August 21-31, 2007 questions you asked Aqualand

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Alright, we'll start this section off with a letter from my little buddy from Egypt. He sent me about eight messages while I was trying to input his letter. So, here it is George. LA

George Sobhy, Egypt, August 21, 2007
This is my little piranha. When I bought him he was so small and very shy and wasn't eating, but I gave him live worms. After then he start eating all kind of food and now he is my best friend. He loves me very much soo smart knows when I am going to serve the meal he even comes up to the surface of the water opening his mouth for me . We had very difficult times together (once when he was still small I put him in a small tank and forgot a heater inside the water degree becomes 40 C. He lied on his side. He almost was dead ... but I caught him and put him in a big bag with water from the tap (20 C ). It was a very big shock to him. That was very long ago when I firstly started raising fish, but thanx god he soon awake and every thing goes normally after then. In fact I don't know how but I thanx god that he became to life again ). I usually give him small fish which I catch when I go fishing. At the first I cut it into pieces, but now he eat them in less than 2 sec. But I was wondering about something. His teeth showed up lately. Is that because of the shock or is that normally ?? Any way I love him very much. He is my best friend. I spend so many times and hours staying next to him watching him. I even study next to him and lately I start to feed him live food. I think he enjoy playing and chasing them not enjoying a meal ... ! Any way I am happy when he is happy but I always wonder if he is a male or female? I've had him now for almost 2 & half years, and I still don't know whether a male or female he is .. I will be very happy and grateful if u tell me

A: Okay, George, for some reason your letter wants to scrunch into a smaller space than all the other emails. First, I cannot tell the sex. Second, sit down, this will come as a shock. He/she is not a piranha. He comes from the same general area but is more of a plant eater. He'll do better on a diet of pellets. If you give him lots of room, and food, and time, he will grow to nearly a metre long. He is a Pacú. LA

Angela Sanders, Concerned Crab Lover, August 21, 2007
Hi. I happened across your page today while doing a search on hermit crabs and was enjoying the pictures until I read the following:
"If one of these big hermit crabs gets a grip on you, you will never forget it. You can get used to steady pinches. But these guys squeeze intermittently. They hold on for 15 minutes or more. Pry them off with a flat-bladed screw driver."
I was stunned to say the very least. As a hermit crab lover and owner who has been pinched plenty of times, I would never turn to the aide of a screw driver to get a finicky crab off of me. It's not only dangerous to yourself but to the hermit crab and especially their BP or big pincher.
If I could recommend a suggestion such as dipping your hand as well as the crab itself in a bowl of dechlorinated water. Most people who own hermit crabs have plenty of this on standby and it seems to be the safest method of removal of a crab who is pinching. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

A: The crab in question was as big as a baseball. Of course I dipped him (and my hand) in dechlorinated water. I've got plenty of fish tanks within reaching distance. Every time I dipped him, he pinched harder. When I ran him under hot water as hot as I could stand it, he pinched even harder. He was lucky I found the screwdriver before I found a pair of side cutters. I would have de-clawed him in a second. LA

Monsterbigdave, August 21, 2007
First I want a say that I love your web site and it has a lot of good info for all my pet hobbies. Do you know or think Chameleons would eat feeder fish? Also could I put a Pac-man frog in with a Chameleon? Thank you

A: I think the chameleon's sticky tongue would just bounce off a wet goldfish. I don't think the chameleons would mix well with the Pac-man frog or anything else. LA

Mtle Khidr, Queens NYC, NY, August 21, 2007
You're so lucky you got to watch that white goldfish lay eggs. Wow. What a wonderful experience. After the mother fish lays her eggs will she eat them? And what will happen to the eggs? Do they hatch by themselves?
How often am I supposed to feed them?? I read somewhere that insects are full of nutrients for them, is that true? Thank you kindly

A: The mother goldfish will eat some of the eggs. The other fish will eat some of them. However she lays so many of them, that some always survive (and get eaten later). Goldfish are egg-scatters. They depend on volume to continue the species. If you feed them twice a day (lightly), they will grow just fine. Goldfish like insects, worms, shrimp and nearly any kind of flakes or pellets. They are all nutritious foods for goldfish LA

Andy Shaw, Salt Lake City, UT, August 21, 2007
I want to set up a community tank, with Green Anoles, House Geckoes, and Green Tree Frogs. I was curious as to whether or not it would be safe to also include a Green Tree Snake. I spoke with the Reptile Department at several pet stores here in Utah, and they said the Green Snake would eat and/or harass the others.

I've got a 30 Gallon Aquarium with a waterfall, and a stream going through the middle, it's really very nice. I was planning on keeping 3 Green Anoles, 2 House Geckoes, and 3 Green Tree Frogs, but I thought the Green snake would be a nice touch. I'd also like to have something living in the stream, but it's rather fast flowing. Is there anything that would prefer that kind of aquatic setting? I thought about Fire-Belly Toads, or Fire-Belly newts, but I was worried about their toxicity, Better safe than sorry. Any advice?

A: There's probably different kinds of green snakes. The one's I'm familiar with eat flies and crickets. I don't think they'd bother your other inhabitants. For your fast-flowing stream, I'd recommend zebra danios. The others you mentioned would all be swept downstream -- especially the newts. LA

Elise Flynn, August 21, 2007
Hi there. I'm writing to you because I saw a photo on your web site
noting three nasty feeder guppies and I'm having trouble finding out info on them. I'm wondering if you can tell me something about their behavior. My son brought home two females from school and since we didn't have a fish tank we set up a 10 gallon tank. Over the next week or two I noticed that the larger one was chasing and picking on the the other one quite a bit. Her tail was noticeably nipped up. After a couple of weeks it seemed to stop and the tail healed.
Shortly thereafter our tank was ready to add other fish. We added 3 neons. The larger guppy immediately attacked and killed one of them (I think it was sick) but incessantly chased the other two neons and nipped off their tails completely. We gave it up for adoption thinking that would solve our problems.
Since we gave up a fish we added a black platy and replaced the dead
neon. Within hours of adding the new fish the smaller remaining guppy
started to chase the fish around!! I watched the new neon closely since it was easy to tell if someone had been nipping at its tail. Within a week it's tail was gone. Now I can't say for sure that the guppy did it since I didn't see her do it.
As time passed the guppy also seemed to be bothering the platy
tremendously. The platy was always hiding and having a hard time getting food b/c the guppy would chase it away. The neons seemed to be really beat up so yesterday we gave the other guppy up for adoption.
Here's the kicker. I have now noticed the neons chasing and nipping at each other! So the question remains did the neons do it to themselves OR is the guppy the culprit. There's no doubt in my mind that the guppy was stressing out the platy.
I know this is long, but here's my final question. We added two more
platys (we like them). I'm wondering if we got our guppy back, do you think she'd leave them alone since they are much bigger than she is and the original hangs out with them or do you think that she'd go after them as well?
My 7 year old son was very upset at having to give away his guppies--
the whole reason we got a fish tank in the first place.
Any thoughts or information is greatly appreciated.

A: Those were not three nasty feeder guppies, they were gambusia. That was the fish you had. Gambusia affinis occasionally get mixed in with feeder guppies. I thought I wrote a page on them but I must not have. I had many plump females in their own tank. They evidently ate their fry. So I can't even tell you their gestation period. But I can tell you they're nasty little biters. Do not return one to your tank. LA

Megan Nielsen, Iowa, August 21, 2007
Hi -- I saw that you had a Macaw listed on your website. I was wondering if this bird was still available. Thank you.

LA
Kendall was not included.

A: We sold Sal a couple weeks ago. LA

Ozzy Weiss, August 21, 2007
I'm currently considering buying a lizard, but I'm unsure of what one to buy. Currently, I have a ten gallon tank with a small hermit crab in it. And while I know from experience that green anoles work well with them, I was considering another species of lizard. My current choices are a leopard gecko, a day gecko, a forest armadillo lizard (which is iffy, because no one seems to know how big they get for sure) some ornate curly tails (which go under jewel curly tail I've seen), rainbow whiptails, and green ameivas. Oh, also, some sandfish. Any suggestions or recommendations?

A: I wouldn't put any ground dwelling critter in with a hermit crab, so that leaves house geckos and tree frogs. LA

Dimension51 Webmaster, August 21, 2007
Hi. You aren't really specific as to the true temperament of the Red Parrot Cichlids. Would they be okay in a community tank with: guppies, hatchets, a sun catfish, Chinese hi fin banded shark, and kuhli loaches? Thanks for any info.

