A:  We usually give a third of what we hope to sell it for.  We can't give you an exact  $ without seeing it.  Countless times we've had people say they had one thing over the phone and were totally incorrect.  Right now we have lots of leopard geckos.  Your uromastyx is worth much more than the geckos.  Borrow a cell phone from someone in your class and call us this afternoon if you have further queastions.  LA

A:  We do not ship fish or critters.  We sell to walk-in customers.  We're a regular retail store.  We do not send out a price list except on our eSpecials.  LA

A:  Don't count your cichlids before they hatch.  First spawns are frequently infertile.  Hybrids may hatch but are often infertile (mules).  Congratulations if they pan out.  However, many cichlid purists detest the idea of hybrids.  Watch your back.  I haven't crossed dempseys and festaes, so I don't know what they'll look like or what they're worth.  LA
PS  Here's my ornate.  I keep him in a bare tank with a couple other polypterids.  I was trying some new foods on him just before lunch.  A Senegalus in with him ate all the food disks.

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A:  Yes, piranhas don't mix well with any other fish.  Pike cichlids  (and most other cichlids) like to dig.  They will trash your planted tank.  You never know what time table cichlids will follow.  LA

A:  Sounds like you have a wide selection of oddballs in Wisconsin.  Firemouths are much more sociable.  But the number depends entirely on their size.  LA.
PS  Busted.  Send your messages from that address also.

A:  I'm not a big pike fan.  They like to industrial re-arrange your substrate.  And most of them like to assassinate their tank mates.  LA

A:  We have quite a few leopard geckos in stock right now.  If I have time when I go back to work tomorrow, I'll take some pictures of young ones.  We do not have any babies.  LA

A:  Sure.  A 20H would suffice for now.  LA

A:  Fine for now.  He'll clean out those swordtails for you.  He'll need a 30.  And if you keep him long enough, he''ll want at least a 55.  LA

A:  I feel like I came into this movie about half a sack of popcorn late.  Have we talked about you selling me four jaguar cichlids earlier?  Or did you talk to someone else at Aqualand?  Besides, I can't tell their size from a photograph.  I need more data.  LA

A:  Ah, another Zen question.  Luckily, I'm hip on Zen.  To truly. live, you must take chances.  LA

A:  Ah, young one.  You have taken your first step to enlightenment.  Continue your journey.  LA

A:  First off, the plants you should use depends upon the plants available in your area.  In a deep tank, low light plants work best.
A1:  Feed him right before you turn your lights off.  Dragons are shy (or stupid) at first.  The other fish are faster eaters.
A2:  Bettas come from still waters.  Your betta stays above the current.  Dragging his long fins takes a lot of extra work.
A3:  Dragon gobies do go up and down in the corners especially at first.  He'll settle down later.  LA

A:  Stick with your current feeding practice.  Select the plants you and your checkbook like, not the ones I like.  LA

A:  Hm, two in a row from the other LA.  Most frogs will only eat moving food.  (Clawed frogs will eat anything.)  Crickets  work best.  They will eat any other soft bugs which we've heard you occasionally run across in LA.  They don't fight but they will eat smaller frogs.  Most people that sell the dumpies probably can't tell the males from the females -- especially if you get young ones.  You don't need to feed them every day.  In fact daily feedings are probably the main reason they become dumpy.  A 20H works fine for two.  They don't swim much but they do like the humidity.  The spraying does the same thing.  You will need a cricket ranch so you can gut load them.  I don't think most frogs like the powdered supplements.  They do like well fed crickets.  LA

A:  MSN blocked and removed your photos.  Try again.  LA

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They are attractive.

