Instructions Step 1: Raise brine shrimp in your home aquarium. You'll need to fill a container (such as a coffee can) with tap water and chlorine remover. Add a teaspoon of salt water to the mix. Leave the formula overnight. Step 2: Add brine shrimp eggs...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: 10-gallon fish tank Epsom salt Acrylic Silicone Airstones Brine shrimp eggs Aquarium lights Dried algae Wheat flour Step 1: Acquire a 10-gallon fish tank to start growing brine shrimp. Make a concave bottom area by...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Fish tanks Infusoria or brine shrimp Sponge filter Snails Step 1: Watch the eggs. Baby bettas will hatch within 24 to 48 hours, after the eggs are laid. Once they have hatched, they will feed off of their yolk sac...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Tilapias Pellets Brine shrimp Aquarium (at least 40 gallons for the smaller tilapias; at least 70 gallons for the larger tilapias) Step 1: Acquire tilapia fish, the younger the better. It's better to get young...
Instructions Step 1: Recognize the spectrum of crustacean species ranging from lobsters and other large species down to barnacles, which are small and immobile during their adult life. Step 2: Know that there are six classes of Crustaceans. Most familiar...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Saltwater fish Tank Magnetic algae scraper Testing kit Freshwater source Fish food (flakes and brine shrimp) Step 1: Change the water in your tank monthly. Freshwater should be used, not saltwater. Make sure that...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Aquarium with lid De-chlorinated water Frozen bloodworms, brine shrimp, or amphibian food pellets Aquarium heater (optional) Filter (optional) Bamboo plant (optional) Step 1: Buy African dwarf frogs at a pet store...
Instructions Step 1: Buy African Clawed Frogs and add them to your fresh water fish tanks. These frogs grow up to 5 inches so be sure you have a large enough tank to hold them. If your tank includes small fish, be aware that these frogs may eat them...
Hi! I am Debbie with expertvillage.com. We are talking about having hermit crabs as pets and what we are discussing right now is what kinds of food you can give your crab and how you maintain healthy water for your crab. There are lots of foods on the...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Tank Dechlorinated fresh water Substrate Aquatic plants Fish food Step 1: Choose a tank for your gourami that is 10 gallons or larger. Step 2: Fill the tank with dechlorinated fresh water and cover the bottom with a...
Instructions Step 1: Purchase guppies that are aesthetically pleasing to you. If you choose to breed the guppies, only assign three fish per tank to maintain a pure line. Step 2: Place a heater and a thermometer in your guppy tanks. Most guppies prefer...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Ground beef heart Live or frozen brine shrimp High quality dry food Conditioned and functioning aquarium Aquarium filter Aquarium heater Aquarium thermometer Prepare the Beef Heart Step 1: Obtain fresh beef heart...
Instructions Step 1: Keep male and female goldfish in separate tanks before choosing breeding pairs. Feed them regularly with high quality dry and live food like brine shrimp and live black worms. Step 2: Set up a breeding tank with fresh water and good...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Aquarium Water PH Tester Plants Driftwood Fish Heat Step 1: Keep African Tetras in a medium size tank with an average water temperature of 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. A tank PH of 6.0-7.5 provides adequate water...
Instructions Step 1: Use a tank that is at least 40 gallons. A small school of silver dollar fish are much better kept in a 75-gallon tank. Step 2: Heat the tank temperature to 75 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Step 3: Give them plenty of hiding places inside...
Instructions Step 1: Prepare a tank. Damselfish can be raised in tanks ranging from 30 to 100 gallons, depending on the type of fish. The Yellowtail needs the larger tank. Set the tank temperature between 72 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit. The pH level should...
Instructions Step 1: Prepare the saltwater tank. The tangs need at least a 75-gallon tank if you plan to raise them to full growth. Keep the nitrite levels less than 25 parts per million (ppm). Light the tank. There are no special lighting techniques...
Instructions Step 1: See these fish in their natural habitat by diving in the Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, and Central America to northern South America. Or, visit an exotic aquarium supply. Step 2: Look for fish with an average length of...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Breeding tank (aquarium, preferably 5 gallons) Water from the community tank Marbles, java moss, breeding mesh or fine-leaved plants Mature male and female fish Step 1: Prepare the breeding tank by filling it with...
Instructions How to Feed Live Food to Betta Fish Step 1: Good fish stores often sell brine shrimp, bloodworms, brown worms and other live foods for carnivorous fish. Many of these will keep for a week in the refrigerator. Experts advise scooping out...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Several small aquariums Large aquarium for raising the males Air pump and air hose Filters Fish net Thermometer Fish food Get Breeding Stock Step 1: Buy the type of guppy you want to start with. Chose the color and...
Instructions Step 1: Understand cichlid temperament. Cichlids are proud, aggressive and territorial fish. They do not swim peacefully next to their neighbors, singing fishy songs of harmony and love. Cichlids prefer to eat their neighbors, or at least...
InstructionsThings You’ll Need:10 to 30 gallon stock tankTest kits: pH, salt, ammonia and nitriteHiding place Cory fish foodStep 1:Create the ideal tank conditions. Ideally you want 30 gallons of water but from personal experience they do alright...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Bare bottom tank Water Box filters Fish food Fluorescent light bulbs Siphon vacuum Colored rock Crushed coral Step 1: Prepare a bare fish tank by filling it with at least five gallons of water. Help maintain healthy...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: A trio of guppies - a male and two females. A ten gallon aquarium or larger to house the adult fish. A five gallon or larger aquarium to be used as a breeding tank. A breeder box/nursery attachment (optional...