Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2005

What causes a fish to swim uncontrollably? Should I euthanize this fish or
will some sort of medication cure it?
http://www.avadb.com/photos/sick-barb.wmv
Thanks,

I've had a male ram for about 8 months now, and two weeks ago I finally
found a female friend for him.
And now, I have ram eggs on a flat rock.  Both parents are fanning the eggs
and keeping all other tank-mates at bay.

i've got a (somewhat) new 45 gallon tank currently inhabited by a shoal
of 12 assorted tiger barbs.
wondering what can go into the aquarium that won't be harassed to death
by the barbs.

Looking for the groups wisdom on the best temperature to keep my
planted freshwater tank at.  Present occupants include Neons, Otos,
Rasboras, Corys, Clown Loaches & Hatchets.
I realize no one temp is ideal for them all, just hoping to settle on

For the last few times, my fish tank gets cloudy right after water
change. It clears up in a day or two and my fish don't really like it
judging by the ways they act.
What did I do wrong? I use a gravel siphon to clean the bottom of the

I bought some SAEs today to take care of some BBA in the main plant tank.
But they're going in the Office tank until they get their health papers
(quarantine). I also decided to replace the gravel in the Office tank with
Fluorite at the same time. So I moved all of the ...

I bought one of the PennPlax dual gang valves for feeding CO2 to my RUGF
powerheads. Previously I was just feeding the CO2 to one powerhead, but I
thought the dispersion would be better with two. It will also provide a
backup if one of the powerheads fails.

How do I get rid of them? I think I got them last time I add some
plants in my tank (few months ago). They don't show up all the time
but some times you can find one or two of them swiming in the water.
Very short and thin, like a white thread. My fish sometimes eat it if

I have a planted 6g tank with a betta in it.  If algae ever starts
growing in this tank, I'm thinking I'll want something to eat the
algae, and I'm wondering what would work well with the betta - I don't
really like snails, so I'm thinking maybe shrimp or something like an

Are there any fish that it is not good to have a bubble wall with?  I
put one in the other day and the neons and harlequins seem to do more
huddling than swimming around while it is running.  It is at the back
wall, across half the tank so there is plenty of swimming room while

I have a 10-gal.  tank that has been up for about 10 year now.  This last
month, I have been having
major problems.  Maybe someone can offer suggestions?  The tank has an
udergravel filter and one of those

It's been a while posting...  and as usual, I'm posting when I'm in
trouble...
I have a Pearl Gourami (T. Leeri), that is a little over 1yr old male.
I also have 3 other female gouramis. (i've had 2 of the female for

I have been growing plants for 3 years or so and would like to make the
step toward a simple CO2 system.  I have a freshwater (of course) tank
that's about 35 gallons, set up about 1.5 years ago.  More plants (all
live) than fish (cardinals and plattys).  I have a external magnum

Tank: 10g tank with bubbler, light, no heater. Lots of plants. Healthy growth
of algae (all types).
I want to get an otocinclus to clean up algae in a crayfish tank. But if the
oto sleeps on the bottom (which I suspect it does) then the crayfish will get

I've been to this site http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/cyprinid.html
in an attempt to distinguish between the SAE and FSAE. I had a SAE for
about 5 years and he or she just died. I went to my LFS and they had
three, what they were advertising as, SAE. They are very small and I