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  1. New to pond fish keeping...

    in Say Hello

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    Sorry nobody replied yet! What did you decide for your fish?
    I set up my first pond this year and decided to bring them inside for the winter in a tank. 

    My koi were shy as well, I fed slowly not to make shadows or move quickly to startle them. Slow sinking food like New Life Spectrum (what I used indoors) and they would start eating the sinking one first. Now they eat off the surface and I can flail around more like a child would without them headed to the bottom to hide :)

  2. Suggestion on fish rack filtration

    in Equipment

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    Hi, I am looking for brainstorming ideas on filtration for a fish rack. I will be consolidating my existing stand-alone tanks running HOBs and FX6/FX5 into tanks suitable for a rack and keeping planted discus, goldfish, and a divided shrimp tank primarily on it. It will be near my living room so noise levels should be minimal. Rack will be Husky 77"L x 24"W
     https://www.google.com/shopping/product/11132586973800395377?lsf=seller:6472097,store:6421897208254707720,lsfqd:0&prds=oid:5831625693435483271,hsec:specs&q=Husky 77-inch W x 24-inch D Industrial Strength Welded Storage Rack With Wire Deck in Black&hl=en&ei=od6NWtn_CtGqjQPlkq7wCw&lsft=gclid:EAIaIQobChMI3ePCkvS32QIVC0BpCh1Gsw63EAYYAyABEgJio_D_BwE

    Any suggestions or links are welcome! Thank you 

  3. Disaster

    in Fish Emergencies

    Posted

    On 13/12/2017 at 9:45 AM, biodives said:

    Since you have been doing this twice a week for 3 years I think it more plausible that this unusual mishap is linked to the unusual event of forgetting to switch heater and pump back on. I would say there is zero chance that the little temperature dip is an issue but leaving the pump off for an hour will leave the filter in an anaerobic state for a good amount of time and when bacteria don't have oxygen they start to use nitrate, sulfate etc instead and create a whole soup of anaerobic products including hydrogen sulfide. If the filter is small relative to the tank volume I would not have expected the consequences to be that dramatic but IMO releasing the anaerobic soup into your tank when you switched the pump back on is the most likely cause for your disaster. In future, redirect the pump outlet into a large bucket and flush out a few filter volumes worth of water when you switch the pump back on. After that it should be good to operate again.

    Thanks so much for posting this. I read this thread yesterday and went home to my goldfish at the top of the tank. After doing a water change the night before and all fish were normal, I did forget to plug the filter back in for about 30 min plus the time it was off while above the water line when empty/filling so at least an hour.. Nitrates through the roof. I will be sure to be more mindful of my timing on this or clean the filter at the same time to prevent so much new waste from entering the water again. 

  10. Auction November 6

    in Aquarium Club of Edmonton (ACE)

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    Just would like to say a big thank you for a great auction ACE - the runners, auctioneers, cashiers, and the people who brought a wide variety of items .

    To seller of the large black and large gold angels: please, please the next time you pack fish put in more water as soon as I received these fish I realized the gold one was in major distress so quickly added more water and put in a bigger bag but unfortunately the gold did not survive for more than a few minutes - the black seems to be fine today but would beg you to please take more care and I thank you for doing so next time - also are there concerns about feeding fish food that has expired?? as the food purchased at the auction was expired in 2013/2014/2015 and am not sure if is safe or not and would like opinion of others - again thank you for the great time had by all

    That sucks about the angel. I saw it when he held the bag up for auction and the fish looked near death at that time :(

  15. Fahaka Puffer With Parasites

    in Fish Emergencies

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    Hi my friend has a large fahaka Puffer in a 150 gal tank presenting with white poop, low activity, disinterest in food. The tank was treated with metro for the size of the tank and now a water change.

    I am wondering what is a more cost effective measure of treatment as the fish is still ill and metro was $80.

    Any advice is appreciated. No interest in blood worms,shrimp or snails probably hasn't eaten in about 3 weeks.

    Thank you

  17. Western Canadian Fish Stores

    in General Aquaria Discussion

    Posted · Edited by japanda

    [sorry if this doesn't flow, I wrote it jumping between sections]

    Some stores carry specific fish that nobody else gets (ie: Petsmart carries synodontis nigriventris or someone privately who bought from Petsmart). I think Petland carries this fish now but mislabeled as a Moth Catfish.
    Some private/home based operations have lower prices and less commonly found livestock (ie: SKA Shrimps with high grade red cherry shrimp for $4 instead of $8+ in store (Big chain or otherwise)

    I notice stores are starting to carry more than your $7 betta. Such as the giants, koi colours, etc. As well as bringing in less commonly found livestock.

    Home businesses are starting up around Edmonton. If this is a stable, long term option I don't know but I think it's more for the person(s) to exercise their hobby and make a few bucks on the side while having a revolving door of sweet new things (plants and fish)(at wholesale pricing) without the overhead of a store front.

    I wouldn't say online ordering is killing the local market because shipping is still over $50 and the average person isn't going to justify that extra cost they may save on livestock found locally. Group orders are nice as they can offer rare fish or large quantities of fish at a lower price while often paying nothing extra for shipping. However the risk of losing fish I find is higher from their travels, maybe they only just landed in Canada the same week you ordered them. Downsides are many, including not being able to see the fish you're buying. For myself, ordering what is a $6 fish in big chain store, $4 in locally owned store, $3 private sale, and $1.25 for 100 (group order) the risk of losing 10% of my order is still worth the savings. I think this goes for a lot of people as well.

    I shop around for price, availability of what I'm looking for and quality (maybe adult sizes and colouring). I still go to Big Al's as they end up with strange surrenders and while not going into prices or whatever wormhole mentioning this store always does, I have a 5" Vampire Fan Shrimp from there and that is not something I've ever seen anywhere else!

    Often I have no idea what I'm looking for and will often visit "all" my local stores just seeing what's cool and available. One day my bank statement showed Aquarium Illusions, Aquarium Central, PetSmart, Big Al's and Petland all in the same day :$

    I've only been to one store in Calgary, Pieces. This place is amazing and enormous with aisles and aisles of freshwater livestock. The prices weren't low enough for me to justify having a fish sit in a unheated bag for 7-8 hours however.

    The market is rich with options, each offering something different yet with a lot of similarities. If I am recommending a store to someone new it is always Aquarium Central for freshwater options, plants, supply available in store from knowledgeable staff.

  18. Silvertip Bristlenose Genes

    in Breeding Forum

    Posted · Edited by japanda

    How would this work for Long fin pleco? Would both parents need to be long fin? Or would you get a mix? I have a new Albino male long fin in a tank of regular albino females?

    My albino pairs regular fin also produced some long fin albino.. I have 1 long fin but I dont believe it to be breeding size yet? at only 2-2.5" without fins. If it is of breeding age then it would be female. In my experience (6 months) with my :

    2 male adult albino reg,

    2 female adult albino reg,

    1 unsexed juvinille long fin albino.

    They produced 6 batches of 99% regular fin albino, with maybe 30 long fin albino, and 1 silvertip regular fin babies. Pressumably, mine are from long lines of albinos?

    TL:DR/

    Albinoism is recessive however long fin is dominate. You should get a mix. Two long fin parents would result in a larger percentage of babies being long fin.

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