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I've just bought a fishtank and I would like to know more about how it is to have fish....I am waiting for you to post your comments;)
Here's a link to raising goldfish
Here is a link that might be useful: Goldfish links
I have had had great luck with goldfish in the past that were only living in a tank that was about a gallon and a half (WAY too small for goldfish) I thought when I got my hanging fish bowl (yes, it hangs on the wall...it's very cool) that I could get a goldfish and put it in the bowl. It lived a few months, but died last week. It got ammonia burns from it's own waste in the small tank and she croaked. :( So, I got a sad little beta stuck in a cup at walmart and now "Edward Scissorhands" swims around happily in the tank. It's a great size for him and he even has a plant to hide behind.
I have had a beta that just died of old age (5 yrs old) and have had "Sushi" my other desk buddy for almost 2 years now.
I'm hoping that you know that ammonia burn happens to betas as well. It's a good idea to clean their tanks regularly and to do partial cleans as well (exchanging old water for new). Also, use aged water, never water straight from the tap. I commend you on the size of his bowl, a beta was never meant to live in anything smaller than a gallon. I'd love to find a wall hanging bowl for Sushi! It'd be a work of living art, and I have the perfect place here next to my computer where we could still interact. I'll have to look for one around here. I do wonder though, how I'm going to heat his water as betas are not cold water fish? I'll figure out a way, if I ever find this cool sounding fishbowl.
Well, I actually found it in a magazine and had my mom order it. The tank is a gallon (maybe slightly more..or a bit less) I do clean the tanks out, but a goldfish in a small tank equaled trouble. I'll post a picture in a second so you can see the bowl and everything. It was only like 10 dollars.
One of the first things you need to know is not to set up your pretty new tank and run down and put lots of fish in it.
New tanks need about 6 weeks to "cycle". First set up your tank with water and add the recommended dechlorinators. Give your tank a few days to reach the proper temperature. Depending on the size of the tank, put in a few hardy starter fish such as guppies or white clouds. Purchasing an ammonia/nitrate test kit at this time would be prudent as you will see several spikes of high ammonia and nitrate (both toxic to fish and caused by fish waste or overfeeding). Your tank may turn extremely milky in the next few weeks, but this is normal and due to the surge and die off of natural bacteria.
It works like this (simply put)....
Good bacteria eat ammonia which is caused by fish waste. But you need ammonia for the bacteria to "eat" for the colonies to build up.
If you put 10 fish in a 10 gallon tank all at once with no aerobic bacteria colonies, all that fish waste creates high ammonia in your tank and is toxic to fish causing disease and death.
That's why you start out with about 3 small inexpensive fish. They start the cycle going and allow the bacteria colonies to build. Test your tank once or twice a week and do minor (about 10%) water changes...but only from the top of the tank. don't touch the bottom surface areas where the bacteria colonies are building up. You can also buy products (enzymes) that contain beneficial bacteria and "seed" your tank to allow it to cycle quicker.
You should see your tank starting to stabilize in 4-6 weeks. You should also check the PH which ideally would be close to 7.5.
Once your ammonia/nitrate levels have stabilized, then you can start adding fish slowly (1 or 2) a week. If you add to many all at once, then your bacteria colonies will not have grown enough to handle the extra load of fish waste.
I would recommend that you get a siphon (water vacuum) and do a 30% water change once a month, vacuuming the gravel, thereafter or 10-15% every other week.
Don't feed the fish more than they can eat in 3minutes or you will have a lot of waste also creating ammonia build-up.
Don't put you tank near a sunny window where it can heat up too much or where too much sun would promote algae growth.
Good luck and have fun!
Hey ya'all!
I mentioned to my hubby that I was missing having a betta since I started reading here. Then WHA LA! He brought one home for me yesterday!
