Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / June 2004

    I have a 3 year old Pacu that has quit eating.  About a week ago
I walked by his tank and startled him.  He banged into the side of the
tank and cut his top and bottom lip up.  I had been feeding him a mix
of cocktail shrimp, celery and apples.  Now he will come over to the

So during last spring semester at college I lived in a frathouse with
the majority of my fellow brothers. On of the brothers is a complete
piece of trash. I mean real scum. This guy would skim hundreds of
dollars out of our dues fund to furnish his room and pay for his share

Hey all,
Could someone please assist me in identifying the sex of these little dudes!
hehe
I tried goolge but there were no picture or in-depth info on it :(

Being very new to the hobby could someone please tell me the procedure for
adding plants to the aquarium and what to go for.
I have a 40g tank and I am going to keep Goldfish and Comets is there a
plant or plants that they particularly like, I have seen the plants in the

Hey everyone,
   I've been reading this newsgroup for a while, and would like to say
thanks for all the great advice I've gotten here!
I have wanted to post several times but evil outlook express was given me

My tap water is pretty hard, and I have to treat it with peat moss to reduce
the hardness so my plants will grow well. I'm not going to buy an R/O system
just for plants ...
I was thinking about putting peat moss in the media chamber of a power

A few weeks ago I posted "Long Move with Fish - 1,300 miles - Need
help".  Well, we made it...barely!  I, my boyfriend, my dog, cat, 2
male Bettas and 3 snails.  Travel time was 26 1/2 hours.  The first
day was a breeze but second day we had the pleasure of getting caught

I am setting up a new tank and am totally overwhelmed by the
information I've learned through reading and research.  I think I have
an idea of how to be successful but welcome any ideas and experienced
opinions about my plans.

I noticed some of the fish in one tank
(http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/Mark3/) occasionally flicking themselves
against the rocks. I couldn't see any white spots, but as this is
usually a sign of a parasite, I didn't want to take any chances and

I have a long established (almost 10 year old) 40 gallon freshwater tank
stocked with an assortment of fish, most of whom are around 4 inches long:
    a red-tailed shark
    a dragon goby / dragon eel / whatever the name of the week is

Also, would they chump down java fern?

My betta has been doing so well now, I'm tickled to death. I had
posted on here before when I first got him that he was on his
death-bed, but he's come back strong and doing well!
Until now, he's been in a 10G tank with no filter. I would do a 10%

When I was young - about a hundred years ago - I worked in a pet shop. At
that time we always used salt in the water for the Mollies, as they were
said to benfit from it, in fact wouldn't thrive without! Now I see the LFS
put salt in the tanks of all live bearers. Is this really ...

Can anyone tell me how to translate Grains Per Gallon of water hardness to ppm or GH?
My water company says that our water is soft,which I agree with,but when asked for an actual
number,the lady gave me 7.72 Grains Per Gallon,which is listed as hard on the web pages I've read.
...

I solved my other problem with the green/brown water (rotting Plants).  At
the moment I have 3 tanks.  1 2ft with 2 rice paddy frogs. 1 3ft with 2
fantail goldfish 2 silvertip tetras and 3 unknown tetra size fish. and
another 3 ft with 1 queen pleco, 3 black tetras, 5 neon tetras, 2 ...