Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / September 2004

Is there any benefit for leaving dead plecos in an aquarium that is
populated only by plecos? I'm just trying to figure out why on earth the LFS
would leave the corpses in there so long that they would be almost skeletal.
Like, imagine a couple of them died in their sleep, and were ...

What is the etiquette on returning fish to a store where you think you got a
bad fish?  I've got one supplier that said he doesn't take back fish,
although he begrudgingly said he would take one particular fish back if I
really had to.  PetSmart has a 14 day return policy, no ...

Hi.  My dwarf red gourami has developed a kind of bump.  These pics make it
look kind of smooth, but I think it was a bigger bump last night, and maybe
he scraped it off from flashing.  I notice that he flashes every once in
awhile, not often though.  Moreso when he's excited it ...

Hi.  I am putting a hard rock maple countertop in my deli.  I found what
seems to be a good supplier that has good prices for unfinished 1.5"
countertops.  I had a couple of questions/comments if anybody cares to lend
a hand.

I hope I'm not being dim but if I have a 600 litre tank can I use 2 x 300
litre rated external filters on it? If so should these be run in parallel
(i.e. independantly) or in series(i.e. linked together).
tia,

Today is 9-11.
It's Patriot's Day.
America will never forget.
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I have been keeping tiger barbs since 2001 when I chose some
to cycle my first tank.
Last night I had to put down the last one as he was very ill.
Goodbye, tiger barbs! Thank you for introducing me to the

Hello fishy folks.
I have a quandry that is making me both nuts and extremely sad every time they
croak.
I love Blue Rams. I've had them in the past.

my first pet in my new apartment.
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As I started an attempt on raising a third batch of danio fry...(I'm just
begining to get into spawning egg-layers) I came accross the same problem I
had the first two times...hopefully some of you can help me.
The spawning tank(s) I set up were as follows.  Water from established ...

Sorry to the folks who have read the garbage that  "luminos" logos1@trip.net is
spewing. He is attacking me personally because I corrected his errors and
cannot accept that he was wrong.
Therefore, any chance he can to attack me, he does. Sometimes the poor dear

i have a puzzle.
in my 15 gallon aquarium, which is about 3 years old, i have;
breeding pair ancistrus (5" long)and their offspring usually twenty
ish tiny ones which go to the lfs at about 1" long,

ok, first of all, are female bettas okay in a tank with livebearers?
i'm thinking about trading my 6 tetras for a couple female bettas and
perhaps some dwarf gouramis.  do these types of fish all get along
well?  i have 3 corydoras also.  the reason i want to trade my tetras

oops i meant to post this here, actually....
i'm not sure if anyone here likes to know about each other, but i'm
nosey and want to know about YOU
here's some info on me...

as some of you may realize, i've been wanting a male betta reaaal bad.
but i was told that it may mistake my male guppies for female bettas,
which would be a bad thing.  so last night, i ended up getting a 1
gallon "tank" and a gorgeous male betta.  is 1 gallon too small??  he