A: Since they're a cross between a red devil and a severum you can't always be sure. Severums shred plants. Red devils shred their tank mates. Most red parrot cichlids have such a deformed mouth that they cannot give that "popping bite" so common to most cichlids. Individuals differ. I would not trust any cichlid with guppies or kuhli loaches. Your hatchets will just jump out because of the perceived threat below. LA

Alex Benson, Greensboro, NC, August 22, 2007
Hi, my roomie and I just bought some Water Hyacinths for our college dorm room to put in our fish bowl. We bought two plants. One that had already bloomed and one that had not. We thought we kept them out of water too long because on the one that had blossomed, the purple bloom started to wilt. The lady at the Farmers Market said it would do this but that it would bend into the water and rejuvenate. Well it is bending now but the old flowers that are in the water are just looking soggy and dead. The other plant is doing well and just blossomed this morning and is looking beautiful, but I want to make sure that if the other one is dead that this one does not go the same way. Thanks for any advice you can give.

A: Water hyacinths fare poorly indoors. They need lots of light -- preferably full sunlight for part of the day. They send up a bloom stalk with numerous flowers. Each stalk lasts one day. Each plant will send up several stalks during hot weather. They multiply explosively. They die when frost hits them. They may be illegal in your state. LA

Natasha Jacques, South Africa, August 22, 2007
Well first off all I wana thank u for ur web site. You would never believe me if I told u how much it helped me in ''in getting to know my fish'' and to care for them. And that's where my love for fish started, and now can't stop. The problem is that I'm so interested in all the weird and unusual fish.

I'm in SOUTH AFRICA and all the pet shops here only get the normal schoolgirl kind of fish. Nobody can or wants to help me get some really interesting fish. I'm looking for a snakehead fish, 2 pacús, pocamon catfish, black and white polypterus, wolffish and so on. So if u could help me getting some of these fish it would mean more than a lot 2 me. Thanx again 4 ur site. I refer all my fish friends to it

A: Maybe I made some of the oddballs sound too interesting when I wrote about them. Some of the ones you want are fish you would quickly tire of housing, feeding, and changing their water. You don't say what part of South Africa you're from, but some of your larger cities must have wholesalers that carry unusual fishes. Many unusual and highly sought after fishes come from Africa. If you're really "hooked" on fish, try to get a job at one of your local fish stores -- volunteer if you have to. Work with the fish and other critters for awhile. Your fish affliction will either get worse or you'll be cured. LA

Lindy LaFleur, August 23, 2007
I just purchased a red claw crab. Can you tell me if they make any sound? We have him in our family room and hear a chirping sound. We have searched all over and can't figure out where it is coming from. Could it be the crab.

A: I've never heard a red claw crab make a chirping sound. I've heard plenty of chirps from male crickets -- especially in late summer. LA

Hung Quach, August 23, 2007
Hello, Do you have any good fighting betta? I need two pairs, in an extra large size. Thank You.

A: Sorry. We do not ship fish. LA

Tisha, August 23, 2007
Can you put a dumpy in with a crested gecko assuming they are about the same size? Any input would be helpful

A: I would not mix them unless the crested was twice as big. On second thought, I would not mix them at all. LA

Howie Wehrleh, August 24, 2007
First off let me say that I have found your site EXTREMELY helpful as far as how to care for the fish we already have as well as what to add to the collection in the future. Myself and the lady are currently running two 10gal tanks, and we just picked up a 45gal hexagon aquarium for a song on Craig's List. So I'm researching the hell out of fish, and basically one of our 10gal tanks will become a starter for the big 'un. I wanted to pick up a couple of pictus cats (as well as some clown loaches and a Silver Dollar or two) for the bigger tank. I noticed on your site you mentioned something about look-a-likes often being passed off as pictus cats, but they looked just like the other pictus cats pictured on your site. Is there an easy way to tell the two apart? And if the other is NOT a pictus, can you tell me what species it is? And if I happen to pick the fake one up, should I treat it like a regular pictus? Your advice is very welcome.
Best regards. And thanks for more help than I would have ever expected from a single website,

A: Glad you're finding the info useful. That's why I built the web site. And why I welcome corrections. I wouldn't worry too much about the exact pictus ID. Just enjoy them. If they keep growing and growing, so will your silver dollars and clown loach. Stay away from neons. Pictus like them a lot. LA

Trenton Ameen, August 24, 2007
Hi I was wondering what you would suggest for a lizard. I am 12 years old and had experience with reptiles and amphibians. I would also like to know how much juvenile and adult leopard geckos and bearded dragons cost. Thanks

A: I would recommend an economical lizard such as an anole, house gecko, or one of the smaller skinks. Once you have the experience (mostly responsibility) and a bigger bank account, you can look into the leopards and beardeds. Their prices vary by time of year and your location. LA

Ozzy Weiss, August 24, 2007
Do you recommend Calci-Sand for leopard geckos? A few people I spoke to say it can actually kill them, and so far, the best bet I've been told is sandbox sand or coconut fiber. What's your opinion?

A: I like the lizard mats. Very few lizards will eat a mat. Actually, I think all the substrates work. Just don't get your lizard so starved that he grabs his lunch and litter at the same time. You can keep them over a sheet of newspaper if you want to. LA

John Schieffler, August 24, 2007
Link of tons of pictures and discussion:

http://bbs.cnfish.com/viewthread.php?tid=320146&extra=page%3D1&page=1

A: Since the discussion was in Mandarin Chinese, I had a difficult time with it. However, the pictures were excellent. Thx. LA

Connie Heath, August 25, 2007
My Ghost Knife fish has a tail that looks like a cinnamon roll. Any idea why this has happened? Is there anything I can do to help him straighten out? I'll take a pic and send it later.

A: No idea. LA

Nick Vanwychen, August 25, 2007
Hi, do you have any female green anacondas available? Thanks

A: Green anacondas are now illegal in Iowa, so we have none. We couldn't ship one anyway. LA

Trenton Ameen, August 25, 2007
Thanks for writing back, but I have already had all those animals, LOL! Do you know any place that sells exotic pets like foxes, and so on? If so, please tell me. Thanks

A: Alright, now move up to one of the medium priced lizards, such as water dragons, medium geckos, basilisks, collared lizards even iguanas. We are prohibited from keeping foxes here in Iowa (and probably where you live also). LA

Katy Valley, MA, August 25, 2007
On your page showing the various color phases of dwarf gouramis, it says under many of the pictures "all males." Does this mean that females don't come in these colors? I was hoping to get a male/female pair of powder blue dwarf gouramis. Is this impossible? Thank you,

A: In all the time I've seen the various dwarf gouramis, I've never seen a female powder blue, neon, or turquoise. They may exist, but I've never seen one. LA

Katy Valley, MA, August 25, 2007
Huh. that's interesting, and a little disappointing. You'd think there'd be females somewhere. Oh well. They're still one of my favorite fish. Thank you for your time. I love your site, but it's making me seriously regret that I'm in Massachusetts and your store's so far away.

thanks again,

A: You can breed them with a normal female dwarf gourami. LA

Hi. First of all, I was wondering if there is a way to purposely grow algae in an aquarium? Not a whole lot, just a little bit (it looks cool). If you have any tips I would much appreciate them.

Connor Crouse, August 26, 2007
Hi. First of all, I was wondering if there is a way to purposely grow algae in an aquarium? Not a whole lot, just a little bit (it looks cool). If you have any tips I would much appreciate them.
Also, if a fish has cotton mouth, what is the best way to treat it and how? I recently bought a Hi Fin Banded Shark and he has cotton mouth, so I want to treat it because he was EXPENSIVE. Thanks for anything and everything. Great site.

A: First, algae comes in two stages: none and too much. Find a tank with the species of algae you want. Seed it into your tank in as many pieces as you can. Then leave your lights on until the algae takes over. Then cut back your hours of light.
Second, treat your EXPENSIVE shark in a quarantine tank. Your fish store should carry the correct medication. LA

Sylvia Pardino, Miami, FL, August 26, 2007
Hi, I love your cockatiel page! It's so informative & has great pics!
I do have a bit of a problem, though:
I FOUND a cockatiel, or s/he found me, last Sunday. My husband & I almost ran him over on the corner of our block. I jumped out of the truck, but he flew onto a phone wire. I whistled, s/he whistled back a couple of times. My husband was in a hurry & s/he didn't look like s/he wanted to come down. We returned home HOURS later & I started whistling in the front yard. A few minutes later, my husband hears him/her (I don't know) singing outside! Come on! That's some kind of miracle! After trying to get him to come to me for about 1/2 hour, my husband threw a towel over him. It was awful! He spent about an hour in an inverted grocery basket while I went to get him an awesome cage with EVERYTHING! Tons of toys, fresh fruit, all kind of cockatiel treats, yet he likes eating his own poop! HE HATES US!!! He hisses at us, freaks out when I try to hold him or even get near the cage to talk to him. It's been a week & no change, it sucks! I don't want to give him a heart attack, but I want to bond! WHAT CAN I DO? P.S. I have a small & large dog & both live inside, too. (Sorry for the long message.)

