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fish laws Hi i live in Queensland Australia, i have been breeding bristlenose catfish for a while and selling them to the local pet shops in the area, some shop...	the1	9	14-Jan-2006 05:00
Want to change to a different substrate Hello all. Right now in my 29 gallon, I have Eco-complete for the planted aquarium. I do not really like it because of how dirty it gets and how some...	clownloachfan	3	13-Jan-2006 22:43
Possible Tank Idea I have been thinking of doing this setup for a few months now and I am interested in hearing opinions and sugggestions about it. Tank=29 gallon Filte...	bcwcat22	7	13-Jan-2006 22:43
cant decide what to stock my 37g tank with. please help! i am getting the tank going finally and want to stock it. the tank dimensions are 30x12x24". i was originally going to go with a few neon drawf rainbo...	acei	5	13-Jan-2006 17:53
Man I thought school was usless but apparently not when it comes to recieving a brand new 20 gallon ... YAY! Finally getting off the 10 gallons! My teacher offered me a 20 gallon long with the stand and hood and everything! I just went out and bought the...	Peter17	6	13-Jan-2006 17:48
girlfriend wants to keep glowlights! so would this be overstocked? i was swapping my 6 glowlight tetras for my mothers 5 H.Rasbora so they could be added to my 7 and make a bigger shoal. can't bu...	SheKoi	2	13-Jan-2006 17:01
Would this be overstocked? 7 corys,6 lemon tetras, a single bolivian ram, and two gold danios in a 29 gallon tall? its overfiltered with 2 20-30 gallon over the back filters and...	reun	5	13-Jan-2006 11:04
QFAS fish auction Does anyone know when the next one is....	butterflyfish	1	13-Jan-2006 04:57
35g hex stocking ideas? I have been reading FishProfiles for quite some time now but recently I received a new 35g Hex setup for Christmas and decided it would probably be a...	jacobsstcg	6	13-Jan-2006 04:52
Great find Today I made a great find. 1 - 55 gallon tank with two power heads hob filter gravel 6 cons 2 other cons 2 zebra cichlids 1 electric blue i think he...	mrwizerd	8	13-Jan-2006 04:09
Anyone keep Fresh Water Flounder I have two of them for just over a month now. I was wondering if anyone else keeps these fish and if so how are they doing and how long have you had t...	Barb_Fan2	2	13-Jan-2006 03:32
Changing Gravel i would like to change out my colored gravel for natural looking gravel. how would i do this??? will the fish be fine???...	kj fishy-finn	4	13-Jan-2006 01:59
Overstocked no more...I think??? Well I was able to hand off some of my extra fish and pick up another buddy for my corys. So here is what Im left with; 5 silver hatchet fish, 2 Austr...	thestooge	6	12-Jan-2006 23:56
seen those aquarium coffee tables? has anyone here ever SEEN, or HAD one of those aquarium coffee tables?? any problems or opinions?? i'm interested in looking into them, just wonde...	chelaine	19	12-Jan-2006 17:26
Odd finds in the "feeder tank" Okay, is it just me or do alot of stores sell feeder guppies that um, are not guppies? I went to a few stores and saw several fish that were perfectly...	Inkling	6	12-Jan-2006 16:48
Tetratech's Roadtrip Pages: 1, 2 Fish Friends, I had to go to Chicago for business and I had a few hours to kill, so what better way to do that than at the Shedd Aquarium. Here's som...	tetratech	30	12-Jan-2006 15:23
ID this fish I have often seen this fish at the LFS but I am not sure what it is. It has a grey/silverish body with stripes on the second half. The shape is like t...	ClownyGirl	5	12-Jan-2006 13:31
Cleaning rocks for the tank Happy New Year All!! Last summer I picked up some very nice granite rocks from a nearby fast flowing river,,,nice flat ones. Now that I have bought m...	eminer1254	4	12-Jan-2006 05:05
Questions re hatching BBS I have just had my first attempt at trying to hatch BBS for my cichlid fry.. and im not sure if im doing it right! Please bear with me! I followed t...	carpe_diem	5	12-Jan-2006 04:46
plant decoration question I ran across a high school friend today that I havnt seen in like 6 years at the fish place and she was telling me that she found a cheaper way to dec...	DwarfGourami	4	12-Jan-2006 04:29
African Butterfly Fish will only eat crickets Just curious about the feeding habits of the African Butterfly Fish. Mine will only eat live crickets. He totally ignores flake and bloodworms. I a...	crusha	6	12-Jan-2006 04:23
Angels: A Choice Ahead of ME Well, if all goes as planned, I'll have a 180g soon. Anyway, I want to get a trio of angels-something out of the ordinary. I'm basically down to two c...	Tainted Glory	4	12-Jan-2006 04:18
Restocking 55g After a die off in my tank which I think has stopped it is time to restock. (never found the reason for it) Here is what is left: 1 tiger barb 2 SAE'...	Lindy	3	11-Jan-2006 23:11
Killis from aquarank I noticed the sheer quantities of eggs that they sell on aquarank. For $10 I can get 100 eggs! But my question is, how many of them actually hatch? N...	djtj	3	11-Jan-2006 20:11
Should I order fish on-line? anyone have any experience with this? not sure if it would be a safe bet or not, I would think it would be a little risky...	jgillece	10	11-Jan-2006 16:45
