Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2005

i have a 55 gallon narrow. before today, it had a few cories, a 10" pleco, a
weather loach, far too many feeder guppies and a farlowella catfish. a mish
mash i know.
I received from an aquaintance a single cichlid which will end up in another

Just my experience for anyone thinking about buying:
Prices: Very good.  The Emporer 400 is no less than $76 in any LFS near
me, and they have it for $40.  I have seen other large differences.  My
own personal theory is that LFS's mark stuff up through the roof to stay

My two platies that were showing what appeared to be flex didn't respond
very well to the 5-day program with Mardel products, but seemed to get a
lot better with the 5-days of Kanamycin.
It "appears" that the white mossy stuff is gone, but there are still white

I've seen some stainless steel clips (not sure where) for holding down
cucumber an aquarium. Anyone have any ideas where I can get some.
TIA - Dave
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I have total of 6 discus, one of them looked like to have the HITH.
Very small air bubble like thing on his head. I bought some
metronidsole (250ml) and ready to use. I'v never used this thing
before.

After reading the 'discus - possible HITH' thread, I was wondering what
others out there do to ensure a proper diet for their fish.
I buy and mix my foods.  I will include a quality general mix in (small
grain), freeze dried bloodworms and a spirulina based vegetable grain in my

I just set up a 55gal tank, adding about a half gallon of water from an
established tank. A few hours later, the ph tested about 7.2 and the
nitrite tested 0. Can that be right? I thought cycling took a couple of
weeks.

I have around 20 khuli loaches left which are dropping like flys,
losing at least 4 a day, a few of the other fish have also died, no
real symptoms.
water prams are N03 10  NO2 1 GH >16d  KH 10d PH 7.6

The PH in my 20 gallon fw tank is 8.2 and the alk. is high. The tank is
unplanteed right now and there are five platys and four ghost shrimp in the
tank. I am still looking for some oto cats and peppered corys to add to the
tank. The tank has a Penguin 125 Biowheel filter, a heater ...

Hi there fishy folks.
I've been offline for a while due to increased neck pain (re-ruptured
cervical disk) and then I had another test to see for 100% sure if it
had re-ruptured. It's called a Myleogram. They inject dye into your

Just wondering if anyone else has this problem or knows how to deal with
it. The problem only appears to occur in one tank - the 4 foot
(47.5gall) Malawi. Tank has a Fluval 304, Air Pump and a recently added
Fluval 4 Plus (put in to deal with an overstocking issue due to the

We have had the large tank up and running for a week and a half now,
and all has been fine and dandy.  The betta, who was the first occupant
of the new tank, this evening turned up with a small piece gone from
his tail.  We are wondering who it could be...

Ok my Inhareted tanks is now running better than when my dad had it over
5 yeas. wich to me is weird he was one an avid fish keeper. any way my
questions are this. some of my plants have a brown film on them especily
the leaves that are at the surface, what is this and is it a ...

To All,
 I've inherited a 20 gallon unplanted FW tank, plus occupants, from a
friend.  Unfortunately, I think he is leaving the hobby due to simple
over-feeding.  The simple gravel bed for his tank is in very rough shape

I got a new crowntail betta at a pretty good LFS about two weeks ago,
but I think he's sick.  He's in a two gallon hex established tank with a
jungle of fast-growing healthy plants.  Temps are 76F, no ammonia or
nitrite; nitrates fertilized to 5 ppm, pH 7.8, hard water.  50% ...