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koko - 2010-09-18
Hi dears
Please how can I know the age for bird (yellow nape) because I have one but I do not know how old it?

hamedq84@yahoo.com

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Lynne - 2013-03-17
Perhaps an avian vet could give you an idea, but after 3 years old, it's pretty hard to tell the age until they're over 50. LYNNE
Barbara Homewood - 2013-04-14
I don't have a reply I need HELP. I read all the articles and thought maybe you would have a suggestion. We have a cockatoo who is the love of our life...we had an Amazon that died and we were heart broken. Well yesterday we got a Red Lord Amazon and she (we think her name is Peggy) won't hardly allow me to touch her. I have got to get her to get on my hand by coming in behind when my husband is holding her. She LOVES him to where she will get off her cage already to walk to him. I am around these birds all the time as I work from home... I am her care giver but she lunges and shows signs of aggression when I go near her, any advice that can help me with this?
Clarice Brough - 2013-04-17
Koko, unless the person you got the bird from knows its age... it will be a mystery forever. Birds just don't have any physical indications of age.

Barbara, it sounds like you have a 'patience & love' scenario on your hands. Birds don't just love us because we want them to... we have to earn it and give them a reason to respond... usually lots of 'patience& love'... good luck:)
Daylan - 2013-05-13
Barbara, Try removing your husband from the birds interaction. This will force it to interact with only you and may help you gain it's trust and affections faster. It may be the bird is just partial to men, perhaps it was owned originally by a man, who knows. Either way, by making sure you are the only one interacting with it until it comes to you with ease will be a key part in its retraining. Good luck!
Daylan - 2013-05-13
Koko...check to see if it has a band on it's leg. The breeder info should be on that along with the year it was hatched.

Kathy - 2012-12-22
I have a hawkhead that I've had since she was 5 months old. She is a spoiled, stubborn, loud, bossy, over confident, wild-like, self-absorbed, food-obsessed little demon. She is also a very affectionate, playful, funny, in-tuned with my feelings, cuddle monster. I wouldn't trade her for a thing. She views my youngest daughter as her play toy and loves to chase her around daily, multiple times, in fact every chance she gets. My kids have learned to watch VERY closely for body language, even during play, because she is a very rough player and can cause a severe bite. Being aggressive in everything they do is their nature. With me, she is sweet as can be, but I still need to watch body language. I tell people all the time that Hawkheads are not birds for amateurs. They are very high maintenance and require someone who is extremely patient, able to handle hard bites, and is very experienced with other parrots. They are definitely NOT a beginner bird. I have a cockatoo as well, which are notorious for being a high maintenance bird, and I feel that a Hawkhead is on the same level, if not harder. Noise wise, they can be just a loud as a cockatoo, if not more. They also tend to be a lot more unpredictable than a cockatoo. Please, if you are thinking of getting a Hawkhead, be sure to do lots and lots and LOTS of research first. They are not easy birds by far. You will get bitten. You will get rejected. You will get ringing in your ears. You will get all your food stolen ( :P ). BUT, if you are patient and respectful of their nature, you will be rewarded with a best friend that only hates you sometimes, especially when you don't share your food.

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Anonymous - 2013-02-25
you probaly dont play wth him or her enough.
Anonymous - 2013-02-26
did you get it from eggsotic parroting
Kathy - 2013-05-12
Anonymous - 2013-02-25 you probaly dont play wth him or her enough. Anonymous - 2013-02-26 did you get it from eggsotic parroting Huh? I don't play with him enough? I don't get what that is a response to. My post wasn't asking for advice, I was giving it. My hawkhead is played with plenty. In fact, she's spoiled and a big 'mamma's baby'. Also, no, I did not get her from eggsotic parroting.
Clarice Brough - 2013-05-13
Hey kathy, I for one think your info is great! And I also think this is an absolutely fascinating bird. Thanks for sharing:)

kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
wish i could keep these fish its illegal in australia

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-05-12
THey are incredible fish! More personality then most fish.
kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
ohh boy do i wish

kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
is it usual for a 10 cm black ghost knife to eat a 5 cm gambusia affins?

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-05-12
Some can be aggressive and will eat anything that will fit in their mouth.
kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
mine is very easily scarred and is picky on what it eats it only ate one

fivent - 2012-04-15
My micro sword infected brown algae even I use high lighting.

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kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
try feeding it plant fertiliser until it gets settled in

kye turnbull - 2013-05-12
my corydoras went mental and kept swimming forward 24 7

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-05-13
Water conditions will do that sometimes. I would do an amonia test.

Tiago - 2013-05-12
I found a spiny soft shelled turtle in amazon Brazil.

Sarah b - 2013-05-11
My bunny Oreo is very very soft and cuddly! Oreo is 3 years old and very nice. Oreo likes to eat bunny food, carrots, grass, dandelions, lettuce and apples. She does not bite unless she is very hungry and needs food. I like to play with Oreo outside in the summer. In the winter Oreo runs around in the basement and in the summer she likes to be in her cage under the pine tree.

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Clarice Brough - 2013-05-11
Oreo sounds like an awesome friend, and I llike her name too. Does she look like an oreo cookie? I think being under the pine tree in the summer must be very nice for her, a cool shaded spot.
Isabelle Lavallee - 2013-05-12
Hey can I change Oreo's name like Hershys or somthimg?

