Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / May 2006

I had such fun today.  A dear friend found a 2 gallon tank in a thrift
store and decided to keep fish for the first time since her childhood.
She came to me ready to follow the instructions and put a bunch of fish in
the tank. (!)

I have curious growths in my 75 gallon tank.  They grow to about a 1/4
to 3/8 inch diameter, dark on the circumference and lighter in the
middle.  So far they only appear on the two ends just at the boundary
of gravel and water.  It has been a couple of years since the first

I lost another Snail today, white shell on the bottom of the tank. So I drag
out the test kits, but I couldn't find the GH kit instructions and the KH
test kit is AWOL. But I'm pretty sure the GH test is one drop per DH. But
the water turned yellow after only one drop. Seems too ...

I've read conflicting temperature preferences for the RTBS...one site  
states a preference of 75*F...some say 78*F...some say 76*-82*F...My tank  
is holding at 80*F (If I can read that inny winny teeny mercury  
right)..I'm considering bringing it down to around 77*-78*F...any ...

I have always wanted to try an aquarium with live plants, but fear has
stopped me! I would like to start out with a 10 gal. tank to see how it
goes.  I have an economy incandescent hood with 2 all-glass 6500k 10
wt. flourescent bulbs to use that a guy in a LSF assured me would be

5 silver hatchet, been with me for 2 or 3 weeks. Very active, almost
too active. One developed a small, white, ich looking spot on his
body, right where the silver body meets the semi translucent anal fin.
No behavior change, no other spots, all other hatchets, and tank mates

I found this tank at  
http://www.aquariumsuperstore.co.uk/mall/renaaquarlifepanorama.asp.  I was  
curious if they had a dealer in the States?

Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets?  What
positive purpose could it possible serve?  Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it ...

I got two new female betta's, one male, and a few angel fish once i get them
set up i will tell you guys about them
Nik

Hi Group,
The tanks are going well and the Clown Loaches (with lots and lots of
hiding places) are getting big (few inches long now), their out and
about alot! I'm really lovin it, the cats are mezmorized too. Thanks

OK, so aggression is a bit overstated. They sit on the bottom and one slowly
approaches the other and it backs off. Then the one that backed off
approaches the first one and it backs off. I don't know if this is a
territorial thing or a mating ritual. It all looks pretty peaceful ...

Didn't someone not to long ago, post that they had a fish with a
missing eye, or eyes?
I thought they said it was due to another fish in the tank, but wasn't
sure of which one of it's tankmates did it... An aggerssion thing,

Just thought i would let you guys know, i have baby betta, they are swimming
up and down at the moment, they came out of the eggs about 26 hours after
being spawned, i also had another spawn going and we got to the point where
he put the eggs in the nest then he got tired of it ...

My 3 black neon tetras, 1 h. rasbora and 2 glowlight tetras seem very
happy, and aside from the diatom/brown algae I have to scrub away with
water changes, the tank is clear.  Today, more than two months after I
set up the 10g tank, and after even trying some (useless) Cycle, my

I have an angel that has developed some reddish spots at the top of its body
between the dorsal fin and the eyes.  It looks like rust!
Can anyone identify this ailment?
AM