A:  Spotted puffers like to chew on other fish.  Convicts will take over your tank.  They will beat up your other fish, dig up your plants, and outbreed your other fish.  If you want them, I have at least 20 to choose from including the two in the above picture.  They might cause fewer problems in your 100.  LA

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A:  I'm not really sure what a dinosaur bichir might be.  Does it resemble the Senegal bichir above?  He will deifinitely eat any ghost shrimp you put in his tank and probably the kuhlis.  The black kuhli loach and dragon goby won't bother their tank mates.  Not too many plants will survive in salty water.  Try watersprite and Java fern.  LA

A:  Some people like them; some don't.  A UGF gives you a 10 X 20 one-inch thick filter base upon which helpful bacteria grow.  I like them.-- especially on small tanks.  I also like them on large tanks as the back up filter for one of the larger filters.
In a ten-gallon tank, I prefer the smaller gravels natural or black.  In larger tanks I would prefer medium to large gravels or a mixture.  The smaller your gravel, the better substrate for plant roots.  All of this is just personal opinion and not written anywhere on stone tablets.  LA

A:  I very much dislike shrimp pellets.  They dissolve and go down into the gravel where they feed bacteria.  I'll add your cautionary note to our Raphael page.  LA

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10-inch Raphael catfish.

A:  Here' a Raphael that is the largest I've seen.  He came in right after I returned from lunch today..  He was accompanied by two huge oscars.  Nicole said she was feeding her Raphael goldfish.  LA

A:  If you intend to freak out, throw your fish, and scream every time you see something unusual, I'd say it's time to convert to commercial turtle sticks.  I'm sure your neighbors would agree with me. 
PS  It was not a tapeworm.  You can get liver flukes from certain fish and snails, but you'd have to move to another country to get them.  You're safe in St. Louey.  LA

A:  First tip, don't tap on the crack.  Every time I have done that, the crack just kept going right up the glass.  Second tip, get your other tank ready now.  Third tip, realize that the fry are easier to move today than they will ever be.  Convict fry don't need their parents.  Fourth, move the parents to another tank  Fifth, use a 1-inch diameter siphon to move the fry into a bucket.  Put them in another tank or add an air stone to their bucket.  Sixth, drain and repair your tank, let it age 24 hours, and test it full of water for another 24 to 48 hours.  Seventh, if no leaks, pour the bucket of fry into your tank and gradually re-fill with aged water.  Eighth, do not re-unite the parents with the fry.  LA

A:  I would chalk your dead snails up to your Chinese algae eater or your crab.  Extra food would not likely stop them from snacking occasionally.    Your platy has what we call CTD (circling the drain) disease.  Platys live an average of two years, some longer and some less.  There's not much you can do to save your platy.  LA   

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Two 3-inch redtail X shovelnose catfish hybrids from pack of hree.

A:  Right you are.  A tiger shovelnose cross.  I haven't seen a large one, just the little guys.  LA

A:  Your flowerhorn would much prefer a 29 gallon tank.  He will move whatever you put in his tank.  He will plow his gravel and pile it in the front of his tank no matter how many times you re-decorate it.  Most flowerhorns are a hybrid beteen a red devil and a trimaculatus.  Treat them like any other large South American cichlid that likes to beat on or kill his tank mates.  And the 29 is only good for the short term.  He'll need more room as he grows.  LA

A:  Most rainbows are mellow.  Most headstanders are nippy little (or big) critters.  The spotted headstander is maybe the least nippy.  Get more than one.  They like to hang with their own.  LA

A:  This is an easy one.  Just stop feeding them hotdogs.  LA

A:  72.2 hours, but don't worry about specific times.  Turtles can go over 504.3 hours without eating.  LA

A:  Sold as roseline sharks, Puntius denisonii.  Pretty and pricy.  Not remotely related to headstanders.  They're from the Kerala River in Southern India.  LA
PS  I've been planning to write a page on them for about a year.  Go to Roseline Sharks for a sneak preview.

A:  I do believe you are correct.  I'll add your input to the page.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find the page.  Can you email me the heading?  Thanks.  LA

A:  Found it.  Your link jumped me to the picture not the page.  I looked thru all the Miscellaneous Oddball pics and could not find the pic.  I found it on the wolffish page and deleted it.  I don't know where that pic came from.  thanks for spotting it.  LA