Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / May 2005

my new (secondhand) tank came with a heater, which looks to be about the
right wattage for a cold winter's night, but rather overdone for the
summer... 35 (US) gallon; heater = 200W.
Is this a problem?

Okay, I found out what my problem with about 10 of my fry dead. Feedin
them the dried foods. I had just dropped the food in the tank. If the
ate it dry, it could have expanded in their stomach and killed them
Next time I expirement with new foods, it will be well soaked in tan

I have a Tank heater which has a sticking thermometer cut-out, It does not
connect when the water temperature drops, But if I tap the  thing the
thermostat clicks in. It does disconnect OK.
Has anyone taken one of these units apart, It looks like the Rubber outer

Evening all,    I'm looking for opinions on whether it would be OK to add a
couple blue rams to my 75gal  (50% plants, plenty of driftwood) community
tank?  I already have a pair of kribs in there and would like to add rams,
but am wondering whether this will cause problems.  My ...

fishes "in the wild" usually don't live in an temperature-stable
environment, oposite an aquarium where you can set a temperature and
then it's keept forever.
Thinking about this, i was wondering what would be the survival chances

Actually I blame Elaine - he,he. After seeing her beautiful Hex tank I have
been determined to get one for the living room - I'm not allowed any more
big tanks so getting the little ones in is my only way forward.....Last
night hubbie agreed so off I went to get one today before any ...

I went out and bought two Otto catfish to replace my dead CAE.  Well two
hours later, they are both DEAD.  I believe Elaine T mentioned in another
post that they are prone to illness and death.  Any other recommendations
for keeping my algae build up in check?

I don't like seeing equipment in tanks. I usually hide heaters behind pieces
of wood and build rockwork around filter pipes (always ensuring good
circulation though!).
I have just got hold of a tall (5ft!) narrow (2ft) tank that is 5ft long.

I have a 55 gallon aquarium.  Lets say that every week I remove 10
gallons of water from the aquarium during cleaning & maintenance.  Due
to evaporation i have to put a total of twelve gallons of water into
the aquarium to get it completely filled (two gallons evaporated over

O.K.  here's a let beginners question.  How do I know if I am feeding my
fish enough.  I know they say only as much as they can eat in three minutes.
However my guys would eat for ten minutes if I let them .
Also, how many times a day should they eat and can I get away with just ...

Our cories are really shy.  They were more sociable (although still
fairly skittish) when we first got them.  As far as the water goes, it's
a steady 78 degrees F, 0 ammonia and nitrite, and very little nitrate
(we keep it as low as possible, between 5 and 15).  As far as decoration

I think I finally figured out why I can't get rid of my brown algae after a
year and a half with this tank.  My water department adds sodium silicate at
one of the town wells for "iron and manganese treatment and corrosion
control".  They expect the SiO2 level at my house to be ...

I gather it's nothing to worry about, but I thought I would ask. My newly
acquired deep blue (purple) Betta is changing colour. The first two flowing
fins behind his/her pectoral fins are turning blood red and white. The fish
is very active, eats everything in sight and built a ...

I have this book for sale on eBay. Cheap and in great condition. It's a
nice intro to how to set up a koi pond.
Hopefully someone else will find it as useful as I did.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4546227531&rd=1&sspagename=ST
RK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

I finally saw my new betta eat again.  I moved him to the side of the
tank with the filter and more water movement and put a flare buddy
(Splash, my CT) on the other side of the plastic canvas divider.
Blackworms finally started disappearing, but I didn't know for sure that