Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2004

Anyone have the answer for this one ?

Hi, I got a pair of these for my fluval 403 second hand and I do not know
how they uncouple from each other - can somebody help me out?
Here's a picture of what I am talking about:
http://www.petmeister.com/item966.htm

I have a Nitrate removal tool that has been sat in the attic for about 7
years. It is called a Nitra-king and is made by a company called Kingfisher.
It is simply an in-line filter that presumably contains some exchange resin
that can be recharged with brine.

I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is there
any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?
Sky

For those that may be interested, a study on UK public aquaria has
been recently published by two British organisations.
The Captive Animals’ Protection Society published one study
referring the whole of the UK public aquarium industry, and it can be

does anyone have any experience of the eheim aquaball filters?
I like mine a lot, but the (small) top filter chamber has a nasty
gloopy thing in it that obviously needs replacing. I think it must be a
specialist filter medium, but I really can't see that I need this.

To all those people who, at one time or another, have had algae
problems in their fresh water aquarium, I'd like to share a rather
simple method I used to totally eraticate my algae epidemic.
Like many other people who have had this problem, I went to my local

I set up a 75 gallon tank two weeks ago at which time I added a half
cup of pure ammonia as I am attemping the "fishless cycling" routine.
My test kit shows ammonia at 3ppm, ph at 8.5, hardness and alkylinity
are maxxed out.  There are no nitrites and a bit of nitrates.  This is

Just a reminder to check your tank temperature every day. I was just
doing a little cleaning on my ten gallon Betta tank and noticed that
the water was really cold. I checked the thermomenter, and sure enough,
tank temperature was just under 70 degrees.

I'm trying to understand what exactly is meant by the head (of water) a
filter wuill work to.
Is it the difference, in height, between the inlet & outlet relative to each
other or is it the actual max height the filter will pump to even if the

I mentioned the other day I had a big black neon tetra that had an abrasion
on its side, which now appears white and fluffy.  Someone said it sounds
like a fungus.  Not having a quarantine tank, what are my options for a 55
gal tank, sparsely populated as yet?  Is this fish a goner ...

Hiya
I have posted a few massages on this forum and I asked : How do I know
when my pregnant female platy is about to "drop" or have her babies?
All the people who replied said that the easyist way to tell is when

They are rape-fishes !

I have a ten gallon tank that is undergoing a little disaster. I have a
dwarf Gourami, 3 platys, 1 danio and i added a blue ram to the community
about a week ago. All of the sudden one of the platys, the danio and the
blue ram are not doing so good. The danio is very bloated, to ...

55 gallon tank with a mix of real and plastic plants, water parameters all
within acceptable levels
Tank inhabitants include:
2 neon tetras