Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] substrate

One list but she was saying ask the rest of us. Never mix fish with different diets as you will not feed one type properly. Goldfish actually stress when water temps get over 75F. I am not saying they will not tolerate and live at much higher temps as I have found them living in drying up ponds here inTN with water temps near 90F. Once more water was added to the ponds or fish moved they recovered. Goldfish really need a winter/summer cycle as well which is very hard to do inside a house. There are those that "break the rules" with fish keeping and have good experiences. Just those of us long timers recommend you do not do these things. An exception to the diet differences are like plecos in a tank with oscars. The plecos can be fed algea waffeers which sink and the oscars a floating pellet(not really a good thing). Floating pellets can let the fish gulp air into their stomach.

I hate sand in tanks. It always causes problems. When you stir the sand you must turn off all filters or you will stop them up or the grit tears them up. A fine gravel is the best choice for loaches/cory cats and planted tanks. I use natural gravel from a creek near my home which is flushed to remove sand and sifted to get rid of anything to large. I then spread it thin and run a magnet over it to pull out the iron rich stones. I put it in black plastic and leave it in the sun to sterilize it.

Later, John

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, froggylover2425 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

From: froggylover2425 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] substrate
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 3:33 PM

Hi Donna,

Is there a different fish forum for these kinds of questions to this one? Sorry if i posted on this fish group and should be another. I dont doubt you. I was just trying to work out if its ever possible, because they are good friends and seems a shame to break them up. I didnt know they needed a tropical set up however! thank you for letting me know.

Amyx

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> Ask on the fish group if you want more opinions. Donna
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> Thanks. They get on just fine though. I remember thinking there was a problem
> but as soon as i gave him his own food it was resolved. I think in the long term
> though if he gets bigger i will seperate them. Is it always nto possible to keep
> the two together? they seem happy. Hed be lonely on his own im sure.
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