Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / March 2006

I'm so bummed.  Goliath, my big, beautiful, friendly shubunkin goldfish
jumped out of the half-barrel pond last night.  I found him dried out
this morning.  *sigh*
I've never figured out how to cover the barrels to keep predators out

Just curious...
How does chlorine affect fish? If you forgot to add your water
conditioner would your fish succumb to the toxins in minutes, hours,
days or just leave them susceptible to infection?

Hi folks, so like a moron, I used a brass pipe fitting for some
plumbing to my plant grow out tank. Up side, all algae died. Down side,
so did some of my fastre growing plants.
So... I removed the fitting and added a bag of copper absorbing resin

A couple of weeks ago I added 12 Neons to my new 6 foot tank - these
were the only inhabitants apart from some plants. 2 days ago I added
some Panda Cories...
I now have 2 fry in the tank (that I've seen so far). I very much doubt

I've had my giant gourami for about 5 months now and,,, needless to
say,,, he's getting big :)
I feed him pellets (http://www.arcatapet.com/fullsize/630.jpg) and just
started to feed him lots and lots of peas. He seems to love them quite a

Sorry guys I know your tired of my betta's
Alright, since everyone has went back and forth about it, have we came to a
conclusion??
I am asking because of my betta's, 2 red and 2 blue,  Thankfully I had a lot

Well she finally said yes!!!!! My wife OKed the new tank. I ordered a brand
new 125g tank, stand, glass top, and 2 twin bulb light strips, will be ready
for pick up on SAT. Anyone want to help my carry it????  So this weekend I
moved my 90g to where I had a 29g and put the 29g in ...

I posted here a few months ago when I was starting my first tank (I
guess I still am starting . . ).   Here's a synopsis.
Started with a 26 gallon tank And added 2 Mollys, 1 Guppy and 1
Swordtail.  Not fully understaning how to cycle the tank, all but one

What's the life span for Tiger Barbs?
I was cleaning the tank today and found one dead on the bottom. I think it
must have been dead for at least a couple of days, as it had lost most of
it's colour and most of the head had been pecked away. It was also a little

Hello, now that you have all been so kind and have given me the all
clear to ask away, I have a couple of silly questions that I've been
meaning to ask but felt too silly.
The first is how do you test for the hardness or softness of your

For my sons tank the 39gl I have two fish in the GF & gourami, When I went
to get my female betta's my son picked out a new fish, pretty neat although
I cant remember the name (would of looked but having a six year old in the
store is crazy) its a black goldfish with bubble eyes, ...

i have a mystery snail who shell is cracked wut should i do???

Sorry to ask an even more silly questions.  I had never heard of Epsom
salts but now have some in my possession to help my less floating
Ryukin.  Is it alright adding it to a tank that already has salt in it.
I've been adding the salt to get rid of my Black Moor's fungus.  I

i was wondering if you coluld actually mix two types of tetras in the
same tank or would they fight because at the moment i have only 2
glowlight tetras left (the others died of whitesopot about 6 months ago
now) i was going to add some neon tetras to the tank but i thaught i

I have a Hagen air pump.. and it's very noisy.  I'm thinking either to
replace the sponge filter with internal filter (such as Fluval1 or
Duetto), or buy a quieter air pump, if there is such a thing.
this pump is for a 5G quarantine tank... so I don't need anything