Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / September 2005

See subject. I got my new motherboard/cpu/memory combo parts today and
installed it with only one hitch - my old video card is either incompatible
with this amd duron motherboard (I have seen this condition before on
another computer) or it is damaged. Luckily I had an old used but ...

Hi.  I noticed yesterday that two of my three brass tetras are doing a kind
of dance.  They shimmie in front of each other, spread out all their fins,
then zoom around the tank side by side in unison.  They do this over and
over.  Sometimes, one them becomes nippy toward the other ...

I set up my 20gal (24"12"x16") aquarium and have been running it for a
week with no fish. Shortly after I set it up I tested the water and
found the ammoina level to be in the low detectable range .5-1ppm. And
it has stayed there for the past week. So my question is where did the

Hi.  I was told by two fish stores (one expert store and one big box) that
you need to buy a filter that is sized for twice the size of your tank.  So
if you have a 55 gal tank, you need a filter that is sized for a 110 gal
tank.  In other words, ignore the recommendations on the ...

Between all of us, we have probably visited 100s of petshops, perhaps
1000s of times, and overheard comments which made our ears go red.  Does
anyone have any favourites?
I remember overhearing :

foolishness page at:
http://www.killerguppies.com/

After some discussion on this group about my red female possibly being
male after she grabbed my blue male's tail and wouldn't let go, I
decided to post some links to pictures of her.  She looks a lot like a
red male "fighter" type betta I found on a website:

I'm posting this from work using google groups... so if it screws up I
plead ignorance because I've never tried posting like this before.
Anyways, I posted before about moving to an apartment and getting a new
bigger tank, and as I'm getting ready to setup my 55g tank now I notice

Just thought I'd share with you all something I noticed about my
bettas.  After my male got attacked by a fiesty female in the community
tank, his tail was pretty well shredded, and substantially shorter, so
I separated him - now it has been 3 weeks, and I can only see about 3mm

Last night at feeding time I saw the darndest thing in my tank - baby
fish! I'm not supposed to have any babies, because it's a community tank
with plenty of opportunity for eggs and/or fry to be eaten. My tank care
could be described as benign neglect; I change some water every ...

All this talk of Betta females has me considering a buddy or 2 for my lone
male Betta. He seems very peaceful, as I've never seen him flare. But he's
only in a 10 gallon tank, so I'm concerned that it would not be enough space
for the three of them.

Hi.  I have a 120 litre tank with 1 green severum 1 female betta, 2 bronze
corys, 1 bristlenose.
Things were going well until I purchased the severum.  I was floating it in
it's bag in the tank when I realised that things weren't right in there.

I resently started a job at our local LFS. This is a post retirement job
to get me out of the house. Tell me what bugs you about staff at a LFS
so I can try to avoid same. I have 30 odd years experiance with aquariums.

I have what would be deemed "very soft" water at home (average of
13ppm). I always use the "blue crystals" to increase hardness when
setting up a new tank, or doing water changes.
I always use the recommended amount.

I am looking for suggestions regarding an air pump for 4-6 tanks from 10 -
20 - 30 gallons
thanks
Lance