Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2005

I was wondering what kind of rocks people use in their aquariums.  It's
my understanding that rocks can provide a buffer for pH but I've
searched the 'net and can't seem to find any information on it.
Can any one point me to some useful information?

Will maracyn 2 kill off blue green algae. and if so dose using half the
recommended doss always work with blue green algae.
cheers
Scott

I decided to take NetMax's advice and spend some time working out what to
put into my sadly depleted Community Tank. It is heavily planted, has
bogwood and a Fluval 4 Internal and Fluval 404 external.
The remaining occupants after the disaster are:-

Yesterday I noticed a couple of white spots on the tail and the fin of
my black molly.  Today when I came home from work I noticed it is now
covered with white spots.  It has one really bad spot right above the
eye.  Does this sound like ich or something else?  Thanks in advance.

Someone here used the term "terbang" (but I can't remember who).  I
googled it and came to a site about folding paper airplanes. 8O  I
don't think that's what it means in realtion to aquaria.  Can anyone
enlighten me?  Thanks!

Love is in the air and apparently 2 of my angels decided to be little
devils.  What to do, what to do.......
<mutters to himself - I thought I was going to get away with only one tank
this time.  (looks for keys to the shed to start setting up another tank)>

What about a parrot fish in a 29 gal tank?? With some of the fish you
listed?
Thanks,
Connie

i have in my tank a black phantom tetra and a red one 2 platys and 2
glowlight tetras i only have a few fish as it is a new tank still
trying to cylcle. but when i do my weekly change my black phantom seems
to go a little mad and starts chasing the other phantom but recently it

I am having a problem with my 100 gallon tank.  It has 2 Fluval 404's in it.
One with just Biomax and foam, the other with Biomax, foam and carbon.   I
also have to air power filters (round/black with air lines providing the
power). I was told the Foam in the Fluvals is too big ...

Hi.  I went away for a couple of weeks, and the person who was supposed
to look after my fish didn't do a very good job.  About 4 small fish
have died (a couple of neons and a sae)  However I cannot find them.
Is there anything detrimental in leaving the dead bodies/bones in the

About two weeks ago I introduced a Betta into my 20 gal long community
tank of 2 Dwarf Gouramis, 6 Zebra Danios and 2 Oto's. For about a week
and a half everything was fine. The Betta seemed very happy and his
fins remained untouched but I kept watching just in case.

I was looking at a Freshwater aquarium at this fishing pro shop in
Wisconsin. http://www.eagleriverguides.com/hq.htm They claim the tank is
16,300 gallons.  If the tank is 10' deep, what would the surface area need
to be?

We have two Clown loaches in a small community tank.  We purchased them
about two weeks ago, and they have only rarely stopped moving since.  I
noticed one of them brushing himself against a tank ornament just now,
and then against the gravel.  So I moved in for a closer look.  They

It seems to me that I have seen two different fish called "Pimodella
pictus."  One seems to be more silvery with rounder, better defined
spots, the other is greyer with a few small, vague horizontal lines
and less well defined spots.  I saw quite a few of the former in shops

We recently moved and tore down our aquarium, and it is time to get it
starting again. It was a community tank with lots of plants, but I want to
do something a little different when I get going again.
I am thinking cichlids which I understand needs lots of hiding places and