Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / January 2006

4 weeks ago, I found my Red Tailed Black Shark had died overnight,
despite showing no noticeable symptoms of illness or changes in
behaviour.  Also, most of the fish were suffering - gasping at the
surface or resting on the gravel, gasping.  My angelfish had mucus

My gold Gourami male is tending some stuff on the surface of my tank. I
haven't had Betas or Gouramis before, so I don't know if they are just
bubbles or if there are eggs in there as well. They look more substantial
than a simple air bubble, what do Gourami bubbles look like, ...

I keep a relatively simple 20g tank - usually about 10 fish, tetras,
danios, drawf gouramis, etc. About a month ago I picked up 2 silver
dollars. The lady at the fish store didn't say much about them other
than they were gentile and would "get bigger".

can i put my two big angels with some clown loaches together, in a 200L
tank.
Please Help

Airstones changing PH level
For months, everytime I turn on my air pump, my PH level shoot up. I
thought it was because the air pump drove the CO2 out resulting the PH
level change.

Hau kolas..well my hugely pregnant female a. splendens finally had her fry last night..however it looks like most of them
were either DOA or died soon thereafter..I have found one survivor, the rest, perhaps 6 or so I found lying at the bottom of
the tank in some live plant cover ...

The oldest of my SAE tribe (I've had him/her two years and is a good 5") has
been laying on the bottom of the tank breathing fast.
Now the SAE also looks as if his lips are red and swollen, but no fungus,
rash, or spots.

Well thank you very much for that link. It helped me understand th
whole brackish water thing more than most sites i found. the page sai
that alot of brackish fish move to the ocean does that mean tha
ultimatly i would have to build a full sal****er aquarium one day?

Hello, I am starting up a 10g tank. I plan on having just black gravel
a black backing, some anacharis and some neon tetra. I was ondering if
anyone could reccomend any equipment, like a filter heater or
lighthood.

hello all. I have a Whisper Diatomagic filter and instead of using the
packaged filter powder I am using bulk media (much cheaper) My
question is how much to use? I have ben using two heaping tablespoons
full with good success.

I am hunting around for some possible fish for my future tank. I am
getting it in April after we move, right now I plan on getting a 3ft
tank I think that's 45-50g or thereabouts.
Anyway the main fish I want to get is a breeding pair of Blue Acaras. I

History:
4 female and one sailfin male molly in a 55 gallon tank, no other fish
except their offspring which get moved to their own tank.  The male is
a bit of a dud in that he occasionally chases and nuzzles the nether

Hello, have been following topics on the newsgroup and would really
appreciate some help.
I am in the process of cycling a 55g tank.  I intend to have 5 goldfish
in it when it is fully cycled.  1 fantail, 1 Ryunkin, 1 pearlscale, 1

A while back, I started looking at using cork on the back, and maybe the
sides, of my aquariums.  I found mention of others doing so, but nobody
mentioned a particular brand or type of cork.
So I started looking.  No luck with local stores, they either didn't

Hello all, Here's another new aquarium problem.
I have a 26 gallon setup with a Whisper Power filter (30 gallon
capacity) and heater.  We did as much research as possible on setting
up a new tank including the nitrogen cycle, how to add new fish etc,