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It's because a bunch die in the drifting stages, because food has to basically fall against them. Then, in the next stages, they've been observed to be very cannibalistic - which I think is more because of the very sterile environment that they've been raised in in captivity, than because of...

@Weeg , if there's a walmart near you they have little 50 watt heaters in the pet section for less than $10. I keep a couple around for spares. They're not fancy but I've not had one fail on me.

Thanks, when I got him he was the size of my thumbnail. I always called him he but never really looked. I have 3 PP and 2 strawberry hermit crabs. Yours are likely PPs, they're the most common. Hermits breed in captivity all the time, it's raising the eggs that's hard. They wont hatch unless...

I am going to set up a salt water when I move because I am crazy enough that I'm going to try to spawn my hermit crabs. Because there's not enough insanity in my life. @KDOGG331 , thanks for the condolences, Ghost was a white fantail with different colored eyes and that last summer he had...

Stock tanks and goldfish are a long-standing tradition! I rescue tiny baby feeder goldfish when I see long-tailed ones and they hang inside in tanks until they are 2 inches at least, then they go out into stock tanks for the summer. Come early fall, any that are absolutely too big to winter in a...

Yup, goldfish are born bland and then they color up. I love the phase where they're dark gray/black on top and orange underneath. Platies are fun fish, and a tank full of them is always colorful and active. What color was the webbing stuff? Did it look like hair? Melt is they actually...

DO NOT get on here and pull that sort of passive aggressive nonsense. Seriously, take it somewhere else. Also, your ignorance astounds. There are many different species of gourami and many of them are NOT schooling fish as they grow and many are highly territorial. They are Anabantoids, a family...

Sounds like a plan! Don't worry about baby mollies - most of them will be eaten (I know, but it's nature) and most local pet stores will happily take them. If not, and you happen to have a population explosion, I'll be happy to walk you through selling on Aquabid. Do me (and you!!) a favor and...

Goldfish are cold water fish. The colder that water is, the more oxygen is dissolved in it, so if the water gets near 80F, goldfish start to have trouble breathing, Neons and all tetras are tropical fish. they like their water to be at least 78F. So that is your main problem with combining the...

Y'know, I've heard that but never experienced it. Mine have never had torn up fins unless it was from another fish. BUT, I have several tanks, and like a natural look. So even though I have both plastic plants and lava stone, sooner than later I have a fine fringe of algae or java moss growing...

Issues? No. But males, regardless of variety, still much prefer shallow water. It's like it's always in their minds that a baby could fall from the nest and drown, even when he has no nest and has never spawned. I've kept plenty in 10s and 5s, and they're happy and don't have issues, but the...

Yes, very. Veiltails are my favorites, and I think the easiest variety to keep.

Enjoy it while it last kiddo! It's your money, spend it as you like!

No worries! I'm online with some time to burn, it's why I'm here. Yes, a 10 is fine, but a 5 is perfect for a single male. Any fin type will be happy in it. And you can certainly have a lovely, fancy 5g for around $50. I recently got my daughter a 5G kit with a filter, heater, LED hood and...

The beauty of tanks is you can do what you like with them! It's like creating your own little world. One thing to know, in spite of what people online rabidly scream, bettas Do Not Like huge amounts of water, any current, or deep water. Many of them actively suffer in a big tank. It's water...

I'd take the tank, because having it and setting it up are different things. You can have it for a while and take your time deciding what to do with it before setting it up. And never be scared off from people who say "X needs at least xxx gallons" I've kept LOTS of goldfish very happily in a...

He probably is a marble. I'll bet he'll be gorgeous once he's built enough muscle to swim without his tail falling (he's already getting better) and decides what color to be, but in the meantime, I smile every time I look at my ugly duckling.

Pictures do not do my little guy justice. He is white, with really black eyes, black speckles on his body, blue dorsal and ventral fins and a red tail. He really is ugly and I LOVE him. I had seen him, but hadn't been in the petstore for fish, so left him. A week later, my daughter had to go to...

@Dinogrrl , any fry growing out is a success! I used to breed a little about 5 or 6 years ago, then, life and now I have one fabulously ugly Petco baby growing out that I love. Raising the babies was always my favorite part. I know lots of people feel better culling what they can't grow out, but...

I know this is an old post, but let me just say that I LOVE that you are breeding veiltails, they are my favorites too. And a lot of people favorites. I think the Betta fads where first everyone was crazy breeding halfmoons with tons of finnage, and when finally everyone was upset the poor...