Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / September 2005

    I am looking for some help.  This morning, before work, I was
fixing the powerhead that I use to aerate the water in my tank, it
wasn't making bubbles at all.  While I was fixing it, I noticed my
pleco had white spots on it.  I immediatly thought I had ick in my

I have recently converted one of my tank to a planted tank, which seems to
have been the best thing I've ever done for the tank, the fish seem happier,
and the readings have become alot better.
Nitrite: 0ppm

I desperately need as many photos of guppies as I can muster in a short
time.
I am currently finishing up a book I have written on the keeping and
breeding of guppies. I have decided that a gallery of guppy photos

    My son recently deposited his tank and fish to be looked after
by my wife and myself. He brought all of the bits and pieces including
what looked to be a sturdy table for the tank to stand on. I have
noticed that the top layer of the table is beginning to be punctured by

My current tank is 55g. I got it back in the early 90s. It's been a
great tank thats served me and my freshwater fish well over the years.
I recently purchased an upgrade for $550. it's a used 220g tank (7' long
2' thick). it came with a magnum 350 with the bio wheels, 5 ...

Just a quick question, I am just about the clean out one of my tanks, as I
am changing it's substrate amongst a few things, but some of the plants in
the tank have algae on their leaves. Is there an easy way to clean this off?
Thanks,

I have 175 litre planted aquarium that has been stable with
the following parameters since November last year:
PH: 6.5 (same as tap water)
Ammonia: 0

anyone  tell  me  where  i  can  get  polyfilter   ..its  a  filter
pad    made  by  poly  bio  marine..im  in  sydney  australia..

Hello to all,
Let start off by saying that I have never had a fish tank before.
That being said, a friend gave me a 30 gallon tank
and two power filters.  I can NOT seem to get water to flow

Our 10G community tank seems to have developed a nitrate reactor. The
nitrates simply don't rise above 10ppm (nitrites 0). Air driven UGF
under gravel, 5 adult scissortail raspboras, 4 neons, one adult female
ancistrus catfish, one adult Yo-Yo loach and an indeterminate number of

Hi, does anyone know if I will have any problems using a fluval 304 filter
with my juwel vision 180. I'm not sure about how the pipes will fit with the
juwel hood, and also how they will attach and look in the aquarium?
cheers

45 gallon tank - few fantails and one catfish
recently tank has been very cloudy - kids maybe over feeding ?
however cleaned - third of tank water replaced / new filters etc
overnight 2.5" catfish has brown patches around gill areas - any suggestions

To all:
I have a 75 gallon planted aquarium which has been operating for the last
month or 5 weeks.  I have stocked in the aquarium 11 cardinal tetras, 2
clown loaches, 4 octoclinus catfish and recently I put in 4 Japonica Amano

Ok...I'm new.  Got a fire shrimp..red and white...got a couple of
clowns...spike boys..(2 cm spikes coming out of their backs, orange &
beige) got some crabs, small and two...well one... well 3/5 of
one...star fish.  My orange star (starry) got dearmed, one by one.

Hi everyone. I am seriously considering picking up the hobby of fish
keeping. Though it may not be the best option for a beginner, if I decide
to go through with it, I'll likely go salt water, as I find the marine fish
more interesting. I'm pretty much just soaking up information ...