Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / March 2005

Well I finally got tired of plastic plants and put some live ones in. Two of
which
I wasn't able to identify with my (extremely) limited plant knowledge.  I
figured for

If (I really mean when - lol) I get a replacement Betta what can I do to
avoid him getting bloat?
Thanks
Gill

23-3-05 2:41pm

I noticed at the local city aquarium last week that when new arrivals
are introduced into a display tank they are enclosed in a cage for a
period of time, to allow all of the participants to become acquainted
with each other, while at the same time preventing the territorial

http://www.want-to-be-sure.blogspot.com << Click On Link

I was wondering, what is the name of the "disease book" that you often refer
to?

I bought a Pl*co around 8 weeks ago. I've now correctly identified it as a
Queen Arabesque...I think it's a male coz on the very rare occassions I see
more than his bottom/tail it appears to have a marbled underside.
Since it went in the tank he found a hollow in a piece of ...

Sorry if this is not the correct forum for posting.
I currently have a male betta in a tank on his own.  Can anyone suggest fish
he *might* like as I'm worried he might get lonely or bored. I know they are
quite sociable and that 2 bettas together tend to fight so obviously wasnt

helloo!!!
IS there any way to control insects in a room where there is a (few)
fishtanks......i think those darn white-tail spiders are back.....
before anyone suggests the "step on them" method, may i add that heaps of

I recently purchased a largish Siamease Algae Eater (2-3 inches) to help
control the Algae in my tank. (Although it was sold to me as a "Large
Flying Fox", from the descriptions on
http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/ I'm pretty sure it's a true

So, My Betta (in a 5 gallon heated/filtered tank) suddenly showed up with
cotton-like, yellow clumps. He was treated with 3 courses of fungus
eliminator and since that didn't work out, i switched to Maracyn and Maracyn
2.

In another thread that I didn't want to hijack, Elaine wrote:
"I learned from the fish store owner where I worked (he had 30 years
aquarium experience and wrote articles
for TFH) that just about any fish does fine at any pH between 6 and 8 as

Thank you for your information...however we are confused again, we wer
told at the fish store that we were not suppose to do any water change
at all. I have read though we should do 10 to 15 % wate
changes....which one is correct?? Thanks!!

My wife and I recently got into keeping turtles.  We have two
red-earred sliders under four months of age in a 40 gallon tank.  We
have several toys which had all been thoroughly cleaned when put them
in the tank.

This morning I noticed a hydra in my tank. It's pale-yellow, 2 mm long with
six tentacles. Now it seems the more I look for them, the more I find - some
are really small, less than 1 mm, some are larger. I even saw one sting a
snail when it got too close.