Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / August 2005

Does neritina species of snails like zebra, spiky, nalaientis can reproduce
in freshwater aquariums.
If no ,can we create them a canditions to reproduce(by adding salt to water
or something) this snails in our aquariums.

Just a quick question about the metal ring that holds the Anacharis in
a bunch (I bought from petsmart)
What is it made of and is it safe for my fishes to keep in the water?

Here are pictures of my sword plant bought at petsmart,
http://www.sfu.ca/~rhui/swordplant/
I wanted to know if it's an true aquatic or not?
Today I need to repot the plant as it had lifted from the pot, I took a

I've got an established tank with (among other things) a pair of metal
halide lights in a Hamilton hood. Nothing has changed with the setup in
more than 5 years.
Everything electrical for the tank is on a GFCI (ground fault circuit

Hi, I purchased a "sword plant" from petsmart but I now read alot of
plants pets store sold are not really meant to be submerged, I figure
either it is amazon or brazilian sword, is there a way to tell whether
I have a true aquatic or not?  I have searched through pictures on

In response to some feedback in a thread about my MH lighting system
repeatedly blowing the GFCI protector, I'm now thinking the capacitors
on the transformers are the likely culprit. Long story, but it's my best
theory so far and I'm wanting to change them out.

I have recently installed a CO2 system in my 75 gallon aquarium and it is
working fine except for one little problem.  I have a constant pH reading of
7.1 thanks to the addition of CO2.  Before CO2 my pH was 8.4.  Very hard
water.

Hej. I live in Poland and i cannot buy miXture of chelated components like
in the Krib page !
I make pmdd similary to this but a must adding all components separately.
I adding.

I decided to add Potassium and Magnesium to the last batch of "PMDD" I mixed
up to save me the trouble of adding it separately. But the amounts I needed
to add to my stock solution to reach Chuck Gadd's recommended dosages were
above the amount of each compound that would ...

I will have to redo my 58G tank due to dying of my plants and others covered
with algae.
What plants do you suggest for a 58G tank(froreground, midle ground,
background) and what quantities?

I am trying to make a solution to clean some new plants I have bought/will
buy.
Som einstructions on the web says to have 1 part bleach and 19 parts water.
What does this mean?

I have a 58G tank with a Penguin filter. I am using an airstone for water
movement.
This is a planted tank. What do you suggest so I have some water movement?
Is it needed?

I recently purchased a Dual Satellite power compact fluorescent light by
CurrentUSA.  I'm very happy with the light output, but I am rather
disappointed with the amount of noise the cooling fan generates.  Does
anyone know if it is possible to replace the fan with a quieter one, ...

In my 29 gallon tank I have three fresh water plants. Recently, th
leaves of these plants have been losing their green color and hav
become almost clear. It's like they are becoming see through! Doe
anyone know the reason for this? I don't give these plants any food an

One of my plants is growing deformed leaves. The bottom leaves are fine, but
the top 2 leaves (the newest) are misshapen.
Is there something in the water (i.e. lack of nutrients) that is causing
this? For a picture, go to