Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / April 2004

I currently have two tanks with the same water conditions.
In one tank (ten gallon) I have five cardinal tetras and a gold algae
eater.
In the other tank (55 gallon) I have three yoyo botias, five bleeding

Anybody know if porcelain tiles (like the ones that go on the floor) are
safe in an aquarium.  Sinks and such are made of porcelain, so the porcelain
itself is fine, but the tiles are colored porcelain.  Anyone know what kind
of chemicals they use to color porcelain, and if this ...

I have inherited a 20 gallon aquarium that I would like to convert to my
water change staging tank / quarantine tank.  Unfortunately, while
cleaning it, it seems to have developed a few cm long crack on one of the
panes, starting at the very edge, about 2/3 of the way up from the ...

I notice that a friend's stingray just sits at the bottom of the tank
virtually motionless all day long.  The ray is about 12" diameter and
the tank is about 16" wide by 8' long.  I am wondering if the tank is
too small for the ray.  Is it normal for the ray to just lie at the

I have a 15 gal tank that I am considering using for a school of neons. Any
suggestions for plants that would be most appropriate? How about tank mates
for cleanup? I'm looking for suggestions of what to put into this tank with
neons for a reasonably low maintenance tank that would ...

My 10g, had a male and female krib with 3 kuhli loaches and a bristlenose in
it... All is fine, and a couple days ago, the female started ramming the
male all over the place... I never understood why... but now I see that they
have babies, freeswimming and eating, I fed them shrimp ...

Yesterday I noticed the beginnings af an algae bloom in my planted 75
gallon freshwater tank. I did a large water change, about 35 gallons.
The green tint was lighter after the water change. Good. I left the
lights off and kept all window blinds closed all day yesterday. I fed

Ok.  He got me good.  I bought a 55 gal aquarium and it came with a light.
Great I thought.  with all the accesories it will well worth it.
the light does not work.  anyone tell me a cheep way to get good light to an
aquarium?

I bought two peacock eels (about 4 inches long at this point) a few
weeks ago and I am wondering about their care.   One of the eels is
ALWAYS under the gravel and the other one hides in the back of the
tank and occasionally pops out to take a look around.  I understand

I was just wondering if the water out of a dehumidifier would be better to
use for water changes than ordinary tap water and a dechlorinator.  Any
reason why not?
Steve

Hi my father in law has just got a new fish tank.  26 x 14 x 12 inches he
has lost the first lot of fish through probable cycling and whitespot also
the LFS told him he could put 9 fish in no problem as long as he chose there
hardy fish ???  It is has four bunches of plants in it ...

I noticed that there are little flies, or maybe even mosquitos(?) on the
inside of my glass top on my aquarium.  Any ideas where they came from?
Are they harmful, or are they a potential food source? :)
--chris

i have 2 silver dollars and one of them seems to have some of its dorsal fin
missing like it was torn??  what can i do???

if so what would cause this? a week ago ammonia was zero, nitrites were
spiked and nitrates were getting high.
relatively heavy planted 29 gal tank with 9 tbarbs . this week ammoniais up
high and there is ZERO nitrates/nitrites.

Everything I read says lights should be on 10-12 hrs a day (give or take).
tropical fish do not live in places with bright lights for that long.
intense light is usually only 4 hrs a day not counting shade from trees etc
why wouldn't light s be on a timed dimmer simulating the same ...