Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / March 2006

I put three clown loaches into my tank yesterday. Granted, the snail
problem wasn't a major one - but there's not a snail to be seen now!
Those critters are *efficient* LOL
And they are such characters - I can really see why people get hooked

I just purchased a couple of plants from a shop I had never visited.
Stupid me, but they went straight into the community aquarium after a
quick rinse under the tap. Now 4 days later I have noticed White Spot
(Ich) on my pair of Rams. I am treating the whole tank with malachite

Does anybody use saltwater rotifiers Brachionus plicatilis to feed fry? I
need the culture, and can't find.
I would really appreciate your help.
Arkadiy

I'd like to add some ostracoda (a.k.a. seed shrimp) to my tank.  Does
anyone know where I
might be able get some ostracoda culture?

I've got a big fat female Amano shrimp (Caridina japonica) carrying
eggs.  Everything I read disagrees about the amount of salt needed to
raise the juveniles.  I've also read that eggs carried by a female may
not even be fertilized.  Has anyone bred these critters?

I recently purchased a 90 gallon aquarium and want to use it as a
partial room divider between my living and dining areas. My question
is, do I need to give any consideration to load weight on my floor
joists. My tank is only 18 inches wide and the proposed location of the

Hello.   I always seem to be posting on here for one problem or
another.  This is really about an ongoing problem that I've had.
I have my 4 fancy goldfish.  I suspect most of you feel like you know
them personally.  Anyway, I had a problem with my Ryukin who was just

February 28
Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used
computer  modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change
that took

Tetra Whisper has released a new filter product that will convice
Netmax to run right out and buy the first one off the truck. Check it
out here:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=14456

I'm in Israel and would like to read English language books on freshwater
aquariums. Since the only way I can do that is to order from Amazon, there
is no way to browse the books before buying them. Is there a recomended
reading list?

This weekend after a long time of having 2 Zebra Danios (I had 3 when I
upgraded to a 10gal tank a few months back, but one disappeared) and an
Algea Eater, I decided to decorate the tank more and bought a few new
aquatic plants and ended up getting 2 Sunset Platies. I asked for a

Hi , i've had a few problems with my parrot fish over the past 10 days or so
,  he seems to be back to his normal energy levels , he has suffered from a
fungus growth , which i have medicated for and it seems to be
improving..........But now he seems to be going Black ? , his ...

I am constantly impressed by the resilience of fish.
I had to move a tank at the weekend in a hurry.
I squashed a cardinal between the net and the tank which left
it temporarily stunned :( Never mind, into the bag it plopped...

Hi, please be blunt with me about this.  I went to a local petstore a
few weeks ago and fell in love with a tiny oranda that they had in
there. Would I be overstocking my 55g with 5 fancy goldfish in there?
It would give them 11g each.  I am overfiltering, using a Fluval 404.

I'm not even going to try to quote... ;-)  I've tried to give you
directions but they're spread out and buried in different threads.
First, you're changing water in all your tanks.  This is the most
important thing.  It will keep the baby guppies alive and heal the