Larry Hamblin - 2013-05-11
my 6 month old male albino long finned bristle-nose died and I don't know what it was!!!he was in a tank with 2 normal bristle-nose that I have had for about 6 years another longfinned female bristle-nose I got around the same time, 3 rams, 8 neons, 4 khuli loaches!

Well it all started when I got 2 dwarf flag cichlids 2 months back(I think anyway) about 1 week after introducing these little guys to the tank I noticed the free swimming fish glancing there sides on bits of dirft wood then I notice the horrable little things that I think are the problem! mites! hundreds of tiny red ones about half a mm long!!

The albinos first sign of being sick was the veins in his head became very noticable!(bright red) so I done a 30% water change and cleaned the filter! after that he hid for about a week but came out with the bloats, so I set up a 35L tank with 70% water from the big tank and some fresh stuff! gave him a 5min salt bath between switching tanks! he sat under drift wood in the tank without moving much the next time I saw him out he had swelling over 80% of his face and pop eye two weeks later he died, when I pulled him out of the tank he had 5 blisters down his flanks between 4mm and 8mm in size!! very swollen belly but didn't look like bloat, the pop eye had gone about 2 days earlier so I thought he was one the mend!!

1) do you think he got enternal parasites from eating mites???

2) what else could it have been???

3) will it sprend to my other fish???

4) whats best to treat the tank with???

I'm spewing cause I had just given the last of my sterazin to a friend for their fish!! and another thing now 1 of my rams has either the mites stuck all over 1 fin or ich but i turned the tank up to 35c and whatever it is didn't drop off and multicure isn't working!! looks like ich but bigger!! don't think its the mites heaps bigger and not red more white/pink nearlly look like lice but smaller! any ideas on these would be much appreciated!!!

cheers!!

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David Brough - 2013-05-12
Hey Larry,

I would try a copper based ich medication like aquarisol or coppersafe if you don't have invertebrates in the aquarium that you want to live. If you do, you can take them out before medicating. If you think you may have a secondary bacterial infection (pop-eye, fin rot, etc) you could also treat with anti-biotic or anti-fungal medication like melafix and pimafix, methylene blue, malachite green, maracin or any of the many anti-bacterial and fungal medications. It sounds like you may have introduced one or several diseases when you added the flag cichlids and yes, it may spread to the other fish. Good luck, I hope this works for you.
Clarice Brough - 2013-05-13
I'm so sorry to hear about your fish! What a disaster, I too think a parasite was introduced with your new fish. I did a bit of researching, and one thing I thought might be the parasite is fish lice. These little parasites come attached to a host, and as they infect the fish, small red spots or sores develop. So that may be the type of parasite you are dealing with.

Rick - 2012-11-08
I bought my Emperor Angelfish about 2 months ago and since day 1 he/she has been happy. Its a 2 inch juvenile that rooms with a coral beauty/Bi-color Angelfish, Yellow tang, 2 clowns, 2 Blennys, and a engineer/Firefish Goby. 150 IBS of live rock with plenty of hiding spots and plenty of flow/filtration with only Rodi water changes. The only downside to this scenario is that while my Juvenile leaves my soft/hard corals alone, its only in a 75 gallon reef tank which I will have to upgrade to 150 Gallon sometime soon! Have tests for everything you could think of, took a while to master keeping levels accurate however the satisfaction of figuring it out shows in my fish and my corals! Just hoping Juvenile still will mature and turn to adult colors in this scenario before I eventually change to 150 Gallon in the next year or so.. Completely love this Emperor, lots of personality already!!

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Collecting Clownfish - 2012-11-28
Glad to know you will be putting him in a larger tank and you are watching water parameters! Good for you! So many people buy these beautiful fish and wonder why they die in only 2 to 4 years. It is all due to stress and small tank size. If you can afford closer to 200 gallons that would be even better but minimum really is 180 gallons.... old literature seems to undersize tanks for these big fish, but you seem to really love your angelfish, so just something to think about! (being big eaters and poopers a larger tank is actually easier to keep balanced too and I am all for that with my own tank!) Oh, the coloring they get as adults is more intense if the tank is very large from what I understand. Have fun!!
Rick - 2013-04-20
I'm asking for trouble! So far everything is still great, my juvenile emperor is as happy per my last e-mail along with another roommate.. lol. Not my fault, friend of mine went crazy and bought a Juvenile Blue angel after only having his set up running for 3 months and his Juvenile Blue angel almost died however I put him in my quarentine tank for about 1 week and he looked good then I got stupid and decided to put him in my main tank and to my surprise there was no aggression towards my Juvenile Emperor (same size) or my Dwarf angels/Yellow Tang, I know in time this will change.. My wife is going to kill me but I must upgrade to a bigger tank very soon instead of a couple years.... ughhhhhhh... I actually run 2 skimmers and a Aquafuge2 refugium on the back of my 75 gallon reef tank and all levels are near perfect! I also do 5 gallon water changes every week.. However that being said, my days are numbered for this beautiful set up I have spent so much time on.
Rick - 2013-05-11
My upgrade is done. I have recently transferred all my livestock over to a 210 Gallon aquarium. My juvenile emperor & Blue angel will be happy now! I also still have a yellow tang, coral beauty, bi-color angel, pygmy angel, neon & orchid dottyback, engineer goby, firefish goby, 2 clown fish and many different corals. Now I need more live rock!!!

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