Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / April 2006

I have been battling some sort of bacterial infection in a goldfish
tank.  Every time I add a new Goldfish, it seems fine for 2-3 days,
then becomes lethargic, resting on the bottom and moving only
occasionally.  By day 4, a white mass develops (usually on one side

I need to find some messages I wrote in the rec.aquaria groups a couple
years ago. Could someone please tell me where I can find a message archive
for the rec.aquaria groups ?
Thanks in advance;

I am really enjoying this newsgroup.  I am a full-fledged newbie with
newsgroups per-say.  I've attempted to scour over the various postings and
crash-coursing myself.  It's been twenty years since I had the fish-bug.  I
decided this month to setup a 55gal freshwater kit from ...

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Do you folks have special tools to prune your aquarium plants,
or do you use things you picked up at a non-lfs?
I see leaves dying on the plant in my 10-gallon aquarium and
I'd like to cut them off and take them out without disturbing

It's been a week since the last of my fish died, I think I have got over  
the shock :-)
Anyway, I now need to start things again.  Visted a local shop today, and  
asked what I needed todo to ensure whatever killed all my other fish, will  

Anything up with your ISP - personal mails bouncing....

I'm going to set up a 55-gallon freshwater tank soon.  I'm planning on a
canister, a Lifegard fluidized bed and a U/V sterilizer.  I probably don't
actually need that much filtration, but I want it.
Anyway....my question is....can I let the water pump in the canister drive

Ok, i guess the ich is at the life cycle where the ich is on the bottom of
the tank in the rocks, the female bettas that were covered in spots
yesterday are now no longer covered i have to look hard to find a spot or
two,  i normaly use 4 tsp per 3 gallon bucket, which is a bit ...

Thought you might enjoy this,
I have a big double sided whisper filter, my ivory mystery snail is pretty
active meaning all over the tank, I have all the snails in the goldfish tank
at the moment which is pretty big, a lot of glass for them to cover, I could

Hi Group
I got the water quality report today and it has this to say...(cut & pasted
from the Word doc)
Mind you, you could replace "water quality" with 'rocket science' and i

Now, who was it that hasn't been able to catch her hatchet fish in the
act of eating? I responded with a promise to buy some hatchet fish so
that I could watch how they eat. I purchased three this afternoon, I
wanted five, but it's a long time until payday. And I needed to save

hey guys just trying  to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from  my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions  for fish suitable for my water/tank.

I was under the impression bettas loved frozen brine shrimp
I got some today for my females they loved them, ate them right up, none of
my males were interested, do they have to get used to it if they never had
them before? also how about the gourami will them or the angels like ...

I tried to get rid of the fin rot with Melafix/Primfix combo and it
did not really work. I wonder if it is time to call in the big guns.
Will Fish Zole do the job? It is said to be used for control of common
bacterial infections in fish. I hwave a whole bottle and ready to use