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I would really really like to build an outdoor pond with fish in it. I'm sure I'll at least build one for plants. My question though; How easy can you over-winter goldfish/koi fish in a fairly temp controlled basement in 55g drums? Do you know a better way to winter them in a basement? I know...

Breeds that don't fly are pretty much limited to pekin or rouen ducks unless you keep their wings clipped or you encage them. if you choose wing clipping you have to watch them closely so you don't allow enough primary flight feathers to grow back enough that they can fly. They will. Both the...

I tried feeding them and crickets to my e-cat but he won't eat them. I cared for a full grown African butterfly for a while that would take the worms and cocoons from my fingers but I never tried the beetles. I think it would be fine for an occasional snack, diversity is always good, and they...

I keep my fish in fairly bare tanks, IMO. I like to give them habitat and swimming space so the décor is sometimes minimal. My cichlids have slate structures and a few fake caves and plants with an open area above they all come to feed in together. Seems to help with the aggression. My brackish...

Where I'm at we had a blizzard 2 months ago and I lost my fire eel in my 55g. I lost power for over 2 days and the eel and my e-cat were the only 2 fish I was really determined to save. :( Oh, I also lost my big striped raph cat shortly after power returned. Anyway, those two tanks are in my...

It kills me to see her like this though. She still drinks water, I've been trying to find a solution for a long time then I was in the hospital for half the last month and I came back and she was sooooo much worse. She got a lot better when I first got her her but she has been going downhill for...

Still alive. Sitting in some moist but warm sand.

Okay, I'm reading if you put them in the fridge for a while they go into a cold coma, them you can freeze them fairly painlessly.. I just want this poor gecko to die the least painful it can. I'll have my ****ing neighbor run it over with their truck if I have to.

Use a treat or something, whatevor he ADORES, for my congo it's eggs and oatmeal, then make a "treat dish" and put his treat in, close him in, throw a towel, sheet or whatever need be over his cage, and COMPLETELY ignore anthing his does after that. This works much better if you are not in his...

I have a rescue gecko, it is on the brink of death and there are no herp vets around. I've tried force feeding, I've kept mealworms constantly available and they've even turned to beetles in the cage at this point. Crickets used to work but she stopped eating those about 6 months ago. She is...

I used to order "Black Knight" bettas from a fairly local supplier in Minnesota (now closed after the owner's death) that were easily over 3" every time. I think 2 of them were 4" and I wish I had bought one before I knew how hard to find they were. :\ I tried googling them but I couldn't find...

I've never heard of Easy-life.. I switched to Prime from AmQuel+ and NovAqua+ a few years ago. Once my Prime runs out I'm switchig to Safe since it's so much cheaper. Aside from the fact Prime smells bad, lol, it's worked great and has never caused any cloudiness. I worked 16-18hrs a day for a...

I like the nano-salt idea best but maintenence will be a lot of work. Personally, I'd make it a planted FW shrimp tank. I just love little tanks full of cherry shrimps! I started one with bumblebee shrimp but then I was moving so I had to give them up. Plenty of other pretty shrimp you could...

When I took over the fish room at a pet store with 80some freshwater tanks (all in deplorable condition, most without even a heater or filter, GROSS..) and 4 saltwater sytems I was concerned about pathogens and bacteria, especially since I was using razors daily to remove black brush algea that...

My sister's idiot ex worked for my local Petco (the manager and some other employees are great). One day the manager got in an argument with a woman because she wanted to buy a 10gal setup and 3 to 6 goldfish to put in it. The manager explained ALL goldfish would get too big for this tank, she...

I have a recently set up cichlid tank that is a little lacking in decorations. There's some rockwork and fake rockwork for them to hide in but I plan to add a lot more slate and rocks as I can afford it. I live in a very old house that's been in my famiy for generations. Some 50/60 years ago...

They definitely love all types of fruit, mine always go nuts for fruit. Otherwise, I feed scraps of just about any veggies or bread I have. Tonight they got cornbread, sweet potato and pineapple. Tomorrow they will probably have carrots, zucchini bread, lettuce and oranges, that's how I feed...

My electricus malapterurus is about 12", I really wonder some times what he's up to.. He sifts sans through his gills like there's no tomorrow sometimes, I think he's eating trumpet snails but I'm not sure. It took more than a year of adding a few 1/2 inch or so snails every month to finally get...

I'm confused. Sooo.. how exactly did a sick pleco kill everything in less than 24 hours? How had this oscar not eaten every one of those fish yet? What killed them?? I have never seen a disease wipe out a tank in a day from introduction, methinks the un-QT pleco was not the issue here..

Once had someone leave a large tank with two columbian boas open at a petstore... Came in the next morning to 2 missing 4ft snakes. Both were friendly, woohoo.. Found ones tail sticking up from behind some boxes right by the front door within an hour. The other remained elusive for a week. I...