Killiefish
By
Denny |
October 24, 2011 @
6:35 pm |
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I wanted to try some killiefish just for a change of pace. I had ordered some Northobranchius eggs from Thailand several weeks ago. They were supposed to be ready this week, so I put the eggs in some pond water Saturday, and by Saturday afternoon, I had swimming fry. I waited till Sunday to remove the fry, and I probably should have done it as soon as I noticed the fry. Not as many were swimming Sunday as I saw Saturday. I put them in a 10 gallon tank, and haven’t seen them since. Hopefully that’s just because they can hide in the Riccia.
“Cycling” A New Freshwater Aquarium
By
Denny |
November 22, 2010 @
10:35 pm |
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One of the most common questions asked at fish stores is “I just bought an aquarium, and now what?”.
For most people just starting an aquarium, the “…now what?” means “what fish can I put in my aquarium today?”. The correct answer is “none today”, and is generally not what the customer wants to hear. Following this advice will result in a much more satisfactory result, however.
This process of starting the aquarium is often referred to as “cycling”, which is the introduction into an aquarium of various types of bacteria which utilize the ammonia and nitrite (both toxic to fish) produced by fish waste. This process is accomplished by reducing ammonia and nitrite to nitrate, which is not toxic to fish. This process (cycling) takes an average of 30 days after the introduction of the fish. It can take as little as 21 days, or as long as 60 days without any apparent reason for the differences.
