Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / January 2004

I am looking at ordering a few products from your website and was wondering
about the shipping options. Is Newcastle considered to be in the Central
Coast for shipping purposes?? No dramas if it isn't, just so I know which
postage option to choose!!

I have a new tank and 5 Glow Light Tetras, 2 Clown Loach (small).  I feed
flakes and cat fish pellets (1/10 inch diameter, approx).  The clowns don't
seem to get much food when I feed, no matter what I do. All the books say
"feed all they can eat in 2 (or 5 minutes)", but the Tetras ...

Unfortunately I am sometimes pretty tired when I get home and end up doing
aquarium maintenance when I should be sleeping.
This leads to all types of dumb mistakes - and I do mean dumb!
(I have tried leaving the maintenance for times when I can cope, but then it

I have one tiger barb (of 6) that is developing a bright red streak along
the edge of the dorsal fin where it meets the body. Is this blood? What
would cause blood, if it is?
Steve

I have a 30 gallon tank already quite (1+ yr) established and I set my 10 G
back up recently. The gravel, plants (fake), and filter are new and about 6
G of the water is new. I have 3 decorations from the established tank (with
algae) in there and the rest of the water came from the ...

I had a jumbo molly die on me today, and I am at a total loss as to
why. It was fine (and pregnant) as of 2PM today. Sometime later, not
sure exactly when, it died. It's belly is pushed in about halfway to
it's back, and it has yellow streaks down the side.

Anyone prepare their own beef heart? Gotta be cheaper than LFS.
If so, what do ya do? I seen the size of a heart... not no little
hunk-o-meat.
Cheers

Hi all I've got a question for any discus keepers My  water parameters are  PH
7.4 with D.I.Y. CO2  PH is 7.0  KH.4.48  & GH.9.52  What I would like to know
is , what are my chances of keeping Discus under these conditiones? I haul my
water in from the city in  40 gal. barrels by ...

I live 200 miles from the nearest fish store so rely on the Internet
to buy everything.  Rather pay postage than wear and expense on me and
my car!  
I have 5 fresh water tanks and over 100 fish: mollies, platies,

Just curious...I always see that in refernece to posts asking about copper.
I look at my common pleco, and he looks like he's got huge armored plates
for skin.  Even my bristlenose and terminicki look pretty much the same.
No, I'm not using copper treatment - just wondering about ...

Should I remove my UGF and start over?
I've just recently started my first tank (20G High). Its been up about 3
weeks now. I have 2 cory catfish and 2 otoclinus (plan to add some mollies
and danios). So far they seem happy and alive, but I am having trouble

Has anyone found blue bulbs that would fit this tank or come up with a
way to change the fixture so that blue lighting can be used in them?
My LFS tried to order an Azu Blue Light (13w) with the proper
connector, but their supplier said they don't make them "yet".  I'm

Hi, I have 2 dwarf gouramis. are there any "pre-bubblenest building
mating rituals"? Needless to say, the are Male and Female.
Thanks for any advice
Evan

I have a 55 gallon planted tank with two adult black angel fish, 3 middle
sized striped angels, a few platys I haven't gotten around to catching and
moving with the rest of my wife's platys, several ottos, 3  2.5 Siamese
algae eaters (I trust my LFS, they are not Chinese or etc), ...

I'm close to being ready to get my 55G planted tank up and running, which
means it's time to figure out how I'm gonna cycle it as well as the
quarantine tank, and how/when to introduce the first fish, etc.  So I'm
wondering if I could get some feedback about what I'm thinking of ...