Can I keep cardinal tetras with a black ghost knife fish and two African butterfly fish?
Q. I would like to keep two African butterfly fish and one black ghost knife fish (3inches) with cardinal tetras and xl penguin tetras. Is this ok or will the tetras get eaten.
Asked by Mathew - Thu Jul 9 06:48:09 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. African butterfly fish, also known as Pantodons, have very large mouths and will easily swallow a cardinal tetra. At the price of cardinal tetras, I would not suggest it. Some fish stores say that you can keep neon tetras with black ghost knife fish but in my experience the black ghost knife will usually eat the neons. You might get lucky and get one that does not but again your chances are not good. A three inch black ghost knife is just a baby so if you can get neons cheaply enough start with a big school and if they don't disappear you can add a few Cardinals from time to time. I used to be able to buy small neon tetras for 20 cents each. Now they are about $2 each. Depending upon the size of your pocket book and the size of your… [cont.]
Answered by PeterC - Thu Jul 9 12:33:04 2009

What can I do for the cardinal that loves my windows?
Q. This bird (we think its a female cardinal) comes to my porch window and sits in a bush up against it. Then it flies into the window and lands back on the bush. This repeats over and over again for about an hour. It now started doing it to other windows on our house. We do not want to get rid of the bird; we like birds and have a pet parakeet. What type of food can we give it to keep it satisfied? What if we opened a window one day? It sure seems like it wants inside! It is definately a dull brownish color with a vivid orange or red beak. It's not that we don't want the bird on our windows, but it almost seems as if the bird enjoys it. The bush that it sits on is maybe 6 inches or less away from the window, so it's not like the… [cont.]
Asked by Nick S - Tue Mar 20 21:41:56 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. She is probably seeing her reflexion in the glass, spring is here and the birds are in breeding mode. For cardinals this means that not only is the male chasing out intruding males but the female is going after females trespassing on her territory. Interesting to note that the female won't help the male chase out other males and vice-versa. You can try placing metal strips that blow in the wind outside your window, birds seem to hate those. You can also try placing the silhouette of a raptor, or some old Cd's on the outside of the window to try and discourage them. If she still attacks your window after that try covering the outside of your window, if you can put a screen those work well. As for a feeder try placing a platform feeder (o [cont.]
Answered by crazy.carabid - Tue Mar 20 23:14:03 2007

How do I get a bird(cardinal) to stop pecking at my hubcaps?
Q. This bird pecks at my hubcaps every morning before I leave for work and every evening when I get home from work. It's like he waits for my car to pull up in the driveway! As soon as I go in the house that cardinal starts pecking away at my hubcaps? Why does it do that, and how do I stop it?
Asked by Tesha - Thu May 7 21:04:19 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Two words: shoot him.
Answered by Jake C - Thu May 7 21:13:01 2009