Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / August 2004

After many months of reading a few posts saying charcoal is not needed
for tank health except under certain circumstances, I have removed
charcoal from all my tanks over a month ago.  What finally tipped the
scale was the discovery that I couldn't clean the cartridges with the

I would like to have some European Perch and
small pike in my fish tank.
They don't like to warm water.
How do I keep it cool?

i'm just curious.  i've had my 2 angels for almost 3 years now, and a grommie
for...eh maybe 6 months.  there are others in the tank, but these 3 are so
personable.  my tank is located by the front door, next to the bottom of the
stairs.  the angels hang out wherever they saw u last ...

I have a quick question,  I bought an aquarium 2nd hand,  and when I went to
rinse it out a lot of soap bubbles formed from the residue that was in the
tank.  I have heard that it is dangerous for the fish to clean a tank with
soap.. so I was wondering what I could do to re-clean ...

I generally use the LFS but would like to check out CO2 fertilization gear
and some other stuff not so easily available.
Any recommendations?
TIA - Jon

I have a 40g. Long tank, and due to a new job and busted arm I've missed
a few water changes.  Lo and behold I now have a high level of NO3.  I
know that I could do a 100% water change over the course of 3 days (50,
25,25) and this would solve the problem.

If you have a standard  2 ft tank, How mnay litre's of water does it hold ?
I just carn't think today
B

A lonely silver SwordTail ... 6 months old. Any advice on a mate?
Thanks

I have been watching this site for a while now and thought I would ask a
question of my own I am rather new to keeping tropical fish but have a 2 ft
tank with lots of fish that seem to be breeding like mad! But the question I
have is my father used to keep tropical fish a long time ...

I have a Blue Gameboy Advance SP with a EFA 256mb Flash cartrige, used for
playing "Backup" games, can load about 6 games into the cartrige. There is
also an SNES Emulator for the Gameboy Advance that will allow you to play
your old school NES and SNES games on it.

I have a green severen about 6" long. I have had it for ovr 3 years. It
became ill, over a month ago. Eyes have white over them, and she is loosing
green to white. I did notice before all of this, that she laid eggs in the
aquarium but the next day they where gone. She is sitting on ...

my neighbor just gave me his aquarium.  it's really dirty.
what would be the best way to clean it?  i haven't had my hand
in this hobby since the early 80s.

have any of you used the infusoia method?
a few sites and betta books mentioned it...
they are only 3 hrs old! looks like either a small group or male has been
eating!

I recently noticed one of my columbian tetras had a single white spot
on his fin. I was concerned it was the beginning of ich.  None of the
other fish had any traces of white spots on them.  I quarenteened the
"infected" tetra and now, 3 days later, all the other fish are still

I have a three year old 46 gallon bow-front freshwater tank with a
glass hood.  The last time I cleaned the tank, the hood hinge broke.  
It seems silly to buy a new hood when all I need is 35" of what seems
to be a pretty generic snap-on plastic hinge.  Where can I find such