Recent content by Yam

Putting cost and hassle aside - the best food for your aro I think is a varied one, focusing allot on insects and worms. I have been out to the farms and shops in Asia, and they all feed their top fish stuff like roaches, worms..etc. Thats the natural food for aros and packed full of nutrients...

Some of those guys are real jerks. They know they are transporting live animals. I picked up an arowana there once, and the guy dropped the box without even bending down. Just dropped it like was nothing inside. Big guy too, so maybe a 3-4 feet drop. I gave him some crap, but he just looked at...

Chloromine only gasses off after about 2 weeks. The reason most cities use chloromine as the water they send out takes days sometimes to get to the end use, and have to make sure the water is clean. Chlorine is too volatile and gasses off easy. If you have kids, the only warning I would say...

Oliver, u should move to Toronto. I know we have a bad hockey team, but damn, good fish. I think we should try next time to get a group order together to give Oliver more incentive to drive down here. Not right now ( I got no more $$$), but maybe later this year.

Thumbs up to a great seller. Got some fish from Oliver, and very nice. Highly recommend this guy.

Sounds good. I would be interested.

Glad you posted this. Very interesting. I got some new wild plecos, so started using Melafix/Primflex I had around. That night I noticed the cichilids acting like there was not enough air in the tank. A few were close to dying, trying to gasp on the surface of the water to try and get air. I...

Motoro, I don't think your getting my point of view. If you read my first reply, I was not only talking about fungus or bacteria - I am talking about all the things one should be careful for when adding raw food to your water. I have a friend who owns shrimp farms in Thailand. I actually have...

No, not saying my problems (fly) are from shrimp. It could be anything. But I do think the raw food I have been feeding could be a source. All I am saying, feeding raw shrimp from your local super market can be ONE of the reasons of a problem. Its like a check list, and it should be the one...

I want to stress here - bacteria and fungus are to very different things. What fish usually get (such as this fuzzy stuff) is fungus. Fungus are its own species. Fish/shrimp/farmers/aquaculture have to deal with the same issues as people in the fish hobby. They are just dealing at 1000x since...

I disagree. Shrimp you buy from the super market was not meant to be eaten raw or fed to other fish. Loblaws is not your lFS. They expect you to cook it. Unless your feeding your aro sashimi grade shrimp/fish (which would be crazy expensive), your shrimp/fish will have some parasites/fungus...

I do get them from the super market. Where else? I lived in Asia for 10 years. I have seen some of these fish farms while travelling. If your feeding say your aro about 3-4 shrimp/fish a day. That is about 1300-1500 shrimp a year. If you think in all those raw shrimp not one will have some...

I have had similar things happening in my aro tank. I tried salt and changing the water, but it didn't really do anything. I then tried SeaChem Paraguard, and it seemed to clear it up pretty good. I also had some small insect like bugs (looks like small clear fruit flys) in the water as well and...

Sorry - this is an odd move in my opinion. I frankly don't care what you guys do or don't do. But trying to make something online more "exclusive" just cuts down on the future growth potential. All you guys will have in the end is the same bunch of guys you already know and talk to on other...

Where can u get sedation stuff? They don't seem to have this kind of stuff at the standard fish stores. Thanks.