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If you have successfully kept your current fish alive and healthy for 12 months and you haven't got an algae outbreak, and your water test results are excellent, then you are ready to try a more difficult species. Difficult doesn't always mean hard though as it may mean something like the fish has specific requirements not able to be given in a community aquarium.
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Hi again. Does anyone here know if there is good way to figure out if you are ready to keep a more sensitive species than you've kept before? Some of the 'intermediate difficulty' fish out there look really interesting, but there's not much out there on what intermediate actually looks like.
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hi you still whant guppies?
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hi how big how old will you ship?
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When I had Java fern the leaves were often edged in black.
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Hi found out its not black beard
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Thank you! Water movement is good as my fish like it and last water test was perfect
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jesseg reacted to a post in a topic: Live plant help
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Possibly the start of black beard algae (BBA) and common on slow growing plants like Java fern. Very difficult to get rid of. It may be caused by too much light, and/or water pollutants. It could have already been on the plant when it was bought. Bear in mind, Java ferns also reproduce by growing tiny plantlets off the edges of the wide leaves. Sometimes this makes the edges look weird. Make sure you have plenty of water movement and excellent water conditions. The internet has plenty of detailed info on BBA.
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jesseg started following Live plant help
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Hi I have a ar980 aqua one tank with factory lighting and a 160L/h air pump with 2 stones on each side of tank, my Java fern has gone black on the edges and couple of my other plants are looking the same i was using flourish but now using flourish excel and help would be appreciated
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If they are pellets designed specifically for Bettas - yes. You can also feed frozen blood worms etc but be very careful handling the blood worms as many (me included) get an allergic reaction to them. Wear gloves or use utensils so you don't actually touch them.
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I know that my late betta fish died from overfeeding because i accidently spilt food in the tank once and the his stomach was really big. Also is it fine if i feed my betta fish pallets everyday and dried bloodworms once a week?
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livingart reacted to a post in a topic: Im getting a new betta fish any tips?
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A Betta only lives 2 - 3 years so if you choose the biggest in the display, it is also possibly the oldest and may already be 12 months or more old. How do you know it was over-feeding that killed the last one? Bettas need a diet high in protein so live food is good or specially formulated fish food for bettas. Here is a really good article about how much to feed your betta that should help you... https://www.myaquariumclub.com/skinny-bettas-underfeeding-might-be-worse-than-overfeeding-19292.html
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His tank is a 10 gallon with 3 bristlenose plecos. If you have any tips on how I can get this one to live long please tell me, espessially if you have a tip to avoid overfeeding which is what killed my other fish
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Can a bristlenose pleco eat a dead betta fish overnight?
livingart replied to Fish4life's topic in Freshwater
As Caryl said and britlenose will usually only eat fish that have already died. -
livingart reacted to a post in a topic: Can a bristlenose pleco eat a dead betta fish overnight?
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Can a bristlenose pleco eat a dead betta fish overnight?
Caryl replied to Fish4life's topic in Freshwater
Easily. When you consider most of the fish is only fins there is not much body. 3 bristlenoses could easily eat all the evidence overnight. They are nocturnal so do their food foraging at night. Sorry you lost the fish but, as said in the other post, have you been testing your aquarium water? -
My male betta fish was sick the last few days but this morning I couldn't find him anywhere, i have 3 bristlenose plecos and I think that they are respoinible for his dissapearnence
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Caryl reacted to a post in a topic: Trotoise owners or want to be tortoise owners....
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Trotoise owners or want to be tortoise owners....
livingart replied to JulieW's topic in Reptiles and Amphibians
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livingart reacted to a post in a topic: Trotoise owners or want to be tortoise owners....
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I am happy to chat with any tortoise owners, just to share info, answer questions, help with setups and where to purchase tortoises from....
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Do you have a test kit? Frankly, if there was anything wrong with the water quality, the betta would get sick first 😉
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I only have 3 bristlenose plecos and 1 betta