Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / April 2006

One of my Rummy Nose Tetras developed cloudy white eyes about three weeks
ago. I was under the impression that this was a natural occurrence and
incurable(from age or whatever).
About one week ago I noticed some white spots on a couple of my Cardinal

I have a mature community tank. I had about 15 green tiger barbs and tiger
barbs. They are fed twice a day. I have noticed that several have died and
have wounds in the sides of their bodies. The other are attacking them. They
seem to be turning on themselves!

Hi, I have an external filter that is seriously losing its oomph. Looking
online it looks like the eheim ones are really good but I am really comfused
as to whether I should go for the ecco, professional or the normal
cannister. Does anyone use one or can anyone offer any advice.

I went into Petsmart today to pick up a fancy goldfish.  I was kind of
shocked at all the max sizes they had on their fish.  Anyway, here's the
e-mail I shot their way.  I ask anyone else to do the same.
http://www.petsmart.com/global/customerservice/storeFormRequest.jsp

We've got nice, healthy java fern in our aquarium and have a question
about it now.  It seems to be sprouting.  On the tips and undersides of
some of the leaves there are small java ferns now growing.  They have a
small root structure to go along with them.  Does anyone know if ...

I while ago I wrote about some Archer fish, that I had my eye on at the
local Aquarium,
Well I now have them, [two's a pair]  installed in a 2ft tank on there own,
with some small plants, which they ignore.

I'm a newbie here.
I'm trying to mate a pair of Bettas.  The female displayed typical
behavior when introduced including sparing off with the male, a slight
change in coloration, and is now laden with eggs.  The male seemed to

I just aquired an aquarium with a Penguin Bio Wheel Mini filter system.
 I think it's a 10 gallon.
It hasn't been used for a year or so, and I don't know its history other
than that.

1.) Should you vacuum the gravel before your tank begins to cycle?
    Should I do a partial water change before it begins to cycle?
2.) Besides water testing, is there a way to tell if your tank is
cycling?

I bought 2 tiny catfish to go into my community tank some time ago.
Unfortunately, one of them died but the other one has grown to
approximtely 6 inches and has eaten pretty much the remainder of fish
in the tank (two scared tetra have survived). I asked the shop if I

Here the setup:
50 gallons aquarium using sea water (salt)
Start last November using sea water as base and addition of marine salt to
get proper level

I have a problem,(I guess if I didn't I wouldn't be asking a
question!),anyways,I have a 90 gall heavily planted freshwater community
tank that's been set up for 10 years.Because I've always had a mild amount
of algae,I was doing large (70 %)water changes weekly to try to ...

I have a couple of questions regarding the purchase of a wall aquarium.
I am looking for a fish tank (preferably for salt water fish) that is about
5' in length and 4" in depth.  I have checked online and have seen various
tanks vary from $200 (click link

Hi, I found this table on a site.  It tells you which fish are
compatable with each other.  Does anybody disagree with any of it?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/fwcompatibility_chart.cfm
Mellie

i have access to some healthy catfish for a reasonable price.
i researched a little and found articles saying it's not easy to tell
the difference, without dissecting them.
well, there must be indicators - size, age, color, whatever.