Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / March 2005

Is a 2.5 gallon big enough for a Betta?
And what about heating it? I read that you should never put a heater in a
tank that small, but I know they like it warm.
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I've got a 55 gallon tank that is established.  It's bare bottom and I have some potted plants that are thriving.  I'm toying with the idea of adding gravel and taking the plants out of the pots.  I removed the gravel because of all the crap that accumulated when I had goldfish.  ...

I've got a 15 gallon tank with about eight platys and a pl*co in it, no
plants. I used to lose a fish every 6-8 weeks. This seemed to happen
right after water changes even though I was using that chlorine remover
stuff and only changing about 2 gallons/week. So I did an ...

A couple of days ago, I decided to give my bristlenose a new hidey hole
(slate/rocks) which she immediately took to - hadn't even moved my hand away
before she moved in to her new digs.
Yesterday, I was peeking into the hole to see how she was doing, and she was

I have a 10 gal tank with 4 platies and 1 molly - al but one is male.  In
the past 3-5 days I have noticed the molly has a nearly transparent poop
trail and is not eating.  It is a bit more isolationist than norm, but all
in all acts pretty normal.  At feed time it will swim ...

I bought an African Elephant Nose fish today. Neat little guy. I've
read a lot about them in the past week and know enough to keep him
happy.
When I first put him in the tank though (about ten minutes ago) I

Ok the demon spawn crawfish has gone back to Petland and I have gotten, what
they have assured me, is a shrimp.  Thanks for everyone's help

Can someone share a reference to a book or an article in a well-known
fishkeeping publication where swollen bettas were dissected post mortem
and intestinal blockage rather than kidney failure, egg binding, or
cancer was found?  I have a sneaking suspicion that betta ...

I missed a bunch of posts in the recent thread, so sorry if this has
already been discussed.
I am wondering to what degree, if at all, can this hard water/soft
water osmotic stress be relieved?  My intuition is that it probably

i have a fish bowl for the past 1 month. it is fairly large, can fill
approx 3.5 gallons. i have a single male betta fish in the bowl, we
have a heater for the temperature. Me and my family are quite
frustrated with the absolute inactivity of this betta fish, it mostly

The thread a few days ago, started by the chap who said that his setup
worked better without any water changes for over a year set me to
thinking.  Just how bad will things get in my own betta tanks, even
*with* water changes?

Got five neons yesterday afternoon and this morning it's pretty much
cetain one is going to die... :(
They were doing fine in their new home, but one got sucked by the
filter... Took me 20 minutes to find they guy...

About a week ago I noticed that one of my male Bettas (beautiful
split-tail) was bulging in the gut, looking as though he'd swallowed a
marble. I did the requisite online searches to see what I could do. I
got the strong impression this is a common problem.

I'm doing a fishless cycle on my 20H tank.  I've been testing ammonia
and nitrite daily, but haven't been testing nitrate very much.  I
figured there wasn't any point to it until I saw nitrite, and the
nitrate test is a royal pain to do -- it's the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals

I am taking back the elite radiant 100w heater... it can't keep up with
my 33gal tank.
It is cracked to the max and the little temp sticker shows 24C.
I'm going to switch to a 200W heater one...