Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / July 2005

I've never had an aquarium and I know little to nothing about aquariums,
but I've decided that I want one. I'm hoping you folks will help me from
time to time when I have questions or problems.
Meanwhile, I've got myself a betta male in a one-gallon fishtank. He eats

Too many fish:
I know my 30 gal tank is overstocked (10 cichlids and 1 pleco).  How
many fish should I have in a 30 gal?  I have an empty 20 gal that I
could use for "excess" cichlids but I'd rather set that tank up with

How fast do Otos grow? I bought three Otos roughly the same size about three
weeks ago and two of them seem to be about twice as big now. I couldn't
believe my eyes this morning, wow you guys got big. I did not think they
were eating that much, but they must be doing something ...

I don't know if anyone remembers, but I asked about darting otocinclus
after water changes a while ago.  I've now lost all of my otos in the
tap water tanks but none in in the 1/2 RO tank.  I suppose it could be
pH and hardness, but I doubt it since the darting was always after ...

Please no flames, I just need some advice. My 10 gallon fish tank has
been contaminated with soap. Do I have to start all over with a new
filter, new gravel, new heater, new tank? OR is there a way to somehow
get the residue off so the tank stops killing fish?

A few months ago I started to change how often I clean the gravel in my
aquarium. I originally cleaned it once a week, I then changed to once a
month. which caused the phosphate level to rise from 1ppm to 2.5ppm. the
nitrate level remained the same at 2ppm. I also do a 25% water ...

Does anyone have any experience with king crabs at all?
I was on a trip last weekend and stopped on a local pet store and they
had a king crab for sale.
It looked interesting, with a big attitude and I just loved it. :)

What do you think of this mix in a 58G tank...the mix is not something
standard but is working. It is a planted tank.
8 - Bolivian Rams
2 Sunset Gouramis

I started out my 25gal tank (now well established with some tetras and a
pleco) with several Danios, and they've done well over the eight or so
months that they've been in this tank.
I believe these are classified as "Longfin Zebra Danios". All of them

As a teenager in the 70's (go on, work it out :-)) I loved keepin
discus (at the time my tank was on top of the cupboard in my bedroom!)
When I went to university a few years later that hobby went awa
(soccer, girls and even the occasional study took over!!). I ha

I learned something today (stan and kyle ring in) - don't bleach sponges! I
had my sponge prefilter sitting in 10 parts water to 1 part bleach for a few
(3 or 4) days and now I discovered that the sponge has disintegrated! I
thought I would keep it in longer to make sure it would ...

Watching a programme on the TV tonight...well hubby was - I was outside
indulging in a cigarette when I get the call - "you've got to come and see
this - there are 3 tanks in a room smaller than Matthew's room". So cig gets
sacrificed and I sit there - this police drama thing...and ...

What do you guys recommend as an algae eater in a 58 G tank with bolivian
rams, angels, corys and swordtails?
THanks

All this talk of Discus made me want to know more about them.  I
looked them up in various sources on the net.  They sound
soooooooooooooo coool!  Now I want a discus tank!  I just got a
30-gal cichlid tank 3-4 weeks ago but now I want some discus!

Hopefully some of you will remember my slightly off topic post from
back in April, if not here's the link:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc/browse_thread/th
read/e2e2e5de5358683b/10e8e330d34f56a4?q=balanced+aquarium&rnum=1&hl=en#10e8e330
d34f56a4
The ...