Centerpiece fish for a 29 gallon tall? well, i have a 4" halfway grown koi-colored angelfish in a tank with 5 lemon tetras and 7 corys. well, i saw a full grown angelfish today...they get r...	reun	4	11-Jan-2006 09:08
upgrading to a 20g Ok so I'm having some problems with my 10g tank. The parameters are going crazy so I'm trying to get things back to normal. Keith suggested I tear the...	GirlieGirl8519	10	11-Jan-2006 09:03
help me stock my 29g Well I got a 29g. I have to order the light fixture and a top. I haven't decided what to put where though. I thought I had it planned out, but now I a...	GirlieGirl8519	4	11-Jan-2006 08:56
What fish should I keep/get??? I have had a problem with my 29 gallon tank being overcrowded ever since I took some fish off my friends hands to save their lives. Now I finally have...	thestooge	3	11-Jan-2006 08:53
29g changes My 29g currently has a BN, 3 gold barbs, my blue acara/green terror hybrid, and my severum. This was only a temporary home for the hybrid and sev; the...	Theresa_M	5	11-Jan-2006 08:47
Stocking Question I have a ten gallon tank with a male betta splendens, and two cherry barbs, do you guys think I could add a german blue ram to the tank safely without...	Betta_Fantasy	12	11-Jan-2006 05:18
Any White cloud tips on breeding? I have a 3 Gallon tank (Eclipse System 3) and four Regular WCMM, 2F and 2M. I was just wondering if anyone had any good tips on how to breed them. I h...	emorr	3	11-Jan-2006 04:09
Freshwater aquarium supplies I was wondering were everyone gets there supplies from. Mostly interested in mail order or internet sites. I have been looking around some but can't s...	muddydogs	5	11-Jan-2006 03:04
fish food shopping okay, so i went fish food shopping for my fishies and bought a few tidbits.... i've got on hand: Tetra Colorbits tropical granules Tubifex worms Fre...	chelaine	5	11-Jan-2006 01:06
Finally set up Hi all, My new 55 gallon is finally set up and has a few new inhabitants (10 pristella tetras). Any thoughts on the set-up? http://pg.photos.yahoo.c...	lacrimology	0	10-Jan-2006 05:57
Hanging up my Python... Well, maybe the title is a bit misleading, but I think I'm done with monster fish for a while. I'm 17, going away to college in a year, and I don't ex...	Tainted Glory	10	10-Jan-2006 04:59
restocking 20g I just got home from a short holiday to find my 20g tank transformed into a morgue :#( that hot 44 degree new years day in sydney would have turned my...	carpe_diem	15	10-Jan-2006 02:26
10 Gallon Poll Pages: 1, 2 Since so many people at the office have commented that the 10 only has "two little fish" and that I should remove the tank to make room for more peopl...	Babelfish	35	10-Jan-2006 01:51
Asian arowana question i plan on getting one in a few weeks, and the tank is a new/used 170 with a glass hood. i read that these fish are skittish, and can damage themse...	bettachris	9	09-Jan-2006 10:47
arowana compat..... given the right tank size, would their be a problem with a young silver and a young jardini living together. and a nother question, what is better...	bettachris	9	09-Jan-2006 10:37
sliver needle fish how is the general aggression of these fish, at my lfs i see them housed in groups of like 8 with alot of small blue gourami. they dont eat or attac...	bettachris	1	09-Jan-2006 10:32
Yellow Water? Ive been soaking my drift wood for several days now and it was about time I needed to put it into my 29 gallon tank. The water is still turning yellow...	thestooge	8	09-Jan-2006 06:59
Guppy Pregnant? I just bought two female guppies from my LFS and placed them in my 2ft Tank. I was looking to breed them with one of my male guppies, so I looked up i...	Jay Hopper	4	09-Jan-2006 05:05
adding German rams to current stock I have a [link=42-gal established moderately-planted hexagon tank]http://photobucket.com/albums/v722/zoeandmaia/42-gallon%20hexagon%20tank/?action=vie...	zoeandmaia	3	08-Jan-2006 23:44
can i get a tire track eel i got a 55 gallon tank and i want to get a tire track eel. i got 2 oscars in there at 10" and 8" and the eel that i want to get is about 13" long do...	riri1	8	08-Jan-2006 23:33
Left out bloodworms I ordered some frozen bloodworm on the net and they came today. The only problem was that my parents not knowing what they were put them inside. Now t...	greenmonkey51	12	08-Jan-2006 11:00
OVER CROWDING??? I started off my 20 gallon tank running only 12 gallons of water because I had 6 fiddler crabs. Along with the 6 fiddler crabs I had 5 silver hatchet...	thestooge	11	07-Jan-2006 08:41
Future endeavor Hey all... haven't written in a while. I just revamped my 60 gallon. I added some natural colored gravel, a blue background, some natural driftwood...	mrsmonty	3	07-Jan-2006 07:59
The difference between store and home Working at an aquarium store, I get a lot of questions and comments every day. The most common and annoying comment is “Well you have XYZ in suc...	Racso	5	07-Jan-2006 07:53
Pufferfish-freshwater My fiancee is looking to redo his 72 gallon bowfront. He was looking into puffers, but then said, they are impossible to keep alive. For those of you...	Tanya81	4	07-Jan-2006 06:23

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