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Segment
One.
Nevin
reads some comments
from Tyler in
Tennessee, who says
he is out of
breeding Bettas and
into breeding Angel
Fish.
Tom says, "All the
lines are open, so
call us now and talk
to us about your
fish."
Stacy says that she
and her husband have
decided to set up a
cool water aquarium
for their children,
ages 3 and 5, and
they want to know
what would be some
good fish for a
small 10-gallon cool
water aquarium?
Rebecca from West
Virginia calls and
says one of her
female guppies had
about 7 babies. We
talk with Rebecca
about breeding
guppies.
Sheila says she
enjoys listening to
Pet Fish Talk, and
she is getting ready
to restock her
55-gallon aquarium.
Click
here for
information about
starting a new
aquarium which
contains useful
information for
Sheila.
Aaron from Ohio, who
is a regular caller,
calls and says he's
been busy playing
football. He missed
six games with a
cracked vertebrae in
his back. He drifted
away from his
aquarium during
football season and
now that football is
over, Aaron wants to
add some more fish
to his aquarium. We
recommend that he
get a few more
Mollies, so he will
have at least three
male Mollies and
about twice as many
females.
Segment
Two.
Jason
says he has kept
fish off-and-on for
25 years. About 9
months ago he
started a new
90-gallon
hex-aquarium with an
Emperor Filter, but
he also has a under
gravel filter under
3-inches of gravel.
Jason asks if he
should remove the
under gravel filter?
Vicky from West
Virginia calls again
about Peppermint,
her red and white
male Betta, that's a
picky eater. We also
talk with Vicky
about pet aquatic
snails.
Stan says he's got a
16" Plecostomus and
a 10" Pacu living in
his 75-gallon
aquarium with
2-inches of gravel
and a filter with
two bio-wheels. Stan
wants to know if he
should make changes?
Click
here to go to a
web site, where you
may be able to
buy/sell/trade large
fish.
We get a question
asking if putting
gravel in the media
baskets in a Penguin
Filter will improve
the water quality.
We talk about
various media such
as carbon, zeolite,
and peat moss that
can go in the media
baskets. Click
here for more
about peat moss
media.
We talk about how to
search for anything
that has been
discussed on Pet
Fish Talk by using
the Search Page.
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Rasheed asks if a
filter without a
BIO-Wheel is as good
as a filter with a
BIO-Wheel.
Jim from West
Virginia calls back
and tells us what
Marineland said
about the
modifications he's
made to his Eclipse
Hood System. Jim
also talks about the
fluorescent lights
in his hood, which
really bring out the
beautiful coloration
of all his fish.
Segment
Three.
This
segment starts with
a question from
Hanna, who wonders
if the Goldfish and
Koi in her pond can
interbreed? Hanna
also wonders about
the color of baby
Goldfish.
Emma has a 15-gallon
aquarium with two
goldfish, and she
wants to know what
other fish could go
in her aquarium?
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here to see a
picture of Sarah,
our female calico
cat, whose face used
to make our neighbor
Mrs. Potter feel
dizzy.
Linda says her
daughter uses well
water, but it seems
to make her fish
bowl cloudy. What
can her daughter do
to make the water
clear?
Don has a goldfish
that's had ick for a
long time. What
should he do? Tom
says give that
goldfish all six
steps of the
Recommended
Treatment. Click
here for the
complete details.
Aaron, who called
earlier, sent us an
email live during
the show, which says
the fish in his
aquarium, that he
thought was a Molly,
is in fact a Platy,
and Aaron wonders
how to determine the
gender of a Platy
like the one he has?
Click
here to see a
picture of a
Swordtail showing
the males
gonopodium.
John from Illinois
says, he's glad
we're back with more
Pet Fish Talk, and
he wonders if he can
get another female
to go with his male
Convict Cichlid?
Tracy says a large
Plecostomus attacked
and killed her
Goldfish. After
restarting the
aquarium, the water
is cloudy. What
should she do?
"Confused JoJo" says
her mother does lots
of thing wrong in
her pond, but the
fish do very well in
spite of it.
Segment
Four.
Gregory
asks about how to
get rid of pesky
snails, which his
Clown Loaches won't
eat? Nevin explains
how to trap small
snails and remove
them from an
aquarium.
Daniel says her
Guppies and Neon
Tetras have been
disappearing. She
wonders if her
Upside Down Catfish
could be eating the
small fish in her
aquarium?
Titi and Tina want
to know how to clean
an aquarium that
contains baby fish?
Forest is interested
in getting a small
aquarium with
Guppies and a
Crayfish. Tom and
Nevin agree that
this is not a good
combination! But
Ghost Shrimp will do
well with Guppies,
or just keep one
Crayfish in a
10-gallon aquarium.
Mecca just bought a
Siamese Fighting
Fish and wonders
what other types of
fish can go in the
same aquarium with
it?
Tom reads a cool
email Orlando. We'd
sent Orlando an
email that said,
"Pet Fish Talk is
back ..." Orlando's
entire email reply
says "Cheers". We're
glad that Orlando's
cheering for Pet
Fish Talk !
Jason says his
Mollies are always
at the surface of
the water, and Jason
wonders if this is
normal? Or does it
indicate a problem?
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here for a list
of the Signs of
Stress and Disease.
Kent has a 75-gallon
aquarium, and he
wants to know how
many Hap Moorii can
live in his
aquarium? Click
here to read
more about Hap
Moorii and other
Haplochromis.
Kathy says her newly
set up aquarium has
a horrible smell,
and she wants to
know what to do
about the smell?
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here to read
more about smelly
aquarium water and
what to do about it.
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