Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / September 2005

In troubleshooting a plumbing, the plumber found that the house
pressure regulator was not working, and replaced it.
After that the Python did not work well from the kitchen sink, the
reduced presure also reduced the performance.

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Hi all, I have got a new tank it is an established tank so I don't have
to worry about the new tank syndrome stuff. Ok, what I have is a 20 Gal.
tank it has one unknown fish about 2.5-3" mid level swimming, 1 unknown
about 2" mid level swimming, 3 glowlight tetras(thinking of 2 ...

Can anyone recommend a fish that will eat fry, without hassling any other
fish in my 170 gal community tank.
Ph 6.9 - 7.1
Temp 27

The best pump/canister filter primer I can come up with that is practical is
by using a hand-squeeze plastic siphon and some 5/8 inch and 1/2 inch
flexible tubing. Use it like this like mine for example: I connect the
outlet tube from the siphon to the inlet hose of my fluval 404 ...

Hi all, I just got a 20 gal tank from somebody. It came with 2 fish
already Not shure what kind of fish they are, but i added 3 glowlight
tetras to them. My question is I have snails and I don't mind them too
much, I would like to get a fish that eats them too keep population

When I first brought my male betta home a few months ago he began
to make a bubble nest. I have no idea why. Maybe I'm cuter than I
think! Since I've recently introduced female betta(s) into the mix,
he shows no sign of wanting to mate with any of them. I have put

I recently moved my 40 gallon planted tank to a new apartment.  The move
is mostly complete (I left my SAE's with my parents - too wily to
capture from their tank).
I have three synodontis catfish that are between four and six inches.

i have recently bought a clown tiger plec if anyone has heard of
them??? anyway im not sure if it needs any special treatment or if
there just like any other sucker.
danny

So now we have four danios (never go into a pet shop with three
children and the intention to buy two fish). Two are zebra, two are
leopard. They were put into the tank yesterday afternoon.
As of this morning, two of them - one zebra, one leopard - appear

Hau kolas..I have a 29 gallon heavily planted tank that is equally heavily infested with MTS..I've pulled 2500 of these little suckers out of this tank alone since April. Unfortunately, no exaggeration. ;) Loaches have been less than impressive in controlling these, perhaps ...

Hi all...
This morning, when I woke up, my 5-6 in black ghost knife fish was
dead.  The day before, he had been eagerly swimming about, eating, etc.
My tank is a 55 gallon planted tank.  There is driftwood that creates

my daughter's Beta is turning white! it started in the dorsal fin and
now the upper part of his tail is also white; there is a white spot
growing in his ventral fin also;
there is a (awful yellowish (sorry for that!)) pic of him at

A while back we talked about Clown Loaches having internal worms often
when they come in from the wild.
After losing the last 2 from this, (they were so tame and the best I've
had so far), I purchased 3 a few weeks ago.

Yet another newbie question from me.
My tank is two months old and going pretty good.  I've decided to try
out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.
There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the