Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2004

I have a filter on the back of the tank ,  do i also need a pump and
something giving more air?    20 gal tank

Yesterday i added the SeaChem Neutral Regulator after changes waters
in the cichlid 29 gallon tank.
However , today , the tank is cloudy or white cloudy .
Any ideas what is happening and how to solve the problem ?

My brother-in-law's 75 gallon FW tank came down with a pretty bad case
of brown algae.  I've heard all the facts about possible causes but
here are some basic guidelines to prevent brown algae infesting YOUR
aquarium:

Dear friends:
Hello! I am a Chinese, my name calls liaoyiyun, because the present
is admitted a Canada Chinese people university, is all day $30000
million US dollars school expenses worries, who can help me! I meet

I finished and installed my background in my big tank about a month ago.  I
used vinyl gutter screens (just like this:
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=12119-339-451 but
instead in brown) and I attached them together vertically with black plastic

I was wondering if anyone out there can give me instruction (an a list of
equipment) needed to attach an undergravel filter to a hang on filter (such
as an auqclear 500) to make a reverse Undergravel filter...
Hope that you can help me!

I have a planted freshwater tank and I used to have a real big problem with
snails in my tank and they were ruining all my plants but I got some clown
loaches and the problem seemed to go away whilst I had them but they got
white spot and the treatment was unsuccessful and they ...

I have had this piece of wood (Mopani I believe) for about one year now and
it still continues to leach tannins into my aquarium water at the same rate
as when I first aquired it.  I've tried boiling it and leaving it sitting in
a bucket which would slow it down for a while, then ...

Amphibians are under pressure everywhere now. Is there anything
aquarists can do to help them (probably little)? I've "adopted" a few
tadpoles before and kept them until they became frog/toadlets and
released them, but that was rather for fun.

I have pH between 6 to 6.5 .
What is the ideal pH for all Freshwater fishes ?
Any suggestion is much appreciated.  
Thanks.

I am getting ready to set up another 30 gal.fresh water tank. It has been
almost 20 years since I had set one up. What are some good plastic plant
brands to buy. The last ones I had, fell apart after they were in the tank a
good while. I figure they make better plants now. Thanks ...

Howdy folks,
This is a post about how one might make a big virtual fishtank from
several smaller ones.
What I am thinking about doing is getting a total wet volume which is

Is this real? Or a joke? My boyfriend said he saw this on the Twin City
news.
http://www.speedwayproductions.com/goldfish.htm
cross posted to alt.aquaria

I have a new 16 gallon community tank thatshould be finished cycling.
Ammonia has been 0 for the last 9 days: pH stays around 8: nitrates
currently 10.  The problem is the nitrite reading, which hasn't dropped
below 0.3.  I have been doing frequent 20 - 25% water changes (had to ...

Started this hobby 2 months ago...a 2 gallon, a 6 gallon, and now
I just bought a 20 gallon tank which to me looks huge compared to
what I had.
I am gona take my time on this 20 gallon and it get it right as far as