Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / February 2004

Frank,
Since it looks like the canister filter I wanted to get won't even fit
under my stand, I'm going to do whatever it takes to move my tank far
enough away from the wall to fit a biowheel filter. It looks like the

Hey everyone!
I have a couple questions regarding plants.
#1.  Am I worrying over nothing, or is allelopathy a really big thing
to be concerned about? (Specifically, plants that kill other plants

i heard they are good "companions" w/ male bettas!?!?!
iz it true?

Just found a green bug in my tank, apparently swimming with the aid of
its six legs.
It is about 20mm long with a split fin like tail, the 3 pairs of legs
are different lengths, rear being longest then fore legs and the mid

Hi again.
My 44 gal fresh water tank is just about two weeks old now. pH 8
Ammonia very faint, nitrite 5ppm. Biowheel filter, temp 78-80
6 feeder goldfish. Crush coral base.(picked coral b/c I liked the way it

Hello there again :o)
I have had my 35 litre tank running for two weeks now & have tested all the
levels & they are fine, so I introduced my first three platties yesterday.
I have noticed that my bogwood has a weird growth on it in only one place

Hello!  I'm getting ready to set up a 60 gallon aquarium and have RO water
at my disposal.  Should I use it?  I live in southern CA and the tap water
is pretty horrid.  My other option would be to buy bottled water, I suppose.
What's the general consensus?

    I am a newcomer to this board and glad that I found it!!!
       Very impressed with those background ideas!!....I am taking the
plunge back into tropical fish after 20 yrs off.........I used to have a 70
gallon tank with a two piece rock background that was made of a sort of

got my first aquarium, 80 ltr capacity, just got 6 zebra danio's, to
start with, how much to feed?
food is flakes, would like to add some more, but not sure when. cannot
find much info on the web.

I currently have a 29 gallon aquarium setup as a planted community tank (20w
fluorescent bulb, no CO2, liquid supplement fertilizer only). I'm
considering purchasing one of those wrought iron stands designed to hold 2
aquariums. Initially, I was just going to put a 2nd 29 gal tank ...

I got a cling on goby today and I got home asking myself a question.  what
do gobies eat?  I am currently feeding all of my fish blood worms, as they
are all carnivours.  should I stick with the worms or go get some more
suitable food for him.

Can anyone please tell me how to make those fake rock backdrops for my tank.
They look cool but are very expensive.

I know this will probably be tough, because I don't have any pictures,
but I'm trying to figure out what this mbuna is.
It has the typical mbuna body shape, but it's orange... well, like a
cream orange. Actually, the color looks like a melon. There's no

I understand the habitat differences between the mbunas and peacocks,
however I'm wondering if these two species (bred in captivity) would
react badly towards eachother?
As well, is there anything I should know in terms of food, temperature

Finally I've uploaded some photos of my 100 gallon planted tank...
The site is new so I hope it will work fine... (I know the feedback section
does not...)
URL - http://www.plantica.com/100g.htm