Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2004

Just curious if anyone has experience with ADFs...  are they fun?  can
you stick your hand in the tank and play with them, or do they like to
be left alone?  i read that they can live realllllly long, and get up
to...3 inches?  well i guess i thought i'd just bring up this topic

I'm going to set up a new tank. I would like a fish with character and
interesting behavior. I am quite experienced and would be glad to hear your
opinions.
Thanks in advance,

Drat, dang, and lots of punctuation. Night before last, I was admiring
our Balas. How they've grown, how healthy they look. Skipped morning
fish feeding while hurrying to get myself to another appointment. Last
evening, one Bala swimming around still looking quite healthy and happy,

i've seen what is called living rock submersed in a tub which is
generally used for an outdoor pond at the LFS.  what exactly is this
living rock?  does it grow plants or what?  i just tried searching it
on google and all i got was religious web sites and stuff like that

   While vacationing at a spring in Florida, I found a wild minnow (or
small fish) that was black with gold spots. I would like to find some for
sale. Anyone know what it might be?
   They were slender, about one inch, and swam with the other minnows which

I purchased a trio of adorable little Otos today.  I have heard they can be
quite delicate, so I would love any suggestions on how to keep them healthy
& happy.  They are currently residing in a sparsely planted 50 gal tank with
3 clown loaches, 1 spotted raphael catfish, 4 red ...

I have the following fish that I would like help in identifying.
http://www.pbase.com/image/32973506

when i was younger i had this goldfish (in a bowl, oooh the cruelty!)
that lived for 3 years.  i used to pet him.
now i like to catch my slow fish (i.e. sonny jr, the guppy) and pet
them.  i caught the other guppies and have petted them too.  and i

Some  time ago there was a request for an identification of a catfish. I
can't find the post, but I'm hoping somebody might remember it, or recognize
it from the description.
It's a catfish which has a body that looks like a banjo from underneath when

My Eheim 2222 filter is broken! And I need to replace the impeller.
I had to go overseas on urgent business for two months and I (repeatedly)
told my friends who were housesitting my house to top up the water in the
two fish tanks. They only did it for one tank. Grrrr!!!!!

After 4 weeks, ammonia levels have finally stayed at 0 for a few days now,
without doing water changes.  Nitrites were at 0, until now -- they're hovering
around .25.  Is that normal?  Should I expect nitrites also to be at 0, and
continuing to change the water until that ...

Last night I came home from a long day at work and the only thing on my mind
was sitting down in front of my fish tank and relaxing for an hour or two.
I walk into the room with the tank and all I hear is this loud electrical
whirring noise.  I glanced over at the filter and noticed ...

36 Gallon corner aquarium
Maxi-Jet 600 (160 gph)
Stealth 200W heater
24" x 12" Undergravel filter (I can't find one that is triangular)

Hi all - my first post, and a quick query if you don't mind?
Here's a slightly low quality photo of two fish my 10 year old son caught at a
local (Uk) pond.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/DSC00572.JPG

I have a 55-gal running for just over a week now.  After letting the
water circulate for a couple of days, I put in 4 or 5 gouramis.
Everything looked fine, so I put in a bunch more over the weekend.  
The only advice I received from the store was to change 20% of the