Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / May 2005

Hi,what is everyone feeding their fish these days?
I've been feeding Aquarian flake,King British Everyday Flake,
Tetra Variety Sinking Wafers,Nishi-aquaria sinking pellets
and Interpet freeze dried Bloodworn.My fish eat everything

Hi, could someone please tell me about the water that you can buy from
aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have to
add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it cost?
The reason that I am interested in starting to use it is ...

I'm wondering... for those of you who have used rock extensively, how
much rock can I safely place on the bottom of my 125g glass tank?
I want to pile rock up against one corner to a height of about 8",
sloping down to level over a 24" spread.  Can the bottom handle this?

Black Spot Disease?
http://www.faerybug.com/temp/algea_eater.jpg
Our Bristlenose Pleco just died. He was fine in the morning and was eating
fine the past few days. All of his fishmates except one show no signs of

Bought 4 deiamond tetras last weekend, i would have bought more but the
store only had the 4 left.
If i thought the kuhlii were funny to watch these little diamonds are
even more so. The way they dart up to the surface, snatch the food and

After several years of dry tank (for a combination of reasons) I'm
filled up again to provide the Harlequin Rasboras from my wife's biology
teaching room a place to live over the summer while the building is
remodeled. Years ago I made semi-serious attempts to get R. Heteromorpha ...

Moving tomorrow, only a short way tough.
My plan is to switch all off, drain half the water into a big bucket
(normally used during water changes), removing the plants etc and then
catching and moving fish into this temp tank. Tape a bin bag over the top

Just venting here.
Got a call at work yesterday from my daughter letting me know our 72 gallon
bow front reef system was leaking water all over the carpet. I pretty much
thought it was a poor plumbing job on my part when I hooked in the UV

Just thought I'd ask but are there any members here, from the UK, that would
be willing to sell, or have a tank to sell?
I need to for a betta and soon.
I've been looking on ebay, but not many on there.

I am caring for a friends beta while she is off the island for the summer.
She warned me that he flares up if you dont change his water weekly. He was
flaring at me (as if he seen a male beta) when I put my face up to it, so I
changed the water, it had been 7 or 8 days. Now he is ...

I've got an old Eheim 2213 that I'm using on a 10 gallon tank with
goldfish. I've noticed that the water flow has really cut down a lot
lately. I took the filter apart and cleaned it, and it was fine for
about a week, then it's back to the slow water flow. I know it can't be

Can some please answer a question for me. I have read some articles
concerning substrate for salt tanks that say that play sand can be used
under crushed coral. True or un true. Is it safe or not...I have been told
that it holds alot of nirate....

Is it possible to breed dragonflies in an aquarium?
My area has a lot of mosquitoes but very little dragonflies. (One reason is
the regular thermal fogging that takes place in our neighborhood by
shortsighted govt officials) I thought of breeding the DFs in my apartment

Does anyone have any suggestions where I can obtain an adult female
angelfish? My male looks desperately lonely after his breeding partner
had to be put to sleep after a lump grew so large that it finally
crippled her. The only thing I can think of is phoning every Maidenhead

I have a large, healthy community tank, which normally presents no problems.
However, several attempts to introduce clown loaches have failed.   They
gradually succumb to illness, which picks them off one by one (typically I'd
lose a new shoal of 4-6 fish within 4-6m).