Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / February 2004

Setup- 5.5 gallon, good water parameters, VERY heavy plant growth on the
bottom of the tank, AquaClear Mini. 4 kuhlis, 1 female betta
I've had kuhlis for about 3 years now.  Much of the time they seemed to only
come out before the lights came on. The other times would be in the late

Setting up the new 55g, I filled it, put in heater, connected canister
filter with stock media, let it run for a few days to clear the flourite
cloud.  When it was clear, I continued to stir up the bottom a bit to keep
it from worsening later... 5 days later, heater was tested, ...

I can get Mgso4 in  bag in crystal form from the garden shop. What is the
difference between Mgso4 and Mgso4 +7h20? If I have to mix this with water
to make Mgso4+7h20 any body know the correct ratio. The ratio for Mgso4+7h20
for PMDD is in grams making it sound like a solid.

Hi, I recently bought new Lemon Tetra fish... I've had them for about
a week and I have not seen them eat since.
I've tried feeding them the TetraMin Tropical Flakes, Tropical
Granules, and Bloodworms but they never ate them.  My fish, however,

RedForeman
What was all that about you and Daryl S Kabatoff???
Jim

For the most part, my tank has been doing very well for the past
while.
Most of the fish are healthy and are behaving normally.
The exception is my female Bolivian Ram.

Just a question or two for everyone ,What fish related newsgroups do you
subscribe to? and what newsreader do you use?

Hi .... Last week I purchased a 2x55w Bright Kit #30552 to retrofit my
standard 48" single bulb light strip.  I finally had a chance to wire it up
today.  I also bought two 55w 6700K bulbs.  I just came into the room to
shut it off for the night (one complaint - no on/off switch - ...

I have seen some dwarf pufferfish at my LFS and would like to get a couple
for a spare tank I have.  I have never kept fish that require brackish water
and am concerned about water changes.  I siphon water out of  the tank into
a bucket & put clean water in the tank using another ...

Do large aquariums (750,000 + gallons ones), like Chicago's Shedd, change
20% of their water like any of us? I am curious. It would seem to be
extremely expensive (just the salt alone) to do this.

I float for 1/2 hr - slowly mixing water
ph 6.5
temp 78
no water issues

Which is pretty unremarkable, as people are buying filters all the time,
however, this filter might not come out of it's box for a year, or until
I need it (if I need it).  It's an Emperor 400, and for $59.99 cdn
(marked down for liquidation), I just couldn't resist.  There is

I just got a 2026 eheim and the instruction book says to rinse all the media in
lukewarm water when servicing. Wouldn't this kill off the biobugs in the
substrat media (the top layer)?? and the bottom layer as well ?

I have been using a Whisper Jr sized power filter on my 10 gallon for
at least 10 years now.  The filter has never failed me but the media
does not seem to last more than a few weeks and it is expensive to
replace.  In addition, this old Whisper does NOT have a plastic cover

I would like to get a Male Dwarf Gourami and am not sure I can pair
him with just one female.  I would be adding him to my 10 gallon and
only have room to add 2 fish.  Are Gouramis like other fish where 1
male needs several females so the breeding attempts are spread out?