Some of you might be interested in this, for the last couple of weeks I've been keeping fairy shrimp and least killie fish together in a small aquarium. I know...
Stuart, sometime back, I had posted a similar observation. In fact, in my Amano holding tank, they managed to finish off all the pond snails. Frank M. Greco...
Dear Stuart and Frank, Mine have had ample opportunity, but they have other food choices. How hungry were your shrimp? Did they seem to discover that snails...
While I have never witnessed mine eating snails, since some of mine have gotten quite large (I have a few females over 2"), I have noticed a huge drop in my...
Hey Frank, I was wondering how those bumble bees were growing up? Henry _________________________________________________________________ On the road to...
Dear Group, I give my tank a 50% water change once a week. I find that when I do the change shrimp that I don't see all week seem to come out of the wood work....
In message <154.547eb8fc.30002565@...> ... Probably the huge chemical change is hurting them? My Shrimp are always out and about. -- Stuart Halliday ...
<< Dear Group, I give my tank a 50% water change once a week. I find that when I do the change shrimp that I don't see all week seem to come out of the wood...
... when I do the change shrimp that I don't see all week seem to come out of the wood work. Does anyone else have this experience? And is there any...
... (be it from rainwater or seasonal flooding). This influx of water usually brings with it food organisms of one type or another, or uncovers food organisms...
OK I saw this for sale at that fish place for $24,00 and could not pass it up a 4 gallon plastic hex tank perfect for my nightstand and a great way to set up a...
Hi Gary, I have several small planted tanks and use the small Durette filter. Works great for shrimp tanks or any small tank. I use a mixture of sand and...
see now... i thought of a small tank for shrimp as well.. but i heard that shrimp do not do well with frequent water changes.. which would be neccesary in a...
<<Frank? anyone else? Do shrimp not like fresh water changes?>> This has not been my experience. I do 50%+ water changes on my tanks, and the shrimp do not...
I run one shrimp tank with Cherry Reds and some Amanos, also had guppy fry in there till they got big. I do water changes, 20% every 3 weeks, overhead filter...
Thank You! You just made me one very happy lady! lolololol pat <<Frank? anyone else? Do shrimp not like fresh water changes?>> This has not been my experience....
Cherrys by the dozen...Just moved 10 big ones to my son's guppy tank. Amanos berry up nicely, but no sign of young. Aren't they needing brackish water for...
certainly when you dump a lot of water into your tank it stirs up sediment and whatever lives in the substrate. which is a lot of different tiny things in a...
... If they are in breeding condition - plump with eggs, etc. - they will often spawn with the addition of new water but also with a drop in temperature. One...
Dear all-- I am posting this to a few message boards to get a variety of feedback. I have a 55-gallon community tank and a 4 gallon tank with three zebra ...
... Certainly not 2 months. Most do 2-4 weeks. ... Teaching your parents would seem the simplest thing to do? After all they did manage to feed and water you...
here's another idea...get some small containers, mark them with the dates to be given, and measure out the food in advance. What about those containers they...
Great ideas guys. I wouldn't mind teaching Dad to refill the feeder if I knew that it would be easy. Although, the pill-box container idea sounds pretty good. ...
I bought 3 feeders for the fish while I was away for 5 days. 1 actually worked. Check to make sure work - set them up for a week before you leave. Sherry ...