Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2003

According to http://www.seachem.com/en_support/support_faq.html:
"Only certain slime coat products will cause Purigen to become toxic;
the products that do this are amine based. Prime and Safe are not
amine based and so will not cause this problem. If you're curious,

I'm buying a new aquarium, probably a 46 gallon bowfront and would like to
know:
1. which material is best, acrylic or glass?
2. which manufacturer is best?

Hi!  Got any good locations in Chicago/Great Lakes for LFSs?
I'm a relatively experienced fish keeper (fresh water) with a 70GT tank in
storage.  Mostly I've done goldfish (30 years of that) but swapped to
guppies and other live bearing fish last time after an extended power outage

I am asking this question here as there are so many experienced people
here that perhaps a relatively unimportant yet vexing beginner issue
keeps gnawing at my brain.  Firstly, two fish horror stories for
comparison.  (No fair slamming me as I am now on the Fish Neglector 12

This is my first posting to this learned and amiable group.  I have just
scored my first aquarium in over 15 years and am slowly conceptualizing what
and how I want it to look and function, more importantly I have decided that
African Cichlids are my ideal pets.  However at this ...

I just brought one of my angels down to my lfs, as he didn't feed and had a
white thin something hanging out from his rectal opening. They said he had
nematomia or something similar... problem is I can't remember the exact
name. Anybody know which desease this is? The fish did not ...

OK, I've been out poking under the rocks in small streams and shallow
rivers in the summer and have seen many darters.
Just went out today in November and looked around and saw ZERO in three
of the places I normally go.

Hi, I was intersted in making my own tanks... but i have some
questions...
1.  What kind of silicon do I use?
2.  Where can I get the plastic top and bottom rims that hold the tank

I've set up a new 60L (15 gallon) tank, with a few fish and plants,
and have been waiting about a month for it to cycle.
I'm using a whisper 20-30 gallon filter with carbon and a bio
sponge. I also borrowed a handful or two of gravel from the

I'm looking for small (max ~2in) coldwater fish (mid 60's-low 70's F)
that eat duckweed, but not other plants.
I've only been able to find two possibilities so far:
White Cloud Minnow

I am a newbie with a 10-gallon tank we've had for 4 weeks.  We have 2
Corys, 2 Platys, and now 4 baby Platys that have grown enough that it
looks like they won't be eaten.  (We didn't plan on them.  These have
survived and are now in the 1/4 - 3/8" range.)

I live on campus here at UCI and we are 'sent home' for a month during
winter break when the dorms are all locked up and we have no access to our
rooms. The power is turned off and we can't get in until sometime in
January. Problem is, I have my fish tank in my room. It's a 15 ...

I have a Tetra brand Whisper 40 filter.

Hi, I have a 29 gallon tank. I am not a novice at this hobby, more of
an intermediate. What fish does anyone here believe would be good to
help the tank cycle. I would like to have some discus at some point, i
dont know if that makes a difference. I was looking at some killifish.

I have an old blue guarami (3) that has all of a sudden gotten
aggressive to other fish in the tank, mainly other guaramis. Is there
anything I can do to alleviate this problem?
brian