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hello
i really love your site
it taught me so much about
my fish that i didnt know
about. i was wondering how
much shipping and handling
was on fish perhaps the
fresh water puffers.
and i was also wondering
why my pink convict cichlids
(female and male) are beating
up on my pink kissing gouramis?
well please email me back.
and again thanks for sharing
so much info on your really
cool site.
your fan
Kurt |
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hello
I have about a twenty gallon
tank filled with two pink
convict cichlids, two pink
kissing gouramis, and guppies.
my cichlids which are female
and male are picking on
my gouramis why are they?
and why are my cichlids
digging holes when they
are new in my a tank? does
that mean they are spawning?'
And my guppies had babies
a while ago should they
get there color by now or
des it take a while?
by the way I love this web
site its the best info site
on fish I have ever been
on its the best!
well I hope you can email
me back with all the answers.
PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK
YOUR FRIEND AND FAN,
Kurt |
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Reply.
Hello Kurt, I appreciate all your complimentary
comments. Thank you.
Shipping and handling
is
$33.25
on each order to one address. If you buy one fish
or 100 fish or any other number of items from us,
the shipping and handling is the same
$33.25
for each order.
If you order now,
and then order again next week, you pay the
$33.25
twice. Of course it would be smart to plan ahead
and get all the fish in one order, and we recommend
you do that, or combine your order with a friend
and split the
$33.25
charge.
We had an order that
filled several boxes and cost us much more than
$33.25
to ship, but we still charged the same
$33.25,
and the customer was very happy and said it was
a great deal.
We also had a customer
buy one Ghost Shrimp and pay
$33.25
to ship it. We thought spending that much money on one
Ghost Shrimp was weird. We actually sent a couple
of extra Ghost Shrimp free, but still thought it
was weird. The customer wrote
back and said the Ghost Shrimp were really cool
and worth it.
Your Pink Convict
Cichlids have probably formed a pair and are now
defending their new territory in your aquarium,
and their new territory might be bigger than your
entire 20-gallon aquarium. So the Pink Kisser can't
get out their territory, and they will methodically
pick on the Pink Kisser, because it is still in
their territory.
Male Guppies begin
to color-up, when they've grown to be about 1/2"
long. Most female Guppies never get much color and
remain grey or tan, but a few female Guppies get
a little bit of color in their fins.
Thanks again for
your compliments.
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i added some white clouds
to my one gallon tank with
a betta. i observed them
for ten minutes. the betta
kept trying to nip the white
clouds. so i removed him.
is it normal for bettas
to do this when a new fish
is released. i would like
to put him back in. i thought
it would make a nice display.
c.j.hunt |
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Reply. Hello.
I answered this question a few days ago. Click
here to read my reply. |
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I love your website.
I have recently stated buying
betta fish. I would
love to purchase some of
the different colored male
and females but I am concern.
I had 3 female's die in
a 24 hours period and I'm
not sure why. Maybe you
can help. I had them
in a 10 gallon tank with
a heater set at 80.
I have live plant and some
rock and marbles in the
tank with them.
I also have several sucker
fish. I'm just not
sure what I did wrong.
I have 2 other females that
are doing just fine.
Thank you so much.
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I have a question on mating
betta fish. I have
a male that is ready to
mate but I can't seem to
get the females interested.
I've been feeding them live
worms and shrimp for 2 weeks
and they still don't appear
ready to mate. What
am I doing wrong?
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Reply.
Hello, there are many things that could have killed
your female Bettas. One of the most common is changing
too much water a one time.
Do not remove and
replace more than 20% of your water in one day.
Changing more that 20% of the water can radically
change the chemistry of the water and adversely
affect the fish. Even if you add water condition,
changing more than 20% of the water is risky. This
is just one possibility.
Click
here to read about the seven essentials of keeping
fish. You may discover something that you need to
know to avoid problems in the future.
Click
here to read the nine steps of breeding Bettas.
Focus on these nine steps and be patient. Bettas
are easy to breed, and your Bettas should breed
for you within a few weeks.
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Let me tell you my situtation
first, aggression is low
in my tank, I have a large
male golden zebra that doesn't
chase the other fish to
bad but I have had fish
die recently and don't know
why. Anyway, this
is what I have
1 golden zebra 4 in
1 clown cichlid 2 in
1 kenyi male 2 in
1 orange blotted 2.5-3
1 cobalt zebra 1.5 in
1 mut african 1.5-2 in
2 pleco sucker
I realize some of these
names are generic but I'm
not good with the latin
ones. I think I have
all males. the kenyi was
turning yellow when I got
him but shifted away to
blue but I think its due
to my golden zebra domince.
