Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2004

I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which tests the
water for the following:
- Nitrite
- Nitrate

Basic question on planting a new tank:  I'm setting up an Eclipse 6
gallon for my daughter and we'd like it to be moderately planted
eventually.  I'm going to cycle the tank with FISH (2 danios), as
opposed to the method of using only live plants to establish the tank

    I have had several experiences with pregnant livebearers, who,
instead of giving birth, croaked. As I was anticipating blessed
events, they never delivered, but just  became more bloated and then
expired. This happened twice, with guppies, and now, I have a silver

hi
i am looking for a program that goes on your pc and you feed you fish
and add new things to your aquarium and if you don't feed you fish it
die just like in real life i have been looking for this program for a

I know this is a silly, wildly unrealistic, question, but I have to ask
anyway...
Is there by any chance a plant I could put in my tank that the Apple
Snail wouldn't devour completely in a day?

I am looking at getting a fish tank for my baby and need some advice.
I am undecided between a 2ft of 4ft tank.  Is the smaller tank worth while?
I would like to have several fish to make it visually stimulating etc.
Advice PLEASE

I got two small oto's yesterday and wanted to be sure they would eat flakes
if there weren't enough algae.  I had what I now believe was an oto (larger
one) a month ago (the store had it labeled as an SAE, which it surely
wasn't).  He was doing nicely for a couple of weeks and then ...

I'm in the process of starting up a shoal of tiger barbs. I've already
got some greens and albinos. I wanted to add some red ones, but I'm a
bit concerned that they might be painted.
Does anyone know how to tell if they're natural color morphs or if

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I have recently aquired a 15 gallon tank with internal power filter and
would like people opinions on what fish i should put in :) plus some other
questions.
Some possiblilties I might like:

Well, Petco didn't have anything but flat glass, and the PetsMart in my
end of town dodn't either.  But the PetsMart on the other end of town
had a 12" incandescent hood for (not $12-$14) $9.99.  I'm happy.  I may
eventually get a hinged piece of glass, but this'll do till after ...

Crime scene:
Someone's been very happy lately and laying many sacks of eggs about the
aquarium. Before the currents carry them off or they get eaten, they
usually appear overnight at the top of the tank. The egg masses about

finally bought test strips, and tested my tank water.  all is good except
nitrates and alkalinity.  nitrates high at abut 80 or a little higher and
the alkalinity is low at about 20 or 40.  before i do more harm to my fish
how do i get these to better levels.  i am going to do a ...

I had noticed for a few days that there seemed to be a lot of waste in the
gravel. Today I had a closer look at the UGF & noticed that the up-doodad
had come loose. I reattached it, used the gravel vac & topped up the water.
I think I'll use the gravel vac daily for a week to ...