Fishy Randomness

[Sylvia]

Ok... I guess he won't care, as long as his tail isn't being chomped off by some unruly gobies.

[johnpeezy]

My betta is a ghost shrimp assasian, in fact he's an expert in this field I have been thinking of up grading him to a mystery snail to practice is technique. Anyway I get a kick out of watching him try and devise a way to destroy the ghost shrimp. hes a little slow

[johnpeezy]

I have also discovered that feeding my african cichlids cilantro is a very cheap and effective method of supplying them with a veggie diet, a dollar roughly lasts apprixmatley 1-2 weeks or so, I just rinse it and attach it to the side of the tank with a veggie clip. Then I feed way less Its kind of nice they graze on it its not like a feeding frenzy with the stuff, I usually put about 5 stems in there in the morning and leave it in all day they tend to just eat the leaves off and leave the rest.

[joephys]

Are they getting all of the nutrition they need by only eating those veggies?

[johnpeezy]

Well I still feed them a massive variety of things in conjunction w/ the cilantro.

there diet consists of:
ocean nutrition spurlina flakes
ocean nutrition Formula Two Frozen cubes(for my catfish)
HBH cichlid attack sinking pelets
wardleys floating pellets
hbh super soft kill pellets
hbh super soft spurlina pellets
hbh veggie wafers (for my cat fish)
hikari frozen spurlina brine shrimp
hikari frozen brine shrimp
hikari frozen dapnia
San Francisco bay frozen plankton
San Francisco bay frozen mysis shrimp
cilantro
cucumber

I tried giving them freeze dried krill that I soaked but that didn't go so well and coulden't feed for a few days after while I was letting them clear it out, it seemed to back them up.

and occasional hikari blood worms for a treat

I have a mixed bag of fish in my 55 gallon which calls for a mix bag of food, I think I can almost feed a diffrent type of food for about two weeks before I repeat.

[johnpeezy]

So we tried upgrading the betta to a mystery snail, he killed it in one day. This time there will be no more friends for him!

[Trixie]

Yeah, my specially abled betta is like that. He doesn't seem to bother with the pond snails that come with the plants, though. Even when they get big.

[rich311k]

Mine eat the baby pond snails all the time. They leave the adults alone.

[johnpeezy]

So I got a canister filter today for my 55 gallon. My girlfriends found it brand new on craigs list never been opened.

its an ViaAqua 230, heres a link.
ViaAqua 230 Canister Filter (Saltwater Aquarium Supplies > Filters > Canister > For Tanks Under 100 Gal. )

I know its not the most expensive and high end thing on the market but hey were broke and it only cost 30 bucks...anyone have any expirence with this type?

[johnpeezy]

I can also get a new UV sterilizer a 5 watt for forty dollars too it made by the same company too do you think i should do it?

Compact UV Sterilizer: Terminator quartz sleeve Ultra violet Sterilizer

[joephys]

A UV sterilizer is a waste of money in my opinion.

[Trixie]

Jeezlouise, JP - You SO have MTS like the rest of us!

[johnpeezy]

I only have like 7 tanks

[Trixie]

I stopped at 5.

[rich311k]

I just have eight. They are mostly small though.

[johnpeezy]

Mine are the same way I have one 55 gallon for african cichlids and the rest are 20 and lower. I only have approx 130 gallons flowing in my condo, just enought to cause severe carpet damage.

[Sylvia]

I've got.........three, if you call a 5 gallon a tank. Otherwise I have two and a half.

[Trixie]

Originally Posted by Sylvia

I've got.........three, if you call a 5 gallon a tank. Otherwise I have two and a half.

Well, I think a 5 gallon is a tank. It needs maintenance just like larger tanks. I have a 56g, a 30g, a 5.5g and 2 2.5's. All are planted. The 3 small tanks have male bettas in them. I do have an empty 10g and an empty 15g, but nowhere to put them. When I think of something I'd like to put in them, I will find a spot. Right now I have enough to do....

[Raskolnikov]

I have failed yet again to successfully make a gelatin-based fish food. I can never get them to set (even following the instructions to a T).

[Sylvia]

Does it harm fish if there is an algae build-up and I get it all off, and it's clouding the water? Or is it just munching time (speaking of glass algae)?