Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / June 2004

Here's my situation:
I'm returning to the hobby after a long (40 year) hiatus.
Present setup is a 10 g tank running for the past 30 days, so I hope
it has now 'cycled'.  2" gravel substrate with a few rocks for

Much to my surprise yesterday, I found some Angel fry attached to a large
leaf in my aquarium. I cut the leave off and placed it in a breeding trap.
The fry are still fidgeting around toady and my concern is what should I
feed them. I could possible move them to another aquarium, ...

At my LFS, these two cichlids look so colorful and vibrant and would
make a really nice addition to my tank.  I'm just wondering if anyone
has any experience with their aggression levels.   I know that as
cichlids they are less-community firendly, but I've seen a number of

I recently got an 80 gallon tank & have been using ammonia according to the
instructions for fishless cycling. It's been going really well, it's been
about two weeks and my nitrites are now spiking. The ammonia is still quite
high so I've cut way back on adding any more. Today I ...

Just vacuming my tank with an air powered thing I bought and the elastic in
the bag snapped causing it to fall in my tank and dispense the crap I'd just
cleared out all across the bottom. Good job fish don't understand english
expletives :)

When it rains it pours.  I need to set up a cot in the corner here,
the way things have been going :(.  Tomorrow is 2 weeks that I moved
and drove 1,300 miles with my 2 male Betta fish.  This past Saturday I
noticed one was not coming up to eat but didn't think much of it.

I have a betta who has a very tattered tail... I think he must have scraped
it up against the plants or something.  Will the fin repair itself and/or
grow back?
Thanks

I'm doing a little plumbing for my filter system based on some inspiration
from Netmax's website.  OK, I'm stealing it wholesale.  I even printed out
his sketches to work from.  They say plagiarism is the sincerest form of
flattery 8-).

I HAVE A SAILFIN PLECO THAT HAS WHITE BLOTCHES ON HIS UNDERSIDE.  I
HAD A MANGO PLECO DIE FROM THIS SAME THING. ANY IDEAS WHAT IS WRONG
AND WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP BEFORE I HAVE MORE FATALITIES????

I'm attempting to breed Sailfin tetra, Crenuchus sp, and I think I may
have had them spawn once, but I never got any fry.
I'd be interested in hearing any experiences other people have had
with spawning this tetra. Even accounts of failed attempts are

I have a 3 week old 30 Gallon Hex Tank you can see it here... fish cam

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with an Aqua Clear 30 Filter, Standard hood light and two air

...soapbox warning
There is no such thing as a fish which must have a filter, anymore than
there is a type of fish which does not need a filter.  From a biological
perspective, any fish can be maintained in an aquarium without a filter

I don't think I should get any live algea eaters because of the tank size,
so what would y'all recommend?
I've got the 5 gal hex in the office with a betta and two african dwarf
frogs. It's the eclipse system with the light & filter built into the hood.

I have found that I get false and excessively high ammonia readings
when using Mardel Coppersafe in my tropical freshwater aquarium.
The test kit I use is an Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Salicylate FW test
kit. I did a test before adding the coppersafe and had a zero reading.

Hi all, as you have read, my 6 inch pleco attaches himself to my 6
inch snakeskin gourami. He attaches himself for about two seconds then
the gourami swims away. This has been happening for a few weeks now,
atleasts that's how long I've been seeing it. Has anyone else seen