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Most bowls tend to get narrower towards the top, and herein lies the problem, especially if you try to add too much water. Any fish that you keep in an enclosed space, be it a tank or a bowl, needs the maximum amount of surface space it can get, so the more water you put in the bowl towards the top, the more you reduce the surface space. A four inch by four inch square of surface area per inch of fish is the minimum requirement, so if your goldie is say four inches long, it would require a surface area of 16 square inches multiplied by four giving you 64 square inches of surface area to be on the safe side. So by the above guideline you can see thatMore |
Now you can remove the male - his job is done. STEP 7: Raising the fry Once the fry are free-swimming, they need to eat lots of tiny food particles. They wont usually eat for the first five or six days after hatching, but then you can feed live food and small flakes or pellets. Liqui-fry for egg-layers works great, as do micro-worms and vinegar eels. Now the filter may be turned back on (at a low rate). Keep the temperature at 80 degrees F, and leave the lid on the tank as warmth is crucial to the fry developing properly. Water changes may be started two weeks after they are free-swimming, after they are strong enough to swim away from th More |
Moving need suggestions
Ok so the house is up on the market and I have to start finding a way to move he tank with the least stress on the animals. Any suggestions on moving would be great. I have fish rock and corals to move.
Let me know
Matt.
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