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    I can't afford the Blackworms any more. I have a medium size fish room. They would put me in the poor house. If you can afford them, go with them for sure. If you are on a budget and trying to find the best food, do as I do and get tubifex. What they say about Tubifex, even here, I believe to be a myth. Although they might be able to survive in sewer water, the ones that we buy are farmed in clean water. I've been feeding them for several years and have yet to get a disease from them in any of my tanks. My fishes even meal is always Tubifex.
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    My fish are arriving today!!!
    I've got White pigeon checkerboard, altum carnation, maze turquoise, leopard and tiger snakeskin. All should be 4-4.5" big, I wonder how old are they?

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    They are here! All in great condition
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    Congratulations. See, there's nothing at all wrong with your aged tap.
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    Last edited by Second Hand Pat; 11-08-2022 at 05:58 PM. Reason: Fixed pic

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    They survived first 2 hours in my tap water, maybe they will make it 24 hrs , lol
    Any idea why my photos are rotated 90 degrees?

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    I think because of its size and that it's taller than wide. One of the mods may be able to fix it. I sent them a PM.
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    Thank you ��

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    If you email the pic to yourself it will be automatically resized to fit into this antiquated software.
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    Congrats!

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    They look great, congrats on the new fish!

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    Thank you guys. Fish are doing good. I gave them some pellets last night, however they didn't even look at food. I will try again in few hours.

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    Discus in the middle is the one I am concerned. He is the skinny one and his fins are not extended 8EF745B5-981E-4082-B5EE-64C289D1893C.jpeg

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    They are all still alive, gave them pellets again. They didn't eat at first, however about 30minutes later when I was going to siphon it out, food was gone. Did my first 50% water change at 5am this morning and another one at 8pm. I have frozen bloodworms, but I am not sure if I want to feed it to the discus yet. I really want them to get used to the pellets. Maybe tomorrow if they don't get excited about pellets, I will give them some bloodworms.

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