I must have been out of the betta loop for longer than I thought. When I first looked at my new fish friend, I thought hubby had picked one that had been mangled by another male or something. It is what is called a crown tail. Never heard of one. Anyway he is really cool looking now that he is out of that teeny cup and swimming nicely in his 2 gallon mini tank. He's like a perfect circular shape when swimming around. Anyway, just wanted to brag on my fish and my sweet husband. :-)
africanvioletlvr, what a beautiful boy you have! He's my favorite colour too! What's his name? Thanks for the info, he looks really cute in there.
beeane, congrats on your new little guy! A crowntail? Wow, those are so beautiful! What have you named him and where's his pic?
Yes Africanviolets fish is pretty and cool tank. I can't decide if I like the regular ones better or the crown tail. Yes mine is very pretty too. He is red with some blue. I haven't named him yet. He reminds me of some kind of frilly red flower.
He's doing well, but it's been so long since I've had fish, I hope I don't mess up. Think my husband and I have already overfed him because his water is cloudy. Also we have well water and that's what I used.
Sorry, no pics, I'm not smart enough to post one even if I had one. :-)
beeanne, I hope you don't mind me giving a bit of advice then as I've cared for betas for a while now.
First, betas don't eat much. What I do with mine is give him one pellet at a time (I use hikari I think the name is) and wait til he's eaten that one before I serve him another. He gets 3 pellets per day and I feed them all to him at one "sitting".
Second, partial water changes are very important. I age the water because I have city water which has clorine in it. I don't know about well water, so I can't say what is in it that could benefit or hurt fishes. I take a tea cup and empty the water to about a 2/3 level left in the tank and replace it with fresh water. Betas don't usually like filters and because they're just in a fishbowl type setting, it's nice to have fresh water. I do this about every 2 or 3rd day. Some do it more often but my fish have never had problems with my timing.
Third, betas do breathe air and some are jumpers, it's a good idea to leave some airspace in the bowl. I actually cover mine with a small saucer because "Sushi" is one of those jumpers.
I usually change the whole water bowl about every 3 weeks (I'm lazy, and some beta owners do it more often). If the water gets bad I do it more often.
Be careful of full sun (especially in summer) because it will heat up the water really quick. We don't want stewed fishes :D . Speaking of water temperature, get one of those temperature strips and stick it on the outside of his bowl. Betas are not cold water fishes... they like water to be between 72 and 80. I found they are happiest at around 77 or 78. I bought one of those little heating pads to put them on in the winter and I've kept it on low to keep their water warmer. I once made the mistake of not checking their temperature one day and it was over the top! Boy those poor little guys looked pitiful! They weren't moving and were staying right at the bottom of their bowls. I caught them right in time, turned off the heating pad and put them in a cool area. Never quickly change the temperature of their water though because it will shock them and they may die from it.
I find betas to have huge personalities (for fish) and now, I could never go without one again. Mine sits on my desk and interacts with me.
I know, I probably told you things that you already knew, but I figure if I can possibly inform those who don't and who might be interested in getting one of these little guys, their new buddy will be all the happier for it.
PS: Not being able to post pics has nothing to do with smarts... heck I just learned to do it this year and I've been playing with computers since the Commodore was out ;).
Thanks lobotome,
What I did today.
This morning I sat a 1/2 gal. pitcher of water beside his tank so that this evening it would be the same temperature.
He is in a 2 gal. tank. I have siphoned off 1/2 gal. and siphone back in the 1/2 gallon of clean.He took that well. I plan to do same tomorrow.
I had no idea dh was bringing him home so I have found myself without a heater or thermometer.Our house usually is 75 degrees so he should be fine until the weekend.
We have two kinds of food. One is a betta pellets, but these are really tiny. It seems I remember I used to feed a larger one. The other food is flakes which probably isn't the best but he chose that over the pellets yesterday. I think we probably just got carried away with our new baby.
Ya know, we didn't want the poor thing to get hungry:-)
As far as the water, I'm hoping it will be fine and better than city water and the clouding was just from overfeeding.
He has a cover with air space and also a light.
