The History Of Ornamental Fish Keeping
Ornamental fish keeping has it's origins with the Chinese who kept the Crucian Carp for ornamental purposes as early as 960 a.d. These fish were selectively bred to create the Common Goldfish. This sparked a great interest in Europe in the 1700's. In the

Keeping your lily pond healthy and your fish happy
Found this cool article wrote by someone else. I have goldfish. I know the trendy thing is koi, but I have goldfish. When I'm trying to sound uptown, I say they're shubunkins, and who knows, they might be. I don't carp on it. One is more round than

My Fish Keeping Blog -KMX
This is more or less just for me to keep track of some things. I have other fish not listed but these are just the fish I am trying to breed ect. African Cichlids LAKE TANGANYIKA Petrochromis famula chimba Group of 16 / F1 Tropheus sp re

Keeping water warm - ideas
Ok so some of you may know that I do not have a heater for my betas yet and will get one when I get the money to upgrade... But right now my main concern is the cold of night making them TOO cold. Their homes are small enough to fluctuate temperatures

african butterfly, red wolf fish and others
i have a 60 gallon with 2 pictus, 1 brown knife, 1 angel and 1 dinosaur bichir could i add 1 red wolf and 1 african butterfly fish? or is that over stocked other fish suggestions welcome.

Given up Fishkeeping :)
Hi, just come to tell you that I wont be on here any more as i have decided to give up fishkeeping. I lost that bid on Ebay, because my Mum thought it was expensive and wouldnt let me bid anymore, i begged but then it was too late. Theres no point if m

Calvus Fry - keep dying on me!!
I keep losing brood after brood of black zambian calvus fry. I've tried the following: 1. Keeping them in a breeder net in the main tank (bottom blocked from adults) = they lasted about 6 weeks 2. Keeping them in the parent tank (one has live

sick fish still alive need help
Hey guys today i woke up and one of my cichlids was vertical instead of horizontal. At the moment he is still alive and its like his tail is not working to sit him correctly. Ammonia - 0 Nitrate - high / been doing 50% water changes every day for

Dream fish list challange
New game...I want your dream lists. If you had $250.00 to spend at Live Aquaria, how would you spend it. Rules: keep in mind that this is for a reef system with corals, and fish cannot cause harm to them, so no triggers or angels. Size isn't an

is the garage too cold to keep fish?
I live in Kent Wa, and have two fish tanks already. (I know that is not that many compared to some of you). I want to keep another tank, but my wife is not too keen if you know what I mean. The only domain I have any power in is the garage. It isn't

Keeping wildlife out of the garden
Hi, I'm new to the forum, this is my first garden and I don't want to go through all of the hardships in regards to animals so I'm planning on enclosing my entire garden in a 24' X 24' square 8' tall cage (with top). We are planning to use 1/2"

red fire-fish question
how tempermental are red dart fish. I had 4-6 red dart fish in my tank for a while. friday I went and bought 6 more. now I'm down to just 4-5 in the tank. they slowly died one by one over the weekend. cal/alk/mag, all in check. ph 8.3 ammonia 0, nitrit

How do you keep fish in the garage during winter?
do you use a space heater or individual tank heaters?

Keeping chickens out of your garden beds
I don't know if a lot of people have this problem, but I'm thinking my free-rangers are going to look at my newly seeded, painstakingly prepared SFG boxes and think: OOOOH!!! DUST BATH!!!! And ruin all my beautiful new seedlings. I'm thinking I may nee

What are you keeping?
Not everyone has a signature and I just put up one. However, it is nice to know what everyone is keeping. If for no other reason to know where to find certain things when looking for them. Post everything you are keeping.