Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / May 2005

We bought an 80-gallon (US) tank this evening.  We got it home, brought
it inside, and put it on the stand without incident.  As we were
assembling the glass lids, I put one on top and began to line it up on
that half of the tank.  Just as the thought crossed my mind that I need

I have a pair of angelfish that have been laying eggs in my community
tank every 4 to 6 weeks for about a year.  They seem to try to tend the
eggs ok, but usually the eggs disappear in 24 hours or so, so I'm
fairly sure the other fish are eating them.

Ack!  I have 2 bettas in a divided 2.5 gal tank with a Nano Filter.  I
woke up this morning and both bettas' fins are in tatters.  I'm talking
total, heartbreaking shreds.  Both were in perfect shape last night.  I
immediately tested the water, expecting to see ammonia but it was ...

Mention keeps being made in the group about the different
personalities of bettas.  This is an amusing one for me -- perhaps
others will find it so as well.
I have two bettas, purchased several months ago, on the same day at

We got several debauwi this weekend!  (Actually, they're buffei sold as
"debauwi cats.")  Unfortunately, one of them got its fin stuck in the
net. :(  After trying gently to dislodge it for about 20 minutes, we
finally cut out a small section of net around the fin and let it go.

This is not a post with any questions, just a Hi Y'all from me to my
friends.  This is Vicki S.(the shamrock lady) from Virginia.  Just a little
heads up on us.  We finally found a new house and moved into it in March.  I
am down to two tanks now, but am hoping to set up more in the ...

OK, now I've seen everything.  I fed some blackworms to my betta and his
platy tankmates last night.  While they were chomping away at the front
of the tank, I dumped a teaspoonful of worms at the opposite back
corner, down among a lawn of pygmy chain sword plants.

I just picked up a 48"long x 12" wide x 19" high tank for use as a
community planted. Upon filling to check for leakage, it bowed out in
the top-middle nearly a full inch! Is my concern justified? I've
never had a tank bow like this before.

I am looking for a seamless glass tank of dimensions 15"X15"X8" (or of
similar dimensions). I need all the seams to be all glass and no glue
or any other adhesives. This includes the edges of the tank, the base
and any other joints. I would prefer a rectangular a tank instead of a

I will be setting up a 125 gal tank in the next few weeks, got a great
deal from a buddy of mine. But it is missing a filter. So, what kind of
filter would be the best? I've got a 3 Columbian Sharks, 4 Tinfoil
Barbs and several guppies that I plan on transferring into the new

I am in the process of cycling my 55 gallon freshwater tank and am
looking into what types of fish to get.  I am new to this whole thing
but my boyfriend has had tanks before.  He has always liked cichlids
because they tend to be hearty (i.e. generally easy to keep alive),

(having found rec.aquaria and sci.aquaria deserted, I posted over in
alt.aquaria, and was directed here as perhaps being where everyone was,
so I'll try posting this here, too)
After several years of dry tank (for a combination of reasons) I'm

I found this auction on ebay, id#4384580276.
It's for fw clams.
I know very little about these critters but they surely would look nice
in my tank. :)

My female krib seems to have a rock stuck in her mouth... she's
swimming around with her mouth wide open and I can't see in too well,
but it looks like a rock to me.
She's been like this for almost a day now... is there anything I

Anyway, back to my SpongeBob tank, the bubble wall (think that's what
it's called) has four holes for air. Two of them seem to be plugged. I
dug around and there isn't anything in there that I can see, so I'm
asking how to clean it.