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[9darlingcalvi]

I might a stickleback tomorrow, we are going fishing


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[Matt DeLaVega]

Now if only I could get the algae to grow on my rocks


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Buy a couple of those Marimo moss balls, they kind of look like moss covered rocks.

[9darlingcalvi]

This is a us native tank not tropical tank


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[9darlingcalvi]

This may be crazy but here's a new option


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[Squeaky McMurdo]

My almost 9 year old wants a turtle for her tank. 

 

Marimo moss isn't tropical, it's actually an algae that is native to most of the northern hemisphere and it's the environment that makes it ball up. https://plantsam.com...ropila-linnaei/

[gerald]

Is the turtle shell real or ceramic?  If real, it will fall apart pretty quickly under water, and may also release more phosphate than you want.  Best blue-green slime bloom I've ever had (and I've had lots of them over many years) was the time I had brilliant idea of using hollow beef bones as caves for some brackish-water gobies.

[9darlingcalvi]

Are phosphates good for inverts and fish? It's ceramic, the only fake thing in the tank minus the filter


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[9darlingcalvi]

Forgot about the updated tank pic


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[Chasmodes]

looks great!

[9darlingcalvi]

Now I wait for a mini crayfish or ghost shrimp, I might get some minnows to stock the tank today


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[9darlingcalvi]

Well, we had a stickleback or two in the bait bucket so....guess that's the winner


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[9darlingcalvi]

Here is one of two broom stickleback rescues, for now that's the tank. Waiting till spring/summer to find a crayfish


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[9darlingcalvi]

Got a pic of the bigger of the two, also here's a view of me laying on the floor looking at the tank


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[Chasmodes]

The tank looks good, cool fish!  Good luck with them!

[9darlingcalvi]

Thanks , the little one isn't as scared of me as the bigger one


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[9darlingcalvi]

Well, the beast known as my father banished the fish to the river. No more fosh


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[Doug_Dame]

Very sorry to hear that. 

 

Most people find fish-keeping ... in moderation ... to be a harmless and fun hobby. It's usually only when you get to 400+ tanks that need 30+ hrs of maintenance per day that it becomes problematic for family and friends.

[9darlingcalvi]

I'll try this summer, my dad let me have a tank last summer but only for the summer. Maybe I can get a full time tank with some string pulling


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[truecrimson]

Pardon me for prying, but why is your dad against you having an aquarium?

Looked great while it lasted. For someone in high school facing the hurdles you are facing you did a great job.

[9darlingcalvi]

I don't understand why, he said no new pets. My brother got a hedgehog and I got 3 new lizards which he's mad that I got but my mom let me. I said yesterday "the frogs are coming out" he says "No!, No! I know you better your not having a frog". I have had them before and he said no then didn't care. I don't understand as he had a snapping turtle as a kid. I did have 2 petco bettas that died within 5 weeks, that's might be why


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