Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / April 2004

I've got some swordtail babies that are about 20 days old now.
To stop them being eaten they're in the breeding trap but I'm
wondering whether I can let them out yet.They're big enough not
to fit in the mother's mouth but I've also got some bigger

I just realized that I forgot to mention that I have 2 penguin 330
filters in this tank.
And it was zucchini that I gave them, not cucumber.
I'm leaving the light off again today. I normally leave the lights on

Okay, y'all.  I have some betta fry, just became free-swimming.  I've
searched all over my area for Liquifry, and can find none.  No microworms,
either.  I've started culturing infusoria, but I started late *mutters at
self*  Now, I've heard that one can use egg yolk to feed the ...

A couple fish were involved in a territorial dispute with some larger
inhabitants of the tank, which caused them to loose a large amount of scales
on the sides of the body. Just curious if there was any additive available
to speed regrowth of scales.

Sorry if someone has asked this question before, but I couldn't find one in
this group.
Anyways, the plexiglass part of my full hood on my tank is constantly being
covered with transluscent films from the water that condeses on the glass

I have a 20 gallon freshwater tank. In this tank i have the following:
4 Tiger Barbs
4 Black Widdow Tetra
1 Diamond Scale Tetra

I know from experience that a pleco will not coexist peacefully with my
buttikoferi, unless of course you consider the pleco becoming a midnight
snack a peacful coexistence.
suspect number 1:  http://home.comcast.net/~polarhound/marty2.jpg

I am thinking of getting a aquarium, at least 50 gallons.  Are their any
places to get good deals on aquariums?  Also, with a average room temp
of 80, what kind of chiller would be needed to have a temp of 60 in the
aquarium?  How much would this cost?

I bought a Clown Loach about 6 months ago. During the time I have had
him, he's been fun to watch and appears to be very healthy. I thought
he could use a buddy so I bought a second one. The first few days they
resembled two old dogs circling and sniffing each other out. It was

Hi,  I setup a new tank 2 weeks ago.
15gal tall glass (13X13X18)
Aqua clear 150 power filter w/ foam, carbon, and ammonia filters (3 total)
aqarium gravel

I'm heading to the LFS this evening to buy some new plants, and probably a
few new fish.
One question related to this -- I've been thinking I'd like to get
something to help me plant / rearrange gravel, etc. in my tank without

I currently have a 45 gallon aquarium with a VERY large tinfoil barb..some
angels...tetras....gouramis...etc.
I have 2 Aqua Clear 200 (?) filters running. I clean my tank at least every 2
weeks and do water changes/add as needed.

BOTTOM LINE FIRST:  I'd like to give my Kribs every opportunity to breed in my
community tank.  Which of the following make POOR tank mates (from the kribs'
perspective), especially in terms of raiding eggs from kribs?:
My guess is the following are probably ok w/ the kribs:  ...

You won't believe this...
I spawned Otos... I told you that in this 29g that was algae overrun, I only
had 5 otos... last night I broke it down, and to my surprise, underneath an
amazon sword... 2 new otos... Not new as in babies, but new as in, smaller,

Hi guys, i am having an outbreak of Ick.
Yesterday I applied Rid Ick+, not at full concentration but 60% of the
recommended dose (I have shrimps on this tank) TOday the Ick is very reduce,
i can estimate 80% gone, today i have changed 20% of the water, and i was