Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2003

How long can tropical fishies go without a water filter going?

After 5 years health problems have forced me to quit the hobby. I need input
for pricing my stuff.
110 gal glass tank
Black Lacquer Stand and Canopy

Has anyone else ever had a problem with wide tank temperature fluctuations?
My tank can go from 84 during the day to 76 at night unless I try my best to
control it. I'd like to keep it 78-80 optimally with little or no
fluctuations but so far I haven't come up with anything that I ...

If you search for thrill in rec.aquaria you get some interesting
results. The thrill of owning rare breeds, the thrill of keeping
difficult varieties, the thrill of feeding live bait to carnivorous
fish, the thrill of your first cichlid breeding... I'd really like to

Hello again group
I have a nice little 15 Eclipse sitting in my room, and it is severely
lacking in color. It has 11 harlequins, 2 mottled cories, and a very
docile+timid african butterfly. Decor is silk amazon sword, grass, and a

I have a 2 1/2 gallon hex tank with a UGF.  Recently the filter has
caused large air bubbles, from beneath the filter plate.  This
happened once before (some time ago)and stopped after I moved some
gravel around.  Now it has started again.  As with the last time, I

I've picked up a Marineland Eclipse Explorer tank (claims to hold 2 US
gallons) to fool around with, and am cycling it with a few Rosies.  I noted
the tank runs hot (77 F, five degrees above ambient) even though it has no
light or heater.  The pump motor housing seems to transfer ...

hey guys.. first off thanks to all of you for the info. this place is an
awsome resource.
i've decided on my setup after 3 months of researching. im going for a
planted setup. i havent decided on the entire plant setup but it will

I have a 20 gallon fresh water tank in which I'm raising 6 Angels with the
hope of obtaining a breeding pair.  The tank is heavyly planted and I feed
the Angels 2X a day and the plants once a week after a 25% water change.
Fish and plants seem to be doing fine.

Does anyone know, how much you should feed a  Beta fish? The people at
Petco say one Beta Bite granule a day. Doesn't seem like enough.

Today I had to remove the canopy of the large tank and for the first
time, I had to unplug the quick-snap connectors of the lights beforehad.
I reached under the stand and started disconnecting each of the 4
cables. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain and I realized I had shocked

The molly I had that was pregnant and behaving oddly died.  When I
found her I immediately opened her up and removed the fertilized eggs
to the fry portion of my breeding cage.  Is there much hope that the
eggs will continue to develop without the mother?  Other than

ok is it me or are cories freakin crazy?
a long time ago i bought my first one (which is still alive). after months
of hiding, i got another one of the same species so that he wouldn't be so
lonely, and they hung around together like best buds. finally as my tank got

I have a SAE that like to make a cave under the gravel...is this a typical
for SAE? I know that exist a false SAE....how can i know if i have a "real"
or a "false"?
Thanks

A friend of mine just passed on a translucent blue-tinged crystal he
calls a "salt rock," telling me if I put it in my puffer tank it will
slowly release the appropriate amount of salt in the water for them
over time.