Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / January 2007

For some reason, this "very popular" aquatic plant is unavailable in
my LFSs. Any suggestions as to the best mail-order or internet sources
for this plant (and compactus swords for that matter).
Belgarath®

hey im a newbie here, and i'm thinking of starting a new community in a
45 gallon tank i was given quite awhile ago but has been sitting around
for a few years. i have a couple ideasfor species for the tank, but not
sure how many, and also what other types would be good.

I introduced 5 rasboras (hets) into a 4 gallon filtered tank with my
betta, after a few hours of making the rasboras nervous, everyone settled
down and appeared to live in peace.
A few days have gone by and my betta now has fin rot. When I went to the

I have a 54 liter tank which I am going to fit with an undergravel or
an internal power filter, how many sailfins would I be able to keep and
do I need to use salt?
Thanks

I have a 20 gal. freshwater tank...set it up 8 months ago.  Got some "feeder
fish" to est. tank.  These fish grew up and are actually quite nice, LOL.  I
have five in the tank.  They look like goldfish, but not sure, pet store
owner only called them feeder fish.  Anyway, they have ...

I have a small Guppy tank in my kitchen just 2 males, 2 females and a
juvenile female thats managed to escape being eaten and is "half size".
A few weeks ago one of the females passed away... she was quite old, so I
replaced her with a new very pretty female from my LFS.

Although most of my bettas retain their color all their lives (about 4
years) there is that occasionally one that looses color over time.  This one
was a deep red beautiful fish last fall but is now an ugly fleshy-red for
lack of a better term.  Their heads will lose all color in ...

Hi.  I haven't visited here in awhile, but need a little help, if I may ask.
I've browsed the newsgroup and other website history concerning my problem,
but need to post a question or two.
Our betta is recently showing some signs that something isn't right.  The

Have been getting spikes in my Nitrite, Nitrate, & Possibly Ammonia...
My test kit shows Nitrate near 40ppm,  Nitrite lethally near 10ppm, and
I can't test for ammonia, but it smells strong in my tank...
It's a 10 gallon freshwater tank with (3) 2"  adult Sword Tails, and

I am looking at another type of fish to add to my new 3Ft community
tank.
Right now I have
4 Angels,

I no longer have an under gravel filter, is it still necessary to siphon the
gravel each time I do a water change?  How can you do it easily with plants
and rocks?
Thanks

Our tap water has started to have a strong chlorine smell and taste and
has a pH of over 8.(Bromothymol blue goes a completely blue colour.)
For the last 2 water changes I've used rainwater, collected from a part
cement tile and zincalume roof into a plastic 1000 gal rainwater ...

No this guy has done some serious work here I believe.  Check out the
pics:
http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Home-Aquarium-20061031
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/build_a_better_.html

Anyone with an Eheim 2217 - Assuming the filter media is completely
clean (no clogging materials, etc.) - does the filter lose its pumping
capacity over time (several years).  I am noticing (just in the last few
months) that my Eheim is not pumping as good.  It is six years old.

Does anyone have any info on an African Drawf Frog? I just added one to
my tank and wanted to know any suggestions on care and/or experience
anyone has with these...