Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / September 2004

If I were to get a "general" purpose antibiotic from my vet for fish what
should I get. I have melafix, myxazin and protozin in my cupboard for
tattered fins, pop-eye and whitespot treatments respectively.  However, when
something stronger is required to combat dropsy for example - ...

Could anyone recommend a tank suitable for 4 subunkins, 2 golden orfes, 2
comets, 2 weather loaches, and a tench.
These are all young (hence small) fish, and it would be just for the winter
Gallons/Litres Make ?

First, I'd like to say that it's nice to have a place for us newbies to ask
silly questions and get great answers.  Most of my fish have a black
coloring down the front of their heads.  I wasn't sure if they were like
this when I bought them or not (because it wasn't something I was ...

Does anyone use the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Ammonia test?  I got the
Maste rKit and I'm having a horrible time with the Ammonia test so far
- basically, my tap water is at LEAST 1 ppm.  Brita water is at LEAST
1ppm.  I put a bunch of Ammonia (well, bunch of drops) into the

The LFS has a "mystery shrimp" that is similar in build to a ghost
shrimp, but it has red spots (Especially on its tail fan), and red
bands on its front claws.  Any idea what kind it is, and if it would
get along with Amano shrimp?  Thanks!

Hi,anyone used the above water treatment.It is made by
a company called TetraAqua.I already use their safe water
treatment,but they claim adding Easybalance means you
don't do any water changes for at least 6 month intervals.

I got two female bettas yesterday.  They stayed with each other at first
without any problems.  This morning things have changed.  The blue one is
picking on the teal one.  Now the teal one is very stressed.  She has the
vertical lines and seems to have lost a little color too.  ...

I've added guppies in my 46g corner tank for about 2 months ago, along with
mollies and swordtails and
they care getting along very peacefully.
Regarding the guppies though, 4 males and 2 females, both of my females look

I've been fishless cycling two freshwater tanks (10G, 6G) for almost four
weeks now. I hadn't seeded either tank, so about two weeks ago or so I put
Bio-Spira in both tanks and immediately saw nitrites. Since that time
ammonia levels have dropped in both tanks to 0.0. However, ...

I'm jumping into the world of fish so I'm looking for good info if
anyone can help.

Hi, new here
Here's the scenario: After checking pH levels, if I don't immediately rinse
out the beaker, the color will change after a few minutes. More
specifically, what was initially read as pH 7.4 will read as 7.8 after

Hello fish people! I have a question that might not be that easy to answer,
first let me tell you the spec on my tank:
90 Gallon tropical running for since May 04 (About5 months)
Filters: 1 Fluval 403 Canister Filter

Hi Gang:
When I put my tank together, I just bought a basic 100w heater, ya know the old dial type heaters. Well this is all fine and well but I see 4-6 degree changes in the temp alot (so far they have been to the plus side so I've been lucky. The temp stays between 76 and 82 ...

I have a tinfoil barb-probably 2.5 inches-has a gill that doesn't lay
like a flap but sticks out at a right angle-exposes a lot of red
tissue underneath.  The other gill looks fine.
Never saw this before with other fish or with the other TF's.  Any

i read they are from the amazon river in Peru. I know that some fish
like glass cats have never been bred in captivity. I presume neons are
bred by breeders, or are they like the glass cats caught in the wild.
anyone know?