A: Get your towel out again. Wrap him except for one wing and take away his pilot's license by trimming that wing. Before you start snipping, get a cockatiel book that tells you how to do it.
Next, limit his food supply -- no more 24-hour all you can eat buffet. Make sure that he knows all food comes from the kind and all powerful you. Soon he will be eating out of your hand, sitting on your finger, and not flying all over your house crashing into windows. LA

Andreas Jeppsson, Sweden, August 26, 2007
Hi i got myself a beared Lizard. And I am from Sweden. I was wundering if you could give me some tips on a new lizard. Im interested in like reignforest lizards that needs water etc and like so climb. I looked into the Chinese Water Dragon and think it is to beautiful. But. Does it realy become about 90 cm (Swedish counting) How big of a terrarium do I need ? etc. Or is there a smaller version of a water dragon ? As I said I need tips on spechies that likes water and to cljmp. Well. Like the Chinese water dragons exactly but maybe smaller if possible. Sorry foir my English it aint so good. I hope to get a answere soon.

A: First, your English is A+ compared to my Swedish. Don't worry about the Chinese water dragon growing too large. A third of that 90 cm is tail. And the females are much smaller. Water dragons are an excellent choice. They're inexpensive, not difficult to maintain, and very attractive. LA

Naomi Blyth, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, August 26, 2007
Hey, I bought a freshwater sole from our local fish shop today. It seems
like the FW sole is the same as the FW flounder. We bought 2 for £4 each. One died in transit and the other has buried itself in the sand under a
pumice cave, not bothered by any of its tank mates. We have 6 gouramis, 3 penguin tetras, 1 pleco, 1 black ghost knife, 1 catfish, 1 apple snail, 1
angel, 2 glass catfish, 2 mollies and another unidentified species, at least
the shop couldn't tell us what he was!!! My fiancé took a liking to him
though. I looked the FW sole up on the internet and found that the FW sole is also known as a FW flounder among other names. Love the site, used it to look up all our fish to see their specific needs!!

A: Glad you found the site useful. FW flounders prefer to stay under the sand. They come out when they detect food nearby. LA

Mike Regan, Crossville, Tennessee, August 26, 2007
Hello, I make plastic fishing worms. I hope you will consider purchasing my products for your store/company. I can pour virtually any color, use any type of glitter, and have the following molds available at this time:
6" lizard, 6" ribbon tail, 10" ribbon tail, 14" ribbon tail, 9" split tail, 5" curly tail, 8" curly tail, 6" flat tail, 5 ½" dropshot, 5" paddle tail, 6" paddle tail, 7 ½" paddle tail, 9" paddle tail. I'll purchase any molds I feel I can market.
Most of my packaged worms come 12 to a bag. The larger 7 ½" + come 5 to a pack obviously due to the amount of plastic required to produce them. The larger 14" come 3 to a bag. The cost to you is $-.--per bag plus shipping.
I am originally from California. After retiring from a 30 year career in law enforcement, I moved to Crossville, Tennessee. The person who made plastic worms for me also retired, so I decided to pick up where she left off. Very quickly my inventory exceeded my use and I am now looking for outlets for this enjoyable hobby.
I believe my plastic worms are of the highest quality as I have several companies I purchase my basic products from. Below is a sample photo of the clear label I affix to the plastic worm bag.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Mike Regan
mikeregan@frontiernet.net
931-788-5893
oldtymeplasticworms.com

A: Sounds like a fun business. We don't really sell fish bait but anyone who makes fish bait is one of the good guys. I ran your letter in our Q&A section. Hopefully you'll get some responses from around the country. LA

Katon and Tracy Yantek, York ,PA, August 27, 2007
Greetings...

I am not sure how old your website is regarding White's Tree Frogs...so please excuse me if my question to you is "outdated."

My son has had a Whites Tree Frog (Mr. Hoppy) going on 7 years now. (Yes, you read that correctly, SEVEN years.) I bought Mr. Hoppy for him on Valentine's Day in his first year of pre-school. He is about to enter 4th grade, and Mr. Hoppy is still with us. Incidentally, we are unsure if Mr. Hoppy is indeed a MR. But he sings to us often and I have read that the males are more vocal...so we are assuming he is.

My question is....Mr. Hoppy has always been a rather easy pet....basically hiding, eating, sleeping with an occasional "song" to let us know he is alive and kicking. Recently, Mr. Hoppy has become an escape artist...finding his way to the top of his cage and pushing the lid off. We have "luckily" found him twice...clinging to the side of.....(are you ready for this...) INSIDE our toilet bowl!!! It is not a far journey...but it puzzles us how he finds his way to the water source each time he escapes. Most recently...he escaped and I found him in my laundry room...which is within close proximity of my bathroom. Ironically, I had my son's football uniform soaking in a sink just above where he was found.

Before you ask, he always has sufficient water for soaking in his cage. I do intend to remedy the cause with a new home for him. However, it puzzles us all the same why he would 'all of the sudden' be looking to leave his home. This behavior started about two months ago. Have you ever experienced this before?

Feel free to share this with any friends who have knowledge of White's Tree Frogs, and thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely,

A: I last updated our Dumpy tree frog page in 2006. The little critters live much longer than seven years. Mine were always escape artists. Any time we left the rock off their lids, they crawled out looking for greener pastures (or greener trees). We have a tank draining system with one-inch stand pipes every eight feet. Nearly always we would find them lurking in these stand pipes. They were wider than the pipes, but managed to scooch their butts down into one of the stand pipes. LA

Lukester825, August 27, 2007
Dear LA, I have a couple questions I hope you can answer concerning a twenty gallon set up. I was wondering how much salt would be suitable for a spotted green puffer and a spotted leaf fish to live together comfortably? Also there's a lot of plants in there. Would these plants be able to live in the saltier water? I appreciate your help. Your web site is the bomb dot com.

A: I'd start with two teaspoons of salt per gallon for the puffer. If your spotted leaf fish is a Ctenopoma, he's pretty flexible on salt levels. Most plants hate salt. Java lance fern tolerates low levels of salt (2 tsp/gal). LA

Katon and Tracy Yantek, York ,PA, August 27, 2007
Thank you very much for your reply. I feel much better now, knowing this is a common occurrence. I was afraid he was "searching" for something in particular that we were not providing him in his cage. I didn't know if he was looking for a wife ha hah, for a different source of food, or more peace and quiet all of the sudden.

A: I think all of your theories are valid. But dumpies ARE dedicated escape artists for reasons known only to themselves. LA

Shantanu, Bangalore, India, August 28, 2007
Hi Larry, I am back. After procrastinating for a long time, I have managed to unpack my aquarium but alas ... the front glass has broken off in the transit from Delhi to Bangalore. Let's see how soon I can get it up and running. Hope you are doing well. Here's to you and your pets!

A: Namaste back, dude. Do I still owe you an Aqualand T-shirt? LA

Kathy Lopez, Kodiak, AK, August 27, 2007
Hi, My name is Kathie and we are opening a new pet supply store here in
Kodiak, Alaska. I have not gotten all the way through your site, yet, but I would be interested in any product or information that may help us. My partner and I are dog trainers and have worked with various animals in the past so we aren't exactly new to this. Thanks for your time.

A: First, never get in a price war with Wal-Mart. Second, work at another pet store for at least a year before opening your store. Third, go to a trade show as soon as you can. Fourth, meet some of the sales reps that have been around for a while. Fifth, subscribe to ALL the pet industry publications. Sixth, don't expect a huge crowd waiting at your front door the day you first open for business. LA

Kathy Lopez, Kodiak, AK, August 27, 2007
Hi, OK - so I started looking at your great pages , but (FYI) some of
them loaded and the information seemed to be to the left of my screen
but no scroll bar to get over there. Others loaded just great. Some
of the lefties were Degus, Angelfish, UpsideDown Catfish, etc.
I would sure love to view these pages. Let me know if it was something
I was doing wrong.

