Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / August 2005

Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/

In my soon to be 29 gallon Angelfish tank, how would a pair of
Bolivian Rams coincide with a pair of German Blue Rams?
Also, I plan on having Clown Loaches as well.

My black angel fish (lost balance one) suddenly looks like its tail has
had 10mm torn away. Its pectoral fins are fine. I can see that the
height of the dorsal fin has also been shortened. If you compare the 2
photos below, before and after. I had the "before" from months ago ...

I was thinking of adding a few Amano Shrimp to my planted tank, but I'm
concerned that my Barbs or Yoyo might consider them a snack. Any
experiences?

My LFS have some fish in amongst their glass catfish
http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/glasscat.xml that they say is a
closely related cousin. It is deeper in body than the normal glass catfish
not coming to such a thin point at the tail, and has a black bar running

I month ago I brought two female Siamese fighting fish after loosing the
last one I had to dropsy. I still had a male. One of the females is peach
colored, they other blue. she is slightly larger and has longer fins, but
still much shorter than a males, and she is more aggressive ...

Are there breeders in Wisconsin??  Willing to sell juvenile Discus at less
than $35 - $50 each?
JOhn ><>

Please help with any info. My friend has a cement pool that he keeps his
goldfish in until they are big enough to go to in- ground pond . I
suggested he paint it blue, and his goldfish would really look pretty
for upcoming wedding. He used latex paint and now thinks the paint is

Our 20 gal long tank now has 6 Zebra Danios and a Dwarf Red (actually
orange) Gourami. Today we added to the tank a Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami
and an Oto. I've noticed a couple of things that I'm not sure about.
1) The Red Gourami will swim under the Blue, more or less on it's side,

All the recipes say beef heart. why? I made some and used stewing beef
well trimmed etc. The fish seem to really like it. It all gets eaten
quickly.

My sword popped out a batch yesterday. I found four of the little guys
and one was eaten as I tried to remove the little guy. :(
I placed them in a 10 gallon tank with 11 Cory fry (now 1" long). Corys
won't bother the sword fry will they? Corys are pretty tame and I can't