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nice.... you're right... a tripod is a great thing

you should have told the manager about it too... they don't know if they've lost a customer... I plan to do it for now on... sadly, that only leaves PetSmart as my only option....

hmmm.. they're pretty as they are in a simple way...

i found this at the krib for you

http://www.thekrib.com/Diseases/nematodes.html

they look nasty..

i've always wondered what clams eat.. they're filter eaters right? does an aquarium off the right whatever it is they eat?

the little guy by the filter intake seems really thin huh?

does he eat?

you can try duckweed (Lemnaceae), water lilies, anubias

i believe ich is a opportunistic protozoan.. they're everywhere. When a fish is sick or stressed, it goes on the attach. I don't think you can get rid of them but you can reduce their number like you just did. Just make sure to give your fish a healthy stress free environment. you might want to redo...

i tried with a regular cucumber sans skin.. The b. histrionica ate the seeds and surrounding flesh but left everything.. It looks like a slice of eaten watermelon.

the seeds are nutritious i assume.

everybody should use fish bio from http://www.fishbase.org/
great fish database..
it's not for the average web person to pull data from the database but it can be done.

frozen shrimps are actually 'fresher' than unfrozen ones... when shrimps are harvested, they're processed and go straight into the freezer unlike non-frozen ones.. they could sit around for days... same for frozen cooked shrimps.. I always buy those because they taste the best... for me that is.. no...

nice.. i'll have to try that too.

do you know if they turn a yellow hue when they grow older?
I have one that's 3" and he/she turned yellowish. But the other 2 are not.. I was wondering if I have one that's not in the same species or a variant.

i ate shrimp with the shell on all the time.. it's a bit tough but I didn't have any ill affects from it... it's good for the nails... go to the grocery store in the sea food section.. They're either labled 'shrimps' or 'prawn'. When shrimps are cooked, they turn firm, white & pink.. When raw, they'...

my histronicas go for the algae wafers.

just to make sure, their maximun size is 4-5 inches right?

oh, and any reason why they only pick on the rainbowfish? I have also have cherry barbs, rummy nose tetras, 2 female bettas, 1 hilstream, and 1 rubbertip pleco.