A: Oddly enough, it's my website doing something wrong. Certain pages are on an alternate website. I have no idea why. If I go to those pages from my "other stuff" page, the system sends me to the other site. If I go from my index (Home Page) page, then it works fine. Also, all the pages work better when using Microsoft Explorer. LA

Latika Smith, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2007
My 2 African Millipedes have a lot of mites, should I be concerned??

Thank you,

A: They are cleaner mites -- beneficial to your millipede and harmless to you. LA

Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007
There are two pictures of fish in severums I that are actually convicts.

A: Do you mean this one?

LA Pic
Female severums usually look better than this gal. She's 4-inches and really beat up.

I still think she's a severum. Possibly not? LA

Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007
No, that's definitely a male convict. Male sevs have dots and worm like markings around the jaw.

A: I wish I still had her/him so I could see her in real life again. You could be right, so I'll add your comments to my Severum page. LA

Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007I forgot we were talking about female severums. Here is a picture of a lovely young lady.

A: Okay. I'll add your pic also. LA

Greg Riley, Louisiana, August 23, 2007
Love the site! It's the best I've seen on various pets and I always recommend it to friends to find out about animals prior to purchasing. I'm in Louisiana so I can't drop in your store, but have a question for you.
I noticed you didn't have anything posted on the African Dormouse. Have you heard anything much about these animals as pets?
Also, if you had a choice between a Siberian Chipmunk and STO for an 11 year old boy which would you choose? I've read both of your descriptions and can't really decide. Thanks again,

A: I believe the Dormouse is on the protected list or unavailable because of the monkey pox scare? I haven't seen one for years. I'm sure someone will straighten me out soon.
I consider the Siberian chipmunk and the short-tail opossum very pricey for an 11-year old. I'd suggest a guinea pig. LA

Conan L. Green, August 30, 2007
Hello, how are you doing to day? I am starting to breed red tail boas and I wanted to know if there are any tips you could give me?

A: You need to look into sexing, feeding schedules, and brumation -- way too much to cover here. You need to do a great deal of research. Start with one book on red-tails. Then read two more to get different opinions. As you progress in your research, take good notes. Write up your results. They will make an excellent paper for one of your future classes. This is not a short-term project. LA

Corey, August 30, 2007
You guys said something about Fun Night. And you give away comet goldfish. I was wondering if I could get some or one or two. Thanks.

A: We don't give them in ones and twos. We need a note from your school telling us what day you want them and how many hundreds you want. LA

Corey, August 30, 2007
Oh, ok. I'll talk to my school about it

Tommie Eakins, Knoxville, TN, August 31, 2007
Hi, First off, kudos on having such a WONDERFUL website! I stumbled
across it while googling possibilities for new fish. Your attention to detail and incredible amounts of knowledge are a great resource. The creative writing keeps things entertaining and enjoyable. Excellent job!
I just wanted to point out an observation regarding the sentences "You need to wipe your tank front more often with comet goldfish. Add a Plecostomus to help keep your glass clean." on the page http://
www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20Food,%20Goldfish.htm

It is well documented (google will reveal many instances) that COMMON
plecos tend to really enjoy sucking the slime coating off of common goldfish and comets. I don't know about Koi, though. I personally had to remove a 10 inch Pleco from a pair of foot long Comets (indoor) due to this problem. I kept noticing a scale missing from the comets here and there... could not for the life of me figure out what was going on, but one night as I happened to be passing by the tank a few minutes after lights out, I saw the pleco dart full speed at a comet and drill it in the side, followed by the unmistakable glimmer of two shiny scales floating free. I got on the magic internet, and sure enough, plenty of people have had the same
problem. Apparently, it is the same problem as you described with
livebearers -- the Pleco really likes the taste of the slime coating on the goldfish. I don't think they mean any harm, and I never experienced any long-term problems in the comets as a result (the scales grow back in a few weeks to a couple of months), but without action, I'm sure that the goldies would be much more susceptible to illness due to the raw spots on their sides.
In fairness, there are some goldfish/pleco keepers who swear that they've never had a problem, and I don't doubt that, but there certainly are a number of us who have experienced this behavior.
Interestingly, many goldfish owners report that bristlenose plecos and other similar (mainly smaller) species have not shown the same behavior. Beats me as to why, though.
Just wanted to bring this to your attention! Hope all is well,

A: Right you are. And hungry plecos are even more likely to nail koi. I'm adding your comments to my comet page. LA

Angki A. Rachmat, Bandung, Indonesia, August 31, 2007

Hallo Mr. LA This is about Oscar. I like oscar and after look your web about oscar and the pictures, I like them very much. I have several oscars at home. Based on your website, I have maybe Snow Oscar, Albino, Tiger Oscar, and 11 baby albino oscar.

My unhappy think is I don't know sex of my oscar :(Would you like to tell me different of man and female? Thank you very much

A: I would like to tell you but have to admit that I cannot tell the difference myself. I can only tell during their egg laying progress. The one laying the eggs is a female. Other than that, I'm never sure about anything else. Yours is a very common question to which I've never heard an answer that holds up over time. LA

Sandra Gordon, August 31, 2007
I have four Pangassius hypophthalmus. Two of them have this bubble on them and I don't know what it is or if I should be worried. One of the other ones had a hard bump on it's side and I watched it for weeks, then it looked like one of the other fish might have bitten it or it got scraped off, then the bump disappeared. I would like to know if you can tell me what these things are, I have searched the web and I can't find any info about illnesses of iridescent sharks, they are the only fish in my tank that seem to be getting anything. I have sent an attachment with a good photo of this bubble to you. Thank you

A: I'm not a fish doctor and have never even seen one on TV. But if this were my fish, I'd just poke a hole in the bubble. It looks pretty much like a blister to me. I have no idea what caused it -- just an accumulation of liquid. LA

Andreas Jeppsson, Sweden, August 31, 2007
Hi again. I wrote to you guys like a week ago regarding the Chinese Water Dragon.
Now it's like this, I'm gonna build me a very nice and big terrarium in wood and glass. So it's gonna be 1,60 meters long and 0,80 meters deep and 1,70 meters high. So it’s a pretty big place J with a 0,30 meter deep water pound.
Ok, so the thing is that I want the Chinese dragons because they are so nice and I loved the looks of it, and they are really nice lizards. But they can get kinda big and when they get older (if I'm not wrong) they will get a crest? All of them even females?
Also they get some small horns on the side of the head?
Is there any other lizard similar to the way the water dragon is? Then I mean that they swim in water etc, but maybe a little smaller? That looks like the sup-adult Chinese water dragon does when it's fully grown?
Or any other fun climbing/water lizards you can give me names of? Also want to say that I love your website. I learned much about a lot of lizards etc. Very nice information and pictures.

A: Your cage sounds excellent for a juvenile Chinese water dragon. Don't worry about him growing too big. The males grow a crest. I've never seen any with horns. You could be getting info from the gamers' web sites. LA

Steve Campbell, Grand Prairie, TX, August 31, 2007
Greetings, My name is Steve Campbell and I am the Interim Editor of the Cross Timbers Herpetologist, the newsletter of the Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society (dfwhsherp.org). We are a 501(c)3 organization registered with both the Internal Revenue Service and the Texas State Comptroller's office as well.
Each month the newsletter features a different species of reptile or amphibian (see attachment); the Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) has been selected for September's newsletter.
Since assuming editorial responsibilities, which means soul contributor, I often go out on a limb and select exotic animals readily available in the pet trade. Unfortunately I do not have the required images to support such a venture.
Would it be possible to get permission to use images found at the following web address?:
http://www.ichiban1.org/html/news_pages/news_40.htm
I am most interested in the image at the bottom of the page (a Tokay Gecko restrained by a hand and with mouth wide open) as well as the image (17^th from the top - Tokay on a plate of glass demonstrating the adherence of their toed pads). Would this be possible? Sincerely,

A: You probably meant "sole" contributor? And the link you included was a military newspaper. However, you have my permission to use those pictures you describe. LA

Tony, Queens, NYC, NY, August 31, 2007
Helow this is Tony and I am worried about my savanna monitor. He is 8 inches in a 10 gallon tank. When I hold him or touch him, he goes ccccccccccckkkkkkkkk!!!!! like a hiss. I'm worried. If u know anything tell me please.

A: He's hissing at you because he does not want you to touch him or hold him. Lizards are not cats or dogs. They do not like people. They do not trust big monsters that look like they want to eat them. He'll probably learn to put up with you, but he won't really like you. LA
PS Make sure he knows his food comes only from you. It's called positive reinforcement.

