How tall should an aquarium be to house 1 full grown green iguana? Also where could i buy one in georgia?
An iguana enclosure should be at least twice the length of the iguana and should be tall. Six feet is the minimum habitat height recommended.
Width should be (at the very minimun) half the length of the iguana
Adequate sizes….
6-8ft tall x 6to8ft long x 4-6ft wide
general rule: the bigger…the better
(my iguana’s enclosure is 8x8x8)
I’m looking into purchasing a new salt water aquarium, and I find the Jebo brand to be quite sexy, but I’ve had mixed reviews for a salt water setup. Can someone recommend a quality salt water aquarium. I am looking to get a size of around 40 gallons. How are Fluval tanks?
Some brands are better than others, but based upon the history of users and the ratings it does tell you something. However, from my understanding, It all should be able to function the same. Some just produces and does more than others.
I use a Jebo UV Sterilizer for my fish tank, it does fairly well. I also use an odyssea Protein skimmer, and for filtration I have a wet/dry bio ball filter, 2 canister filters made by marineland.
Doing research will determine on what brand do you plan to buy. Ask around.
For a Saltwater set up, I hear Fluval is very good, but Hagen and Marineland is up there. If I had my way, I will pick all 3 because they’re known for doing well especially in marine aquariums.
As for the Jebo, you can give it a try, mines does well, however, I am going to warn you that if you go with cheaper items, you might have problems with your aquarium. Allthough that’s not always the case, read up on it.
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if you don’t have an answer don’t answer please…. i want to start a breeding tank of discus but i have no idea witch one is male and female.
It is very difficult to distinguish the sex differences out of mating season. During this period, the sexual papilla of the male are more pointed than those of the female.In this aspect, they are very similar to the angel fish, they even breed in the almost similar method.
A bare bottom of 20 or 27 gallon tall tank is ideal for the breeding. As they lay their eggs in the same manner as angels, a vertical surface should be provided for them to deposit their eggs on. I’ve always used an inverted flowerpot. A plant or two can be added to provide some shelter for the pair, but this is not a must. A sponge filter should be used to handle the biological load along with an outside power filter to pick up any debris.
Discus come from the warm, soft, acidic waters of the Amazon River and thrive well when these conditions are replicated in the home water. For both general maintenance and breeding of discus the pH should be kept at 6.5 and the temperature around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). Water changes should be performed weekly. However in the breeding tank, a small water change should be done every day, or every second day. This process will increase appetite and promote mating activity in discus.
If good water quality is maintained, the discus will have large appetites and should greedily accept any food offered to them. Spawning discus should be fed frozen blood worms, beef heart, Tetra Color Bits, frozen or live brine shrimp, or live white worms. If feeding beef heart, one must be careful that none is left over because it will foul the water very quickly. Live tubifex or black worms should never be fed to discus at any time, as they will introduce parasites to the tank.
A breeding pair will lay eggs as often as every week, as many as fifteen times. They will usually go through two of these spawning cycles in a year. The eggs take 48 hours to hatch, and are free-swimming another 72 hours later. Immediately upon becoming free-swimming the fry will move to their parents’ sides, and start feeding off the mucous secretion that are produced by the parents during this time. The fry will feed off their parents’ sides for as long as you leave them together, but they should be offered newly hatched brine shrimp after being free-swimming for five days.
The fry should be removed between two and three weeks after reaching the free-swimming stage, leaving them with the parents any longer may be dangerous to the parents’ health. Once the fry are removed the pair will spawn again. The fry, now in a tank of their own, should be fed six or more times a day. The best foods to give the fry are newly hatched brine shrimp and chopped blood worms. For the first few weeks there is noticeable daily growth. In the fry tank it is important to do a partial water change every night after the last feeding.
I’ve also been advice to cover my breeding tank with black plastic bag in order to make it dimmer. I practiced it for quite some time before realising it wasn’t that necessary. But it may help the pair relieving their stress.
I have a 75 gallon tank. what is the limit of cichlids i can put in it. Most of the ones i have or want grow: 3", 5-6", one 8" , and one 1′ fish. I want 1 electric blue and a zebra tilapia. I have had them before and liked them alot, but i had to give them away.
in a 75 gallon tank you can put about 5-6 AC together.
I’m going to start a tank and I like guppies. What are good fish to put with guppies so that I don’t have any issues. Can I put an Angel fish with guppies? What would be some good choices? I don’t have a tank yet, but I will make sure to get one large enough to properly house the amount of fish that I get.
Personally I like tetras with guppies. They are very colorful, peaceful and tend to live in the middle of the tank while the guppies tend to live more at the surface. To round this tank off I would also include a few cory catfish that generally live on the bottom. Then you have pretty and interesting fish at every layer of the tank and no problems with aggression.
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I’m looking for some great pet stores (family owned, locally owned, small chains) that specialize in fish, aquariums and supplies. I love all fish, but I have only dealt with freshwater.
I live in Baytown, but it doesn’t matter which side of Houston it’s on. I’m just tired of Petco and Petsmart and the little pet shop we have here which is awful.
Thanks so much for your help!
Let’s see, it kind of depends on what you’re looking for. I’ll list a few of my favorites:
Houston Aquarium Warehouse in Stafford is a great place for discus and many other harder to find fish suitable for planted aquariums like rams, apistogrammas, tetras and small exotic plecos.
http://www.houstonaquariumwarehouse.com/
Xtreme Fish and Pets off of Bellaire has really good prices on live stock and dry goods. When the owner starts noticing that you’re a regular, he may start giving you random discounts. Great place for odd balls, you really don’t know whats going to be in the store week to week.
http://www.xtremefishpets.com/
While you’re in the area, might as well stop by City Pets off of Beechnut. They also have great prices and a lot of supplies for planted aquariums and are a distributor for ADA who make Aquasoil and other great planted tank supplies. There the only fish store in Houston that I know that you can get ADA blackwood.
http://www.citypets.com/
Fish Ranch II off of 59 and Larkwood has decent freshwater and marine livestock. Prices are reasonable. They’re kind of undergoing construction right now, but they got some good stuff including hard to find inverts like shrimp.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=fish+store+larkwood+houston&fb=1&view=text&latlng=10458669973666767009
Finally, the most beautiful fish store I’ve been to is Fish Gallery by Kirby and 59. It’s a very high end store, with pricey fish, but their state of the art facility usually has pretty healthy and beautiful fish. Large place with plenty of supplies, fresh water, marine and tons of plants.
http://www.thefishgallery.com/houston.html
They’re reasonably close together, so if you started early enough and brought an empty cooler to hold fish, you could spend a day going on a fish store crawl.
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