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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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 Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:25 am
Sounds crazy, but it's true. I was in the parking lot of Costco, packing groceries into the car, when I saw something moving on the ground. On closer inspection I found a young Giant Water Bug, about an inch long. They can fly, and this one must have gotten lost. Apparently it had been out of water for a while, and wasn't looking too good, so I put it in an empty coffee cup and brought it home. I have it in a one gallon tank with a hood and a UGF to keep the water clean. I gave it two feeder fish last night, and it killed and ate one. Once it reaches it's full size (3 inches), I'm going to move it to a five gallon tank. This is what they look like, btw.   * I will take pics of mine soon.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:55 am
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:30 am
Haha, yes. This guild is a little slow and sometimes it takes days to get a response out of us. ^^;
What a place to find that little guy! I used to get them in my swimming pool a lot. I never thought of keeping them as a pet, I guess I'm just not an insect type of person. xD
I've fed a bug to a fish, but I certainly have yet to feed a fish to a bug lol~
Well I hope he grows up big for you! I'm sure he finds himself most fortunate to have been picked up out of that parking lot. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:39 am
Sobbing Starlight Haha, yes. This guild is a little slow and sometimes it takes days to get a response out of us. ^^;
What a place to find that little guy! I used to get them in my swimming pool a lot. I never thought of keeping them as a pet, I guess I'm just not an insect type of person. xD
I've fed a bug to a fish, but I certainly have yet to feed a fish to a bug lol~
Well I hope he grows up big for you! I'm sure he finds himself most fortunate to have been picked up out of that parking lot. 3nodding I've always liked bugs. I've had a tarantula, praying mantis, and various beetles as pets. heart
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:23 pm
well thats cool, iwould sugjest that you decorate the aquarium with plants and rocks so he dosnt fell out of place in his new house
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:50 am
that is very awesome and I wish we had them up here, but if I might make a suggestion I would reccomend keeping feeders aroud for a few days to gutload bthem, as they are usually very poorly fed at stores and not good food. aslo, im not usre if this applies ot insects as much as it does to fish, but I wouldnt use goldfish as they have an enzyme in them known as thiaminise (I think thats how you spell it :/) that breaks down vitamin b1 and can cause deficiences if fed in excess.
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:03 pm
fishcatch22 that is very awesome and I wish we had them up here, but if I might make a suggestion I would reccomend keeping feeders aroud for a few days to gutload bthem, as they are usually very poorly fed at stores and not good food. aslo, im not usre if this applies ot insects as much as it does to fish, but I wouldnt use goldfish as they have an enzyme in them known as thiaminise (I think thats how you spell it :/) that breaks down vitamin b1 and can cause deficiences if fed in excess. I'm not using Goldfish. I'm feeding him Rosy Minnows because they're smaller. He's so tiny. heart
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:55 pm
kribensis well thats cool, iwould sugjest that you decorate the aquarium with plants and rocks so he dosnt fell out of place in his new house I did that when I set up the tank. It has gravel, but no rocks, and I even took some weeds from the lake by my house for him to hide in. I thought that he would feel more at home if I used native plants in the tank, as opposed to Java Moss.
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:54 pm
Bubblegum Eternity fishcatch22 that is very awesome and I wish we had them up here, but if I might make a suggestion I would reccomend keeping feeders aroud for a few days to gutload bthem, as they are usually very poorly fed at stores and not good food. aslo, im not usre if this applies ot insects as much as it does to fish, but I wouldnt use goldfish as they have an enzyme in them known as thiaminise (I think thats how you spell it :/) that breaks down vitamin b1 and can cause deficiences if fed in excess. I'm not using Goldfish. I'm feeding him Rosy Minnows because they're smaller. He's so tiny. heart thats.....nice. lol sry i never was much of a fan of predatory anything. its not that I hate them or anything, I guess I just prefer more genial and benign creatures.
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:28 am
fishcatch22 Bubblegum Eternity fishcatch22 that is very awesome and I wish we had them up here, but if I might make a suggestion I would reccomend keeping feeders aroud for a few days to gutload bthem, as they are usually very poorly fed at stores and not good food. aslo, im not usre if this applies ot insects as much as it does to fish, but I wouldnt use goldfish as they have an enzyme in them known as thiaminise (I think thats how you spell it :/) that breaks down vitamin b1 and can cause deficiences if fed in excess. I'm not using Goldfish. I'm feeding him Rosy Minnows because they're smaller. He's so tiny. heart thats.....nice. lol sry i never was much of a fan of predatory anything. its not that I hate them or anything, I guess I just prefer more genial and benign creatures. Same here...most of my fish are omnivores.
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:06 pm
Well, he didn't eat the minnow, so I've been feeding him flake food. I'm surprised that he takes it. I guess I'll feed the minnow to my mudskippers (once I get them).
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:30 am
I found a gold fish in a trash can. D: Well i guess it has to happen alot though. I was at a fair and i went to go throw my cup away (or somthing i forget) and there in a baggy was 3gold fish One was dead the other two were in pretty bad shape. So i rushed home and i had to unbottle like 50 billion water bottles to fill up a smal bowl. xd About 1 gallon or so. I imedatly put them in the water because i figured that better water outwighed the water temp.
Now there is one and it is in a 5gallon tank i have. The other one died.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:38 pm
sweatdrop I'm not sure whether I should think that's cute or if it's strange. lol
I used to see them in the kiddie pool we had outside. ^^
bugs creep me out though XD
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:02 pm
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:55 pm
Oh no, when did it die? ):
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