Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2005

I've got a plague of ramhorns and this Netherlands product claims to be
the only product that doesn't require water changes afterwards.
It is also said to clear bacterial blooms as well.
It doesn't say what is in it unfortunately and I was wondering if

Saturday morning: Final check of week-old tank.
Temperature... check.
ph... check.
Filtration... check.

I am thinking of buying a new largish tank, a 4ft 60-70 gallon tank. I
was hoping to put it upstairs and was wondering if this would be safe.
I live in a Victorian terrace house in the UK although I believe the
room is part of an extension. The floor is made up of chipboard panels

I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
make more.  I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
were males.  Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
them out.

I got the 3 Clown Loaches last Wednesday but they are in hiding. They don't
appear to be suffering from Ich on the rare occassions I see them but are a
little greyed out - therefore IME a little bit stressed. I sometimes see a
quick dash across the back of the tank but no more. As ...

I'm in the process of hatching some brine shrimp to feed some fry I
have. Once I have them hatched in the brine can anyone tell me the
best way to actually feed them to the fry? I am assumming I have to
strain tehm out of the salty water in the first instance. I have read

Assuming the animal, or fish, in question can see infrared light, and the
pupil is able to dilate/retract - will the pupil respond to exposure to
infrared light?
I tried finding a more suitable newsgroup for this question, but were unable

i have a question on livebearers i was wondering if anyone could tell
me how can you tell what gender they are i know for guppys but is it
the same for all livebearers

Where can I find on the net a compact flourescent light fixture that will
give me at least 2 wpg for a 58G? The tank is 36" long.
Thanks

I saw it mentioned once again that livebearers need a little salt in the
water.  I've got a tank with platys in it, but they share the tank with
a betta, some otos, and an SAE.  Another tank has cory cats as well.
Is salt harmful to any of those?  If not, how much per gallon ...

Hey everyone,
I'm looking for some fish suggestions for a 10 gal. tank.  First let me give
you the local water break down
pH:7.6

G'day. I'm new to this forum and am just setting up a 4" (200L) tank. I
have had tanks before (last 2 tanks were 400L and 300L respectively)
but was always too impatient to ever achieve great results. This time
around, I'm older and wiser, and am doing things a little differently,

My wife's betta, Sly, isn't acting like himself.  He's been less active
than normal lately, and we're really worried about him.  I got quite a
shock a few minutes ago when he was resting on the gravel motionless and
listing to the side a bit with fins clamped.  He's swimming around ...

I have a 30g tank with 13 gold barbs, 1 tiger barb, & 3 zebra danios.
Two of my gold barbs are having problems:
1) one can not close its mouth. Its mouth is wide open, it looks like
it is 'flexing' its lips (or maybe that's just it trying to breathe),

I have two albino angel fish. Recently I have seen that the bigger one has a
black ray in his upper fin.
I have had them since they were dime size. Anything to worry about?