Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / February 2004

I have a 55 gallon planted tank with 12 Brilliant Rasboras, 7 Endlers
Livebearers, 2 Dwarf Gourami's, 4 Oto's, and 2 Whiptail Cat's.  It's been
cycled about a month and I am slowly adding fish.  I just added 4 more
Brilliant Rasboras to the tank, and my other 8 seem much happier now ...

Hi, I have a 29 gallon freshwater tank. This tank has been functioning
for about 3 months. In this tank, I have: 1 Dwarf Gourami, 1 Pearl
Gourami, 1 snake-skin gourami, 4 cory cats, 1 pleco, 1 platinum
gourami, 1 boosmani rainbowfish, and 4 angelfish. Does anyone have any

one of my cherry barbs eyes is bulgy and looks like a bubble plz help.

I have a 48 gallon tank that is now mid cycle with fish that I will be
returning to my LFS.  I have been planning what I want to eventually
add to the tank (not all at once of course).  I would really like
schooling fish and active fish.  At one point,  I thought I would get

I switched to a Hagen Nutrafin test kit with several different tests
in the same kit.  It has a test for NO3 which I used to cover using a
Tetra test kit.
I ran tests for NO3 using both kits on samples from the same body of

I just set up a new tank, 220 litre, going to be a cichlid tank. Our
water is soft and neutral out of the tap.
Due to previous woes with my first attempt at a fake rock background
(see http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/Mark3/bg5.asp for more details), I

Has anyone tried the CICHLID breeding caves
sold @ www.commonwealth.net
They state that their fish breed like crazy
in their caves and logs.

I have a 20 gallon tank--I noticed today what looks like a 2-3 inch vertical crack near the bottom
of the front panel. It feels like a crack becasue when I ran my fingernail along it it got caught on
the vertical line. What should I do about this? I have marked it to see if it ...

This is my first tank (37g high), and it is only been 2 months, but the
water is okay (sample to my LFS confirmed my test kit).  I get a white sort
of hairy growth on the bottom and a bit on the plants.  Sometimes I get
clumps of white hairy balls that look almost like dandelion ...

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 ...

We just got a dwarf gorami and he is not happy.  all he does is run up and
down and back and forth accross the fron of my tank.  he has rubbed his chin
bloody.  what should I do?  I have thought about getting him a friend but
what if they are both unhappy.  Oh ya my tank is a 20 gal ...

Building a new home and I will have a 6 foot long tank in it. Probably a
125G but possibly a 150G. The tank will sit with one short end on
the wall leaving both long sides and one short side open. I have imagined
this for a long time but it's time to stop daydreaming and start doing ...

I live in a state where many fresh water plants are illegal, e.g.
Anacharis and milfoil.  There are also several species of aquatic
animals that are illegal, e.g. ghost shrimp, fresh water snails, and
killifish (a HUGE fine if your caught with killies).

From the experience of any Oscar-keepers reading this...
Which will make for the happier Oscar:
- 1 Tiger Oscar alone in a 75/gal
OR

Will they eat snails?  I have some other loaches(sold to me as zebra, but
have a lot wider bands) that do, but they are a little aggressive towards
fry and need to be moved.