Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / September 2004

i know you can add various things to your water to buffer the ph
towards a certain value, that value being different depending exactly
which mineral(s) you add, but does anyone know what will buffer to a
ph of 7?

ive got 2 of them in a 40litre aquarium and have added 2 Leopard danios and
theres no problem.
However, we will be getting a 190litre tank at some point and again will be
setting up as a tropical.

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I am looking for help designing a MONSTER display aquarium.  Octagon shaped,
Approximately 8 feet in diameter and 8 feet deep.  5 feet above ground and 3
feet below.
I am planning on building this tank 14 months from now so I need to get

I am a newbie fish and aquarium owner and I think my plastic plants are
killing my beloved guppies... or at least contributed to it.
Here's my sequence of events.
1) New tank setup. 21L tropical temp., small filter box. Crushed quartz rock

Well, the LFS never did order the female bettas from me, so i ended up
getting one at Meijer's (a food/clothing/everything store).  i added 1
fake plant and let it float at the surface incase they didn't get a
long, so there would be more hiding areas.  anyway, as far as i've

Howdy,
I am hoping someone has an answer to this question...
I have a molly who over the last 3 months has developed black dots.
Not just one or two but all over its body. These dots are not moving

We have a fairly new pond of about 8 weeks, the pool stays very clear
as we have an ultra voilet light, and an air machine and pump.  But we
seem to have picked up blanket weed we don't know if it came on a
plant we bought or if this is a common problem with ponds, any advise

I have a 12g NanoCube, with live plants, a very well-functioning
biological filter (no ammonia or nitrites at all, except a tiny spike
when I change water because of the broken-down chloramine--that fades
to 0 in a few hours). I have 5 lively Golden Barbs, and used to have 2

Got a nice little 2 foot tank set up with bristlenoses and a seperate
guppy fry containment net.
Was running a small fluval 1 internal power filter but it seems to
clog up about every third day. With the smallest amount of slime

Hey, I remember you having that webcam, but I've lost the link....do you
still run the cam?? if so, can you publish the addy or will that ruin your
bandwidth???
I'd love to see the zebras, especially with eggs... I'm so happy for you....

I've had just a little experience with buying fish lately, but I've got a
lot retail experience, and from both sides of the checkout counter I might
add.  Dances with Ferrets and some others were answering my question
regarding the obligation of the retailer to "stand behind their ...

I have 3 columbian sharks which are 3-4".  When I first got them they
swam constantly all over the tank and went nuts at feeding time.  The
last few weeks they started staying in a small area in the corner of
the tank and only eat food after its been laying on the bottom for

Tonight I finally picked up a couple of Dwarf Puffer Fish.  Although
apparently these ones are fresh water puffers, they were being kept in
brackish water at Petsmart,  so they're in brackish water in their new home
too.  When I was at another pet store a few weeks ago they had ...

I am new to having an aquarium. I bought a tank (System 6) about 2 months
ago. After setting up the tank and leaving it for about 3 days I went out
and got some fish. I got two endlers and a little catfish. Everything has
been going well for 5 weeks. I have noticed lately that ...