Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / February 2006

Is there a "best" level for the water inlet to an aquarium?
Specifically, does it matter whether the inlet is above or below the
water level.?  Could you please tell me the pros and cons, (if any)?
(For simplicity, please assume that all filtration (both mechanical

   Longtime lurker,  first time poster.  I have a question related to
the lifespan of Angelfish.
 We have a 40 gallon tank with two Indian Catfish who are very large
and are two years old, as well as two Large Angel's, one white and one

ok i usaly stay in the o's forum, put i wonder down here every once in a
while. i had ask a while back about sexing and breeding platies and got
a pretty good idea on the diference b/t male and female, well while i
was at the hospital about four months ago one of them gave birth. ...

Has anyone used this product? It claims to lower PH and soft water at
the same time. I'm using peat to soft my water and lower PH. If I can
use this product, it willl be much easier. I have to treat my water
for more than 6 hours to soft it and lower the ph to about 7.2

Just wanted to say thanks to the poster who suggested "traction sand"
for coarse sand/small gravel.
Home Depot calls it "tube sand" but it's the same thing.  Sixty pounds
for $2.49 or so.  A local auto store wanted $4.99.  Either way it's not

Hello, so sorry to ask yet another question.  My tank has almost
finished cycling.  Have been saying that for a week now.  I have some
greek parthanon type ornaments in my tank and noticed a brown stain
developing on the top of them.  I just thought that it was the reaction

I am having a go at hatching some brine shrimp for angel fish fry and wonder
how strong should the air circulating be . Is the theory the stronger the
better true. I am using one of those continuous brine shrimp hatchers that
stays in the aquarium and the shrimp can swim out of ...

Hi All! A lot of you know me as an avid poster on the aquaria groups. I am
just writing this to say that my participation in the newsgroups is going to
be reduced drastically - but only because I am going to be working hard
doing some landscaping (big time) and it will take me all ...

We just had a power outage. Happens every now and then, mostly just for a
few minutes.
But this time the power wasn't back up even after 3 hours and I decided that
I had to to something for my fish live support system (aka filter and air

I know this is a controversial topic....
Had three cories die in a three month span (one before Thanksgiving,
one before Christmas, one about a week ago) after a bizarre
indetermined illness. Symptoms: lethargy, possible swim bladder problem

Carolyn Adamo Gulley
3245 North Lamar Road Mount Juliet TN  37122-7806
Phone  615-459-9345
CArol has been caught in various vicious lies!

Would appreciate any input on a big tank overhaul that I'm going to carryout
in the next month or so, and any tips that you lot have from experience.
As you may well know I have a 600L tank stocked with;
4 Ottos

I got an ammonia test kit using drops and it takes 20 minutes to get results.
Do all ammonia drop tests take this long? Are there shorter ones?
I think mine is Hagen brand. It was a Canadian company.
Thanks.

I've just noticed on my three gold veiltail angels what looks like small
round growths towards the end of the filaments.
The ray of the fin comes most of the way to the end, then this little
ball-like thing then continues to the end.

I'm scheduled for a 5 weeks vacation in May. I wonder what are the
water change options I have for my discus. Having someone over to
change water for me is not an option. There are so many things can go
wrong and I just don't see it happen.