Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / November 2003

MEGA TROPICAL FISH AUCTION & FISH SHOW!! November is the biggest month of the
year for The San Diego Tropical Fish Society, because we have our big yearly
tropical fish show in Balboa Park and then the following week we have the HUGE,
MEGA AUCTION! If you like tropical fish, you ...

I know this sounds stupid, I meean why would we eat a pet... but can we eat
aquarium fish, say a tinfold barb that is 8 to 11 inches long... and would
he taste good?
Before everyone yells, the reason I ask is... are aquarium fish like other

I have a 4' tank with lots of plants and assorted community freshwater fish.
It has an eclipse-type filter built into the hood, which simply doesnt do
the job--the water is clear, but still has bits floating around in it.  Id
like to add an internal filter but am also planning on ...

I have a 30g plywood tank; the plywood has been sealed with two coats of
two-part epoxy paint and thus is not smooth; my four Otos (nice fish!)
remove the algae from the glass perfectly but they leave the wooden
sides and back covered;

Today i found out I have a chinese algae eater...I thought it was a siamese
algae eater...All teh websites I have checked say that this is a territorial
fish once old...among other fishes, this one share the bottom of the tank
with a pleco (leopard). ChAE is 4" now, and so far seems ...

I would like to know if it is possible to get crabs & crayfish (for
community tanks) in Canada, Toronto Area. I have seen these are available in
the states but I ve never seen any here.
Thx

I have a question regarding aeration, on a 45 gallon tank I have two flat
air stones, and for the sake of cosmetics I decided to hide them under the
gravel bed, behind some decorations. Now all if fine except that the air
bubbles since they have to merge between the gravel are much ...

I medicated my 29 gallon aquarium 7 days ago.  The instructions on the
medication container (TC=tetracycline I think) says water may become
discolored and foam may form on the water surface. My water is still
discolored and foam remains.  How long will this condition remain?   The

I know this is a little off topic so please bear with me.  With the
holidays quickly approaching I am always thinking of good gift ideas.  I
found some material last nite that makes beautiful, colourful throw
pillows with fish on them.  One yard will make either two pillows with

I now have one catfish, probably a pl*co, (shop told me it was ancistrus,
but it doesn't have bristles on snout) two adult swordtails, uncounted
snails and just checked this morning and now have approx 10 - 20 swordtail
fry hiding in my "lobster pot" mock up (made from a lemonade ...

Of I almost forgot...
the ballast is a Standard REL-4P32-SC instant start electronic ballast and I
have it plugged into a timer that's plugged into a surge protector.

Do the reserch into the dwarf frogs: thay can get fairly big, even though
they are not as big as their non-dwarf relatives.  apparently the males
eventually get to the point where they call out, which can be fairly loud,
even under water.  My mom had one and it eventually got big ...

Over the past couple months, I've had problems with my cory catfish dying in
my 20 gallon community tank. I've had one peppered cory in there for
probably a half year now, and he always does fine. But a few months ago, I
bought another cory, he died about three weeks later. I ...

i have a 15 gallon (60 liter) aquarium that has a Eheim aquaball 2210 filter
in it. Now this filter is good for aquaria up to 42 gal and has an output
of max 145,3 gph (550 lph). You can adjust the speed of the output
regulator by adjusting the diffusor as required. It also allows ...