Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / June 2004

Ill be moving my 20 gal to a 55 gal and wanted to know if putting everything
in the 55 all at once is possilble. Basically i have a small amount of LR
and a dsb and was going to add more live sand to the 55 and put the lr and
fish in as well. It seems that moving from a 20 gal to a ...

I am very amused by the intellectual level of fish.
Whenever I walk past my tank nearly all of my fish will follow me.
They only do it for me, which I believe is because they know that I am the
one to feed them.

I have a betta who has a very tattered tail... I think he must have scraped
it up against the plants or something.  Will the fin repair itself and/or
grow back?
Thanks

Does anyone hear know how to do ceramics and what type of clay is ok for
inside the tank?

I have been using a tablet-based test kit. Apart from being messy,
crunching the tablet, I doubt its accuracy.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,

What are the most colourful and easiest to take care of.
I have a 125 that I am converting to a Tang.. tank.
Any suggestions and advice greatly appreciated.

I went to the pet store tofay.  I was looking at a tank that had a lot
of adult,and babies in it. I was surprise that the adult mollies wern't
eating the babies.  I asked the girl working in the store why? She said
that tank of mollies keeps having babies,and the other mollies don't

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hau kolas..question for you..I have a year and half old 3" female black
molly that overnight has suffered some trauma to her caudal fin..it appears
to be split to the base just above the lateral line, but on closer
inspection it really appears as if one or more of the rays are ...

I have a 20-high freshwater tank.  Water is testing fine.  There are
about 15 swordtails in the tank of various ages (adult pair and their
fry that aren't big enough to go to the fish store yet plus the three
babies I kept from their first batch ... those are about 3 months old

Just changed the activate charcoal in my tank today, and got to thinking...
I wonder if i should spread this stuff in the composter, or garden???
Anyone know if there is any benefit/drawback to doing something like this?
Even if it just marginally helps, I'd rather do this then send ...

I have been without a fish tank for three years.....can't take it anymore.
We would like to have something *unstandard*. Found the coolest the other
day...10 feet tall archway style tank....it was also $24,000 used
(bawahahahahaha)

I bought some fish today from a WoW store and was given a 48 hour fish
guarantee fish leaflet.
Reading it, it states that fish will be replaced if they die within 48 hours
provided your water conditions meet acceptable levels.

I did read through all the posts and couldn't find a definitive answer to
whether or not it was safe to melt down lead and make plant weights, so I'm
going to ask the group. I'm sure this has been answered but I'm sure you can
appreciate me being cautious as I don't want to harm my ...

Hi everyone, I'm just starting out on the long road to buying tropical fish,
I have a tank, got a mate who knows a little about things, but I really need
some beginners information..... any suggestions on websites and newsgroups
for real beginners...