Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / July 2005

Hello all I was the lucky reciepiant of some live rock at the moment
its doing well in a 10 gallon tank...but I need somethings and am low
on funds now...
so I'm asking anyone for parts...

Whil at my Not So LFS I was looking in the female betta tanks and they have
amoured shrimp in them, I was just curious about any information anyone
could supply.
Such as:

We've got a 3 ft aquarium with 5 goldfish, 4 minnows and two apple snails.
It has deep gravel with stones, quite a few plants and a large Fluval
filter. All was well until we bought a small new goldfish from a garden
centre 11 days ago. My daughter noticed that some of the other ...

he is nocturnal and swims upside down. i own two upside down catfish
and he is growing much faster than these and looks different so i
suspect he may be related to them.
thanks for any info..

I've got a 46 gallon freshwater tank that with a high Nitrate level. All
other water stats are OK.
The tank is not over populated and uses a cannister filter.
What is the best way to reduce and keep reduced the Nitrate level?

I've been considering getting a python system I was having a peek at their
website and it stated that I shouldn't have a sprayer on my sink and that I
should contact them for help when setting up.  Does anyone have experience
using the python system on a sink with a sprayer attached ...

I have two adult Angel Fish in a community tank that have been laying eggs a
number of times but have always eaten them after a couple of days. I have
suspected that they are in fact two females as they both seem quite gravid
at the time and I cant confirm if any of the eggs are ...

I have a new betta (two weeks purchased from aquarium shop) who started out
being a rich light blue with a black head.  He is in a large community tank
and they all seem to get along fine.  Over the last few days he has been
hiding in one of the aquarium ornaments.  Today when I ...

We have a large display tank in a commercial environment ~2m x 0.7m x
0.6m (I put it at around 900L in volume) with no fish.
There's a 2m pipe in the bottom with holes, powered by an air pump to
make bubbles.

would a water container that has previously held glycerine, but been well
washed out, be ok to store water for water changes?

This is strange:
I have set up a new 75 gallon aquarium and am in the process of cycling it.
I have a layer of flourite on the bottom of it followed by sand I bought at
Lowes.  I have a 2028 Eheim cannister filter for filtering the water.  I

Hi group,
I work as an image keyworder, and I happen to have some pictures that
are captioned "black spotted seetlips, Red Sea". They are a spotted
fish with yellow tails and fins. Because we have many categories of

What fish go best with Angel Fish?  Can they live in the same tank with
cichlids (African or S. American), or with community fish (swordtails,
mollies, etc.)?
-JD

Two albino cory cats in my Daughters tanks spent the better part of the
afternoon laying eggs. Eggs all over the place! 3 or 4 nice strips of eggs
glued to the glass, it's very interesting. A great opportunity for a biology
lesson for my home-schooled daughters :)

i have had my tank for over a year and gradualy i
have got more and more snails, at night the glass
walls are full of them, what should i do ?