Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / March 2005

While I am a fish enthusiast I have never bred fish at all.
Here is my story,
Friday night I purchased some guppies to add to my 10 gallon tank.
4 females and 2 males.

should i worry about these water fleas , or is it something for my fish to
eat ??? plus where are they mostly likely to of come from??
Any advice welcomed.

I have been given a 15g 2' tank and am looking to set it up on a table
against a wall in the living room.
As the tank is glass and is 2' will it be okay on a table which is only 59cm
wide if sat on polystyrene?

I have a large well established aquarium of freshwater tropical fish. It is
landscaped with bog wood and heavily planted. Lighting is by two tubes,
filtration via an external Eheim and water temperature 78.
Until about 6 months ago I regularly threw away huge quantities of plants

First of all I am an absolute begiiner, just got a tank with some guppies
from a  friend. Has a eheim tank filter (its a cannister one).
Just a curious questoin the water seem a bit yellowish (we are on tank water
here), under flouresent lighting it looks fine. Is the water ...

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We've got a Rena Kid Maxi Light tropical aquarium that uses special low
voltage bulbs (10w - 12 volts). Our bulb has blown but we can't find any
that sell these - most place only seem to sell the flourescent tubes. Anyone
know where we can get one?

Apologies in advance for the cross posting
Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi
suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed

Hi,one of my white sailfin mollies looks like it has a
contorted face.It seems to be twisted to one side and
has clamped fins.It is swimming about ok and is feeding
well.All other fish are ok.I have had mollies for about a

What is the best way to get rid of green water?

I have a 125-gallon aquarium (currently in the nitrite spike phase of
fishless cycle process) which I plan to stock with the following once the
tank has been completely cycled:
6 Yellow labs

I have a tetra of some sort (I forget which time, looks similar to phantom)
and something bit it's face off last night. It's missing everthing from the
tip of the nose to right before the eyes, and it looks like a bit of lower
jaw sticking out. It's alive, but can't eat and I ...

The last few days my Pleco has been dragging around a 3' long chain of
excrement.  A long chain is not entirely uncommon for him/her, but this is a
little disturbing.  It winds it's way back and forth through the tank and
jiggles with the pleco's every move.  Is this normal, or ...

I've been out of the hobby for many years and would like to return. My
internet search for a reasonably priced source of tanks has only lead to
upscale models; acrylic or curved glass, etc. I'm looking for standard glass
tanks with black plastic top and bottom frames. Does anyone ...

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