Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / June 2005

   I remember a thread fairly recently about pl*cos dying because of using
a sandy substrate, and them ingesting the sand it the sand getting impacted.
I never paid much attention to it because I was not using sand as a
substrate...

I am going to be getting some young bettas next week.  I have some
questions.  I have some small tanks ready for them with undergravel filters.
I was told that bettas don't like water that moves, that they only like
still water.  Is that correct?  Also, I know the males have to ...

I am looking for instructions on cultivating white worms.  I'm actually
trying this for finches but since I know many fish enthusiasts feed live
foods, I was hoping someone could tell me.  The internet was less than
helpful.

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Our Betta at work hasn't been doing so well recently.  For a year and
a half he has been fine, eating well and swimming all over.  For the
last two weeks or so he has been looking funky.  He tries to eat like
he always has, swims right over to his pellets, but then he misses

As above.
I was wondering what kind of pump/powerhead could be used ?
Also, I know my pond UV is different from my tank UV in that the pond 9w is
for green water, and my 15w tank UV is for pathogens but how do they differ

I built a fish tank stand and theres a gap in one corner between the tank
and stand, I can fit a penny in it and slide it about 3" each way, the water
does lean towards that side of the tank slightly, so I'm thinking pull the
tank off and put a layer of foam under the entire tank ...

In looking at fish for my new tank, assuming I ever get the stand
finished, I ran across "MacMaster's Dwarf Cichlid", or apistogramma
macmasteri.
According to the references, it's polygamous, relatively peaceful, and

My ghost stays up at the top of my tank alot now a days. He is eating alot.
I feed him bloodworms ( and sinking shrimp pellets). I am wondering when
enough is enough. He seems like he will just eat as much as I will feed him.
And when I do stop, he just stays up there looking for ...

My guppies in my bedroom tank had babies this morning, I am looking forward
to seeing them grow up. Normally I don't post about these things but for
this particular tank it has been what seems like forever since this
particular tank has had baby guppy fry in it - the mother took her ...

I have some three-month old apple snails that a friend is interested in
getting from me, but I need to ship them to her.  How on earth does one
go about shipping these little guys?  Priority mail, I'm assuming, but
what's the best spill-proof method for a group of five snails?  ...

When I do a water change on my 10 gallon tank, my Otocinclus dart around
like crazy fish for the next day or two whenever I approach the tank.
The guppies act perfectly normally.  The pH of my tap and tank water are
close and I match temps as well.  My tap water contains ...