Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / January 2005

I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a few
more fish.  Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras.  One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires tetras ...

Howdy good folk.
I am not currently an aquarium owner, but I have a question that you
should know something about.  I make my own beer and I live in Oakland CA
where they use chloramine in the water.  I purchased potassium

My aquarium status:
Currently housing 5 assorted mollies, 2 being black with smal
reflective scales in different places, 2 being white with black spots
and 1 small orange molly who doesn't seem to be doing well. Hides i

Do fish stores ever quarantine new fish as a rule or would that be
expecting too much - i.e., loss of profit from holding back stock...
It would be great to know that when I went to my LFS, the fish I chose
had already been quarantined and deemed healthy.  I know some stores

Hi Guys, I am not sure what to make of this (this is for the new 4' tank
which is now lightly stocked (fish), with a couple of inert rocks, a large
piece of scrubbed and prepared bogwood, quite a few plants and black washed
(new) gravel about 3" thick, 2 x 36W T5 fluoro - 219L/58 ...

The ph from my hot water(water softener used) is much lower than the
hard water from the cold tap.  About 7ish compared to 8-8.5 for the
cold water.  Is it the salt in the hot water system that does this?
If so, to bring my 26g tank's ph down from the 8-8.5 it  presently is,

Someone emailed me about her sick Oscar which has sores, mainly
on its head. Sounded like Hole in the head to me, but I've never
seen that on a live fish, only in photos.
She sent me a photo and said I could publish it if it helps get

I've been out a long time and miss the daily grind of reading this and
other groups...
I'm in school and have some time here and there and hopefully will get
to spend some more time here...

I've got two fluval 304s on my 75 gallon tank. One restarts fine, the other
will not siphon unless I fill the cannister with tank water first. It's
either a flakey unit or a slight difference in the angle/length of the
tubing. But I swear I measured. :)

Hey all. Im a new guy. Im in Selkirk, Manitoba. I have two aquariums up
right now, a Ten gallon and a 22 gallon; both are planted. I own Marble
hatchets, Zebras, corys, swords, Blind cave  tetras as well as Black Rosy
and Chinese barbs. Can anyone tell me about green fire tetras? ...

My son upgraded his tank to a 6 x 2 x 1.5 and transferred all his fish about
a month ago. He has just added  2 gouramis, 4 para tetras and 2 borneo
suckers. His danios have now started behaving oddly, one getting into a cave
and circling, another hiding in a narrow gap on the gravel ...

i found my tank at 92 f.  should be at 78...how much trouble are my fish in.
it appears to be a faulty heater that in now unplugged.

I am looking for a good used (cheap) 300 to 500 gallon tank in the
Wisconsin, Northern Illinois area.  Glass or Acrylic (acrylic preferred) for
my fresh water game fish tank.
Preferred size 72" X 48" X 30" high - approximately 400G

Can anyone offer me advice as to why my fishtanks water is turning a green
colour after a week or so?!?!
Regards, John

Just wondering if it's safe to use china (teacups, etc...) as
decorations in a fish tank?  Is there anything in the glazes that can
leach out & harm the fish?
TIA