Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / July 2008

How are fluorescent light tubes measured:-
1) to the ends of the tubes, excluding the electrical pins
2) including the electrical pins
3) including fitted end caps

Two questions regarding air pumps:-
I notice that some older books mention diaphragm air pumps can be
noisy and that rotary/piston air pumps are much quieter. I would have
thought that modern diaphragm air pumps should be reasonably quiet, at

I'm about to set up my first tropical freshwater tank and need to get
an idea of available types of supplies and prices.
After googling for online suppliers I've noticed that those I have
found all have pretty photos of their tanks and shops but none

Hello group. Can anyone answer my question. My tap water is roughly 400 ppm
and has a ph of 7.3. If I recurculated a container of water through an
external filter full of activated charcoal would I notice much of a
difference in water purity and ph? I do not intend on using the ...

Please help... This is the first time I ever had a betta fish... He is
in a bowl which holds almost a gallon of water.. And I have treated the
water with aquasafe to remove chlorine and a drop of methylene blue and
ick preventing solution to the water.. I had added all these in the

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I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in
a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays
sucked to the under side of a bowl rock, he never goes scrounging for
food or anything. I would have figured he'd starve to death by now, do

I have a male betta and bought him a female, placed her next to his tank
today, he flared up and went a little whacko, not sure if it was
excitement or annoyance, so my question is, how or when will I know when
he's ready to be nice to her and I can put her in with him? Thanks!

I normally buy Tetramin or Aquarian for my tropicals, but I just noticed
that Wilkinsons do an own-brand flake for about 1/4 the price. Anyone tried
it?