Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2005

Sorry if you've read this somewhere else, but I'm desperate to help him.
Big Gold pearlscale angel 11" tall, 3.5" round body, 18 months old, 120
GB/min with his lower lip not closing.His partner is a small marble female.
They were in a 30g barebottom, spawning regularly, 5 to 8 ...

For water changes, I let the tap water stand for about a week before
using it.  I prefer to avoid chemical de-chlorinating agents if
possible.
I'm sure this gives chlorine plenty of time to dissipate, but what

Strange question I am sure, I know that some  pets get upset when the
owner goes away for a while, or drops them off at the vets, do fish get
mad?

I haven't had an aquarium since I was a kid but for the past 6 months
I have been reading the newsgroups and various books on tropical fish
and got the itch to get a tank going again.  There was a 29 gallon
tank with stand at the LFS by my house that I really liked.  My wife

I feed all my algae eaters be it the large snails or flying fox,s and
pleco etc nori algae sheets......They like it much better than the
typical algae waffers and its much cheaper as well. I can get 12
sheets 9 x 12 of nori for $1.25 a pack at the local oriental market. I

So, every now and then I need to top off the water in my tank (which
has rasboras, neons and otos).  As it's just a 10g, I do this with a
cup.  And my silly little rasboras love being where the water is
poured in!  As I don't want to "hit" them with the water, I have to

After so many trys, I finally took NetMax's advise and tested my
gravel with PH down. Sure enough, some of them had reactions to it. I
guess that's why I could not bring down my PH level no matter what I
do. Thanks Max

Hey all, it's been a while.  Lots going on, school, work, life, etc...
Recently moved, and had a very fun (sarcastic) time moving the tanks of
fish and geckos, and now the turtle... but that's another board
altogether...

1. I had asked about my snail problem a while back and a few people
recomended Clown Loaches. The Petsmart recomended against them for a
community tank because they are agressive. Everyone who responded here
disagreed and said go ahead with the clown loaches, so I am. SO my question

eh hello.
you know the way you get a small block of frozen bloodworms from the
freezer and the whole block of frozen bloodworms is always too much for
the fish in your tank?so i get a penknife or something and cut the

I am setting up a 112 gallon discus tank.  it is 36 wide , 24 deep and 30
tall.  I was planning on usung 2 250 watt heaters.  But I am concerned about
their reliability.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you

I just got an Eheim 2026 for the plant tank to replace the AquaClear 500. I
want to use a spray bar and run a UV filter.
I've always kept a bag of Aragonite in the AC500 to keep my KH/PH stable as
I inject CO2 based on the PH. But I'm wondering about the best place to add

my platy has recently had many, many babies a good thing rite? :)
well they are growing now and when i changed the filter in my biorb i
noticed a baby fish stuck inside the filter, well, underneath the
bubble tube but, on top of the filter sponge. when i next changed the

Just bought a 5.5g to replace the 3g. I have an albino cory and one
betta to put in.  
Q#1.  Can the waterflow in a Penquin 100 be reduced?  I think the
output might be a bit much for the betta.

Have an Aquaclear 300 on my 50g.  Does a good job but it's a little
too noisy for the location (impeller buzz/rattle, not water noise).
Cleaned it thoroughly & put in a new impeller, no change.  Since I got
the filter used, I don't know if it was ever (virtually) silent like