Loaches Online Forum

I've never had puffers in a NEW tank, so donno anything about that, however I've had dwarf puffers a couple times, and both times found them to be remarkably laid back fish. I was quite suprised. They DID stand up to the bully cichlid, but they DIDN'T bully anyone else either. They did do a wonderfu...

some bettas will consider shrimp (of pretty much any size) to be lunch, others will ignore them, same with snails, apple snails are large enough you'd think they'd be safe from the fish, but they aren't. It depends on the fish. (I had a gang of baby bettas from one spawn that killed every apple snai...

yes bettas require access to air, not just the oxygen in the water, a betta CAN drown, as can gourami's and other such fish. Many breeders do use plastic beanie baby storage containers (turned upside down with holes punched in the "lid") as male betta containers, it may not be the ideal conditions f...

not really, and 3 is the minimum number of female bettas you want to keep together, the more fish the more the aggression is spread out, the less everyone gets picked on. A 20g would be better, you could do 6 or 7 bettas. In either case add lots of plants and hideys to the tanks. Hidey holes can be ...

a petstore betta can be stunning, I've seen colors in those cups that you never see from "professional" breeders, however the standard petstore betta is whats called a "veiltail" and they are NOT generally something that can be sold online to buyers who are willing to pay shipping. If you want to ge...

have you done ANY research into what is involved with breeding bettas? the way you're asking questions makes me think you've not done much of any. ok, before you go any further with even THINKING about breeding bettas you need to figure out what you're going to do with the babies. Betta's can have u...

You can get mangrove seedlings (approx 1 foot in height) from a couple different places online, I'll attempt to find the site I ordered from originially but they've moved & I didn't re-save the link....They actually do quite tell in a large tank setup, you just have to put some effort into making su...

hadn't thought of the gobies, but then everyone pushes the brackish ones....definetly white clouds, or a similer minnow, in a nice big school!

i'm vaugly familer with knife fish, though I'd not realized they liked current, and glass cats, but whats Pagio?

I'm lucky in that my local Petco is pretty decent, & the head of the fish department actually cares. The local Petsmart though....not so much. But none of the privately owned places locally are any better & a couple are worse.

& looking for some ideas & suggestions! In a couple months I will be moving into a HOUSE (& not an apartment) where I can expect to live for a very long time, so I can finally do a larger tank, so I've settled down to start planning. It probly won't happen right away, possibly not till next tax retu...