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Author: Marty |
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Date Posted: 00:13:26 05/08/04 Sat In reply to: Steele 's message, "Advice on my tank" on 07:13:10 04/17/04 Sat I found that my fish were reluctant to feed from the top of the tank so now I use sinking foods, catfish pellets etc which they have no problem with and will eat quite happily from the bottom of the tank.Also, I started out with live plants but because of the dimmed lighting conditions I have set up ( I use a Blue Moon tube to simulate night time) it was more of a challenge to look after the live plants so I gradually switched to all plastic, which I find better, especially if my fish have a bit of a panic attack its easier to re-plant them.>I have a 29 gallon tank glass aqaurium with 2 young >black diamond piranahs (sp?) 3 generic plastic plants >and 2 rock style decorations, a power filter rated for >my tank size, cartridge style, a power head rated for >a 20 gallon tank for slow water circulation and >movement and large polished rocks at the bottom, >florescent light and a 150 watt heater. I keepo the >tank , or try to at about 78-82 degrees F. > >Here are my questions- >1) Is it possible to have live plants instead of >plastic? >I have been told the fish will eat them to nothingness >by some and some say its fine. The folks at PetSmart >dont seem to know either way. >2) The fish dont seem to want to eat anythiung but >live fish. I have fed them dry floating pellets, >frozen blood worms and rosie reds, they only will eat >the rosie reds. Is this going to be a problem later >down the road? >3)I have had a bout with algea bloom to the point i >have had to break it down and redo the entire tank >twice, the powerhead seems toh ave taken care of this, >but now one of the fish has tail rot, or had i >medicated the water and it seemed to fix it. > >Any help would be apprecited, thanks [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Advice on my tank | Marty | 00:14:50 05/08/04 Sat |