I took this photo last year in Palau and have not been able to identify it. Can anyone help? Thanks, Kitty [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Some people catch them for observation and research and some do it for hobby or both. Species that are of special concern or threatened or endangered can...
How is that any more cruel than keeping any other fish (or animal for that matter)? I have often thought about putting together a local habitat tank together....
I have had a salt water aquarium for 2 years now and I had always used tap water and put the conditioners in it to get rid of the chlorine. The past couple of...
I just think it's mean because being placed in a closed container is probably much more traumatizing for a wild fish than one that we born and bred in a tank....
Free from predation, sometimes hand fed, swimming up to the glass waiting eagerly for food.? Wild caughts do pretty well in our tanks.? Generally grow much...
Most salt water fish are still wild caught. Yes there are more and more that are either tank raised or caught young and raised in tanks but the vast number of...
Hey, thanks for the info. That was helpful. I cant find any cheap Ro water here. I just read about tap water purifiers. I may check into that too. I did...
Depending on the size of your tank, you may want to consider buying either RO or salt water from your LFS. The bigger the tank, the more expensive it is and...
Unless they were bred in captivity, that is not true. Many fish that we have do not breed in captivity so they are brought in from wild sources. Eric From:...
Thanks to someone mentioning the problem on my stills page from the underwater camera. I have made adjustments to the page and hope it has rectified the...
Eric, Exactly. I think it is Manaus Brazil that has a program called "buy a fish, save a tree."Â The local people collect tetras and other species of fish...
Hi Richard, I took up underwater photography some time ago when I was Scuba diving in the Carri bean. What I found is a lot of the quality of the picture...
Would like to hear any solutions to keeping your water temp stable when the temps soar. It is in the 90's here and my tank temp keeps rising. I dont have...
What if you took some of your tank water that you know is all balanced and made ice cubes out of it.....get trays just for this purpose and clean them really...
Welp, I use a canister filter, and when it gets really hot out here, I'll put the canister in a small plastic tub and put ice around it, making it a cheapy...
Hi Barbie, There a few things that you can do to lower tank temps a little and some are more extravagant that others. 1) I keep a bottle of water the Quart...
You could also do more frequent water changes and add cooler water or pull water out and cool it down with ice and then replace it to keep the temps down. I...
Well eventually if they get used to it, then that is good. But at first they must be scared shitless. Kelly ... waiting eagerly for food.? Wild caughts do...
... when the temps soar. << Barbie, I just went through this. Here is my solution. You mentioned the fan. Well, here was my problem. My canopy on top of the...
Yes and I'm very against keeping saltwater fish due to that very reason. Many of them are becoming more and more rare in the wild, and most will not breed in...
Increase surface agitation by raising your filter so the returning water makes more of a splash. Increase aeration with airstones, etc. Take a fan on a...
Besides my previous email, you could also freeze bottles of water and float them in the tank, adjusting the number of bottles to keep the temp cooler and...
Thanks for all th great hints. I think I can deal with this situation now. I have only had these fish for about a week, so I am kinda paranoid about them. I...
I call the air conditioner guys because I now have central air <g>. Now, to your problem. I don't know if it is worth it to you to get a room air conditioner...
I've owned a couple of Rena brand air pumps for 2-3 years and they are quiet. The key is to make sure they are on a surface that does not create noise. Put a...
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of...
I also am struggling with the heat in a little outdoor pond I have. A bait store shared how fishermen have learned to keep minnow buckets cool on a hot...
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