Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / November 2003

Has anyone any good hints and tips about puffer fish?  I have just started a
small tank and bought 2 pygme puffets. I would now like to start a bigger
tank of just puffers as they facinate me. Any suggestions would b a help!
Thanx

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I cannot get the cloudiness out of my tank, and some of my fish have died.
The cloudiness is white in nature, I have used Kent Pro-Clear and it clears it
right up, but it doesn't stay clear.  A couple days later it will cloud right
back up.

Just wondering what others feel is the best/safest way to remove
limescale from tank equipment, particularly plastic parts.
--Gayze

I just started a new 55 gal tank and I took twenty gallons of water from my
other tank and 15 gallons from another and finished it off with fresh water,
and the water was all clear and then the next day the water was all smokie
looking can some one tell me what the problem is?  ...

I have 20 of these beautiful creatures in my 100 gallon tank - AND THEY ARE
THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION FOR  ALGAE CONTROL!!!!
However I was happen to observe one of them up-side-down but still alive I
thought it is dying so I immediately removed it from the tank and placed it

I have the misfortune of owning a tank full of fish that are the
victim of some unknown parasite.  This started in a 75gal planted
tank.  I added two apple snails and within several days, almost every
Tetra (Black, Cardinal, Serpea, Glow-Light and Lemon) in the tank was

All,
Thanks in advance for looking at this post.
I have a Fluval 204 canister filter on my 120 litre tropical freshwater
tank. I've had it for about a year, and it has been working fine. Over the

Can anyone recommend any shops in the East Anglia region, specifically
around the Peterborough and Kings Lynn regions for good prices on tanks,
filter etc.
Thanks

I'm only worried about the weight, not a spill. (Aquarium is acrylic
and therefore has no seams but is molecularly welded.)
It's a 60g aquarium on a wood stand that has a flat 6' sq bottom (vs
legs), so there should only be about 100lbs weight per sq foot.

I have a major hair algae outbreak going on right now.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of this algae? It's growing all
over my plants too. Can I get rid of it without losing my plants?
- J

This is starting to get ironic but here goes:
I have a spawning pair of kribs 2 on a 40 gallon planted tank.
I can also mention that now they have spawned for the fourth time and each
followed spawning there are more fries!

I'm going to be starting a new tank, and wanted to try and replicate a
foresty junkyard (don't ask, just accept it).  Are there any kinds of
plastics or metals to avoid in choosing the toy cars I want to lay down on
the bottom?  Thanks much.  -B

One of my Von Rio Tetras, last night, had a slight whitish "line" on his
upper lip--it almost looked like he had a very thin "milk mustache".  I
fed this morning and noticed he was having some trouble with his mouth,
although he appeared to be able to eat, though I no longer saw the ...