Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / April 2005

I've got a mixed tank with Neons and Pristella tetras.
One of the pristellas has developed a curved spine and swims
vertically.
I've heard that Neon Tetra Disease can be a bit like this.  Does that

I was thinking and after reading the bottle, Pimafix says its safe for
everything except scaless fish...
but what about snails??
No one is sick....the two sides of my brain are just debating...

Last night I made quite a few changes to my tank. In fact in retrospect
it was an irresponsibly large number of changes. But they were all
changes I've made before without any problems so I didn't think much of
it - still I shouldn't have done them all at once.

I've had a freshwater 10G tank for about a year now. A month or two
after I got the tank red algae (I assume that's what it is) appeared on
the sides of the tank and on the plastic plants (there are no real
plants).

anyone know of a good website for beginning betta owners?  Thanks.

We talk all of the time about fish and plants and water chemistry but
it seems like freshwater invertebrates rarely come up except in the
context of "how do I get rid of these things?" However I have been
keeping a number of invertebrates for a while now and I think they

Hey everyone...
I started cycling my 750L on Saturday. I've been doing everything accrding
to the instructions, adding the ammonia everyday (been using seachems
ammonia alert as a guide) To my total amazment, my readings are....

I've seriously considering a 5' x 3' x 3' tank for freshwater tropicals.
It's beautiful, beautiful.  But........
my current tank is a 4' chinese item with curved corners, and the glass
scratches very easily, very easily.  Nice tank, but I've buggered it up with

This morning when I came downstairs I noticed that one of my big Clowns had
got himself into the Pl*c's hollow in the driftwood. The Pl*co was blocking
the exit (Queen Arabesque). This also happened a few days ago but I managed
to persuade the Pl*c out with a wafer.

I have read that several fish do better in groups, six or more.  Does that
mean for instance 6 tetras, three of one type of tetra and three of another?
Or does it mean 6 of the same type of tetra?  I have three platies, one
Mickey Mouse, one long finned and one gold wag and they ...

Is it true that the common Chinese Algae Eater doesn't really eat any algae?

I have a charcoal filter that that came with my 10 gallon tank
starter-kit.  I've been reading up on biological filtration.  Am I
correct in the fact that charcoal filters are not the same as bio
filters?  Since I don't have a bio filter, how imperative is it that I

Man, these babies are growing! And eating like pigs! I thought my tw
microworm cultures would be enough... but it looks like I may have t
start another!
But it is so nice to look at the tank full of betta fry. Just lik

I own a tank for more than a month now and right now I have mixed
feelings about it.
It is not what I expected it to be and I am starting to think of
getting rid of it.

I'm going away for 4-5 days; I have no worries about what to do with the
coldwater tank but the tropicals have me a little puzzled.
the other half will be busy and anyway I don't want to ask him to feed
them more than once daily as I'm a little scared he'll overfeed, so