Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2003

I have a small eclipse hex 5 that makes a loud humming noise. They are supposed
to run silent. I changed the impellar and still noisy-  there is no obstruction
and it is only a couple days old. Any ideas? I called Marineland
customer svc and they say the only moving part is the ...

I am using Rid Ich as an Ich treatment.  A 25 percent water change is
recommended before each new dose of the medication.  My tap water contains
chloramines.  I verified this using a standard dechlorinator then doing an
ammonia test.  Amquel+ detoxifies the ammonia but it's label ...

I am looing to jumping back into fish and am somewhat bewildered by
the books out there. Any recommendations on a good referance book on
fish, habitate, ph etc?  Thanks

I just set up a 36 gal. freshwater tank with a Fluval 203.  I'd like to
augment with a Biowheel.  Any reason I need anything bigger than the Penguin
125 for this purpose?
Thanks,

I have 2 platies in a 25G planted tank, a male and a female, both are of the
same size. The male seems to be constantly chasing the female and making her
life miserable. She runs for cover.

I'm having problems with a pair of butterfly cichlids (I think- aka
purple rams?) which I recently introduced to my little fishtank (11
gal).
The tank started out with one plec (who unfortunately we had to use

OK... I'll be the first to admit that my fish is old. I need a
little help and I can't find anyone around here who will say
anything but "he's old". (I can accept that, but I still feel
a need to ask about care). Sorry for the long post, but hopefully

Im new to the aquarium world,  i just put 2 tiger barbs, and an angel fish
in an 42 gallon tank. the question i have is.. Is it natural for this barbs
to constanly be picking on the angelfish. I thought tiger barbs were an
community fish..  Any advice would be helpful ..   thanks

Can anyone recommend a fully submersible heater of varying wattage?
I remember having an Ebo J. in Austria which was fully submersible.  I
purchased a Hagen Thermal Compact Pre-Set heater that stated it was
submersible so I thought it meant FULLY submersible, only to discover that

I have a 150L tank with five piranhas and two convicts. I have had them for
a month now but the water is becoming really cloudy. I have not experienced
it with my other two tropical tanks.
The tank is cleaned every day, with a 5% water change every two days.

Hello,  
I know, this isn't a serious technical question.  I'm just wondering
about the ascetics of the group.
Graham Ramsay recently published the following link:

Picking up some tanks and fish and need to know where
to get info on discus.

well?

I just looked at a large picture of a Ebo-Jager heater on the web, and it
had a line drawn on it with Water Level written just below the blue
adjusting top.  Does that mean that they are not fully submersible?  I
thought that you could stick these heater completely under water, but ...

I'm a relative newbie to aquariums, and I'd say I'm still in the
learning phase, soaking up as much as I can.  I've read in all the
books I've found about the need for water changes, and I do about a
10% change every week (5 gals for a 40gal tank), but there are some