Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / December 2005

One of my black Molly's looks to be pregnant (Is very swollen and large),
has stopped moving around the tank. Pretty much stays at an angle with mouth
close to the surface and stays near the heater. The Molly also has something
white on its body and the edges of its fins are ...

I'm going away for a few days and while I'm gone I am planning to leave the
central heating in my flat turned off. And I'm wondering if my aquarium
heater will be able to cope with the temperature in my flat being at around
55f. the heater that I am using is a juwel automatic ...

Ok, fist off this is what I have; Tank 1 10 gal with 2 CL loaches about
3" and 3 glowlight tetras fullsized about 1.75". Tank # 2 10 gal with 1
Banded Rainbow about 4", 1 zebra diano about 1.75" and 3 yoyo loaches
about 1.5-1.75". My question is I need a fish to eat the alge that ...

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I started a new thread, because this no longer has anything to do
with bettas in plastic cups LOL
In article <438f2ff8$0$20534$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
gillnospamat@taylorpassman.co.uk says...

I have a new tank in my living room. I had 6 red serpae in it. They have now
passed on due to the changes in temperature I've found. If I leave the AC on
constantly the temp will go down to 74-76 degrees. The problem is that the
natural temp for the room is about 84-86. What can I ...

Well I am not too surprised no one has ventured a guess about my lethargic
gouramis, particularly with no discernable other problems. So I am wondering
about doing not too invasive approach.  I am considering more 30% water
changes and adding 1 TBS salt/ 5 gals.  I also do not ...

G'day. I am considering purchasing a 5ft tall octagonal tank.
Apparently, it comes with all necessary accessories (including cleaning
equipment) but I was wondering just how one would maintain such a
beast.

I connected my no spill hoses directly to my kitchen sink water tap
and refilled my tanks today during my 2 week maintenance. Will these
no spill hoses withstand the tap water pressure (kitchen sink)? Or
will it rupture? It does get quite plump, but I would like to use it

I've been pretty lucky with my fis hobby, having recently produced two
batches of Bumble Gobi fry (neither survived). But I was cleaning my 1
gal. bowl that contains an older male betta and 2 clawed African dwarf
frogs (along with a some anacris plants) and while siphoning the water

(Originally posted yesterday to uk.rec.aquaria.misc)
Hi
Recently I was given a small Elephant Nose.  It's settled in very well
and I'm very pleased with the little fellow.

Four days ago I added 9 Spiral Vals to my 20 gallon freshwater tank. (those
are the only plants in the tank) I also added 10 ml of Leaf Zone plant food
as per the instructions. Before adding the plants and plant food the PH was
about 8.0. I just checked my PH again and now it's 8.4. ...

Ok today I just got some freeze dryed krill. My lowlights went crazy,
grabbing bigger pices than they are and gulping it down. Althugh one
problem. I mainly got it for my CL and yoyo loaches and it just flots I
know it will probably sink over time unless it gets cought in the

I was visiting a large pet centre in Montreal (Quebec , Canada) and
noticed that their tanks had an unusual filtration system: they did not
have individual pipes to pick up the water from each tank; instead the
tanks had skimmers and the water dropped behind the tanks into some

Use a powerful permanent magnet (like 1 half of a large mag-float
magnet algae scraper) by pressing it against the back of the
powerhead or pump while power is applied. This should start any
powerhead or pump but you might have to experiment a tad as to where