Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / November 2003

I'm in the market for a new tank, and I'm not having luck finding places
discussing tank features/quality.
Know of a site?  Or have personal experience with a decent and affordable
brand?   ("Affordable" is something different to everyone, I guess, but for

Complete newbie to your site but hope to continue my hobby online.
Can anyone tell me a good place to get synthetic coral
Not the fake stuff at petsmart or petsco but real life looking coral
Sure I could get the real thing but I don't want to upset the balance of my

My wife is a gecko person, and has learned that you can help precipitate the
gender by changing the temperature of the eggs of gecks....
I've had 3 batchs of guppies, at a rate of 85% male, 15% female... How can I
yeild more females, temp up or down???

Unfortunately I believe I have an ongoing outbreak of TB in my tank.
Over the last few months I have lost 2 Danios and today have
quarantined another with the same symptoms. It has a sunken belly and
it has the same spine twist I noticed on the others. It is eating

They are alien fishes and water would be dangerous to them.
So they swim in pure sulphuric acid , great !

Background:
I'll soon have my RO set up in my fish room, and will soften my water in
the central system for my SA's and Discus.  I've got about a dozen
cardinals some of which I've had for about 2 years and they are quite nice,

   Figured everyone might find this interesting, sorry for the cross
post. -
   I got a  frantic phone call yesterday from my girlfriend who said
something about a snake in the fishtank.   After I got her to calm down, the

I just ran my new Vortex XL diatom for the first time today.  It works
fabulous.  My 90 gallon went from cloudy to crystal clear in less than one
hour.  I had a bloom of suspended green algae.  It looked a lot like a
bacterial bloom (more white than green).  The diatom filter bag ...

Hi, I'm new to this game so bear with me...
I have a 20 gal tank with 2 fantails & 1 black moor. I'm about to put an air
stone in the tank, but should I put it on top of the gravel or buried just
under it? Also should I put the airstone close to the filter or away from

Hello everyone, I have a question and was hoping for some help.
I have a powerhead that is beginning to fail, so when I started looking to
replace it I checked the powerhead itself first for some info as a starting
point. The sticker on it claims it is 1000/liters per hour, If my ...

2 years ago I bought a 150 gallon perfecto tank. One year after this
purchase, the tank sprung a leak. Lost 10+ gallons on the floor. Called
perfecto, they replaced it promptly, saying there was no problem. Got
another tank, and 6 months later another leak. This time 25+ gallons. ...

my lfs gave me numerous tiny snails to clean up some algae i was getting.
i'm not sure of the species but they're no more than half a centimeter long
at the largest.
once in a while i'll look into the tank and see a snail literally floating

I'm afraid the Blue Acara is out. I read through the newsgroups, and
FishProfiles.Com seems to have it all wrong.
So, back to the drawing board. One of the advantages of a cycling tank
is it leaves you time to make decisions!

I'm setting up my first tank, and although I've read just about
everything I could find about setting up the tank, I'm not finding a
lot of information on what fish I should get.
I have a 55 gallon tank that was filled with tap water (well water)

I've been putting some thought into some safe fish to buy for a
community tank, and I have my eyes set on a Blue Acara.
According to Fish Profiles (http://www.fishprofiles.com), it is a
peaceful fish, and does not have any known compatibility problems.