Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / September 2004

For the past couple of days now my marble platys have been acting
strange,they are for a better term going berserk,they are swimming
real fast around the tank and biting each other and the other fish
under the belly,can anyone shed some light on why this is,when I got

I bought a wet/dry 9 years ago, and got it alive..
and had a salt water tank.  It had real cool fish in it.
Then one day, they all died at the same time. So instead
of fixing it, and going out and spending big bucks on saltwater

Greetings All,
Is it possible to hybridize barbs?
If it is, are they likely to be fertile?
All replies appreciated.

My girlfriend has a 20 gal fresh Water tank that we have had for almost a
year and a half.  In that time i dont think she has ever done a water change
on it.  I told her she should for a while but eventualy i gave up. luckily i
am in charge of our salt water tank.  The wierd thins ...

Does anyone have any suggestions for what to fill a new 30g tank with?
My water is pretty neutral (7.5ish I believe) and is a bit on the soft
side. Sorry, I'm all out of test kits so I can't be any more precise
right now.

I hope you can help me out here...
As you may or may not know, more and more computer using folk (like me)
are turning to water cooling for their PCs, rather than just by
conventional fans.

I've been clearing out storage and I've got a bunch of equipment I
need to get rid of. It's all old and has been well used but all works
as far as I know. Some (not all) items need a plug. All prices include
p&p:

Hi, is blue green algae considered to be a serious problem. what I mean is
if it gets into an aquarium does that mean that a blackout or blackouts must
be performed to remove it from they aquarium because of the speed that it
spreads at and the lack of a working treatment in the UK.

Ok, I have read about milky water and everything says wait it out. Im
going on 4 months and getting worried. I have also read to replace
your bio max media every 6 months and I have never done this. I need
help.

Lost one of my Algea Eaters today. The tank is about 5 weeks along and everyone else is doing fine. Showing no signs of stress.
Ammonia levels seem a bit high, between 0.25 and 1.0 mg/l. Nitrates and Nitrites are very low. Water changes about 30-40% every other day.
Any thoughts? ...

I am having a problem with green algea in my tank . It is forming (what I
see)  between the gravel bed and the tank wall. I have removed it twice now.
I`ll givve you a brief on what I have done to date. I have a ten gallon tank
with two Zebra Daneos, 4 neon tetras, and an algea ...

I have a reading of 20-40ppm from a nitrate test on my water, my ammonia and
nitrite levels are 0ppm and the pH is 7.8 (we live in a very hard water
area). What is likely to cause the influx of nitrate (was reading 0ppm a few
days ago)? Nothing has changed to the tank apart from the ...

Bit off my testicles , OUCH !

I may be inheriting two rather large Angel fish. They are not doing very well. It looks to me as though they have some sort of fungus on the mouth. Kind of looks like cotton puffs. So I may need to quickly get a 10 gallon hospital tank up and running.
What is the best way to go ...

On Tuesday I'm going away on holiday for the first time since I got my
tank.I will be away for two weeks.
I have a 190 litre tank, with a mixed bunch of Platies, Guppies, Cardinals
and five banded barbs.