Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2006

my third bristle nose catfish has just completely disappeared from my
tank - i guess some little b***** is eating them - but the question is
who?  I have one male guppy - only a few months old, one female guppy
(age unknown) and 3 baby guppies, 4 pencil fish, 2 harlequin tetras and

I've always avoided getting Clown Loaches, as I've only got a 55 gallon for
my Tropical tank. I'll be upgrading to a 90 gallon soon, so I thought I
would add some Clowns to the group.
Current inhabitants are:

Is there much of a danger from getting bloodworms from old standing
water in buckets left outside, and feeding these to fish in an
aquarium?  I'm unsure if there is a high potential of disease transfer
or some other risk I may not know about.  Any advice would be

I am trying to figure out which fish can tolerate a high PH (8.4). Over the
past year I have tried several fish including neon tetras, platys,
Corydoras, Ottocinclus, angel fish, betas and one other kind of tetra that I
can't think of right now. The fish usually live a few weeks ...

Hi, i have been treating a female siemse fighting fish for dropsy for the
last five days. I fihsed the 5 day treatment last night, but this morning
there is still no signs of improvment. She is still bloted, but has not yet
started to show signs of her scales being pushed out?

I'll be building a stand for a new 90 gallon drilled tank, so I'm going with
an edge supported design. The whole idea makes me a little nervous to be
honest, but it seems fairly common. But I'm wondering how you cushion the
edges, since there is no bottom under the tank. I have a ...

I bought a Pro Heat II Titatum Heater last year and ma now ready to use
it.  Can I use it out side?  And Will I need to put any barriers betwen
the heater and my snapping turtle(s)?  I know they can't break it like
the glass ones I;ve had in the past.

20 gal tank
3 Black Molly's (One female with a white fungus)
1 male sword (the female died 2 days ago)
4 tetras

Hi, can someone please tell me of a good online source to buy large bags of
fish food at a good price.  I lost all of my bookmarks in a computer crash
and forgot where I had bought it at one time.  I remember one of them had a
man's name in it and that's about all I remember ...

I have a sick pleco.  Not immediately dying but obviously ill, losing
weight, pale, etc.   What is the most humane way for me to play Dr. Fish
Death and help this little guy into the next life?   Would like to do this,
this evening.

Invention machine.
Patent Machine:  Invention Machine.
Make all tools, automated tools.  Plug them in the CNC heads on the
printer scanner, with, the Gerber import and so forth for PCBs, and

After being out of the hobby for 20 years I plan to set up a 20 gallon
freshwater tropical aquarium soon. I am an experienced aquarist, having
been in the hobby for 20 years.
For ten years I worked at Ed's Tropical Aquarium, a pet store in

I'm sure the answers will be negative, but I thought I would ask.
I've been planning an auto water changer for the GF for quite a while. This
is still a few months away, as I have to purchase a couple of tanks with
overflows (Tropical upgrade too), build a new stand, build a new ...

This Sword is pretty large and as I had posted previously appeared to be
pregnant. Now, she seems to have found a spot in the corner of the tank
between the glass and an artificial plant patch, has settled on the bottom
and just sits there in the same spot. Hasnt moved since ...

Having some web fun with pictures. Here's the baby books on my two
adult angels.
http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/Fishes/angel1bb.htm
http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/Fishes/angel2bb.htm