I have a 55 gal with two
biowheel 330 and to much
gravel so I'm getting rid
of that. I want to get a
bunch or femals and want
to stay with the mumbas.
How many more fish do you
recomend and what type and
do you have females and
can you be sure they are
female.
thanks
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Reply.
Hello, you have two Plecostomus Catfish and six
Cichlids that are members of the Mbuna group from
Lake Malawi in East Africa. The strongest Mbunas
will kill the weaker ones, when you have less than
about 15 of them in the same aquarium.
First click
here and read about the Mbunas. Next click
here and read the story that I wrote about the
group of Mbunas living in an 80-gallon aquarium
in Giselle's Restaurant several years ago.
You probably learned
a few new things about keeping Mbunas by reading
those two pages. You need a bigger aquarium. A 55-gallon
just isn't quite big enough for a group of Mbunas.
You need an 80-gallon aquarium, and you need about
40 Mbunas from which you will remove about 20 by
the time they become full grown in a few years.
Two Penguin 330 filters
will be the right filters in an 80-gallon aquarium,
and as you said, you'll want to remove all or most
of the gravel, so the gravel is no more that 1/4"
thick. You'll also want to get a bunch of rocks
that are safe for aquariums. Click
here to read about a method I've used to put
big rocks in an aquarium with very little gravel
and avoid cracking the glass bottom in the aquarium.
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Customer Comments
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I have just started keeping
freshwater fish in my aquarium,
but do not seem to be able
to get the water as clear
as it should be. I have
2 filters working in the
tank which work by bacteria,
for a lot of the time the
water is clear, but I have
great difficulty in keeping
it that way.
I change 25% of the water
about every fortnight. The
water was nice and clear
for about a fortnight there,
but when we changed it last
week it has gone very cloudy
and doesn't look like clearing
can you tell me where we
are going wrong please.
hoping to hear from you
soon.
Thank you.
Ramona
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Reply. Hello
Ramona, avoiding cloudy is a very important skill
that new aquarists must learn. You are right in
saying that bacteria are the key to clear water.
You say you remove
25% of the water and replace it with tap water from
the faucet about every forth day. I would recommend
you decrease that amount to at most 20%, and do
it every day, if your water is cloudy.
Click
here to go to another page in this web site
that thoroughly discusses cloudy water. First, how
to get rid of it and make the water clear up. Then
there is also an explanation about why the water
is cloudy.
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Hey, I want to throw a question
at you even though I get
a lot of useful
information from your site.
After much movement and
change, I have two Pink
Aeneus Corydoras and a Rainbow
Shark in a ten gallon tank.
My question is;
Can I put Neon Tetras in
my tank with my Rainbow
Shark? and if so, how many
can I and should I put in
there, considering the three
fish all ready in
there?
If I cannot put Neon Tetras
in my tank, I would like
to hear your
recommendations on what
else would be good to put
in my tank. Any and
all
help and information on
my questions and this subject
matter would be most appreciated.
Thanks a bunch!
Mookie
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Reply.
Hello Mookie, Neon Tetras are not compatible with
a Rainbow Shark.
The Neons are compatible
with the Pink Aeneus Corydoras Catfish. Click
here to read more about compatible tank mates
for Neon Tetras, where you'll see the Cory Catfish
listed.
If you get Neons,
you should get at least 6, because they are a schooling
fish, and they will not be comfortable with less
than 6 Neons to school with. If you get the Neons,
you'll need to move your Rainbow Shark to another
aquarium. Click
here to read more about the Rainbow Shark, where
you'll find out that your Rainbow Shark can grow
to be 9" long and will eventually need an aquarium
with at least 50 gallons of water.
So I recommend that
you find another aquarium for the Rainbow Shark
and put six Neons with you Cory Catfish in your
10 gallon aquarium. I hope my reply helps you.
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Customer Comments
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Hello,
You note on your site that
rainbow sharks need a piece
of pipe to swin into and
I was wondering if
PVC pipe is safe
for aquariums? If not, could
you tell me what type of
pipe you use? Also, do the
sharks like to swim through
it or should I close one
end so they can use it like
a cave?
Thanks ..
DragonFly
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Reply. Hello DragonFly,
I agonize a little bit over answering this question,
because we have used PVC pipe in our facilities
for a long time. But of course it is not labeled
for use in aquariums with fish. Now days I recommend
that you buy a cave or some pieces of artificial
driftwood that are labeled for use in aquariums.
You can buy lots of different ornaments in stores
that sell pet fish and from some of the online stores
that advertise on this web site. Click
here to see some nice pieces of artificial driftwood
and read more about non-toxic ornaments.
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Your order form will not
go thru I can fill
it out completely but it
will not send. Said FrontPage
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Bill |
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Reply.
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our Online Ordering Page did not work for you. We
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