Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2005

The saga of the tanks continue,
I was just about to separate out an aggressive platy when my #1 son,
with the eyes of a hawk, noticed that we no longer had 2 platies but
3.... or should I say 2.01?

In my tank, there are two sailfin mollies, two black mollies and one
silver molly. There are also three fry of varying sizes, all black,
with the largest having some pale-coloured patches on its abdomen.
I know one of the fry came home from the LFS, but I don't know where

Hello, it's me again with more questions!  Thank you so much for your
help and advice so far -- this is the most open and friendly newsgroup
I've ever participated in.  =)
This weekend I'm going to set up major CO2 injection for my new

I would like the opinion of users in this group please. My LFS (being
conservative, and responsible) recommends against putting a male betta
in my connunity tank, because of the potential for fin-shredding
action. This is not based specifically on my tank, or it's inhabitents,

I'm new here and new to fish-keeping and have a question for you.
First some background...  After what I thought was adequate research
(isn't that always the way?) and after talking to some folks in fish
stores, I decided not to get a tank because everyone said you'd better

I have a 135-gallon aquarium housing 3 Leporinus fasciatus, each about 6-7
inches in length.
Quite often, I see a pair of them swimming side-by-side, pushing against
each other while swimming, as if mating.  This happens pretty often.

I have 3 Dwarf Gourami's and only one is sick. A few weeks ago I
noticed that his fins were ripped and he had some red spots on his
body. My LFS told me to try Mardel's Meracyn-2. After a week there was
no change. Next they suggested I used Melafix (Tea tree extract). After

I have been trying to source a supply of dechlorinator that does nothing but
dechlorinate. According to my LFS the Tetra product only contains Sodium
thiosulphate, but the label says that it will also remove heavy metals.
Does Sodium thiosulphate remove metals as well as chlorine? ...

I have a 110 gal freshwater with only 7 very small fish which are fed
infrequently. I use an anti-nitrate compound in the filter but algae is
runaway. Will a UV sterilizer help? Any tips?

The Hidden Reef has a bunch of young SAE's in, being sold under the
name "siamese flying fox".  They're 1.29 each.
-Wes

Some may recall the thing that looked like some sort of bug crawling around
in my tank. It was crawling up the glass, evetually I lost track of it. From
looking at weblinks sent to me I thought it was a waterbug. This morning it
showed up again, crawling across one of my white ...

Hi.  This is the betta I just put into the Eclipse 5 that is running in the
mid 80's.  The hood light is very hot, so maybe changing that to fluorescent
will help some.  I also dropped the water level down below the motor, but
the temp is still running high.  Maybe the water flow ...

lost my favorite silver angel today.
life sucks

I have a 55 gallon tank, all freshwater, tetras and such.
The tank is 6months old and so is the Eheim Filter, model 2215.
This morning I awoke to it making noise, as if was obstructed?
No water is being sent back into the tank...not sure if any is being

well i have 2 red ear sliders in my 40 gallon tank.
they are barely about 6 inches so its alright for them, but i have
one female red ear slider that is always active but the
male turtle is slow (slower than turtles).