This is life or death im not joking this is serious please help me!!!!!!!!!!

meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by ernestpolska
http:///forum/post/3297228
this was a really cool thread annd i also wanted to now y cant i feed the normal brine shrimp/? oh and is you have a petstore near you like i do you can ask them to keep your fish for a while for a small amount of money. they do that for my freshwater wen i have a huge problem!
Brine shrimp has absolutely NO nutritional value...
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3297127
Mysis is good. Also, ArtiPods are good if the fish are small. Spirulina Brine shrimp (not regular brine).
Something most people overlook or just don't know:
Clown fish are actually omnivores, NOT carnivores. This means that they should not ONLY be offered meaty foods, but many will not just take vegetation like a tang or anglefish will. A good solution to this problem is spirulina brine and EMERALD ENTREE which has both vegetation and meat. Vitamins is always a good thing, but don't use too much.
Very true. Its surprising how many of us don't know that clowns are omnivores, not carnivores. The opposite is true with most Dwarf Angels; they are not herbivores, but also omnivores. Also, +1 on the vitamins, I swear by them.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Mysis shrimp, especially PE Mysis (specific brand), Rod's Food, spirulina brine, cyclop-eez, arctipods and other types of copepods. Chopped squid, scallops, krill. Oyster eggs
The list is endless. Having a variety is the best option. Rod's Food basically has everything mixed together.
As for your comment about letting your LFS foster your fish for you: 9 times out of 10, this is a bad option, especially with saltwater fish. Fish stores are not going to give the same care to a fish as in a home aquarium. They're going to feed whatever is cheep, not necessarily what is the best nutrtionally (brine shrimp). And most fish tanks circulate the same water with each other in a LFS, so when one tank gets Ich or some other parasite, they all do. Test the water the next time you purchase something at your LFS, more than likely you will not be happy and would not want your fish in that water.
You should have a quarantine tank for when something goes wrong.
 
ernestpolska

ernestpolska

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yes ive read about how many people think clowns are omnivores im numerouse books
a book irecommened for everyone to read is Marine Aquarists Manual by Hans A. Baensch
although this book is pretty old there is still alot about water chemistry and all the nthings that a saltwater aquarium keeper should now ...... just if you want to read about filters and fish dont nessecarly listen to this book, because you now tback then it was harder to keep fish and corals and the filters were differnent! still i think everyone should read it.
 
ernestpolska

ernestpolska

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i was just saying in his case and yes i now but my saltwater fish store has also freshwater but they dont sirculate the same water because i checked and besides wen its summer im going to work there so i already now a lot about them and they only feed frozen foods. and also they have VERY expensive fish so i dnt think they would risk them with bad water chemistry......
 
slice

slice

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3297243
Test the water the next time you purchase something at your LFS, more than likely you will not be happy and would not want your fish in that water.
I test my LFS's water every time I bring something home, just for giggles, and my response ranges from shock to horror.
Then I call them and talk snit about it.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3297243
Mysis shrimp, especially PE Mysis (specific brand), Rod's Food, spirulina brine, cyclop-eez, arctipods and other types of copepods. Chopped squid, scallops, krill. Oyster eggs
The list is endless. Having a variety is the best option. Rod's Food basically has everything mixed together.
Have you ever used the H20 Life foods? I switched to them a couple of months ago....I bought the big bags that contain the fish and reef variety......also a coral food, and the spirulina & Mysis mix
 
ernestpolska

ernestpolska

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wow.......... wen i turn 15 ND WORK AT PETSORE im gonna make sure the water quality is good!!!!!!!!!!!
behold GOOD QUALITY WATER KEPPER SUPER HERO.............LOLS
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3297249
Have you ever used the H20 Life foods? I switched to them a couple of months ago....I bought the big bags that contain the fish and reef variety......also a coral food, and the spirulina & Mysis mix
I think that's the brand of Mysis my LFS just gave me for free to try it out. Haven't used it yet though
 
gemmy

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h20 live foods. hmm never heard of them. it seems like hikari and san fransico bay brand are all I can find here.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Gemmy
http:///forum/post/3297292
h20 live foods. hmm never heard of them. it seems like hikari and san fransico bay brand are all I can find here.
I buy it online...The brand name is H20 Life....It's not live food..LOL...it's frozen
You can google h20 life aquarium foods
 
deejeff442

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firemen dont drink alot?in fact most of my station dont drink at all.i cant go on a call drunk.but i do like a few before bed once in a while.i just stopped home to grab some sealer for a job and cooling down.cant believe this thread is still rockin.
hope this kid dont freak out when his nitrates are 80 today.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/3297339
firemen dont drink alot?in fact most of my station dont drink at all.i cant go on a call drunk.but i do like a few before bed once in a while.i just stopped home to grab some sealer for a job and cooling down.cant believe this thread is still rockin.
hope this kid dont freak out when his nitrates are 80 today.
LOL...I just hope his ammonia isn't
 
ernestpolska

ernestpolska

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lols maybe its just the chicago firemen ............ and i think this kid is an attention seeker because in one day his ammonia went down to 0.0 without doing anything........
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by ernestpolska
http:///forum/post/3297348
lols maybe its just the chicago firemen ............ and i think this kid is an attention seeker because in one day his ammonia went down to 0.0 without doing anything........
If the test kit is faulty...or if he is testing wrong that is possible....
he also said he changed 2g's
 
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