead mussel until it's far into decomposition (yummy!), so I don't know if I'd try it in my main tank, but it can be done.

Thanks nyb440, but yeah I wasnt going to put it in my main tank ever, but was thinking of trying it out in a small 3-5 gallon tank just out of curiosity with shrimps and guppy fries.

But thanks again.

I know this is most likely a stupid idea, but I asked out of curiosity, I was just curious if adding a couple of clams/mussels to a 5 gallon would improve its filtration?

Thanks guys

Here is my understanding. You need a fair amount of water movement, that is unfiltered, in order to help the filter feeders filter feed. If you don't have this feeding can be an issue. You need to make sure in this moving water you have the microscopic critters they need to eat.

As for your other question, not having seen the video, think the need for more mussels or mucas and stuff they filtered but did not eat.

Thanks T-Dawg, yeah what you said does make sense, and yeah that video was nasty, it definitely threw me away from that idea lol.

Blackbelt, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you have a tank crash on you recently? My concern is that mussels may have the same effect on your tank. We all started off with fake plants, breeding guppies, etc and then moved on, learning from our mistakes along the way. We all want the best for you!! My suggestion is to keep the mussels where they belong. That's sauteed in white wine and butter.

Thanks Fishclubgirl, and yeah I did have a tank crash, but the mussels were something I wanted to try in a seperate tank just to see what happens kinda thing but thanks for your advice, me always trying to get ahead of myself has screwed me over more times than I can remember.

Thanks again

lol thanks Jvision Jlake and trav for all your help, I am still curious what to feed it and yeah I dont think I should get one because the last thing I need is another wiped out tank, but what is the foamy white stuff that they release, I was seeing some on youtube and personally found it disgusting, if I saw that in my tank I would be intensly grossed out

thanks again

Woahh I forgot one major issue, compatability, can it harm fish? I want to put it in a tank with shrimps after I test to see if its lives or dies. Would that work?

LOL I've never had one, and probably never will, but after all my schoolwork I will try this, I might be able to get some on Monday.

sweet, cuz I dont want to have them die and have an ammonia spike >.>

Ill probably search up how to setup a tank for them and then try them in a bucket or something, but what do I feed them? Do I have to feed them anything? or will they survive on microscopic organisms if I transfer some water from other tanks?

Thanks JLake

Good point, if I knew how to tell if they were alive or not, I might buy a group and test it

what about the clams or mussels that they sell at superstore? I was there the other day and you could see some of the clams had the filter straw things coming out of them.

Yesterday I had a quiz in Biology 30 about populations and genetics and unfortunately the 4th question I think was about Zebra Mussesl, which got me thinking (throughout the whole test) can you keep mussels or clams in the tank? Arent they supposed to be great filters?

I tried searching online and found conflicting information, some say they are amazing and some say no, the people that say no say the biggest problem is feeding them?

I know this is most likely a stupid idea, but I asked out of curiosity, I was just curious if adding a couple of clams/mussels to a 5 gallon would improve its filtration?

Thanks guys

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For sure thats not a Zebra Danio, I'm no expert but I think it might be a giant danio.

Maybe thats whats the guy said it was lol

lol its possible, its a danio for sure, but I'm willing to bet my brother than its not a zebra.

Well if your brother old enough and cute i might take that bet LOL just kidding

LMAO nope just a 15 year old kid xD

:w00t: amazing fish, 1st and 3rd last pictures are favorite though. Like Vallisneria said its the blue!

If I had a tank like that, I would never leave the house.

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For sure thats not a Zebra Danio, I'm no expert but I think it might be a giant danio.

Maybe thats whats the guy said it was lol

lol its possible, its a danio for sure, but I'm willing to bet my brother than its not a zebra.

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For sure thats not a Zebra Danio, I'm no expert but I think it might be a giant danio.

Teenage obsession with breeding...

LOL nice one >.> cant even think of a reply lol

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:welcome: Welcome to AA :welcome:

As someone whose biggest tank is a 20 gallon, I envy everyone that has african cichlids lol

Amazing tank and fish though!!! :thumbs:

Sorry to hear that your betta died . I felt sad too when my bettas died. hope this won't stop you to have another betta.

Thank you and I have 3 more bettas, females though I dont know if I will keep them or not, I had planned to breed the bettas but maybe I just dont have the room for bettas right now. I am looking into buying purebred guppies so I might sell the bettas to help getting them instead.

Thank you

Heat, salt and if you can find, indian almond leaves or extract. You could try black water extract too. Try daily water changes as well. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!

Thanks Fishclubgirl, I did all that to my best, I had no clue where to find Indian Almond Leaf except for ebay, but he died :cry: he was my favorite fish.

I have no advice, I just wanted to say I'm sorry, that sucks! How are the last ones doing that were in the bucket? Any survivors?

Thanks for your kind words tinkerpuppet, it does suck lol, and in the bucket I went to sleep expecting to only wake up with the guppy and platy alive, I woke up to the opposite, and just an hour ago I lost my male betta, so the only survivors are the 3 female bettas.

Thanks again

Sorry to hear about the tank. I noticed you have a couple of tanks and have been in the hobby for a few years but from your original post it sounded like your tank was only a couple weeks old.... and since no one else has asked, the obvious question here would be was the tank properly cycled and did you do any water condition readings on ammonia etc after the big die off? Also since you mentioned cleaning off the white build up on your tank, did you clean it with anything that might have gotten into the tank? I have never experienced a DIY CO2 overdose but my tanks are heavily planted and bigger so I cant contribute on that point but I imagine that it could probably happen quite easily in a 20 Gallon.

Thanks CgyBettaGuy and yeah I only have a couple of tanks but have been in this hobby for the 7-8 years so since I was 9-10. The tank was a new setup but most of the initial water was taken over series of water changes from the 10 gallon that has been running for around a year I think and from my friend's 55 gallon which I have no clue as to how long it was running but it's at least also a year old. Then the filter I have been using has been in continuous use, the 20 gallon was almost constantly holding something and for the brief time it wasnt, the filter was also in the 10 gallon, so its established.

The tank was started I think from March 1st or 2nd with the original pair of platies, then the bettas went it later and then the Albino Bristle Nose Plecos on the Edmonton auction day, and then the 12 platies and the guppies. Considering that the water was from 2 different established tanks, and the filter media was also established I think it was fine but if Im wrong please let me know.

And no I didnt do any reading on ammonia, I dont have a test kit so I have never tested for anything other than pH, I guess I should add that to one of the things I will be getting in the near future.

And when I cleaned the white stuff off, I just sort of got as much of it as I could on the net and just disposed of it in the washroom so no cleaner kind of thing got added, I didnt even think of that because I think it would have done same damage soon after if not straight away.

Thanks again

Thanks T Dawg, the link was useful and I dont have a heater in with him but I am putting him in warm water. I have also added some salt, so I guess all I can do now is hope he makes it.

Thanks again.

Thanks for your reply BettaFishMommy and okay I wont go with melafix then, and he is not continuously swimming, he just floats at the top of the water, I will put in a plant of or something, he is in a 2L container right now and I have been doing 100% water changes, I might put him in a 5 gallon bucket tmr but I think that would make it harder for him to get food.

I have read that if he is just floating and cant go underwater then it probably is his swim bladder, is that true?

Thank you for your help and luck, I hope he either gets better or passes away because its really hard to see him this way.