Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2004

i recently set up a 32 gal. tank with 2 male swordtails,
3 male guppies, 3 long finned serpae tetra, and 3 gold skirt
tetras (1 which is injected with dye :-\).  so i'd like to
have at least 1 larger fish that would be like a "centerpeice"

Are dwarf gourami compatible with angels, tetras, etc. ? Getting out of
Africans and back into general tropical.
Thanks,
Bill

I have a Red-wag platy.  For two weeks since we bought him he has been doing
fine.  I just finished a three day treatment for ich and now he is acting
odd.  He either stays around the top of the tank or in the lower corner
which is not his normal behavior.  Also, he seems to be ...

Hi. We launched this project at the school on Monday:
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/bottle.html
as previous discussed here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=20040703204701.12238.
00001246%40mb-m01.aol ...

I have very hard water, and as I recall hardness is composed of calcium and
magnesium ions.  After a discussion at the fish store, I decided to bring
the pH down to the 7.0 or maybe lower range.  The fish people said that the
pH neutralizer contains some potassium, and that will ...

Has anyone had any experience with this fish?  I believe the
Scientific name for it is "Rhamphichthys_rostratus".  It looks like a
Knife fish with an elephant nosed snout ;-). My LFS has a couple of
them now.  Any info is appreciated.

I'd like to add an albino red tailed shark to my 75 gal planted tank.  It is
a happy little community with heaps of fish and no problems.  I already have
a red tailed shark about 3" long in the tank.  What are my chances of adding
an albino without disturbing the peace?  Would ...

There are 2 screws holding the light plate which are rusted.  I just
noticed it tonight when I was doing my water change.  I wiped them off
with a paper towel and some matter came off.  Should I replace the
screws?  Can this be harmful to my 2 snails?  TY!

I'd like to try a couple male bettas (and a few females) in m 75 gal tank,
which is about 50% planted and has lots of driftwood.  Google tells me you
can have two males in the same tank if it is big enough.   Is 75 gallons big
enough?

Figured I'd throw this into USENET for posterity...
Used Mardel's Maracyn tablets to combat blue-green algae. Dosage as
instructed on package. Cleared it up easily. The blue-green algae came
back several months later, another treatment worked like a charm.

Hi.  I had a 55 gallon tank many years ago set up for marine fish.  I
recently took it out of the garage and got it ready for tropical fish.  I've
been reading up all the great info in newsgroups and the net in general, but
there is one thing about changing water that I don't see ...

okay, some of you may have read my first post about my swordtail,
guppy, and tetras but anyway...
so, i have a 10 gallon tank at the moment that houses 1 male sword, 1
male guppy, 1 painted glass tetra, and 1 long finned serpae tetra.

I've just purchased and setup my second aquarium 20 (canadian)
gallons.  The setup went smoothly and I had the tank running for about
two days with some new plants and simple decorations for 48 hours
before introducing any fish.

First off, I'd like to say that I'm virtually new to the hobby. About
twelve years ago or so, I had one of those 2 gallon "deco" hex tanks
with an air-pump driven UGF and primary-colored gravel, which at various
times held bettas, white cloud minnows and cories. I was hopelessly

and no quarantine tank, and tank he is in has a 8 inch black ghost knife,
and an 8 inch asian upside down catfish, 2 blind cave tetras, 4 inch
polypterus senegalus, and 2 african upside down catfish, now how do i go
about medicating without killing the more sensitive fish?  I just ...