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He freely admits, that although he has had no problems with this arrangement, if he were to do it again, he would only place substrate in the fronts leaving the floor bare under the rock.

On Learning About Aquarium Husbandry: Tom tells it best: "I learned early on that the best teacher is experience. I got a lot of silly advice from people who had NO idea what they were talking about. My first encounter with a sales person at a LFS led me to believe that you needed TWO mushrooms, a male and a female, in order for them to reproduce!!! Thankfully, there were a couple of salespeople in a more reputable

Their diet should be diverse, and this can be achieved by also feeding minnows, shrimps etc. It is also possible to train gars to accept frozen foods and pellets.

Gars cannot be sexed externally. They have occasionally been breed in aquariums but are more frequently bred in ponds or are wild caught.

1) Commit! Decide you are going to spend the $$ it takes to make a proper go of it. At a minimum, most tanks, (from 10 gal to 55 gal) take between $250 and $500 to get going. Can you do it cheaper? Yes, but usually not your first one. You have to know what you are doing and understand how things can and will go wrong before you can choose less expensive husbandry options and/or equipment. Save up if you have to, but count on that first tank being expensive.

Realize that this is not a short term commit

It is no more realistic, however, to expect a fish to just grow to its tanks size than it is to expect a colt to never grow into a horse because it lives in a small barn. Good planning is logical and necessary but not insurmountable for realizing your dream aquarium. On the contrary, it is great fun and merely a refined expression of good husbandry and success on a larger scale of the hobby. Best regards to you in your salty endeavors and beyond, Anthony Calfo.

It is also possible to train gars to accept frozen foods and pellets.

Gars cannot be sexed externally. They have occasionally been breed in aquariums but are more frequently bred in ponds or are wild caught.

Mini-Aquariums
College classes are beginning, but that doesn't mean you have to give up on pets just because you live in a dorm or small apartment. Mini-aquariums can be....

Hitchhikers !! Part 1 & 2
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Porcupine Puffer, anyone?
I just wanted to know if anyone has a porcupine puffer in their Fish only tank (Knowing they cant be kept in reef tanks)? I'm planning on adding a porcupine puffer including 2 true clownfish in a 50 gallon FOWLR tank in the near future. I w.