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Under Gravel Filters Sponge Filters Cloudy Water Cool Water Tanks Gravel Vacuums Preventing Disease Feeding to the Max Frozen Foods Green Water Nasty Chemicals Overfeeding Power Filters Rift Lake Salts Quarantine Tank Mini-Tank 2nd Av Bait Pet World Visit Dandelions Aquatic Plants Amazon Swords More Swords Sword Plants III Anubias Aponogetons A. boivinianus A. fenestralis A. ulvaceous Aquarium/Bog Banana Plant Bolbitis Bunch Bunch Plants II Cryptocorynes Crystalwort Dwarf Lily Grassy Grassy II Hornwort Hygrophila Lace Java Lance Fern Java Moss Moss Balls Onion Vermiculite Watersprite	We don't ship critters or live fish. When writing us, include your location. LA_Aqualand@msn.com Alright, we'll start this section off with a letter from my little buddy from Egypt. He sent me about eight messages while I was trying to input his letter. So, here it is George. LA George Sobhy, Egypt, August 21, 2007 This is my little piranha. When I bought him he was so small and very shy and wasn't eating, but I gave him live worms. After then he start eating all kind of food and now he is my best friend. He loves me very much soo smart knows when I am going to serve the meal he even comes up to the surface of the water opening his mouth for me . We had very difficult times together (once when he was still small I put him in a small tank and forgot a heater inside the water degree becomes 40 C. He lied on his side. He almost was dead ... but I caught him and put him in a big bag with water from the tap (20 C ). It was a very big shock to him. That was very long ago when I firstly started raising fish, but thanx god he soon awake and every thing goes normally after then. In fact I don't know how but I thanx god that he became to life again ). I usually give him small fish which I catch when I go fishing. At the first I cut it into pieces, but now he eat them in less than 2 sec. But I was wondering about something. His teeth showed up lately. Is that because of the shock or is that normally ?? Any way I love him very much. He is my best friend. I spend so many times and hours staying next to him watching him. I even study next to him and lately I start to feed him live food. I think he enjoy playing and chasing them not enjoying a meal ... ! Any way I am happy when he is happy but I always wonder if he is a male or female? I've had him now for almost 2 & half years, and I still don't know whether a male or female he is .. I will be very happy and grateful if u tell me GS A: Okay, George, for some reason your letter wants to scrunch into a smaller space than all the other emails. First, I cannot tell the sex. Second, sit down, this will come as a shock. He/she is not a piranha. He comes from the same general area but is more of a plant eater. He'll do better on a diet of pellets. If you give him lots of room, and food, and time, he will grow to nearly a metre long. He is a Pacú. LA Angela Sanders, Concerned Crab Lover, August 21, 2007 Hi. I happened across your page today while doing a search on hermit crabs and was enjoying the pictures until I read the following: "If one of these big hermit crabs gets a grip on you, you will never forget it. You can get used to steady pinches. But these guys squeeze intermittently. They hold on for 15 minutes or more. Pry them off with a flat-bladed screw driver." I was stunned to say the very least. As a hermit crab lover and owner who has been pinched plenty of times, I would never turn to the aide of a screw driver to get a finicky crab off of me. It's not only dangerous to yourself but to the hermit crab and especially their BP or big pincher. If I could recommend a suggestion such as dipping your hand as well as the crab itself in a bowl of dechlorinated water. Most people who own hermit crabs have plenty of this on standby and it seems to be the safest method of removal of a crab who is pinching. Thank you for taking the time to read this. A: The crab in question was as big as a baseball. Of course I dipped him (and my hand) in dechlorinated water. I've got plenty of fish tanks within reaching distance. Every time I dipped him, he pinched harder. When I ran him under hot water as hot as I could stand it, he pinched even harder. He was lucky I found the screwdriver before I found a pair of side cutters. I would have de-clawed him in a second. LA Monsterbigdave, August 21, 2007 First I want a say that I love your web site and it has a lot of good info for all my pet hobbies. Do you know or think Chameleons would eat feeder fish? Also could I put a Pac-man frog in with a Chameleon? Thank you A: I think the chameleon's sticky tongue would just bounce off a wet goldfish. I don't think the chameleons would mix well with the Pac-man frog or anything else. LA Mtle Khidr, Queens NYC, NY, August 21, 2007 You're so lucky you got to watch that white goldfish lay eggs. Wow. What a wonderful experience. After the mother fish lays her eggs will she eat them? And what will happen to the eggs? Do they hatch by themselves? How often am I supposed to feed them?? I read somewhere that insects are full of nutrients for them, is that true? Thank you kindly A: The mother goldfish will eat some of the eggs. The other fish will eat some of them. However she lays so many of them, that some always survive (and get eaten later). Goldfish are egg-scatters. They depend on volume to continue the species. If you feed them twice a day (lightly), they will grow just fine. Goldfish like insects, worms, shrimp and nearly any kind of flakes or pellets. They are all nutritious foods for goldfish LA Andy Shaw, Salt Lake City, UT, August 21, 2007 I want to set up a community tank, with Green Anoles, House Geckoes, and Green Tree Frogs. I was curious as to whether or not it would be safe to also include a Green Tree Snake. I spoke with the Reptile Department at several pet stores here in Utah, and they said the Green Snake would eat and/or harass the others. I've got a 30 Gallon Aquarium with a waterfall, and a stream going through the middle, it's really very nice. I was planning on keeping 3 Green Anoles, 2 House Geckoes, and 3 Green Tree Frogs, but I thought the Green snake would be a nice touch. I'd also like to have something living in the stream, but it's rather fast flowing. Is there anything that would prefer that kind of aquatic setting? I thought about Fire-Belly Toads, or Fire-Belly newts, but I was worried about their toxicity, Better safe than sorry. Any advice? A: There's probably different kinds of green snakes. The one's I'm familiar with eat flies and crickets. I don't think they'd bother your other inhabitants. For your fast-flowing stream, I'd recommend zebra danios. The others you mentioned would all be swept downstream -- especially the newts. LA Elise Flynn, August 21, 2007 Hi there. I'm writing to you because I saw a photo on your web site noting three nasty feeder guppies and I'm having trouble finding out info on them. I'm wondering if you can tell me something about their behavior. My son brought home two females from school and since we didn't have a fish tank we set up a 10 gallon tank. Over the next week or two I noticed that the larger one was chasing and picking on the the other one quite a bit. Her tail was noticeably nipped up. After a couple of weeks it seemed to stop and the tail healed. Shortly thereafter our tank was ready to add other fish. We added 3 neons. The larger guppy immediately attacked and killed one of them (I think it was sick) but incessantly chased the other two neons and nipped off their tails completely. We gave it up for adoption thinking that would solve our problems. Since we gave up a fish we added a black platy and replaced the dead neon. Within hours of adding the new fish the smaller remaining guppy started to chase the fish around!! I watched the new neon closely since it was easy to tell if someone had been nipping at its tail. Within a week it's tail was gone. Now I can't say for sure that the guppy did it since I didn't see her do it. As time passed the guppy also seemed to be bothering the platy tremendously. The platy was always hiding and having a hard time getting food b/c the guppy would chase it away. The neons seemed to be really beat up so yesterday we gave the other guppy up for adoption. Here's the kicker. I have now noticed the neons chasing and nipping at each other! So the question remains did the neons do it to themselves OR is the guppy the culprit. There's no doubt in my mind that the guppy was stressing out the platy. I know this is long, but here's my final question. We added two more platys (we like them). I'm wondering if we got our guppy back, do you think she'd leave them alone since they are much bigger than she is and the original hangs out with them or do you think that she'd go after them as well? My 7 year old son was very upset at having to give away his guppies-- the whole reason we got a fish tank in the first place. Any thoughts or information is greatly appreciated. A: Those were not three nasty feeder guppies, they were gambusia. That was the fish you had. Gambusia affinis occasionally get mixed in with feeder guppies. I thought I wrote a page on them but I must not have. I had many plump females in their own tank. They evidently ate their fry. So I can't even tell you their gestation period. But I can tell you they're nasty little biters. Do not return one to your tank. LA Megan Nielsen, Iowa, August 21, 2007 Hi -- I saw that you had a Macaw listed on your website. I was wondering if this bird was still available. Thank you. LA Kendall was not included. A: We sold Sal a couple weeks ago. LA Ozzy Weiss, August 21, 2007 I'm currently considering buying a lizard, but I'm unsure of what one to buy. Currently, I have a ten gallon tank with a small hermit crab in it. And while I know from experience that green anoles work well with them, I was considering another species of lizard. My current choices are a leopard gecko, a day gecko, a