Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / February 2004

I had a local made 1200l/h external filter to a
1.2m tank. The current produced was so strong
they actually killed my Congo Tetra, & Dwarf Neon
Rainbowfish in 2 days. Is this too much turnover

I had a snail a while ago that exhibited some odd behavior that i've
wondered about.  I don't know what species of snail it was, but it was
about the size of a walnut, maybe slightly larger.  It was the only
snail I had in my 10 gallon tank, and I think I had 3 small fish in it

I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which
works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and
air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of
noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy.

I've been doing some research on the Elephant Nose Fish, and am
considering one for my tank.  But I can't seem to find much on-line
about them.  Does anybody have a direction they can point me in?
I seem to remember some one once telling me that they only live for 6

I'm (rather) good with math but poor with chem..
let's say I start a fishless cycle with 5ppm ammonia
after the cycle completes what will be my nitrate concentration?
lessee..

I've had a tank set up for about 8 months now (still a newbie ) and
lurking this group for 6.
Here in London UK the water is very hard and pH is around 8.2. I have
had several peppered corydoras but they have lasted only 4 to 6 weeks

 Just recently discovered these groups and have gotten some great
direction from the posters here.  Here is a problem that has plagued
me for the last year or so.  I currently have a 30 gallon tank,
filtration set up, heater, ect.. That contains among other things,

I have been cycling a tank with feeder fish.  The tank is cycled and
the fish all seem healthy and in fact have grown during the process.
My newbie friend lost her pond fish (came with the house) over the
winter due to some unfrotunate mistakes.  She wants to start again and

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breaks, you're 100% screwed.

This morning when I went to feed the 5 guppy fry that were born last
week I found 7 more fry swimming around the tank. I think they are Platy
fry. One of the fry got eaten by another fish while I was trying to
catch it. I went shopping today for a brine shrimp hatchery and brine

I have a 72g bow-front with Rosy and Tiger Barbs. A couple of days ago
I noticed that one tiger barb has a white film over both eyes, so I
treated yesterday with fungus eliminator. Today I noticed that a
different tiger barb has protruding eyes, very noticeable. I picked up

                                       My question is how many hours of
light do you recommend to keep live plants?  I have a 55 gallon freshwater
tank and just purchased a dual light to go along with my single strip light.
That will give me 120 watts, I replaced the stock bulbs ...

I have a 7-month old 20 gallon freshwater tank. In it I've got 4 Tiger
barbs, 1 Pleco, 1 Diamond Scale Tetra, 4 Black Widdow Tetra, 2 Serpae
Tetra, 1 Snake-Skin Gourami, 1 Red-Tail Black Shark. As I was doing my
water change, which is done evry two weeks and I take out 25%, I also

I am considering painting my new 54 gallon corner/bowed tanks rear glass,
and my question is any recommendations on colors, including black. Someone
told me certain colors have a soothing effect on fish , such as green due to
it's being common in most environments. I appreciate any ...

I have 4 tanks in my home...
3 of the four are suffering from Old-tank syndrome.
ph is 7.6
temp is 78f