[Betta Fish Eye]

Salt will kill your plants. Narrite snails are from brackish water and will be fine with salt. I sugest a quarantine tank. 

[When to feed newly hatched medaka (Japanese rice fish) fry?]

I've used Golden pearls, but as Dean said there's probably lots of live food if it's a pond. I rarely feed my 330g Ibc totes and they are full of guppies and rainbows. I don't filter or arrate either, just floating plants. 

[Transferring fish outdoors]

On 7/21/2020 at 4:10 PM, Kat_Rigel said:

Hi all! I was recently watching Cory's videos on outdoor tub ponds and felt inspired! So I set up a little something on the balcony (perfect because my one bedroom apartment doesn't have a lot of space for tanks 🙃) Now I am at the point where I need to stock it, but I'm afraid! The temperatures seem so drastic! For example, I have my happy, established tank that sits at like 78/79*F all day and night. My outdoor temps right now are 85* high and low of 56*. I have been monitoring the temp today and it has risen from 58* this morning to 66* (which is less of a change than I expected- I thought it would get hotter.) It seems like such a temperature swing! How can I put fish in there?! Cory's video also said he was thinking of adding mystery snails- but it seems too cold! I am located in Northern California, and usually it is a bit hotter right now. Should I avoid the livebearers I was planning on and go with cloud minnows? But what if it heats up? Am I too late in the season to start?

Oh my. Such uncertainty with outdoor ponds! Lol Advice appreciated, especially if you've had any experience with outdoor ponds.

Pond is a 20gal tub with sponge filter and airstone, hornwort, a dying something or other plant, and rotala.

Whitclouds would be perfect. You want to monitor your water temp not your air Temps. Water changes temp much slower. You could do Japanese trapdoor snails instead of mystery snails for cold water. You don't want to arrate your tote if you are having large temp swings. I have 4 300g Ibc totes and no filtration or arration. Only plants and fish and I don't feed much. 

[Other Pets]

9 hours ago, dublicious said:

It looks like you've got the "corrective" suggestion, but you need a balanced approach. If you're not already, you need to make sure you keep your kitten stimulated as well. You should show him the ways you want to play (string toys, tossing little mouse toys). Have multiple daily play sessions. If he isn't getting the playtime he wants, he's going to go out and find it by chasing people around or knocking things off tables, etc. Show him he can bite and claw the toys all he wants. When he bites or claws you (or any human), playtime is over. You get up and walk away. 

Make sure you provide hiding places and things he's allowed to climb and scratch. When he scratches something he shouldn't, pick him up and take him to a scratching post he's allowed to scratch. When my cats were younger I would scratch the posts myself with my nails and put their front paws on the scratching post so they got the idea. They still occasionally scratch things they shouldn't, but a stern "hey" as a reminder and they remember their manners and stop, but they use their designated scratching posts like 90% of the time.

Good luck!

Thank you very much for the direction. I grew up with dogs but never cats so I have very little experience. 

[Buy - Sell - Trade?]

I was wondering if this was allowed as well. 

[Cory’s fish room]

1 minute ago, Cory said:

The new lights I put in, are a lot more bright, I have to take like a bucket full out every 2 weeks from the ponds, grows in so thick it's actually a problem lol.

Well that's an awesome problem to have! My excess plants either get sold or go in the red wiggle tote. I'm beginning to hate water lettuce and water sprite in floating form. 

[Other Pets]

I found this little guy in a tree and bottle fed him. He is allot larger now. We love him but he is biting my little girl and running up behind her and grabbing her lag and biting but not super hard. It's somewhat playful but to aggressive. Any tip on how to stop this type of behavior? 

[Cory’s fish room]

That's allot of guppy grass. I have a 20g full. I might fill a tote next. 

[Detritus worms]

Detritus worms aren't parisitic. They are an awesome fish snack. They are generally caused by over feeding or lack of cleaning the substrate. They are benificial though so don't worry. 

[Why can't I breed?]

I sugest starting a white worm culture. Once I started feeding white worms most of my tanks exploded with eggs and fry. I can feed white worms for a week and almost guarantee multiple types of corydoras spawning and my apistos. 

[I'm very excited for this forum.]

Thank you for devoting your time and resources Cory. I keep and breed many types of fish and I grow to many types of aquarium plants to list. I currently maintain 28 tanks but have plans to set up 4 more 75g and a double rack of 125s.