Name this fish please
8 years ago
Western Pa. My 10 yo grandson caught his first fish.
Brushworks I suspect you can name this lol
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Comments (10)Thanks Anne and Sleepless. I buried Missy the Sarasa Comet. I don't know all that much about pond fish diseases, but comparing to a write up on GAB boards, the only thing I saw was indications of Ich. I did do a significant water change (more than 25% less than 50%), took out the plants, cleaned out various muck and salted for disease. Now, my questions are two part - when can I put my lilies back in and should I be 'buffering' the pond with some crushed coral? Everything I read about salt being bad for lilies is why I'm wanting to test my salinity levels. I know that salt doesn't evaporate, but I'm unclear on how long to leave the water salty before I do water changes. The 3 remaining are looking and acting normally. I can't see any indications of Ich (not that I can see them all the upclose and personal like). Oh, and I definitely have at least one small gray fry swimming around in the pond. Still can't believe my crew of feeder fish is old enough to spawn. ~dianne...See MoreI want to start my first saltwater fish tank. Help please!
Comments (11)reefcentral.com is a great suggestion. Since you want to start with fish only I would go with a FOWLR (Fish Only With Live Rock). For a FOWLR you don't need a ton of live rock like a reef or live corals, so it is less expensive. Live rock has a good amount of benificial bacterias on it already and will host alot more as it "matures". The thing with any aquarium is to have as much surface area as possible for these detoxiying bacterias to grow. A 1" sandbed is fine to start, use a quality aragonite sand. The sand and the live rock have a good amount of surface area. Most aquarium lights that are sold with the tank aren't good for a reef but will be fine for a FOWLR. However you may have to add an extra fixture, it depends on the wattage of you current setup. A good idea for a larger tank is a sump type filter, they are not that expensive to make but if you buy a commercial one it can be very expensive. It all depends on budget, but 2 hang on power filters would be ok. Just get enough to turn the water over 7-10 times per hour, meaning you have a 60G tank so the combined GPH of the filters should be 420-600 GPH (gallon per hour). If a "quality" protien skimmer is in your budget it is a great addition. Not a necessity now but would be a good future investment. A 250-300W heater, or 2 smaller ones is needed. So if you are going to eventually go with a Reef I would get a few quality pieces of live rock along with some base rock (or dead rock) to keep that cost down. At least 3 watts per gallon of fluorescent light(preferably 67000-10000K). The filters and heater. Go to reefcentral.com and there is a pretty good book published by TFK at petstores, can't remember the title but it has a cardinal fish on the cover, good basic info and more. Also drsfostersmith.com has good deals on sand,filters and heaters. AHSupply.com has good lighting kits for cheap to start....See MoreDo you name your fish?
Comments (33)Hello! This is an interesting thread I just discovered! I have a 55gal full of mature tropical freshwater fish. I do, in fact, name some of the fish in the aquarium, but since I appreciate keeping large schools of smaller fish I will typically just name the "gang" of fish because it can get rather difficult to name nearly-identical fish in a school of 10-15. So here it goes: -I have a Pearl Gourami named Liberace (Yes, I named a fish Liberace... those little iridescent spots just look like sequins to me. And when I think sequins I think Liberace.) -I have a school of nine Neon Tetras (down from 15; old age is starting to take its toll) called the "Wild Bunch." -I have a prolific four-generation family of about seven deep red Platys called the "Tomato Clan." All the males have died so I'm afraid this family has a finite future. -I have 4 Peppered Corydoras called the "Wolf Pack," even though they more resemble playful puppies. -I have a rather old and prehistoric looking Rubberlipped Pleco that is variously called things like "The Dinosaur" or "The Tank Monster" or "The Missing Link" or some such variable monniker. -I have three Silver Hatchetfish that are called "The Axe Gang" (as in the gang from Kung Fu Hustle). Well there you have it, my terribly creative fish names. I'm sure a two-year-old could have come up with some more clever ones than that, but that's what happens when you feel the need to think of a name in the 5-10 minutes it takes to float their bag in the water before releasing them! Good day everyone!...See MoreFish ID help please
Comments (4)Looks to me like a Longear Sunfish, based on the long, dark flap on the back of the gill cover, or operculum. Comonly lumped in with many sunfish species as "Bream"....See More
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