forest armadillo lizard (which is iffy, because no one seems to know how big they get for sure) some ornate curly tails (which go under jewel curly tail I've seen), rainbow whiptails, and green ameivas. Oh, also, some sandfish. Any suggestions or recommendations? A: I wouldn't put any ground dwelling critter in with a hermit crab, so that leaves house geckos and tree frogs. LA Dimension51 Webmaster, August 21, 2007 Hi. You aren't really specific as to the true temperament of the Red Parrot Cichlids. Would they be okay in a community tank with: guppies, hatchets, a sun catfish, Chinese hi fin banded shark, and kuhli loaches? Thanks for any info. LA A: Since they're a cross between a red devil and a severum you can't always be sure. Severums shred plants. Red devils shred their tank mates. Most red parrot cichlids have such a deformed mouth that they cannot give that "popping bite" so common to most cichlids. Individuals differ. I would not trust any cichlid with guppies or kuhli loaches. Your hatchets will just jump out because of the perceived threat below. LA Alex Benson, Greensboro, NC, August 22, 2007 Hi, my roomie and I just bought some Water Hyacinths for our college dorm room to put in our fish bowl. We bought two plants. One that had already bloomed and one that had not. We thought we kept them out of water too long because on the one that had blossomed, the purple bloom started to wilt. The lady at the Farmers Market said it would do this but that it would bend into the water and rejuvenate. Well it is bending now but the old flowers that are in the water are just looking soggy and dead. The other plant is doing well and just blossomed this morning and is looking beautiful, but I want to make sure that if the other one is dead that this one does not go the same way. Thanks for any advice you can give. A: Water hyacinths fare poorly indoors. They need lots of light -- preferably full sunlight for part of the day. They send up a bloom stalk with numerous flowers. Each stalk lasts one day. Each plant will send up several stalks during hot weather. They multiply explosively. They die when frost hits them. They may be illegal in your state. LA Natasha Jacques, South Africa, August 22, 2007 Well first off all I wana thank u for ur web site. You would never believe me if I told u how much it helped me in ''in getting to know my fish'' and to care for them. And that's where my love for fish started, and now can't stop. The problem is that I'm so interested in all the weird and unusual fish. I'm in SOUTH AFRICA and all the pet shops here only get the normal schoolgirl kind of fish. Nobody can or wants to help me get some really interesting fish. I'm looking for a snakehead fish, 2 pacús, pocamon catfish, black and white polypterus, wolffish and so on. So if u could help me getting some of these fish it would mean more than a lot 2 me. Thanx again 4 ur site. I refer all my fish friends to it A: Maybe I made some of the oddballs sound too interesting when I wrote about them. Some of the ones you want are fish you would quickly tire of housing, feeding, and changing their water. You don't say what part of South Africa you're from, but some of your larger cities must have wholesalers that carry unusual fishes. Many unusual and highly sought after fishes come from Africa. If you're really "hooked" on fish, try to get a job at one of your local fish stores -- volunteer if you have to. Work with the fish and other critters for awhile. Your fish affliction will either get worse or you'll be cured. LA Lindy LaFleur, August 23, 2007 I just purchased a red claw crab. Can you tell me if they make any sound? We have him in our family room and hear a chirping sound. We have searched all over and can't figure out where it is coming from. Could it be the crab. A: I've never heard a red claw crab make a chirping sound. I've heard plenty of chirps from male crickets -- especially in late summer. LA Hung Quach, August 23, 2007 Hello, Do you have any good fighting betta? I need two pairs, in an extra large size. Thank You. A: Sorry. We do not ship fish. LA Tisha, August 23, 2007 Can you put a dumpy in with a crested gecko assuming they are about the same size? Any input would be helpful A: I would not mix them unless the crested was twice as big. On second thought, I would not mix them at all. LA Howie Wehrleh, August 24, 2007 First off let me say that I have found your site EXTREMELY helpful as far as how to care for the fish we already have as well as what to add to the collection in the future. Myself and the lady are currently running two 10gal tanks, and we just picked up a 45gal hexagon aquarium for a song on Craig's List. So I'm researching the hell out of fish, and basically one of our 10gal tanks will become a starter for the big 'un. I wanted to pick up a couple of pictus cats (as well as some clown loaches and a Silver Dollar or two) for the bigger tank. I noticed on your site you mentioned something about look-a-likes often being passed off as pictus cats, but they looked just like the other pictus cats pictured on your site. Is there an easy way to tell the two apart? And if the other is NOT a pictus, can you tell me what species it is? And if I happen to pick the fake one up, should I treat it like a regular pictus? Your advice is very welcome. Best regards. And thanks for more help than I would have ever expected from a single website, A: Glad you're finding the info useful. That's why I built the web site. And why I welcome corrections. I wouldn't worry too much about the exact pictus ID. Just enjoy them. If they keep growing and growing, so will your silver dollars and clown loach. Stay away from neons. Pictus like them a lot. LA Trenton Ameen, August 24, 2007 Hi I was wondering what you would suggest for a lizard. I am 12 years old and had experience with reptiles and amphibians. I would also like to know how much juvenile and adult leopard geckos and bearded dragons cost. Thanks A: I would recommend an economical lizard such as an anole, house gecko, or one of the smaller skinks. Once you have the experience (mostly responsibility) and a bigger bank account, you can look into the leopards and beardeds. Their prices vary by time of year and your location. LA Ozzy Weiss, August 24, 2007 Do you recommend Calci-Sand for leopard geckos? A few people I spoke to say it can actually kill them, and so far, the best bet I've been told is sandbox sand or coconut fiber. What's your opinion? A: I like the lizard mats. Very few lizards will eat a mat. Actually, I think all the substrates work. Just don't get your lizard so starved that he grabs his lunch and litter at the same time. You can keep them over a sheet of newspaper if you want to. LA John Schieffler, August 24, 2007 Link of tons of pictures and discussion: http://bbs.cnfish.com/viewthread.php?tid=320146&extra=page%3D1&page=1 A: Since the discussion was in Mandarin Chinese, I had a difficult time with it. However, the pictures were excellent. Thx. LA Connie Heath, August 25, 2007 My Ghost Knife fish has a tail that looks like a cinnamon roll. Any idea why this has happened? Is there anything I can do to help him straighten out? I'll take a pic and send it later. A: No idea. LA Nick Vanwychen, August 25, 2007 Hi, do you have any female green anacondas available? Thanks A: Green anacondas are now illegal in Iowa, so we have none. We couldn't ship one anyway. LA Trenton Ameen, August 25, 2007 Thanks for writing back, but I have already had all those animals, LOL! Do you know any place that sells exotic pets like foxes, and so on? If so, please tell me. Thanks A: Alright, now move up to one of the medium priced lizards, such as water dragons, medium geckos, basilisks, collared lizards even iguanas. We are prohibited from keeping foxes here in Iowa (and probably where you live also). LA Katy Valley, MA, August 25, 2007 On your page showing the various color phases of dwarf gouramis, it says under many of the pictures "all males." Does this mean that females don't come in these colors? I was hoping to get a male/female pair of powder blue dwarf gouramis. Is this impossible? Thank you, A: In all the time I've seen the various dwarf gouramis, I've never seen a female powder blue, neon, or turquoise. They may exist, but I've never seen one. LA Katy Valley, MA, August 25, 2007 Huh. that's interesting, and a little disappointing. You'd think there'd be females somewhere. Oh well. They're still one of my favorite fish. Thank you for your time. I love your site, but it's making me seriously regret that I'm in Massachusetts and your store's so far away. thanks again, A: You can breed them with a normal female dwarf gourami. LA Hi. First of all, I was wondering if there is a way to purposely grow algae in an aquarium? Not a whole lot, just a little bit (it looks cool). If you have any tips I would much appreciate them. Connor Crouse, August 26, 2007 Hi. First of all, I was wondering if there is a way to purposely grow algae in an aquarium? Not a whole lot, just a little bit (it looks cool). If you have any tips I would much appreciate them. Also, if a fish has cotton mouth, what is the best way to treat it and how? I recently bought a Hi Fin Banded Shark and he has cotton mouth, so I want to treat it because he was EXPENSIVE. Thanks for anything and everything. Great site. A: First, algae comes in two stages: none and too much. Find a tank with the species of algae you want. Seed it into your tank in as many pieces as you can. Then leave your lights on until the algae takes over. Then cut back your hours of light. Second, treat your EXPENSIVE shark in a quarantine tank. Your fish store should carry the correct medication. LA Sylvia Pardino, Miami, FL, August 26, 2007 Hi, I love your cockatiel page! It's so informative & has great pics! I do have a bit of a problem, though: I FOUND a cockatiel, or s/he found me, last Sunday. My husband & I almost ran him over on the corner of our block. I jumped out of the truck, but he flew