Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / October 2007

Is it White-spot, Velvet, or both?
I have three fresh water tropical tanks
One 45 litre shallow tank for growing on corydoras and Ancistrus fry
One 70 litre tank which will be home to my Ancistrus so they can breed

Hiya fishy folks.
We had a new PetCo open up in town.
It's a very large one, and they have much more stuff than the other
ones in surrounding towns.

I'm currently quarantining some Clowns, Tetras and Yoyos for a couple of
other tanks. I haven't been feeding them much, as they have some Ammonia
issues, despite seeding the filter from another tank. So I go to feed them
today and 5 of the Tetras are missing. I suspect it was the ...

I've just been given a 2ft tank and a Arcadia Lighting controller type C5
36W - 38W     48'' - 42'' ( 1'' DIA )
is this controller unit any good for a 2ft tank or is it too powerfull.

I was just feeding my fish before bed when I saw this.  My Betta was
resting on the bottom of the tank diagonally _across_ one of the
Cory cats!  Of course, as soon as they saw me coming with food they
all started swimming about, but I couldn't believe that the Cory was

I bought a bag of Nitra-Zorb (absorbs ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate)
to make things a little bit easier on the fish I'm using to cycle my
55G tank.  However, I haven't really noticed any difference in nitrite
and/or nitrate levels since I put it in about a day and a half ago.

Can anyone identify the long slender fish in the lower right-hand corner of
this pic?  Those I have have tiny little mouths and look almost exactly like
this fish.
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/barbs4.jpg

No, not the resident YoYos. :-)
I finally got around to replacing the Barbs that decimated themselves a few
months ago, so I picked up four Clown Loaches (Tropical tank), 3 Yoyo
Loaches (office tank) and 8 Cardinal Tetras (Tropical tank) to restore their

Well they're dying right on time as I feared. The advice I got here that
they adapt to hard alkaline water isn't true, as least not for us here in
middle TN.  I should have known better not to buy them, as it was their
death sentence and a waste of money.  I'm down to 7 neons ...

Years ago I had two of these and they worked well.  What books I've read
(published 1995 to date) seem to say they are good inexpensive filters
to use.  However, in my trips to WalMart, a local fish store, Petco &
PetsMart, they seem to have all disappeared - else I'm blind.

I noticed a new fish and aquarium supply store in my neighborhood
today.  They're part of a chain local to Edmonton (Canada) called
Aquagiant (http://www.aquagiant.com), though this is the first time
that I've heard of them, or seen one of their stores.

From what I've read here and in several books, it appears that most
species of Gourami's have problems when more than one male of the same
species are in the same tank.  Since I'd like to have maybe three, maybe
four different species, Pearl, Dwarf, Blue and perhaps Gold:

How's the tide doing?  Anyone need watering.  The fish are biting.
Losing ball club for sure.  Any discussions needed.

Is this the same insulation stuff with a white cardboard piece on each
side that Lowes & Home Depot sell in 4'x8' sheets (obviously wayyy more
than I'd need?  Or should I be using a bare 1/2" piece of Styrofoam instead?
Grandpa John

I have 2 YBS over a years now and recently change their Tank to 77 Gal
and I want to buy some good filter for them
Does any one have any idea about Eheim Professional II 2026
And are the filtration media use in this filter will be all right for