Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2004

Does anyone know how to determine the sex of a silver angelfish?  I have 2,
and at least one is a female because I have gotten some eggs, that all went
sour.  But how can I tell the sex, so I can see if I have 2 females, or 1
female and 1 male who needs some more coaching?

ive been letting my tank sit and settle with new water and filtration for
about 2 weeks now. i would like to put big rocks in, but not the ones you
buy from a store.. just natural rocks.. whether its slate or weathered
stream rocks..whats everyones opinon on doing this... and what ...

Hi,
I'm new to this group, so be nice!
I've had a 10 gallon aquarium for about 6 months now.  I did have 2
swordtails and 1 guppy.  One of the swordtails died, so I bought 2

I have a 15 gallon tank with some tetras and a couple of corys. The
catfish have come down with ich. I am familiar with the method of
raising the temperature to speed up the life cycle of the parasite and
adding salt. My LFS recommended 1 teaspoon of salt and raising the

I've got a question here about ottocats.  How long do they normally live in
an aquarium?  They don't seem to last very long for me, and seem to die off
within 6 months to a year.
My first reaction would be maybe I'm just bad at keeping fish...if it

I have never been away from my tank for more than four days. But come
next week, I will be away for a week, 7 days. What I normally do when
i am gone is:
A water change the day I leave

I have 3 eclipse filters - one on my 20 gallon and 2 on my 60.  They
SEEM pretty good - but I wanted some more feedback.  Should i also use
an UG filter?  Does the eclipse move the surface of the water enough
so I dont need to airate?  Im haveing a hard time finding good

Where is the cheapest place to go online for a 180 gallon? Or is there anyone
in new jersey that can tell me of a good store to try? Want to upgrade from a
120 (just got it 4 months ago my wife says i should have never started with
fish again hahaha but if i get a 180 i'll stop i ...

I just noticed that one of my barbs has gotten *very* fat. I would
dismiss it as a pregnant she, but its eyes are bugging out too. Any
insights?

I wasn't really in the market for a betta, but when I spotted a yellow one
in Petsmart today I grabbed him.  I've never seen one this colour before...
beautiful fish.  The girl in the fish dept says they almost never get them.
My lucky day to day I think!

I think of setting up a new tank in my living room. Need new ideas for this
setup (planted tank). Pls provide me some web pages on aquascaping. Thanks.

I got this info (and a lot more) from my water board's website. I was
quite impressed to find a short document on "tap water and fish-keeping"
there! But I'm too much of a novice to make sense of this bit - could
anyone enlighten me as to what the following info on my tap water

I've got a community tank setup.
100 gal.  72"x18"x18", just now heavily planted with plastic plants.
fish are similar in size, about 1-1.5 inches.
something has been nipping on 3 of male guppies tails, and my male

I posted the other day thinking my dwarf flame gourami had hole in the head
disease. I've done a bunch of reasearch on it and now I don't think that's
what it is. My gourami has been fine-as have its tankmates (except for a
short bout of white poop that i treated with ...

I'm having a bad night and my fish are having an even worse one. Just did a
routine water change on my 20 gallon community tank which has been established
for almost 2-1/2 years with only one catastrophy about a year ago. I had been
cleaning parts on my car during a front ...