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Aelfrostt wrote:They look quite cute. How big are they? Hard to tell from the photo.

They are about 3.5"diameter and 8"long with tail

My motoro stingray gave birth to her third litter of pups this morning.All six are doing well

I've been using bead filters made for koi ponds on all of my large aquariums.They work better and are easier to maintain.

This is a problem that we have brought on ourselfs.Years ago aquarium shops were owned by successful hobbist sharing their hobby.Then chain pet stores and later the internet came into the picture.The old style shops could not compete with their pricing and are nearly gone. If you have a good LFS Ple...

I must agree that carbon is not nessesary.I stopped using it over 40 years ago.I just backwash the filters and do a 20-40% water change weekly.Keeps it easy and simple.

Mad Duff wrote: The pond is just over 6000 gallon

How deep is it? Do you heat it any?

I was going to say long fin koi

I did keep six RFGG in a 700 gallon tank.They are a buitiful fish and not as aggressive as the grey variety.While my tank was not planted I did feed the RRGG whole heads of romain lettuce which they would quickly eat down to just a knub.I would guess they would love to be in a planted tank and would...

Everyone needs a friend like yours! Looks like he gave you some great discus.But beware of the stingray.My LFS had two baby rays they could not sell so I made them a offer and took them home.I found them so interesting I bought three more ray and moved them to my 700 gallon tank.Now I have two baby ...

I stopped putting carbon in my filters about 1968.So far I've had good results.Just make sure to keep up with water changes

I have used UV lights on my koi pond for algae control and they work great.But they only kill algae that goes through them. The kind that can make your water turn green. For the algae that grows on surfaces within the tank they are useless

I would think fire eel or tiretrack eels would go well with BG and eat the same diet.

I don't know but I was told once that was just a sign of new growth.

Stop! Don't put them into your huge tank until you have quarintined them.You can observe them better in a smaller tank and if you need to medicate them its much easier and cheaper in a smaller tank.Once they are settled in you can move them to your hudge tank without worry.In the meantime get your n...

cute little munchers Barracuda, can't wait to see a pic after youve had them a while, a question to all the dojo keepers, how low a temperature can this fish live in?. could they live in a pond over winter, i know summers are fine to keep them outside. mick They can take it quite cool. I've had the...