Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / May 2004

What is the most reliable, or which online fish encyclopedia do most readers
use?
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I introduced a clown loach to my tank a few weeks ago and my lone serpae tetra
immediately started to pester him. It would follow him all over the tank and
nudge him although the loach never seemed to even notice. There was never any
fin nipping but just annoying nudging and it's ...

Due to a family emergency I must move back home to NY from Florida.  I
will be leaving 6/1/04 (we are planning 2 days travelling at 10 hours
a day with one hotel room stop) and need to transport the following:
2 Males Bettas

As the title says, I just bought two kuhli loaches. Does anyone have Advice?
Thanks for Looking
Nuchum Yussel

Is it compatible to have 2 or more whiptail catfish in 1 tank? Being a 320
litre tank.
How big do these fella's get? Some sites say 20cm, some say 30cm and some
say 10-15.  Kinda confused. Maybe if I pin-point my exact Whiptail special I

I have gotten a ten gallon aquarium for free...I have cleaned it and leak
tested it. I want to use a sand substrate with a simple sponge filter and
plant java moss on 2 cocanut shells on each end, my desired fish are one
male betta, as a top dweller, a zebra pleco on the bottom and ...

howdy people...
I got a princess cichlid that doesn`t seem normal.. i think it`s a female...
looks normal other than a larger looking stomach....
seems to swim normally when it does , but normally just lays next to a piece

Next week I'm going to be setting up a new tank in prep for moving. I've
already got the cycling issue worked out, but I'm wondering: The tank won't
have fish in it for about 1-2 weeks. Do I still need to de-chlor the water??
Mar

There's a strange thing coming out of my plant and I think it might be a
flower... it looks like a bulb for the moment and it's not open yet... if
someone can help me
Thx

As the above.
Less than 2 years old, and 12-18 months in it started playing up.
Sticking on, adjusting the temp setting down cured for a while (to
minimum) but not long before tank running on the warmer side again.

I have a 75 gallon moderately planted aquarium with 8 honey gouramis, 4
fancy guppies and some few week old fry, 10 threadfin rainbows, 4 otos (I
think), 9 pygmy cories (I think), 2 ember tetras, 4 d. maculatus pygmy
cichlids, and an assortment of snails.

This is a rephrased version of an old post that didn't generate any
replies.
I have a 20 gallon that I recently set up to be a quarantine tank.  I have
some river stones covering most of the bottom, but no gravel.  These

IIRC This has been brought up before, but I couldn't find the post...I have
developed (quite rapidly) a white fungus spreading along the bottom of my
tank. Is this caused by overfeeding? too much light? or something else?
Any help is greatly appreciated....

I wonder if anyone has Harlequin Raspora Tetras?  I have 3 species of
Tetras; Red Serpae Tetras, Bleeding Hearts and the Harlequins.  I have
10 of each.  Each species has a different eating style.  The Bleeding
Hearts live near the bottom and stay under the follage.  The

I am interested in purchasing a small (5cm) Black Ghost Knife fish for my 4
foot 320 litre tank. The tank is fully cycled and has a PH of 6.7, no
ammonia and nitrates.
The current fish in the tank are: 4 x Peppered Cory's (2cm), 2 x Silver/Bala