Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / November 2006

Does anybody know which tank divider would be the best one to buy for a
20H Gallon tank to safely separate and breed 1 week old platy fry?
Penn Plax Tank Divider 20 H
or

I have started breeding guppy's.    So far I have loads of female baby's.
How do I get male baby's as I can't see any in the tank.

A few months ago, I bought a couple of Angel fish. They are really
beautiful fish and I like to watch them. I have a couple of questions:
1: How do you distinguish the sex of Angel fish?
2: What could be the reason that one of them has hardly grown since I

I'm curious if anyone has this stand...and what they think about it?
I think it looks great from the pictures...but I mean how is it really.
They say it's all wood stand...and seems to be good quality, but who
knows.

I currently keep a 55gal freshwater tank and it seems quite happy. I
still have the 33 long my parents bought my bro and I in 1968 although
it isn't set up. I'm having some moderate work done on my house and have
seriously considered having the wall taken down between our great ...

We're looking for creative suggestions for things to do with a 55
gallon aquarium.  When we built the house, we built a special partition
in the wall between two rooms so the aquarium could be seen from two
rooms.    We're no longer maintaining the tank (long story - big house

Hi i have a 3' x 1'  x 1' aquarium which is currently housing coldwater
goldfish however i am ready for the next step and having found new
homes for my goldfish i wish to refurbish my aquarium into a tropical
aquarium.

Went to mom's house for 5 days (Thanksgiving) and had a college girl
visit the house 3-4 times a day to feed the dogs, cats and fish whiled
we were gone.  We warned her that the tank would probably get nasty
with algae. She was to just feed the fish one proportioned cube /day.

This group seems to have become very quiet of late. I suppose as forums have
taken off, people don't bother so much with usenet. There is a bit more
security with the forums I suppose, let's just hope this one doesn't suffer
the same trolling fate as rec.aquaria.

Was given a 26 gallon bow front, which is a 24" wide, 21" high.  What
would be a good choice of fish for an unusual tank like this?

My Oscar looks like it's losing it's scales.  It's got a white spot
just behind his head and his top fins look rough.  He's in there
with only a cat fish and an algie eater.
anyone have any idea's?

I take on board what folks have said re. Usenet Vs web forums, but I
feel we usenutters are a dying breed. I have been using
http://www.uk-aquarist.com/index.php?act=idx
For a little while now, and yes it takes a bit of learning, but the

Right now I have plastic plants and they seem to accumulate a lot of
disgusting algae.  The algae eating shrimp eat off the lower branches but
not the upper ones.
Anyway, I am thinking about introducing a live plant into the aquarium.  How

I'm having a big problem with a new 3-gallon brackish water tank I'm
trying to set up for my red claw crabs and maybe a guppy or two.  I
have stable 10-gallon freshwater which has been great but this new tank
is driving me crazy.  It's a 3-gallon tank with a mix of sand/gravel

Bought one (about 2") because I have algae in the tank and the platco is
only interested in cleaning a 4" square of glass on the front.
I don't think it will bother the red eyed tretras and silver tipped tetras
in the tank.  But I am worried about what he might do to the 3 shrimp ...