I have been looking at different DIY plan for Coil Denitrators and I was wondering if anyone has had any luck building one of these things. I am really curious what kind of pump and flow rate did you use. Can anyone make any recomendations or give me specific directions on how to build one?...

Ok, I'm new at this...last tank I had was 45 years ago. Now I think I've jumped the gun. I have a 29 gal. tank with 'natural' gravel and I planted several varieties straight into the gravel. I just have 3 small fish right now. The question is: Can I move the gravel aside and insert the Laterite...

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Tonight while feeding some baby angelfish my wife noticed something in their tank. There was a very hard to see "thing" in with the fish. The thing was much smaller than a human hair and was .25" in length. It had a bump at one end that I would presume is its head. It was white all over. After...

Hi, At last I'm just finishing setting up my tank, after have been abandoned for about two years. It have been messier than expected, but was worth the effort :) So as my presentation to the group I wanted to describe the set up waiting for your comments / corrections / advices, I'm almost sure I...

Greetings all! I live in a part of Southern California, USA, where it gets pretty darn warm during the summer months -- at least two days in the last week the temps got up to 104.5 in the shade. Since I don't have air conditioning, you can imagine how warm my 20-gallon fish tank can get -- it...

Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! 1. Copyright. The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the FAQs were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary...

"Ben" wrote in message ... Kris wrote: Because of the current temperature outside, the water in my aquarium increases more than it should. For the moment, temperature is about 31 °C while it should be about 27-28°C. Could...

Greetings all! Well, having had my last freshwater tank since 1985, I recently got a very cool new one (it is an 'isosceles trapezoid' shape) and am now working on decorating it. Ideally, I'd like to utilize a backdrop with some kind of a Jules Verne/Captain Nemo/Nautilus type of underwater...

thanks anyone knows why i cant *sometimes* see my own postings, while other times i can ? i switched newsgroup client for that, i can see the reply though... LT Marcus Fox wrote:

Hi My fishes (freshwater) are scratching in the plants and decorations of my aqua, they also have the gills red. It looks like parasites in the gills ! I'm doing the 10 days treatment with Sterazin (Waterlife) for the second time without any success. What can I do to solve this ? I have only...

Last Saturday I bought 8 Rams (Apistogramma ramirezi), they were all introduced to a 30 gallon planted tank, which was till the occupied by two Discus which were happy in it. The tank has a PH of 7.2 and water are medium to hard. Temperature of about 29-30 C. They looked very good at the first two...

"Lior T" wrote in message ... Hi, Are water testing kits reusables (meaning, i dont throw them out after i tested the water..) or its a one time test and then i need to buy a new kit/set ? thanks LT

I have a 75 gallon plant tank with guppies, black mollies, and sword tails. The female black molly will bear live babies soon and need advice on how to best ensure survival of the fry. Years ago (we won't mention how many)I had a breeding tank that fit into the larger tank. The tank had two...

Ron Hansen wrote: You should be changing 10% (3 gallons) of water every week. Nitrates are the end product of the Nitrification cycle that is possible in most aquariums. Food rots and fish poop and pee and this produces ammonia (toxic to the fish). Bacteria break down the ammonia, but...

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The Silicon Valley Aquarium Society is having its monthly meeting this Saturday, July 5 at 7:00 pm at Round Table Pizza, 4302 Moorpark Ave., Santa Clara Topic: Cichlid Collecting in Lake Tanganyika presented by Rich Bireley Rich is a long time Lake Tanganyika Cichlid keeper. In October...

What type of polyester batting do you suggest? That might help me identify which stores would carry this product. I am having the same problem with cloudy water... Because there's no room in my filter, I was thinking about stuffing the intake 'pipe' with some batting... Would this work? Thanks

It would be wise to add the next fish on a slower basis to avoid ammonia and nitrite spikes. They are probably swimming a lot as they are cruising for food. They probably are not strictly a bottom cruiser, so you will have to enjoy them as they swim where they want. Be very careful about the size...

"Jim Brown" wrote in message ... I use bleach a great deal. One thing is that I don't like bleach's slippery feel. Since bleach is alkaline, I use plain old white vinegar in solution to neutralize the...