Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2004

One other question comes to mind for my resurrected 55 gallon tank.  It used
to house marine fish, and there is a pretty good sized pump circulating
water.  The filter is located at the back left part of the tank, and
discharges to the right.  This creates a kind of circular flow ...

Whats the best way (with minimal scrubing) to clean algue from plastic
plants / rocks / aquarium ornaments ?
thanks
LT

I got home from work today, and I found a couple hundred tannish eggs on
pump inlet tube, and my two angelfish actively gaurding the area.  Since I
have a community tank of 23 fish, should I move the eggs out and into a new
tank.  Also should I move the parents with them.  I have ...

Any problems w/ mixing loaches in a community tank?
Small clowns ok w/ Kuhli's?
Will larger weather-type loaches cohabit ok w/ smaller kuhlis?
TIA -- Jim

I am looking for this fish.  Does anyone know where I can get one
south east of london, preferably in the Surrey area?  Thanks Ian

I recieved my order of assorted aquatic plants yesterday. Included in
the order were two marble snails. I placed them in the tank last
night, along with the plants, but since then they have not moved at
all - even overnight while the lights were out. Could they have died

I'm trying to decide what size tank to start with, and how much
filtration I need. I can support the weight of a 55 gallon tank, but
I'm also interested in a 29 gallon and a 40 or 33 gallon "long" tank.
My aesthetic preference is long but not very tall. From the research

Are so tuff that they eat plastic plants.

Hi all,
I have a new 38Gal tank that I am preparing. I plan to stock it with
the following:
2 Platies

I need a sanity check from the experts.
I have a 10 gallon tank with about 7 adult Endler's Livebearers, and over a
dozen fry, no substrate, a big mass of java moss, and some duck weed.  It
has been set up since April, but has never really flourished.  I've had some

I would like to add fresh water mussels and or zebra mussles to my tank.
   I would appeeciate any feedback.

I am copying and pasting from a message board i frequent.
 Hey like I have said before i recently got two new Betta's Manson and
Buzzkill. Well I cleaned out their bowels 4 days ago and 2 days later
Mansons water was bright red . I was soooooo freaked out by it that i

I've had a Python about a year that I've used for clean and refill my
aquarium.  When I used it today, it drained just fine, but when it came time
to refill, it wouldn't send any water out the hose to the tank.  I took the
green plastic unit apart to look for clogs and was unable to ...

I've decided to start hatching my own brine shrimp to feed my fry, but I
have a question regarding salinity.  The eggs I purchased say to use 4
tablespoons of sea salt per 1 gallon of water.  However, my salt (Doc
Wellfish's) says to use 8 tablespoons per 1 gallon.  What do I do?

I have fish that are too lethargic. I have three spotted cories that do
nothing, which is not the behavior I expect from them. And, I have four
diamond tetras which have gone sluggish. I just did a tank cleaning &
water change yesterday, and filter cleaning. While I was at it, I