Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / April 2005

Some ideas needed.
I thought I'd have a go at breeding these little buggers mainly due to the
challenge.
I have researched extensively on the subject but as of course the curve ball

I have a small (20l) aquarium running in a bedroom and as I am a very
light sleeper, I am having trouble finding suitably quiet filtration.
I started off with an Elite Mini internal filter, which although
relatively noisy for a bedroom wasn't too bad. However, I found it to

does anyone have a instruction manual for Waterlife's Protozin, as I have
lost mine :(
Scanned images of both sides of the manual will do, thanks
§tudz

Okay, so I've been working the pet trade for over half a decade now and
the store I work for has been selling Sera products for that entire
time.  While their water conditioner (Aqutan) IS pretty good (if not a
bit pricey), my impression of the rest of their products is that they

Have you seen them lately? My kids can love them and ours lived for a
long time but now no one seems to carry them anymore.
Rico

We have a 10 gallon community tank that is a bit overstocked (aren't they
all!!). Anyway it's gotten to the point where it is so dirty that I need to
rip it apart and clean the gravel, plastic plants, deco, tank itself, etc
...

 Does anyone here have any experience with natives (sunfish, madtoms, perches etc)?  I've kept larger sunnies for long periods but am interested in trying dwarf sunfish and madtoms.  Any advice?
-Paul

my frogs started to get a whitish goo on them. the man at the local aqarium
centre said it is a fungus and gave me this green liquid to put in the
tank. he said to empty the tank to one third full then add a quater of the
green stuff every day for four days.

Just after lights out I noticed one of my corys was upsidedown
under one of the rocks in my tank.I have never seen any corys
do this before,in fact I thought he was dead.
Anyway,after a while he came out and is ok.Anyone know

I am a bit uncertain of where to post this, but here I go..
My brother in law has purchased a small hotel in Brazil, not far from
Rio. In the garden there are two ponds that are connected with a small
"river". The water is ment to be pumped from the bottom pond to the

Hi Gang,
I have an AquaClear filter -- the kind that holds massive amounts of carbon.
When I went to change the carbon package, I lifted it out of the water and
failed to realize a big rip in the side. Carbon went all over the bottom of

I have been interested in tropical fish and the different species.
Plaese help me know the different species of the fish and where they
originate

Please explain to me different species of tropical fish

I want to have a vigorous "air cuirtain" at a depth of approx 1.5 metres in
an aquarium. Can anyone recommend an air pump that can deliver this? I have
tried a copuple but at depth they give out a pitiful amount of bubbles!
I have posted to rec.ponds as I suspect I might need ...

Hi all thanks for all your help things seem to have settled down now.
Unfortunately only have one rainbow left but I do have all my loaches
aswell.
Still don't know what it was as Nitrite and Nitrate normal so was the