Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / July 2004

Unwanted now I'm loath to dump them - could anyone make use of them -
for someone just starting etc. If so contact me and I'll give details.

Hi again,
I posted last night about mu juwel tank.
I have an issue with the air kit which is attached to the filter pump.
No air bubbles is coming out of the filter.

I have a 125 that is a saltwater tank and it has been running for a couple
years with live sand and rock, canister eheim,wet/dry filter, and a
turboflotor 1000 skimmer. I recently added 2 fish as I finally got rid of my
eels. I added a tang and a racoon face butterfly fish. The tang ...

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I'm fairly new to keeping tropical fish, but i'm already addicted!
I currently own a 10G, 20G & 30G tank, but i want my new one to be a large,
but not over crowded, community tank housing about 45-50 fish.
My tanks contain the following fish

just bought a juwel tank.
I've already made loads of mistakes.
1) I put the treatment for chlorine in the full tank rather than in the
buckets prior to putting the water in.

I have been forced to give away my last two male guppy's as they
continually harassed some of my other fish. They hounded my balloon molly
and today he died ! They were the last remaining pair from a group of six I
purchased approximately a month ago, the other four died after ...

My grandma has a bunch of plants outside
which quickly fill with water during heavy rain.
Today I took notice to these little swimming
insects inhabatating the pots.

I just returned from 3 days away from the house.   I discovered that two of
my Discus fish have developed a cloudiness in their left eye however this
seems to be the only symptom.   I've done some searching and I'm going to
start the classic "Salt Remedy" today.   Has anyone else ...

One of my new clown loaches appears to be very ill.
It's the smallest one out of the 4, and doesn't (never has)
hang around the others. It took him 3 days to come out of
it's hiding spot, but once it did it looked like he was

my guppies have started to rub their sides on the gravel in a very quick
"flicking" motion. This is a new thing, but more than half are doing this,
males and females.
What is wrong ?

Ok Guys and Gals,
here's what happened.. .my lionfish ate a damsel last night that was too
big for him.  Now he cannot regurgitate it or finish digesting it and he
is choking to death.  What can I do for him?  Please.. i'll try

My tank is 75gal low light, medium stocked community freshwater with at
least 1/3 plant cover, no CO2.  For the past couple of weeks I've been
adding Flourish, Trace and Nitrogen at the recommended rates, and do a 50%
water change weekly.  The plants have improved in colour and ...

Once again, looking for some useful advice from my fellow aquarists... I'm
curious to know if I have adequate aeration for my tank.
I have a 165G community tank, with a few real plants (amazon swords) and the
rest of the plants are plastic. I run 2 - 802 Powerheads through an

I have a bronze Cory cat that has a small white
nodule at the very back of its dorsal fin - about
half the size of a white rice grain.  The Cory is
otherwise healthy looking & behaving.  It's in a