Yes I know they have great personalities and I'm excited to finally have another one. He takes notice of me and the cats. He is outgoing. The only other fish I've ever had with more personality was an Oscar, but I don't think I want to go down that road again. I'm the type that once I got started I'd just keep adding fish and then more aquariums and I don't have the space anymore. I'll just make do with my little betta. :-)
Thanks again
Bettas do not dislike filters. It is perfectly fine to keep a Betta in an aquarium with a filter. Preferable if you aren't good at regularly doing partial and full water changes and tank cleanings.
They sure do have wonderful personalities. Angelfish do too and so do Goldies. All forty of them in my biggest outdoor pond are very friendly and engaging when people walk up to the pond. It is very true that they need extreme filtration to thrive in aquariums. I've got Goldfish that are going on ten years old, from the original six feeders we bought when the pond was filled. Unfortunately, raccoons got most of them before we put up an electric fence.
No, it is not a lot of upkeep, I actually have 7 water gardens including 2 that are in whiskey barrels. The big pond is 900 gallons, with a waterfall. We've had it almost ten years. We did it ourselves, my husband ran a conduit and electrical line out to it. We built a filter too, for cheap. The biggest expense is the liner and the pump. There are online sources that are cheaper. We are low maintenance ponders, we do not tinker or fuss. It is a pond, not drinking water and we have Goldfish not Koi which require much more depth and filtration.
I've been very active in online watergardening groups and have met many people in person from them. I love ponding. There is a good group here on Garden Web and I'm really fond of this one too:
Here is a link that might be useful: American Ponders


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Modern hotel in a very convenient location, comfortable and spacious rooms, brilliant breakfast with superb staff keeping the food well stocked and fresh, great staff throughout the hotel. We were very satisfied with our stay, and can recommend the baby cot provided too! Our 18 month old slept so well, it was great! The staff in the restaurant were very helpful heating milk for us at night and also arranging room service with a super quiet knock on the door so as not to wake our child -it work - Anonymous
Saamani huone oli aivan ihana! Hotellin sijainti erinomainen. Oli mukava jättää matkatavarat hotelliin ja poimia ne mukaan lentokentälle lähtiessä. - Heli
Tärkein asia oli hotellin sijainti, ensimmäinen yöpyminen hotellissa. Mukavia toteutuksia palveluissa ja sisustuksessa. - Robert
i liked the hotel a lot....not just because it was 5mins from the city away, it was the comfortable bed and the feeling u would sleep in ur own bed !
maked me fall in love with this small cute hotel.
we had a room without window but we didn't really miss it.
the bathroom was clean and nixe to look at.
the personal was really nice& kindly!
so everyone who would like to have a nice time in stockholm with a good hotel, i would give the advice to book at kingsbron hotel!
+ good price
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keskellä kaupunkia mutta silti rauhallinen ja lähellä jatkoyhteyksiä (arlanda expressiä ja flybussiasemaa sekä rautatieasemaa) - Keijo
Friendly staff, good breakfast available till 11 a.m. (weekend), nice sauna and hot tube - Ekaterina
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Lapsiperheellekin tosi hyvin sopiva hotelli, rauhallinen, siisti ja lähellä keskustan palveluita. Hotellin henk.kunt. tolella asiallista. Hyvä ja riittoisa aamiainen. - Mikko
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Ystävällisestä ja auttavaisesta henkölökunnasta, kauneista ja mukavista huoneista sekä hotellin sijainnista keskellä kaupunkia - Harriet
Sijainti erinomainen. Hotelli oli siisti ja moderni. Henkilökunta ystävällistä ja aamiainen hyvä.. Hyvinkin hintansa arvoinen - Petteri
Nice location, it is within walking distance to almost all the tourist spots. The hostel is really quite clean with good designs, which consider a lot the needs of different customers. The staffs are nice as well. Whenever I have questions, they answer very well. Regarding their kitchen, this is the only hostel, I've ever lived in, that provides almost all kinds of necessary cooking tools. They do think hard from the customers' perspective. I would recommend staying in this hostel. - Anonymous
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I have a pair of strawberry beds located outside the fenced garden. They are doing really well considering that we haven't seen the sun (it seems) in weeks.
