Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2004

Hiya
I am having a problem with my main 55 gallon community tank, and the
problem that as summer is coming I am getting a lot more algea in my
tanks and on my plants. My catfish cant seem to keep up, so what are

In the last month, I've had one tiny snail multiply into nearly a
forest of them.  Some are floating on the water surface, some are on
the walls, and a gazillion of them are on every surface in the
aquarium.  What do I do about them?  Will they hurt my Cory's and

My tank is 6 or 8 weeks old now, and the plants started developing what
appeared to be a red algae on many of the leaves.  I picked up an algae
eater.  Forgot the name, but it is pencil shaped and has light stripes, no
whiskers.  He goes along methodically and even backs up on his ...

I was thinking about mixing in some dwarf gouramis with guppies.  Some sources say they are compatible, while some sources say they are not.  Which is correct?
Also I found a LFS with a true dwarf gourami.  What's the difference between the true dwarf and the dwarf?  

I have a Jewel 750 litre tank, with a sandy bottom instead of gravel.
All the plants I have in the tank are artificial, but I continue to
get major problems with algae on the glass and develpoing all over the
plants. Any ideas how I can permanently get rid of it please?

Is it considered humane to take a sick fish and flush it straight down
the toilet/WC/loo? Out of sight, out of mind?
This is the advice a friend has been given by the owner of a LFS.
My usual way is to place 10 drops of clove oil for each litre of

I've come back into the fishkeeping hobby I enjoyed as a kid.  All this water
chemistry stuff is new to me -- back then we tracked ph & temperature & that
was about it.
My tanks seem to be doing fairly well (mixtures of fresh water tropicals), but

Just seen a fish in my LFS that I don't recognise and my missus really likes
it so need to look at compatibility. The problem is here in france
everything is sold by it's latin name, and I never remember the name.
It's a deep bodied silver fish, inch and a half long with a flat back ...