Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / August 2006

Dear Koi enthusiasts,
We at Koibito Japan have been caring for the trade community for years
over here in Japan, and extend a warm welcome to any trade clients
wishing to come to Japan this in Autumn 2006 to find the perfect koi.

I am trying to control the ever-growing snail population in my freshwater
tropical aquarium.
My current method is pull out any I can see and drop them in the pond outside.
I am told that clown loaches eat them but mine is either not interested or

ok, I work on the rivers. The inland waterways. im gone for 4 weeks,
then im home for 4 weeks. i have a 55 gallon with 3 black bullheads,
and 5 bluegill.  lately my mother has been takign care of the fishes
basic needs when i have been gone. but, just like a careing mother, the

I am trying to control the ever-growing snail population in my freshwater
tropical aquarium.
My current method is pull out any I can see and drop them in the pond outside.
I am told that clown loaches eat them but mine is either not interested or

I currently have a 4 foot tank running a Fluval 3 Internal Power Filter.
After reading the information about filters at netmaxs website it
appears I may have a crappy filter!
Years ago I used to have an aquaclear filter, the type that hung over

I just read a thread about neon sickness and how they lose their color.  I
started out with 7 neons and after being away for 2 days came back and there
were only 6 left.  I just, again, returned after being gone for 2 days and
although there are still 6, I noticed one of them ...

We recently moved house and thus had to move our aquarium. Since moving
our plecostomus (I'm not sure about the correct spelling.) has started
to attach himself to the heater in our tank. (Something it's never done
before.) It has also developed a raw spot on it's stomach. The ...

G'Day all,
I've had my tank set up for about 3 to 4 months now... (the colder
months here in OZ..). as the days are starting to get warmer, I'm
beginning to wonder if I need to do anything other than to turn down

I currently have a 2.5 gallon aquarium setup with a Betta, and 3 cCory
Cats.  The Cory Cats average 3/4 of an inch.  the Betta is about 2
inches.  I have a Red Sea nano Mini Filter running on it currently.
Just yesterday I purchased an Aqua Clear mini/20 to run on this tank as

The water where i live is very hard. so i started buying water from
wal-mart for my tank. I put distilled water in it this week. is tested
very soft:)anyone else put store bought water in there tank?
thanks

My Angels bred!
This is the second time it has happened, i am sure its the Angels because
there are on other pairs in the tank. Last time they bred they ate all the
eggs... because they were too fast for me and ate them before breakfast. But

I'm just wondering if it's safe to use an algae remover in a planted
tank?  I mean after all, algae is a plant too.  And yes, today I'm too
lazy to go the local pet store and ask them.  Some of my plants are even
beginning to get algae on them.  Guess I should fire my pleco!

I have a 1 gallon tank with a few guppies and a few small apple snails
in it.  It gets a regular partial water change weekly.
The problem is there are some small white thread like worms in the
tank.  Kind of look like pin worms.  Any ideas what they may be?

Happy August everyone. I hope you are all enjoying your summer and you
and your fish survived our heat wave.  This month our speaker will be
Jim Herman. He'll be speaking about "Collecting in Belize".  What a
great summer talk!

i've segregated him in the tank by using
my baby guppy floating thing.
How long is it gonna take for his fins to regrow?
The culprits:  two red eye Tetra, i think...thats why i segregated