Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2005

this seems a very strange thing, but i found the other day a a young
guppy with something little and brown on his gills (only in one side).
Just yesterday i found what seems to be the rest of this fish, its head
and its fins weren't there, and it was covered with snails (4 or 5),

I may have bitten off more than I can chew today.  Found a pottery store
that was going out of business and bought 25 pounds of dark brown clay.  
I figure if I can build cliffs for a model railroad, I ought to be able
to build them (and some caves) for an aquarium.  My wife has a ...

Set up a 15gall tank, heavily planted using water, substrate and some filter
medium from another tank....have 3 clowns and 6 Neons settling in.....Clowns
are a bit shy (but that's OK it's all new for them) but have been dancing

Tank: cycled 10g, sand bottom, temp 78F-80, HOB filter, no air stone, no
heater.
I may have posted at Petfish earlier this year (or not) but in this pond
where I got my tadpoles (about May 1) were hundreds of these threadlike

i have recently bought 5 guppy and it has just been a week and they are
dropping like flies i have only 1 left can anyone help

I have a 33g tank with some mopani wood as a centerpiece.  I have
noticed some white fuzz growing on certain parts of it.  I have checked
my ammonia and nitrite levels and they are both zero.  I don't have a
test kit for nitrate.  I also have noticed a small amount of brown and

I've been looking at submersible heaters.  I liked the Via Aqua titanium
one with the separate control, but after reading the reviews, the
love/hate ratio is about 50/50 so I'm scratching that one.
Everbody seems to like the VisiTherm  Stealth, except for the bright red

I am a novice and started up a 10 gal tank about 3 weeks ago. I
initially got 4 zebra danios. About 5 days ago I got 2 male platies.
One of my platies developed a white ulcer-like sore on the side of his
head 2 days ago. I tested the ammonia then and it was quite high, so

Hi
I tried to post this last night so if this is duplicated please accept
my apologies.
I've just recently set up a 20g tank and have begun stocking it in the

I'm looking for a reliable low flow pump (5 gph or less) with good head (3
feet or better). Does such a thing exist for a reasonable price?

Being frugal by nature and necessity, I've been thinking of ways to
lower the cost of setting up a 29H.  See what you think of the
following.
I have two AquaClear filters and one Duetto submersible filter in use

What do you use to soften water?
Plus, what is the best way to measure or test the water hardness dH?
Thank you

After reading about Gill's tragic story(all of us dread such
possibilities) I was interested in how he had become especially
attached to his Clown's.  Others agreed that the Clowns were special.
I have too small a tank(26g) for these beauties but was curious about

Came home tonight after 12 days away. Went into the kitchen and instantly
knew something was wrong as the net was not were I had left it....
Pump failed in the main Community tank....I didn't need to check the water
quality - I already knew.....Losses are....

My cycle is complete, and I have 80-100 ppm nitrates. I am doing a water
change now,  and am ready to go and get fish. How many ates are safe for the
fish?
Thanks,