Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / January 2006

Yes, another question ...
When starting a planted tank with a few fish. How much aeration do I
need? I want to minimize surface turbulence to keep the injected DIY
CO2 in the tank.

What is the best commercially avaliable plant food in the UK ?
Thanks

i have a tank being used for swordtail/guppy fry, the "fry" is  almost
1" and are two bunches from two breedings, now i would like to have
the original swords join them in this tank. but the swords are full
grown, huge, will they eat the growing fish?... im sure they will also

Do bamboo shrimps play dead when molting? Or is this puppy a goner?
thanks

I'm just starting a planted tank and I got some ottos. I recently got a
few japonica (amano) shrimp to eat some of the algae that the ottos
won't. My pH is around 6.8-7 kH around 4-5 and temperature 78-80. I
woke up next morning and they were orange/white.

Does anyone know if a 75 gl hex tank with stand for 125.00 good price or
not, a guy has a lot of tanks in our local pennysaver, that is one of them,
i never had a hex tank seems like it would be nice, i would like something
bigger then my 50 gl but as far as having a reg one ...

Hi, I know Sodium Bi-phosphate has been sold as a Ph reducing solution for
the freshwater aquarium, and can be relatively expensive if one regularly
has need to use it.
Recently I noted that TSP (tri-sodium phosphate), sold as a scour agent for

I am plagued with Green Algae on the floor of the tank and to a lesser
extent on the glass. Filtration is good and I have cut down on the
light but to no avail.The fish appear quite healthy. Would be very
grateful for any help.

is there a gadget that you drop in the water to measure salinity?
how much do they cost?

My female guppy (who I have posted about before) has had two sets of babies,
she was pregnant when I bought her, and had five fry a couple weeks later on
Christmas eve, then again she had babies (thirty of them) about two weeks
after the first ones, which I thought was strange I ...

A possible scenario for the evolution of the aquarium:
If we start by examining the constraints, I think the 4 biggest are the
purchase cost (people don't complain so much about the running costs),
the space (large footprint in prime real-estate in the house, and

Hi,I just bought a new external filter for my tropical tank.It has
3 seperate filter media baskets.What is the best way to install it?
Do I just plumb it in and switch it on? I thought about suspending
the media,which is 2 grades of sponge and some ceramic media,

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I already have a male bristle nose plec in my community tank, along with a
royal plec, and banjo plec and a common plec. Have no idea of the sex of
those (or how to tell to be honest). All, touch wood, co exist quite
happily, sharing the odd courgette or cucumber with the clown ...

I am a new fishkeeper, and was hoping I could get some advice on this
stocking scheme.  This is my first tank, so I'm a bit cautious about
overfilling it.  This is a 29 gallon, low-light, planted tank with some
java fern, java moss, a red wendtii crypt, and a green crypt.