However, as the berries start to ripen, and even as the plants get more 'tasty', I'll need to protect them from deer, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits and mice.
Last year I covered both beds with Agri-Bond row covers. The benefit is that these provide a complete blanket to keep the squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and birds out. The downside is that they filter a lot of light that could go towards ripening the berries.
Choice two is to go with bird netting. This has the downside of potentially allowing the little #%*#!!% to chew through the netting (as the chipmunks do with my blueberries), wiggle through if they are small enough or eat what they can reach by landing on top or stepping near. Another issue is that I have had small animals become tangled in the past which is a bother to them and me.
Next year I'd like to get a mesh box built with hinged covers. Even then I'd need to decide on a hole size which could allow the bees in but keep out the mice, etc.
Thoughts? The kids are looking forward to ripe, unmolested berries.
Your beds look great. Have you tried laying down a repellant around the beds like Plantskydd Deer Repellant? I live out in the sticks and we have deer galore. I use it on my things (and I have quite a variety) and so far so good. It is supposed to be effective if allowed to dry around 5 hours before a rain and stay working for a long while. It repells smaller varmits as well.
Good Luck!
How about chicken wire?
With the support pipes you have, you could take care of the entire bed in minutes.
Well, I guess chicken wire is a stronger form of bird netting. It does rust, cut little kids, doesn't bend to get out of the way for picking, etc.
Does the chicken wire typically have holes small enough to keep chipmunks out?
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The phrase "Year of the Desktop" is so cliché, it almost hurts me to write it. I say this year, we strive to move beyond the desktop! Before we get in line for our GNU brain implants, however, let's take this issue to celebrate what we're leaving behind. When you see how cool the Linux desktop is currently, you might have to postpone the soft-tissue kernel module another year or so, and 2010 can be the year Linux is ready for the desktop. Again.
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Applicants are encouraged to apply early for best consideration. The Graduate Program in Biological Sciences will consider both domestic and international applications. Please note that your application is not considered complete until steps 1-3 below are complete.
Application Procedures
All students must complete an online application. There is no application fee.
Online application is currently closed.
Provide additional required documentation by mail.
Await possible contact from the Admissions Committee regarding an on-site interview
Application Requirements
Online application (biographical information, essays and educational history)
3 letters of recommendation (recommenders can submit online or mail their letters on your behalf)
Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
GRE Scores: The graduation record examination (GRE) general test is required, and an appropriate subject test, e.g., chemistry or biology, is recommended. GRE scores must be sent by the Educational Testing Service to the Office of Graduate Education. The School Code for City of Hope is 4076.
TOEFL Scores: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores are required for all foreign students and must be sent to the Office of Graduate Education. The school code for City of Hope is 2268. Only foreign students who have completed a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States are eligible to petition to waive this requirement.
Each student's application should demonstrate the potential to conduct meaningful and significant biological, biomedical and/or chemical research.
The following prerequisites are recommended for admission to the GraduateProgram in Biological Sciences:
Two semesters of mathematics
One year of general physics, including laboratory
Two years of chemistry (general and organic), including laboratory
One year each of general biology and biochemistry
Significant experience in a research laboratory
Additional recommended courses include:
Cell biology
Cell physiology
Molecular genetics
Developmental biology
Physical chemistry
Differential equations
Advanced organic and/or physical chemistry
Review Process
Applications are reviewed by an admissions committee made up of faculty from the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences. The committee reviews applications and supporting documents and decides which of those candidates will be offered an interview. Final admissions decisions are made after the results of the interviews have been reviewed. All admissions decisions are final and there is no appeal process for admissions decisions.
