Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2005

Hi.  I last posted about what kind of small tank to get for my new betta.  I
ended up with an Eclipse corner 5 tank (5 gal).  I also picked up a 25 watt
heater as I was concerned about temp changes even though someone here said
his 3 gal didn't fluctuate at all.  I guess the lfs guy ...

Well we have the shutters up, the patio furniture thrown in the pool, the
yard picked up, boat filled with water and did large water changes on all 4
tanks and pond. Boy am I tired. Now it's a waiting game to see just how bad
we get it. Fortunately Wilma is not packing quite the ...

hey, ok its me again, ok so i see that making an
aquarium might cost a lot
so how about making a pond, for an apartment
2 story apartment, meaning putting it outside, in

I would like to know how to make an aquarium, if possible 100 gallons.
I have some koi, and i know that they live in ponds but we live in an
apartment so that isn't possible.  I would like to make an aquarium
because buying one isn't good for my budget.  I have more than 7 kois

Hi, my four Siamese algae eaters were up until a week ago eating only
carnivore pellets and the odd pea. Last week I tried to get them eating
algae wafers again and I also brought some tetra plecomin tabs, but they
wont eat them. They will eat flake food, but I find it hard to not ...

Hi.  I'm just looking for something simple and cheap for a betta.  I was
looking at a couple of models from 3 to 6 gallons.  They are a package deal
with a light hood and filter, and are quite inexpensive.  They don't come
with a heater, and don't even mention the need for one, but ...

I have been taking out 1/4th of the water in my 20 gallon tank for the last
week. The four remaining fish seem to be doing well (After the quick die off
of the other 4) and have been taking readings twice a day. I am not changing
the water again until Sunday (When I have time). Here ...

Somewhere I ran across the idea of using cork for a backdrop.  Looking
around on the web, I've found cork bark and cork wall tiles.
The cork bark is way too thick - usually 1"-2".  I don't want to take
that much out of a 12" deep aquarium.  The wall tiles are mostly 3/8"

I have a 75 gallon tank with: six large silver dollars (4 inches),
four large goramis, three big bala sharks (six inches), two clown
loaches, a few cory cats, assorted tetras, two tiger barbs, and a
plecostamus.  (sorry about the spelling). I keep the tank at 78

As some of you may remember from previous posts, about 4 months ago, I
decided to set up my fish tank. After previous success with a fishless
cycle, I did it again. Once my ammonia dropped, I added my fish. A black
ghost, 4 tiger barbs, 2 mollies, a cory and a pleco (I have a 29 ...

i have noticed that my rainbow rubs up against the filter intake, he has
a white cottony substance on his fins and side. It also looks like he
has some growth on his moth as well. New tank that is cycling. any help
would be aprechiated.

my platy and 1 or 2 of her babys are hanging at the top of the tank
seemingly gasping for air but i have only recently put a new airstone
in. my other fish are fine eating normally i am giving the tank a
routene clean today, but, i had some fancy guppys they started doing

just made a quick web page to show my current 55gal and my new 220 that
I'm setting up. sorry, no thumbnails yet.
http://x-bit.org/aqua
the buffalo head cichlid (steatocranus casuarius) on the front page is

Just have a few questions about tank cycling.  About 4 weeks ago I
moved my baby oscar from a 20g to a 64g (~240L) tank.  He loves it.  I
put as much water from the 20g tank into the 64g tank, since it had
cycled (well it had 4 betta females in it and a male occasionally for

I'm making planters out of cross-stich sheets and nylon thread, then
when I have the right shape using aquarium silicone to cover them in
either aquarium gravel or river rocks (some of each.)
The substrate in the planters is going to be laterite mixed with