onto a phone wire. I whistled, s/he whistled back a couple of times. My husband was in a hurry & s/he didn't look like s/he wanted to come down. We returned home HOURS later & I started whistling in the front yard. A few minutes later, my husband hears him/her (I don't know) singing outside! Come on! That's some kind of miracle! After trying to get him to come to me for about 1/2 hour, my husband threw a towel over him. It was awful! He spent about an hour in an inverted grocery basket while I went to get him an awesome cage with EVERYTHING! Tons of toys, fresh fruit, all kind of cockatiel treats, yet he likes eating his own poop! HE HATES US!!! He hisses at us, freaks out when I try to hold him or even get near the cage to talk to him. It's been a week & no change, it sucks! I don't want to give him a heart attack, but I want to bond! WHAT CAN I DO? P.S. I have a small & large dog & both live inside, too. (Sorry for the long message.) A: Get your towel out again. Wrap him except for one wing and take away his pilot's license by trimming that wing. Before you start snipping, get a cockatiel book that tells you how to do it. Next, limit his food supply -- no more 24-hour all you can eat buffet. Make sure that he knows all food comes from the kind and all powerful you. Soon he will be eating out of your hand, sitting on your finger, and not flying all over your house crashing into windows. LA Andreas Jeppsson, Sweden, August 26, 2007 Hi i got myself a beared Lizard. And I am from Sweden. I was wundering if you could give me some tips on a new lizard. Im interested in like reignforest lizards that needs water etc and like so climb. I looked into the Chinese Water Dragon and think it is to beautiful. But. Does it realy become about 90 cm (Swedish counting) How big of a terrarium do I need ? etc. Or is there a smaller version of a water dragon ? As I said I need tips on spechies that likes water and to cljmp. Well. Like the Chinese water dragons exactly but maybe smaller if possible. Sorry foir my English it aint so good. I hope to get a answere soon. A: First, your English is A+ compared to my Swedish. Don't worry about the Chinese water dragon growing too large. A third of that 90 cm is tail. And the females are much smaller. Water dragons are an excellent choice. They're inexpensive, not difficult to maintain, and very attractive. LA Naomi Blyth, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, August 26, 2007 Hey, I bought a freshwater sole from our local fish shop today. It seems like the FW sole is the same as the FW flounder. We bought 2 for £4 each. One died in transit and the other has buried itself in the sand under a pumice cave, not bothered by any of its tank mates. We have 6 gouramis, 3 penguin tetras, 1 pleco, 1 black ghost knife, 1 catfish, 1 apple snail, 1 angel, 2 glass catfish, 2 mollies and another unidentified species, at least the shop couldn't tell us what he was!!! My fiancé took a liking to him though. I looked the FW sole up on the internet and found that the FW sole is also known as a FW flounder among other names. Love the site, used it to look up all our fish to see their specific needs!! A: Glad you found the site useful. FW flounders prefer to stay under the sand. They come out when they detect food nearby. LA Mike Regan, Crossville, Tennessee, August 26, 2007 Hello, I make plastic fishing worms. I hope you will consider purchasing my products for your store/company. I can pour virtually any color, use any type of glitter, and have the following molds available at this time: 6" lizard, 6" ribbon tail, 10" ribbon tail, 14" ribbon tail, 9" split tail, 5" curly tail, 8" curly tail, 6" flat tail, 5 ½" dropshot, 5" paddle tail, 6" paddle tail, 7 ½" paddle tail, 9" paddle tail. I'll purchase any molds I feel I can market. Most of my packaged worms come 12 to a bag. The larger 7 ½" + come 5 to a pack obviously due to the amount of plastic required to produce them. The larger 14" come 3 to a bag. The cost to you is $-.--per bag plus shipping. I am originally from California. After retiring from a 30 year career in law enforcement, I moved to Crossville, Tennessee. The person who made plastic worms for me also retired, so I decided to pick up where she left off. Very quickly my inventory exceeded my use and I am now looking for outlets for this enjoyable hobby. I believe my plastic worms are of the highest quality as I have several companies I purchase my basic products from. Below is a sample photo of the clear label I affix to the plastic worm bag. I look forward to hearing from you. Mike Regan mikeregan@frontiernet.net 931-788-5893 oldtymeplasticworms.com A: Sounds like a fun business. We don't really sell fish bait but anyone who makes fish bait is one of the good guys. I ran your letter in our Q&A section. Hopefully you'll get some responses from around the country. LA Katon and Tracy Yantek, York ,PA, August 27, 2007 Greetings... I am not sure how old your website is regarding White's Tree Frogs...so please excuse me if my question to you is "outdated." My son has had a Whites Tree Frog (Mr. Hoppy) going on 7 years now. (Yes, you read that correctly, SEVEN years.) I bought Mr. Hoppy for him on Valentine's Day in his first year of pre-school. He is about to enter 4th grade, and Mr. Hoppy is still with us. Incidentally, we are unsure if Mr. Hoppy is indeed a MR. But he sings to us often and I have read that the males are more vocal...so we are assuming he is. My question is....Mr. Hoppy has always been a rather easy pet....basically hiding, eating, sleeping with an occasional "song" to let us know he is alive and kicking. Recently, Mr. Hoppy has become an escape artist...finding his way to the top of his cage and pushing the lid off. We have "luckily" found him twice...clinging to the side of.....(are you ready for this...) INSIDE our toilet bowl!!! It is not a far journey...but it puzzles us how he finds his way to the water source each time he escapes. Most recently...he escaped and I found him in my laundry room...which is within close proximity of my bathroom. Ironically, I had my son's football uniform soaking in a sink just above where he was found. Before you ask, he always has sufficient water for soaking in his cage. I do intend to remedy the cause with a new home for him. However, it puzzles us all the same why he would 'all of the sudden' be looking to leave his home. This behavior started about two months ago. Have you ever experienced this before? Feel free to share this with any friends who have knowledge of White's Tree Frogs, and thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, A: I last updated our Dumpy tree frog page in 2006. The little critters live much longer than seven years. Mine were always escape artists. Any time we left the rock off their lids, they crawled out looking for greener pastures (or greener trees). We have a tank draining system with one-inch stand pipes every eight feet. Nearly always we would find them lurking in these stand pipes. They were wider than the pipes, but managed to scooch their butts down into one of the stand pipes. LA Lukester825, August 27, 2007 Dear LA, I have a couple questions I hope you can answer concerning a twenty gallon set up. I was wondering how much salt would be suitable for a spotted green puffer and a spotted leaf fish to live together comfortably? Also there's a lot of plants in there. Would these plants be able to live in the saltier water? I appreciate your help. Your web site is the bomb dot com. A: I'd start with two teaspoons of salt per gallon for the puffer. If your spotted leaf fish is a Ctenopoma, he's pretty flexible on salt levels. Most plants hate salt. Java lance fern tolerates low levels of salt (2 tsp/gal). LA Katon and Tracy Yantek, York ,PA, August 27, 2007 Thank you very much for your reply. I feel much better now, knowing this is a common occurrence. I was afraid he was "searching" for something in particular that we were not providing him in his cage. I didn't know if he was looking for a wife ha hah, for a different source of food, or more peace and quiet all of the sudden. A: I think all of your theories are valid. But dumpies ARE dedicated escape artists for reasons known only to themselves. LA Shantanu, Bangalore, India, August 28, 2007 Hi Larry, I am back. After procrastinating for a long time, I have managed to unpack my aquarium but alas ... the front glass has broken off in the transit from Delhi to Bangalore. Let's see how soon I can get it up and running. Hope you are doing well. Here's to you and your pets! A: Namaste back, dude. Do I still owe you an Aqualand T-shirt? LA Kathy Lopez, Kodiak, AK, August 27, 2007 Hi, My name is Kathie and we are opening a new pet supply store here in Kodiak, Alaska. I have not gotten all the way through your site, yet, but I would be interested in any product or information that may help us. My partner and I are dog trainers and have worked with various animals in the past so we aren't exactly new to this. Thanks for your time. A: First, never get in a price war with Wal-Mart. Second, work at another pet store for at least a year before opening your store. Third, go to a trade show as soon as you can. Fourth, meet some of the sales reps that have been around for a while. Fifth, subscribe to ALL the pet industry publications. Sixth, don't expect a huge crowd waiting at your front door the day you first open for business. LA Kathy Lopez, Kodiak, AK, August 27, 2007 Hi, OK - so I started looking at your great pages , but (FYI) some of them loaded and the information seemed to be to the left of my screen but no scroll bar to get over there. Others loaded just great. Some of the lefties were Degus, Angelfish, UpsideDown Catfish, etc. I would sure love to view these pages. Let me know if it was something I was doing wrong. A: Oddly enough, it's my website doing something wrong. Certain pages are on an alternate website. I have no idea why. If I go to those pages from my "other stuff" page, the