Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / January 2005

I was shocked to hear that some people feed their fish 5-6 times a day.
I feed my fish only once per day.  Is this too little?  I don't loose
fish and am able to raise fry. My fish don't grow rapidly, but I don't
think I'm stunting their growth.  I could possibly add an additional

Hey all
Just came across this ng :o)
I'm having a bit of a problem with snails, don't know the name of them, the
ones with cone shaped shells that eat your plants, im slowly being overrun

I've got an angelfish (pterophyllum scalare) who doesn't look very happy
right now: damaged fins with bloody streaks on them and around the body (at
the base of the fins), black specks (seems like Ick, but black), and the
fish seems very thin, being very small in comparison to ...

Hi All!
I have some problem in my aquarium that seems to affect my plants.
Plants either turn brown with some algae and rot or loose their
structure (see pics) and die. Another picture shows some sort of algae

Hey Group,
I have an established 55 gallon community tank.  When I was doing a
water change I had noticed that my one striped danio had some white
pale marks on his body.  So I dropped a few of the fungus clear tank

whilst my male dwarf gourami was in the breeding tank, I added a pair of
golden gourami's to the main tank. Unfortunately, now my dwarf has returned
to the main tank, the goldy thinks his space has been invaded and is being
aggressive. so for the time being I've moved  goldy to ...

What fish can be kept in a 20 gal community tank with 1 male betta and 2
female bettas
Clown loaches?

I am constructing a fairly large filter and need approx 20lb of activated
carbon, does anyone know where I can buy this without having to take out a
second mortgage?
Dave

QUESTIONS:
When is a tank considered cycled?  - When Ammonia and Nitrites drop to
zero and Nitrates are climbing, or does the Nitrates have to achieve a
specific target PPM first?

Setup my cichlid tank a few months back with the help of lots of experienced
fish keepers on these groups.
Just to let you know, been a super smooth ride so far - only had one small
cichlid die on me.

After discovering a friend of mine decided to buy a tankful of
incompatible fish, I decided to write a little program to make setting
up communities a bit easier for those new to the hobby. It's called Can
I Keep It?

Well decided to have a go at keeping Guppies. I have a well established tank
and the water cheched out as OK for Guppies. PH, KH, Amonia etc etc. All ok.
We had just one Neon a Platty and a nice Red Tailed Shark thats been in the
tank for about 4 years.

I'm looking for a more powerful filtration system for my 55 gal Oscar
tank.  Although I vacuum and do partial water changes every 5 days or
so, I find my current bio-wheel filters to be inadequate.  I did, at one
time, have an UGF in the tank but did not like it.  I could not ...

Is there one? I always thought it was around the 80F mark... give or take a
degree or two... is this right?? Will all tropical fish thrive on one set
temperature, or do some prefer it warmer than others?
Right now, I don't have any fish as I'm still trying to get my heater to

I've had my fish tank running for a month now.  I changed the water everyday for the first 3 weeks...now that I stopped it is cloudy in the water.  I think it is ammonia but am not sure.  Can anyone please help me