Antidiscrimination Policy
City of Hope does not discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national and ethnic origin or nondisqualifying handicap in regard to all activities associated with the graduate school. Handicapped access is provided.
Financial Support
All admitted students in the Graduate School of Biological Sciences will receive a stipend of $32,000, with paid medical, dental and vision insurance. On campus housing is available. Housing is also available within the immediate area at a cost of approximately $700 to $1000 per month.
Visa status is administered by the Graduate School and the Department of Human Resources at City of Hope.
Students in this program must pay a registration fee of $50/semester. If a student leaves the program, he/she will be refunded the entire amount of this fee for that semester and have no further financial obligation to City of Hope. There will be no tuition charges made directly to students.
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Stem cell therapy clinic will fight incurable disease in new ways
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believes that social media gives candidates a good indication of the urban mood, though he is not very sure about the electoral impact. "Though internet penetration is increasing in urban areas, there are many people who are not online in urban areas as well. The social media mood may be just the tip of the iceberg.
"The internet has enlarged the scope and participation in public debate. This has intensified with blogs, social media and crowd-sourcing platforms.
"Some of the politicians who have embraced it have done so with a lot more openness and effectiveness, as they need a direct sense of the public pulse. The same cannot be said of government departments and civil servants, many of who still seem to be wary of the internet."
Tinu contends that even political parties have realised that the youth are a crucial link in the nation building process.
"Tech savvy candidates are trying to reach these urban voters through social media and online advertisements."
On the manner in which the web has changed campaigning styles, Shaili says, "It has created many changes this time. Crowdsourcing manifestos, seeking feedback via social media and doing Google hangouts among people are signs of the way forward."
Prasanth K.N. is a PU student in the city and is an avid user of Facebook and Twitter. He says, "Politics was a distant notion for me a couple of years ago.
Now, thanks to campaigns being conducted online and candidates pulling all strings to connect with voters online, I have began to read and follow politics. I think it will have a fair impact and will change the way governance is practiced."
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I have several large fennel plants growing in my front flower bed that I keep purely for the swallowtail cats to munch on. This year I haven't had too many cats so the plants have grown tall and are in full bloom. This is fine since I think they add nice texture change from the rest of the plants and the flowers are quite pretty. They also attract a lot of different types of pollinating insects. Most of the bugs are some type of wasp or bee but I do see quite a few that look like black and white flies. They're not causing any problems, I'm just curious as to what they are.
Looks like more than 1 kind of insect nectaring on those fennel blooms, I think I spy a teeny paper wasp on the far left &...hover/syrphid flies? I know they like to lay their eggs on my fennel & dill - the larvae feed on the aphids that tend to cover the flower heads
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Themes: Hi-Lo, adapted classics, low level classics, graphic novel. These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics. This is the sad fate of Philippe, twin brother of the King of France, until a daring plan to rescue him unfolds.


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The labour market in Russia is very flexible. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality, informality and labour turnover, which limits incentives for firms to invest in human capital and productivity improvements.
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This country note from Going for Growth 2015 for the Russian Federation identifies and assesses progress made on key reforms to boost long-term growth, improve competitiveness and productivity and create jobs.
Russia has demonstrated good resilience during the financial and economic crisis, though the speed of convergence has been lower than in most BRIICS countries, and growth has slowed more recently.
The Russian Federation's economy is growing, but further reforms are needed to bolster future growth, improve the business climate and strengthen innovation, according to the OECD.
Despite the slowdown of the world economy, Russia has continued to grow. Most importantly, your macroeconomic house is basically in order, with inflation largely under control, public finances close to balance, and a current account surplus. But growth must become sustainable and fair through the implementation of the right policy mix, said OECD Secretary-General.
This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analysing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular 2003-11 waves and an informality supplement of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) it develops several measures of informal employment and demonstrates that the incidence varies widely across the different definitions.
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In his remarks, OECD Secretary-General answers the three following questions: Where is growth going to come from? How sustainable will it be? Who is going to benefit from it?
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