system sends me to the other site. If I go from my index (Home Page) page, then it works fine. Also, all the pages work better when using Microsoft Explorer. LA Latika Smith, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2007 My 2 African Millipedes have a lot of mites, should I be concerned?? Thank you, A: They are cleaner mites -- beneficial to your millipede and harmless to you. LA Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007 There are two pictures of fish in severums I that are actually convicts. A: Do you mean this one? LA Pic Female severums usually look better than this gal. She's 4-inches and really beat up. I still think she's a severum. Possibly not? LA Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007 No, that's definitely a male convict. Male sevs have dots and worm like markings around the jaw. A: I wish I still had her/him so I could see her in real life again. You could be right, so I'll add your comments to my Severum page. LA Richard Paone, Carlisle, PA, August 29, 2007I forgot we were talking about female severums. Here is a picture of a lovely young lady. RP A: Okay. I'll add your pic also. LA Greg Riley, Louisiana, August 23, 2007 Love the site! It's the best I've seen on various pets and I always recommend it to friends to find out about animals prior to purchasing. I'm in Louisiana so I can't drop in your store, but have a question for you. I noticed you didn't have anything posted on the African Dormouse. Have you heard anything much about these animals as pets? Also, if you had a choice between a Siberian Chipmunk and STO for an 11 year old boy which would you choose? I've read both of your descriptions and can't really decide. Thanks again, A: I believe the Dormouse is on the protected list or unavailable because of the monkey pox scare? I haven't seen one for years. I'm sure someone will straighten me out soon. I consider the Siberian chipmunk and the short-tail opossum very pricey for an 11-year old. I'd suggest a guinea pig. LA **Conan L. Green, August 30, 2007 Hello, how are you doing to day? I am starting to breed red tail boas and I wanted to know if there are any tips you could give me? A: You need to look into sexing, feeding schedules, and brumation -- way too much to cover here. You need to do a great deal of research. Start with one book on red-tails. Then read two more to get different opinions. As you progress in your research, take good notes. Write up your results. They will make an excellent paper for one of your future classes. This is not a short-term project. LA Corey, August 30, 2007 You guys said something about Fun Night. And you give away comet goldfish. I was wondering if I could get some or one or two. Thanks. A: We don't give them in ones and twos. We need a note from your school telling us what day you want them and how many hundreds you want. LA Corey, August 30, 2007 Oh, ok. I'll talk to my school about it Tommie Eakins, Knoxville, TN, August 31, 2007 Hi, First off, kudos on having such a WONDERFUL website! I stumbled across it while googling possibilities for new fish. Your attention to detail and incredible amounts of knowledge are a great resource. The creative writing keeps things entertaining and enjoyable. Excellent job! I just wanted to point out an observation regarding the sentences "You need to wipe your tank front more often with comet goldfish. Add a Plecostomus to help keep your glass clean." on the page http:// www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20Food,%20Goldfish.htm It is well documented (google will reveal many instances) that COMMON plecos tend to really enjoy sucking the slime coating off of common goldfish and comets. I don't know about Koi, though. I personally had to remove a 10 inch Pleco from a pair of foot long Comets (indoor) due to this problem. I kept noticing a scale missing from the comets here and there... could not for the life of me figure out what was going on, but one night as I happened to be passing by the tank a few minutes after lights out, I saw the pleco dart full speed at a comet and drill it in the side, followed by the unmistakable glimmer of two shiny scales floating free. I got on the magic internet, and sure enough, plenty of people have had the same problem. Apparently, it is the same problem as you described with livebearers -- the Pleco really likes the taste of the slime coating on the goldfish. I don't think they mean any harm, and I never experienced any long-term problems in the comets as a result (the scales grow back in a few weeks to a couple of months), but without action, I'm sure that the goldies would be much more susceptible to illness due to the raw spots on their sides. In fairness, there are some goldfish/pleco keepers who swear that they've never had a problem, and I don't doubt that, but there certainly are a number of us who have experienced this behavior. Interestingly, many goldfish owners report that bristlenose plecos and other similar (mainly smaller) species have not shown the same behavior. Beats me as to why, though. Just wanted to bring this to your attention! Hope all is well, A: Right you are. And hungry plecos are even more likely to nail koi. I'm adding your comments to my comet page. LA Angki A. Rachmat, Bandung, Indonesia, August 31, 2007 Hallo Mr. LA This is about Oscar. I like oscar and after look your web about oscar and the pictures, I like them very much. I have several oscars at home. Based on your website, I have maybe Snow Oscar, Albino, Tiger Oscar, and 11 baby albino oscar. My unhappy think is I don't know sex of my oscar :(Would you like to tell me different of man and female? Thank you very much A: I would like to tell you but have to admit that I cannot tell the difference myself. I can only tell during their egg laying progress. The one laying the eggs is a female. Other than that, I'm never sure about anything else. Yours is a very common question to which I've never heard an answer that holds up over time. LA Sandra Gordon, August 31, 2007** I have four Pangassius hypophthalmus. Two of them have this bubble on them and I don't know what it is or if I should be worried. One of the other ones had a hard bump on it's side and I watched it for weeks, then it looked like one of the other fish might have bitten it or it got scraped off, then the bump disappeared. I would like to know if you can tell me what these things are, I have searched the web and I can't find any info about illnesses of iridescent sharks, they are the only fish in my tank that seem to be getting anything. I have sent an attachment with a good photo of this bubble to you. Thank you SG A: I'm not a fish doctor and have never even seen one on TV. But if this were my fish, I'd just poke a hole in the bubble. It looks pretty much like a blister to me. I have no idea what caused it -- just an accumulation of liquid. LA Andreas Jeppsson, Sweden, August 31, 2007 Hi again. I wrote to you guys like a week ago regarding the Chinese Water Dragon. Now it's like this, I'm gonna build me a very nice and big terrarium in wood and glass. So it's gonna be 1,60 meters long and 0,80 meters deep and 1,70 meters high. So it’s a pretty big place J with a 0,30 meter deep water pound. Ok, so the thing is that I want the Chinese dragons because they are so nice and I loved the looks of it, and they are really nice lizards. But they can get kinda big and when they get older (if I'm not wrong) they will get a crest? All of them even females? Also they get some small horns on the side of the head? Is there any other lizard similar to the way the water dragon is? Then I mean that they swim in water etc, but maybe a little smaller? That looks like the sup-adult Chinese water dragon does when it's fully grown? Or any other fun climbing/water lizards you can give me names of? Also want to say that I love your website. I learned much about a lot of lizards etc. Very nice information and pictures. A: Your cage sounds excellent for a juvenile Chinese water dragon. Don't worry about him growing too big. The males grow a crest. I've never seen any with horns. You could be getting info from the gamers' web sites. LA Steve Campbell, Grand Prairie, TX, August 31, 2007 Greetings, My name is Steve Campbell and I am the Interim Editor of the Cross Timbers Herpetologist, the newsletter of the Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society (dfwhsherp.org). We are a 501(c)3 organization registered with both the Internal Revenue Service and the Texas State Comptroller's office as well. Each month the newsletter features a different species of reptile or amphibian (see attachment); the Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) has been selected for September's newsletter. Since assuming editorial responsibilities, which means soul contributor, I often go out on a limb and select exotic animals readily available in the pet trade. Unfortunately I do not have the required images to support such a venture. Would it be possible to get permission to use images found at the following web address?: http://www.ichiban1.org/html/news_pages/news_40.htm I am most interested in the image at the bottom of the page (a Tokay Gecko restrained by a hand and with mouth wide open) as well as the image (17^th from the top - Tokay on a plate of glass demonstrating the adherence of their toed pads). Would this be possible? Sincerely, LA A: You probably meant "sole" contributor? And the link you included was a military newspaper. However, you have my permission to use those pictures you describe. LA Tony, Queens, NYC, NY, August 31, 2007 Helow this is Tony and I am worried about my savanna monitor. He is 8 inches in a 10 gallon tank. When I hold him or touch him, he goes ccccccccccckkkkkkkkk!!!!! like a hiss. I'm worried. If u know anything tell me please. A: He's hissing at you because he does not want you to touch him or hold him. Lizards are not cats or dogs. They do not like people. 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