Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / March 2006

I was musing earlier today about how I could set up a new 33g long
freshwater tank. My community tank (10g) is being totally overrun with
javamoss and Amazon Arrow plant (darn that Flurish is good!).
I've got some pieces of drift wood that will be boiled up this week. I

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For those not aware - last weekend I set up a six foot - 136 US gall
tank. We also installed a Fluval FX5 which has been running since
Sunday. All the filter medium is new - the filter medium from the
existing tank will go over with the fish but not before.

well, I have 4 gouramis, 1 of which showed signs that resembled
hole-in-the-head disease few months ago (patches of scales starting to
turn white, and periodically peeling off in flakes).  So I have been
cleaning tanks, changing water, etc, and also medicating with drugs

http://www.dinofish.com/wmgallery/images/fish.jpg  Because many folks
online now know that I have a bunch of fish [13 tanks worth], and
[thanks to you folks] I seem to have some real knowledge about them, so
now people send me questions and photos,  of which the above photo is

Because a) everyone here has been so helpful and b) I'm so pleased
with how my tank looks now...
It looks good. :-) The plants and a couple of extra rocks and bits of
wood have made such a difference, and I swear the fish are excited

I found a nice tank back that I thought the group might like.
plastic table cloth from the dollar store. many different colors I got a
black one 6' x 4' cut it into three pieces one for each tank. it clung to
the back of the tank. I love it! and all for $1.00

I just put my very fat black molly in the breeding trap since the male
was giving her too much attention and what do you know she starts
giving birth like 2 mins later! i didn't have the baby divider in so
she quickly ate them all so i slipped the divider in since there were

i've had a 40ish gallon (22 x 36 x 12) tank for some years now.  it has
an under gravel filter powered by three tubes with air stones in them.
its in the living room and the pump noise bothers me from time to time.
i'd be interested in noise reduction techniques for a tank in a ...

I've got six Cherry Barbs in a 10 gallon tank with 4 SAEs, three Otos and a
few snails. I know it's over stocked, but the SAEs will be moving on one
day. I normally feed the Barbs freeze dried Blood worms and let the rest of
the crew feed off the Algae. I occasionally feed the ...

Can I keep mature tinfoil barbs and/or bala sharks with a pair of BJD's if
the Dempseys are ~1.5" when introduced to the tank? This would be a 180 gal.
If no, would  2 BJD's be ok in  a 110 Xtra tall alone?
Thanks,

I started an aquarium on Dec 14th.  The water in my home is not
suitable for an aquarium so I decided to use RO water. I knew I had to
add a conditioner to the water so I put Kent Marine RO Right in the
water.  What I didn't know is that I had to adjust the KH of the water

I recently got an orange molly..It is quite small around 1.5". I
noticed tonight that there is some black on her...around her belly and
on her sides just before the tail. They don't look like surface spots
more like black under the skim? Does that make sense? I was just

I have noticed in the past few days that my filter is causing a low
buzzing sound from vibrating in the tank. I have one of those internal
filters. I don't know what it is but sometimes you can it vibrating
against the tank and you can feel the vibrations if you put your hand

Whee, so my plants have arrived. Now what do I do? LOL
They're all labelled with what they are and whether they're
foreground etc. Do I just take each bunch apart and shove the roots
under the gravel? Do I need to use weights (some lead weights came