Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / May 2004

I have a whole pile of Mystery snails that need culling! I also have a
friend with an Axolotl... I reckon he'd think they were very good to have in
the tank with him, he would LOVE them...
Would they be any harm to him if he munched them?

Water in 10 gallon tank is bright green and temp is high. No algae on
glass. Has anyone had this experience? Thanks in advance.
Princess

1 Male, 3 females.... 4 months later, and no babies....
What does that sound like... a sterile male?  Females have had 4 batches up
and until this male was purchased.... 2 batches since, the females are empty
and he's not loaded with good ammo....

I've had a few fish losses that I chalked up to stress from the move
(Otos, pygmy corys).  Unfortunately, I'm starting to think that I may have
a more serious problem developing.  I've seen a few of my fish who look
like they are scratching themselves on the substrate & plants, ...

Hi Guys n Gals,
   Anyone want to recommend some good plants to put in my 2 ½" tank with no
fish! (at the moment, cycling the tank) but am planning to get a mix of
cichlids...

Good Afternoon,
I have 2 amano shrimps holding eggs. Does anyone have any experience of
dealing with what comes next? They are currently in a tank I use for small
guppies but it also houses a couple of corys & clown loach.

I have a 90gal freshwater planted aquarium (24x48x18 HxWxD).  I have 5
40watt NO T-12's, disabled down to three tubes.  One of my
2-tube-ballasts has gone bad.  It's a complete 2-tube Coral Life
system, so the ballast looks difficult/dangerous for me to change out.

I lost a fish last night.  I know everyone in the hobby has, but I haven't
for a while and I was upset.  My snowflake eel stopped hiding in his cave
and appeared to be "hunting" last monday.  He would snake through a
shipwreck sculpture I have and snatch at the swordtails when they ...

Is it the same all over the world? I go into our local aquarium shops and
the staff will stop and chat, answer stacks of silly questions, etc for
ages, even when I walk out with nothing... and they even know I cant spend
heaps in a few weeks either...

Hi, can anyone tell me why I've got problems with blue green slime algae and
black hair algae?. the blue green algae's got so bad that after only three
days it has recovered eight square inch's of the gravel in my tank and has
grown back in every place and more on my plants!. I no ...

I think the fishes prefer Di-Tritium oxyde instead of stinking water,
they are really glowing from pure joy...

I was wondering if the Eheim Classic 2213 would be too much for my new
aquarium?
The 2 foot tank I have will hold approx 65L of water (approx 17 gallons). I
was considering the eheim Classic 2213 or the Eheim Professional 2222

I'd have to say my funniest two expierences were either: When I walked
into my bedroom to see may tabby cat repeatedly whacking the glass on
my 29 gallon tank. Or when I was driving myself crazy looking for my
snakeskin gourami, only to find it had dug itself a "trench" in the

   I have 3 Pearl Gouramis with fish lice on them. The largest louse has
tiny cillia on the sides beating rapidly. I think they must have come in
with some live daphnia.
   All the other fish - platies, rtbs, corys and a firemouth chichlid are

I may pick up one, priced right... but is it good? Fluval had a bad rep
awhile back...