Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / February 2006

So, I was tired of taking care of two tanks (a 10g and 6g), cuz the
10g was a little over stocked, thus requiring extra care, and the 6g
(planted, w/ betta) was growing every algae known to man (cuz I don't
know how to take care of plants, I suppose, and I don't really relish

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Real JW's were busy helping Katrina victims.
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Anybody have a good place online to find a decent-but-reasonable-priced
wood canopy? Eventually looking for a few different size, but near-term,
something to fit a 29-gallon tank. TIA
lila pilamaya

A visit to a pet store during my once a month trip to the city gave me
a chance to check out some new, (to me), products, and Instant Amazon
caught my eye. I've seen some of Marc Weiss's ads in aqua magazines,
and the label on this bottle of magic potion is downright verbose, but

Within the last 24 hours our (new < 1wk) tank has gone from clear to
extremely cloudy.  Looking at the various books/FAQ's etc, this could
be 'good' bacteria getting going, or an algae bloom.  How does one
tell the difference?

just wondering whether any of you have acrylic tanks and have found any
warping?
i bought a 55 gallon tank a few months back. i hadn't noticed until
recently, but the front side of the tank is bulging out a little. it's

A couple of days ago I did a 20% water change and vac on my 20g tank. The
water clouded up and started smelling like sewer water but the readings were
OK with the ph a little off but still ok. Tonight I got home and went to
feed and dumped dang near a whole large jar of food in the ...

Thirty years ago I had a 20 gallon aquarium. No test strips, no cycling,
just throw in a few fish, and if they survived, add a few more. <g>
I just started a 75 gallon tank, with two Penguin 400 filters, and lots
of plants. Added 9 swordtails and the recommended dose of 'cycle'. ...

Does anyone know if Aquaria Central is down for good? The site has been down
all weekend now.

I'm thinking the automatic might be more trouble than its worth. probe
replacement, calibration, sticky valves.
If my kh is 8dh, I'm thinking of just bubble in some co2 slowly untill
my goal ph is reached, make sure co2 isn't too much, and leave it on

If my kh is quite high and I try to lower the ph using co2 will I
possibly end up with just high (unsafe) amounts of co2 and slightly
lower ph? Stated another way, will a high kh prevent attaining a
useable (co2 wise) ph?

The beginning of my story goes back a few months now. I have a Jewel Rio
180 tank fully established and fully stocked. All of a sudden, fish
started going missing. A guppy here and there, the odd cardinal tetra or
aquatic frog. Things like that. Not often, and not at regular ...

I have a quick question about Malaysian trumpet snails. I have two in a
betta tank (I think I saw a baby one the other day so perhaps three)
and don't want to get rid of them. This question is actually about
keeping them alive. I recently cleaned out the entire tank (its only

I had to pick up a couple flounder at my local oddball fishstore, I love em.
The guy told me that he had no idea what species they were because there are
soo many species.  He also had no idea of how large they'd grow, though he
said that he never saw one any bigger than 5".

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