Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / December 2004

My husband bought me 3 Bamboo Shrimp about 3 inches long.  I know they are
filter feeders.  What should I feed them?  In my fish pantry I have flake
food, freeze dried bloodworms, freeze dried daphnia, algae wafers and frozen
brine shrimp.My guess is the algae wafers and brine ...

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I am building a canopy for a 125G acrylic tank, and wondering what to do for
hinges.
From a mechanical standpoint, my preference would be the european style
flush/hidden cabinet hinge. However ... these do not appear to be available in

I have read a lot of posts referring to Oxygen and also CO2 injections.
I am wondering why people do it, and whether or not its always good practice
to do it, or if only special setups require it.
In particular, would it allow you to overstock a tank?

So, this is the place to go to find out about my fish :)
Next fishy question - I have a Rafeal Catfish. It's black and white striped,
and about 2.5 inches long. It spends all day hiding in this cave thing I put
in the tank, and I never see it, not even at night. I'm guessing it's ...

So I finally got a GH & KH test kit for my tanks.  And I'm a bit shocked by
the results of the tests.
Tap Water:
PH 6.5

Here's a thought for anyone thinking about buying a 50 gallon aquarium.
A year ago, after doing what I thought was enough research I bought my
first aquarium.  I wanted a good size, but of course I had a price
range too.  I ended up buying a Hagen 50 gallon.  Since I bought it I

I just obtained a used 55 gallon aquarium and am trying to identify the make
so I can replace the black bottom and top rims. The top rim is broken in
several places and needs to be replaced before placing it into operation,
the bottom has a small crack on one corner so I was ...

How long does the ammonia spike in a new tank last for? I think mine is at
that stage now so I've done a 50% water change. Should I do one every day?

I have 50 gal. tank with African Chilids.  Recently my fish tank got cloud
and I've been change the water...which seems to work a little.  My fish have
recently been dieing,  The fish swims really weird and then floats upside
down dead.  The are just hanging around the bottom of ...

I am looking for a hand held ph meter for an old gent.
He only has the use of one hand after a stroke.
He does not want litmus papers or similar but wants an electric or battery
version.

What fish ailments are bettas prone too?

We have a 6G tank with under gravel filtration, which houses:
2 head and tail light tetra
2 pristella tetra
2 whitecloud minnows

One of my Clown Loaches has tanken to digging a hole in the gravel in the
corner of the tank and laying in it. Today it's in this hole and quite
lethargic. Does this sound like behavior that anyone recognizes? I would
suspect that it is going to give birth/lay eggs, but I'm not ...

I have a pictus cat in a 50 gallon tank. It spends it's time frantically
swimming back and forth, back and forth. When I feed the fish, he
frantically scoots around the bottom sucking up flakes, and then returns to
zipping back and forth, back and forth. Is this normal for this ...