Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / October 2004

I'm planning a homemade CO2 system - I'm after a well regulated bubble rate.
At first I thought maybe I'd put a pressure regulator with just the 2 liter
pop bottle setup, but I assume backpressure could make the bottle explode.
So what I'm looking to do now is to get a pressure ...

Does anybody know any breeder who breeds bettas for fighing?  It
appears to me that the fighting instinct is being bred out of many
bettas.

Does anyone know where, in the UK, to get hold of the required CO2
needle valve?

Folks,
The Brackish Aquaria FAQ has been revised and updated, and the latest
version can be found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/aquaria/aquaria.html

Hi...
I'm considering getting some ghost shrimp for my 10 gallon tank, but I
read somewhere that they have a tendancy to jump? My tank doesn't have
a very good cover at all... in fact calling it that is kinda pushing

Can someone tell me if you can use moth's as food for fish or not,
I heard they ain't very tasty to animals,so help is greatly appreciated.

Now that I'm up to 6 tanks it just doesn't seem to make sense to me to
continue buying supplies at my LFS.  Does anyone here order their
supplies online?  And where is the best place to get supplies,
preferably in bulk?

There is a piece of dark bogwood in a community tank, to satisfy the needs of a
bristlenose pleco. I submerged the wood in boiling water for 15 minutes before
putting it in the tank, about a month ago.
This wood appears to have tiny white spots on it. They go away if I rub the ...

Hi Gang,
I'm trying to create an algae bloom in an empty 10 gallon aquarium,
but my attempt is futile.
The tank is located in an area where it gets no direct sunlight, but

I m thinking about buying a CO2 (automatic) system with a classic CO2 bottle
from SERA.
Can I use very long hoses for the CO2 bottle ? (So I can put the Co2 bottle
in the cellar beneath the aquarium (thing this is more safer and more

Hi all i am still a little new to the hobbie and have really fell in love
with african chcilids.  I have a 90 Gal tank and was wondering what people
thought would be a good algee eater for a tank that size with 4-7" cichlids.
The fish seem rather agressive towards each other but not ...

I've been getting a 404 error for several days trying to log on to
AquariaCentral. Can someone confirm the site is down or is this perhaps a
problem on my end?
http://www.aquariacentral.com/

I have a 4 week old 10 gal aquarium with a blue and red betta,
well now its time for more fish,
in the mix I want something that eats algae
and something where I would not have to isolate the betta.

It is Saturday night where I am, 11 hours and 15 min to the opening of the
LFS, where I might purchase Ich Medication. I have just discovered Ich on
the Clown Loaches in the community tank. I have transfered them to a
separate tank, applied salt and raised the water temp to 80 ...

I'm attempting to set up an 29 gallon freshwater aquarium with live plants.
I've read that a cable heater under the substrate helps significantly. Is this
overstated or should I invest in one? I should add that the water temp in my
other 29 gallon tank (located in the same area with ...