Hi, I'm new to this group, so be nice! I've had a 10 gallon aquarium for about 6 months now. I did have 2 swordtails and 1 guppy. One of the swordtails died, so I bought 2 tetras....different types though. Ever since I bought the 2 tetras, my guppy and swordtail have been nipped at. Their...

I have a 15 gallon tank with some tetras and a couple of corys. The catfish have come down with ich. I am familiar with the method of raising the temperature to speed up the life cycle of the parasite and adding salt. My LFS recommended 1 teaspoon of salt and raising the temperature to about 78º...

I've got a question here about ottocats. How long do they normally live in an aquarium? They don't seem to last very long for me, and seem to die off within 6 months to a year. My first reaction would be maybe I'm just bad at keeping fish...if it weren't for the fact that I have a silver dollar...

I have never been away from my tank for more than four days. But come next week, I will be away for a week, 7 days. What I normally do when i am gone is: A water change the day I leave A filter check the day I leave Have a neighbor come by to feed the fish ( she is a non-aquarist.) Do a health...

I have 3 eclipse filters - one on my 20 gallon and 2 on my 60. They SEEM pretty good - but I wanted some more feedback. Should i also use an UG filter? Does the eclipse move the surface of the water enough so I dont need to airate? Im haveing a hard time finding good insturctions on aerating. ...

Where is the cheapest place to go online for a 180 gallon? Or is there anyone in new jersey that can tell me of a good store to try? Want to upgrade from a 120 (just got it 4 months ago my wife says i should have never started with fish again hahaha but if i get a 180 i'll stop i swear) Thanks Chris

Hey all, I'm in charge of animal care for a neuroscience lab in which we house lots of aquatic tiger salamanders. We keep them in 30-gallon tanks, and we're thinking about switching from out-of-tank filters to in-tank filters, the kind that clips on to the outside. Does anybody have any...

I just noticed that one of my barbs has gotten *very* fat. I would dismiss it as a pregnant she, but its eyes are bugging out too. Any insights? -- \\// Robert

I wasn't really in the market for a betta, but when I spotted a yellow one in Petsmart today I grabbed him. I've never seen one this colour before... beautiful fish. The girl in the fish dept says they almost never get them. My lucky day to day I think! Jacqui

Hi all, I think of setting up a new tank in my living room. Need new ideas for this setup (planted tank). Pls provide me some web pages on aquascaping. Thanks.

I got this info (and a lot more) from my water board's website. I was quite impressed to find a short document on "tap water and fish-keeping" there! But I'm too much of a novice to make sense of this bit - could anyone enlighten me as to what the following info on my tap water actually...

I've got a community tank setup. 100 gal. 72"x18"x18", just now heavily planted with plastic plants. fish are similar in size, about 1-1.5 inches. something has been nipping on 3 of male guppies tails, and my male beta (fighting fish)... eventually the beta died...and its tail was really...

I posted the other day thinking my dwarf flame gourami had hole in the head disease. I've done a bunch of reasearch on it and now I don't think that's what it is. My gourami has been fine-as have its tankmates (except for a short bout of white poop that i treated with anit-parasitics). I crushed...

I'm having a bad night and my fish are having an even worse one. Just did a routine water change on my 20 gallon community tank which has been established for almost 2-1/2 years with only one catastrophy about a year ago. I had been cleaning parts on my car during a front suspension rebuild in the...

"Brian" wrote in message ... Did some water testing today, which I do very infrequently. My carbonate hardness is only 3 degrees; no surprise there, I have plants to take up carbon in the water. But my general...

Thanks I had left them alone in the Main Tank, and by this morning all of them had either been sucked up the tube or turned white. SO perhaps I have two females, or if there is a male he needs more coaching. Oh well, at least I have a 5 gallon kiddie tank to play with now. What should I put...

Second batch of axolotls have hatched and I'd like to do better with this lot. Last ones were fed liquifry and then later live blood worms. They didn't touch the worms. The hatchlings simply vanished until after a month or so there were none left. This time there are more hiding places for them,...

Sunday, August 8th at 6:30 PM the San Diego Tropical Fish Society meets! This months presentation is on lighting in your tank for your fish and plants! Free to attend, come hang out with us, bring the kids! (And wife, hubby, neighbors, LOL) Fish Auction of locally raised fish and plants at 6:30 -...

One other question comes to mind for my resurrected 55 gallon tank. It used to house marine fish, and there is a pretty good sized pump circulating water. The filter is located at the back left part of the tank, and discharges to the right. This creates a kind of circular flow pattern. It is...

Hi, Whats the best way (with minimal scrubing) to clean algue from plastic plants / rocks / aquarium ornaments ? thanks LT