Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2005

I've purchased some fancy guppies and when I got them home one of the
females looks deformed. All of the others are straight but she has a
crooked back. It's straight until just before the base of her tail and
then it curves down and straightens back out. Could she already be

Well, after having successfully treated ich in my tank, it seems one of
my cories isn't doing that well.  I have 7 black neon tetras, 5 pepper
cories and 2 plecos.  My temperature is back down around 78F and I
treated with salt and velvet.  The ich on the tetras seems to be gone,

I have set up an old tank and need to replace the fluorescent bulbs in
two hoods - the fixture works fine but the bulbs are 30 years old and
weakening. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a 14" replacement bulb
(I need two). The present bulbs are labeled Sylvania Enhance F14T8-EN.

Are there types of rocks that one could add to a tank or small pond, that
would buffer pH? For instance, limestone, marble, slate. I'm not inerested
in being a chemist and adding pH up or down, I think that can do more harm
than good. My tap water is 7.6, but for some reason all ...

This is more a curiousity post as I don't keep Pepper Cories, just
Pandas, and these don't live with my loaches. Although I do know someone
that has just gone this route.
I was just doing some googling on Pepper Cories and saw a throw away

I recently got a 64 gal tank, it's been housing a 3in baby red tiger
oscar for 3 weeks.
Since I filled it 3 weeks ago, I've noticed a residue on the surface of
the water which has a slight rainbow appearance with the light shining

Any suggestion as to what I can put into my small 160g pond to lower pH?
Should I add a certian type of rock, or should I remove some of the ones
that are in there? What type are good to raise or lower pH?
Thanx

I noticed he had some pieces missing on his tail. The next day I
noticed a white edging around the tail where the pieces were out. I
went to my LFS and they told me to use Maracyn-Two and said I didn't
have to quaranteen him.

Well, I am a newbie and I overstocked my newish 10 gal tank,
1 banded rainbow (came with tank)
1 diano    (came with tank)
3 glowlight tetras

Here is the situation:
I have a 10 gallon tank and 10 days ago my zebra danio was at the
bottom of the tank gasping for air, and the color of his head appeared
very dark, almost black. His gills were very puffy and red too.

Recently Fantastic Derek posted that he bought some FW Spotted Puffers
as his wife likes them....personally I have to maintain a school of Neon
Tetras for my husband....just curious what fish people buy to placate
their other halves or if indeed they do so....

Hi all, apologies if this is an inappropriate question, as I am a
beginner to aquaria and also using a new newsgroup reader.
I have a very small (10 g) freshwater tank with two neons (remnants
from a school that was bought too early into cycling--beginner's