Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2004

I'm setting up a 10 gallon tank.  I'm planning on using a corner filter,
probably a Clearfree II, and running a 12" or 10" long airstone/bubble
wall.
Since this setup will be in the living room, I'd like to find the

Me again.........want to use as a decoration two very very small clay
pots.  they are just a couple inches tall.   Will this hurt the fish
or is clay ok.   I have seen pics of tanks with clay pots but thought
i would ask here.     20 gallon tank

in my quarantine tank (a bare tank with just a couple token plants attached
to a bit of driftwood and no gravel) i run a simple air-driven sponge filter
i suppose if there are no fish in the qt tank the sponge filter bacteria
will die     so, what if i just put the sponge in a ...

I recently bought the Magnum 350 Pro Filter. I had nothing but problems
setting it up and the rather vague directions that were provided didn't
help.
Even after I put the gaskets on the tubing the filter leaked like a

This is not a question about the Fluval + internal filters.  I am
addressing this group of people because they know how quiet these
units are.  Here is the question.  Are there any other filtration
systems that you have used that are as quiet as a submerged Fluval +

And I finally got round to testing my pH...
IN the tank it looks like close to 8; straight from the tap, about 7.5
or a little higher.
Most pH worries I see are about pH getting lower, how or why is mine

I'm thinking of setting up a planted tank, and in the course of doing
my research I've found what seems to be some consensus about the
utility of UV sterilizers to help keep algae at bay.
Folks seem to think they're useful, and that the downside of UV iron

Could you identify this pest I found today on my plant.
http://www.stanford.edu/~priimak/aquarium/pics/DSC00281.JPG
http://www.stanford.edu/~priimak/aquarium/pics/DSC00281.JPG
That guy is very much glass like. Pictures are not perfect though.

I have had tropical fish for almost 20 years now and have never had
any problems I couldn't fix, this time though.
Here is the problem, I brought six cardinal tetras that brought white
spot into my tank. Each night for the first six nights a tetra would

Anyone have the answer for this one ?

I currently have a 38Gal tank partially stocked.
I am looking for some ideas of which/how many fish I could add.
Here are my specs and current residents;
Tank: Allglass 38gal

I brought a Siamese Fighting fish home today, placed him in a community tank
with some Neon Tetras & Zebra Danios. Since putting him in the tank I have
noticed that he regularly flares out his gills, or something around that
area, seemingly when he's looking towards the glass. I ...

Sorry for the condition of the photographs enclosed, but between this
fish being some what camera shy, and the limitations of this cast-off
cam-corder, and of course, "Murphy's Law", a main thread woven deeply
within the fabric of my life, this is the best that I could get of

The pH from my tap is 8.0 and I would like to lower it a bit, but I would
like it to be stable.  I have seen articles written on lowering pH with
boiled peat moss  or using a mix of RO water and tap and then I also saw a
few threads about using a brita filter instead of RO ...

I have just set up a community tank and trying to plan what fish and
how many to add.   So far its a 20 gal tank.  there are 7 neon tetras
and 2 rummy nose.    What else should I add and why.   Looking for
suggestions.   Give me your list for this 20 gal tank.   Im open to