Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2003

I've read that the sex ratio of some fish is greatly influenced by water
temperature.  Is this true for sailfin mollies, and if so any advice much
appreciated.  (Google didnt help much)

   unfortunately about a month age I had to move which resulted in total
fish death :( , good news is that I setup again and all is fine with my new
little community :) , fish are growing and health with lots of brilliant
shades, doing the normal 10% water changes each week etc.. ...

I currently have a 33 gallon tank that has 5 platies, 3 bronze corydoras and
either a hillstream loach or a pleco(was sold to me as Hong Kong Pleco, seen
pictures that look similar but not quite).  In the future I would like to
add ghost shrimp and/or Dwarf frogs.  My husband has ...

I bought my first tropical fish tank setup yesterday....we are currently in
the process of staining and lacquering the stand.
The tank itself is a 20 gallon (???)....measuring 30inches long, 35cm wide
and 45cm high (I think). It came with an undergravel filter, a heater.

Can  closed canister filters like some Ocean Clear
and eheim  models really act as excellent biological filters similar to a
wet/dry system given the apparent need for open oxygen/water interchange
that

I was in the LFS the other day and saw for the first time these little
blue lobsters hanging out in one of their freshwater tanks.  Thinking
they would be an interesting addition to my tank, I did a little
research on them, but I have some specific questions I haven't found

Something has manifested in my bucket of plants and snails, but I don't
know what it is. It's about 2-3mm long, cyndrillical-shaped, and I can
see what looks a like a short pair of legs or antennae ?  that it uses

Sometime ago I asked advice on my lethargic male betta.
The heating broke, and my room (normally excessively warm) got
rather cold. So as an emergency measure I took the male out
and popped him in a breeding net in my 4ft tank, which has

When I vacuum my gravel for years I would get a fine brown material,
for the past couple of months I am getting large pieces of white
cottony like material and a lot of it..blobby like....It is clogging
my filters and power heads...What would cause this and what is it?

I've talked to some other people about this and they have had the same
happen.  Originally it just affected my fancy guppies(I gave up on them,
just have feeders in with the crayfish now, hard to tell if they experience
the same problem as they are living up to the millions fish ...

at what age can you begin to tell the sex of guppy fry. cheers

I've got a 10 gallon setup and trying to fishless cycle.  It's not doing
anything tho....no nitrites after 1.5 weeks.
I've also got a well established 5 gallon running that I want to shut
down.  I'll move everything over to the 10g.  (Please, no comments about

I recently replaced the hood on my 10G tank which had incandescent
bulbs to a flourescent bulbs one. I am adding plants to my tank so I
figured I need the flourescent light. The plants seem to appreciate
this change and so does the brown algea. All of a sudden I see

Could anyone tell me of any good fish retailers that stock pufferfish,
preferably in Kent  I have a 180 litre tank going through its cycle at the
moment and will want to start to fill it soon. Hope someone can help me!!
Thanx

Are there such things as battery powered aquarium heaters?  If so, where can
you find them online?
Thanks,
Lydia