Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2003

I am looking for a bit of advice from you helpful people about what type of
UV steriliser I should buy. Right now I am considering several brands:
Rainbow Lifegard 25watt
Custom Sealife Double Helix

DOes anybody has information of this fish (ray)? I couldnt find much info.,
i know some can reach 26" but exist smaller ones?
The info I got say it is a pacific fish suitable for comunity tanks
Thanks

I just bought a pair of black swordtails.      (xiphophorus helleri) for
my 75 gal. community tank. Pretty neat. I have never heard of or seen
them before. Bud

Is there any kind of Searchable online fish database that lets you specify
criteria?  Ideally, I'd like to be able to specify parameters, and then get
a list of matching fish, so as to get ideas for new friends for my fishies.
Example:

I am having a problem cycling my tank.  I do have fish in it-13 small fish
in a 29 gallon tank.  I have started over several times after many fish
losses.  My ammonia levels started to go down, and nitrite level was
starting to come up.  Then, ammonia level climbed again, tank got ...

Long story short: bought a crayfish, were assured he was fine with
other fish, but  after we found out he wasn't and got a ride (no car)
to the distant not-so-L-FS to get a new tank for the crayfish, the
comets were so stressed they died within days. I don't know if it was

Someone Please Help . I have discovered that my fishtank has hundred's of
tiny white worms crawling all over the place. Especially on the glass. They
are about  2 milimiters long, some are ven smaller.  Is this a desease or
it's normal?

My son has some yabbies in his tank and we have just dicovered that
one of them have eggs under her tail. We have put her in another tank
by herself. But he was wondering if anyone knows how long does it take
for them to hatch. Then when they hatch does the mother still look

Hi I've read on here before that many of you consider certain brands of food
to be inferior to others.  I was just hoping to get some recommendations as
to what you use, and what you avoid at all costs.  Thanks for any help.  Oh,
if you need to know I have a community tank with a ...

I just recently thought of this and tried it in my 55g community tank and it
looks so cool I thought I would share the idea with you guys.
I bought a piece of clear quartz crystal not that long ago and decided to
plop it in my tank one day. I liked the look of it but since it was ...

The filter in an established tank (3 grown tinfoil barbs & 1 catfish)
broke 6 weeks ago and I got a new filter. It being so long since we
set up the tank I'd forgotten all about new tank syndrome till water
went cloudy. Phoned filter manufacturer who advised I use stuff to

I introduces 2 skunk loaches  (1.5cm) to a tank with guppies, cory's and
neons.  Previously peaceful tank now looks like a war zone.  Cory's looking
ragged with torn fins, neons and guppies with half their tails missing...
and the skunks zipping around together and making lots of ...

I've noticed a small red blotch on my Kuhli, near his gills.   His behavior
is normal, and he is his usual energetic feeding self.
There have been several "optimizations" to the tank lately, which may have
stressed him, including water and gravel change.

Looking for light help for a 75 gal. freshwater tropical setup. I have a
home made canopy, the lights will be about 10 inches above the water.
I`ll be using 4 ft. T-12  fluorescent tubes. I`ll have no live plants in
the tank. I was thinking about 2- 50% daylight 50% actinic3. That ...

Good day!
I've decided to attempt another try at keeping fish. In the past, I
was too young and quite uneducated for the task and the end result was
fish lasting no longer than a month. So since I have such a poor