Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / April 2005

Hi,
Maybe you can help.  I have a 29g with 3 fish in it.  I topped of the water
yesterday due to evaporation.  Now, I get home tonite, and look over at the
tank, and the water level is down 2"??  I thought: "Didn't I just fill that

When water evaporates it leaves all impurities behind right? Knowing
this, I should NOT condition my water with fertilizers ect. when I top
off the tank, right?
Just a quick thought.

So I want to give my opinion on fishkeeping.  I have been doing it for
about 10 years so I am sure that there are a lot of people out there
who have been doing it longer.  I am an Environmental Engineer and have
taken numerous classes on water and wastewater treatment, so I use some

I have a 50 gal tank with 2, 48" natural light flourecent bulbs. It's
time to replace them and since all my plants are gone from the tank
(fish love to eat them) I want to replace the bulbs with a light
spectrum that will allow me to view my fish but will not encourage

A few questions for you guys today.
I'm setting up a 33 Gal 36" x 12.6" x 18" (Hagen All-Glass A-3023) tank
soon, and I'm getting all the bits and pieces I need, but I can't seem
to find an answer to either of these questions through Google.

I have a 12g nanocube, originally with 12 happy guppies. All were
active and doing well. Water chemistry normal (0
ammonia/nitrites--fully-cycled, <20ppm nitrates, pH 7.2 stable). Then,
about 2-3 weeks after introducing fish into the tank, I've been losing

I have two issues regarding my iridescent and bala sharks.
First off, I have a 90 gallon freshwater passive community tank.
Water quality is excellent, slightly salted, hovering around 81
degrees F.  I do regular weekly 10 to 15 % water changes once a week

A few days ago, I noticed a dozen or so white dots (about the size of a
pencil point) on a piece of slate I have in my aquarium.  I would have
thought it was Ich, except that the dots were on a rock and not on a fish.
I did not see any dots on any fish.  I didn't have time to do ...

Can other fish eat a dead fish completely? I was gone for 4 days and had a
friend feeding my fish everyday. A couple of days after I got home I noticed
that my dwarf gourami was gone, and my friend said no fish had died. The
rest of my tank is 2 mollies, 3 swordtails, 2 bala sharks, ...

I lost one of my dwarf gouramis to popeye and decided to get another
one to make company to the lonely one I have right now.
Poor fella doesnt look very happy...
Anyway I got another one, fairly same size but for some reason they

I use rock salt in my FW American game fish aquariums to help fight ich and
fungus diseases.  Works quite well.  I am looking for LARGE egg laying
snails that will eat algae & diatoms yet not be affected by the salt
Any Idea's?

Just for info.
I've seen the Neptune brand heater suggested as one of the better ones.  
I may have gotten into a bad batch, but that hasn't been my experience.
I put a 25 watt one in a 10 gallon tank in November.  In January it

I have a 20 gal tank with 5 danios, 2 platies (plus a newly-discovered
baby that has grown large enough to not be eaten by the other fish), 2
small panda cories, and fake plants.  The tank is cycled and has been
running problem free since mid-February.  Currently, all NH3 and NO2

videoman@ccountry.net Wrote:

So I have been looking at either retrofitting my current hood or
getting a new one so that I can put more light on my plants. They are
doing well so far (3+ weeks) but are only geting 15W in my 20-gal
aquarium plus indirect light from outside. I know that 5000K bulbs are