Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2003

I just noticed one of my pigmy corys struggling to swim. When I got
close to investigate, I saw his tail fin is gone! Water parameters are
normal and there are no aggresive fish in that tank: male guppies, 3
zebra loaches (Botia striata), and 3 cherry shrimp. Plus a lot of MTS

Hi All: We had a Beta fish that we got last year.  Today we discovered
that he/she  was no longer among the living.  Last night when I fed
him he seemed a little slow sort of hiding in the roots of the peace
lily. We really took good care of this fish, always fed him and

I have had a fishtank for over two month now, it was not a graet start since
i went through ich, strange bacterias and fish dying one after another.
Well after renewing gravel, plants and cycling the water i have not had any
problems for about a month or so. Today i have noticed a ...

Hey all,
Well my friend has 1 male guppy and two female guppies.  The females were
big and gravid from the store, so we assumed they were pregnant(probably
true knowing guppies).  Anyways, these guppies have not gotten any smaller,

I've lost a few fish recently from both bloating and shrinking abdomens.  I
reckon I've got a bad dose of more than one type of intestinal parasite
within my community tank (no isolation tank for new fish, yet).  What's a
good treatment that would be likely to knock out a broad ...

Anyone know of the URL for Interpet UK?
After using their Number 8 solution for some mouth rot which was added to
the tank on Saturday, for one of my Rainbows that had mouth rot , the water
suddenly clouded up over night and all of my fish are dead with their skin

I have 5 swordtail fry that are about a week old, living in their own
separate tank until they are ready to go into the community.  
They eat a lot of powdered food, and they're growing quickly.
So, I've had the light on pretty much their whole life.  Tonight

I've got a 15Gal Freshwater tank w/ 1 Kuhli and 1 Clown pleco.   I'm hoping
to get 2 dwarf frogs soon.
It's obvious these fellows prefer dark to light, so I have to ask myself why
I'm using aritificial lighting (6" fluoro day-glo)  in the tank.  

My son has some yabbies in a tank and has just dicovered one of them
has eggs under her tail. We have taken her out and put her in another
tank by herself. He wants to know if anybody does how long does it
take for the eggs to hatch and then they have hatched is it safe to

What kind of fish would go good with the following basic conditions:
Would be happy being by itself in a 10g tank, a Ph of 7.0, a temp of  ~72F,
and will not get too big.
Any and all suggestions welcomed. Thanks!

For all of you who need a good course on Ich I have found this link:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1791&articleid=2421
It's on Drs Foster & Smith website. I'm not trying to endorse them in any
way (even though I have bought some stuff from them before), they ...

I am facing a new outbreak  of Ich, and I suspect is i am getting my fish
tank overcrowded with guppies ( I have already check with you guys about
controling them)
My concern is the following: I have applied the Rid Ich+, and i want to know

I have a 10 gallon tank.  It contained 1 kissing gourami, 1 3-spot gourami,
1 "headstand" fish, and 1 tiger barb.  The tank was cleaned about 3 weeks
ago.  All was well afterwards.  The tiger barb needed company, though.  So I
bought 2 green tiger barbs and 1 albino tiger barb from ...

I read an interbreeding question in uk.goldfish and wondered if there is
anyone who has cross bred tropical fish and how difficult was it?
I would love to see a Siamese angel fish thingy...

I have dealt with my guppies and now have a couple of little ones trying to
survive the hungry mouths of my swordtails but have encountered another
problem...
I had 5 Neon Tetras and now I only have 3 they keep dying and 1 looks sick.