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From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: Fish Beginner seeks seasoned sagacity...
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:39:39 GMT

In article <890707p.32.721239995@ace.acadiau.ca> 890707p@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS) writes:
>I am thinking about getting a moderatley sized fish tank (9 or 10 gallon), 
>and am looking for advice about how to get started.  What type of fish are 
>easy to care for (besides goldfish)? I know I need a heater, filter, pump, 
>rocks, plants, and perhaps an algae eater.  What are some tips for the 
>enthusiastic novice?  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 gallons is a small tank, not a moderately sized one.  I say this because
small tanks are a bit harder to keep for the beginner.

My advice in the brief time I have right now:

Go to the library nearest you and find some fish related books (in the 
pets section) such as the ones by Dick Mills.  READ THEM.  

Get the FAQ and READ IT.

Cheers,
Paul

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From: jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley)
Subject: Re: Good hardy plants...
Keywords: plant
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:33:33 GMT

In <flick.720946376@cwis> flick@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Anderson) writes:

-->Does anyone know of some really hardy aquarium plants for a freshwater tank?
-->I have been using Java Fern for quite a while with no complaints.  Also, my
-->Amazon Sword is growing nicely.  Any other suggestions?
--> 

Hygrophilia and rotala grow very easily in all my tanks (pH 7.8,
120 ppm hardness). Ambulia also grows fairly fast.
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From: sdebol@htlv.med.umn.edu (Steven Debol (Nelson))
Subject: Re: Tetracycline
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:28:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.211734.2022@bmers95.bnr.ca> bhaskar@bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.102939.549@netcom.com>, oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>
>|> It's illegal to use prescription drugs in any ways that are not in
>|> accordance with the prescription.  The Big Brother worries that you will
>|> harm yourself, y'know.
>
>There are pluses and minuses to using prescription drugs for fishies.
>The plus side is that you can get new drugs that are more effective.
>The down side is that the more you use a drug, even if you are careful
>to use it according to instructions, the more likely it is that you
>will create a resistant strain.

Does anybody know if the prescription drug can be simply dumped into
the water?  In other words, some drugs aren't effective until they
are modified by the low pH of the stomach.  Perhaps the preparation
of tetracycline for aquarium use takes this into account and is
prepared a differently to be immediately soluble in water.  Just
wondering....

Steve Debol
(can't find my sig...)

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From: tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark)
Subject: Re: Blind Cave Tetras (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus)
Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:18:27 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.093922.26084@netcom.com> oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>
>By the way, the fry have eyes for a little while, but the eyes disappear as
>the fish mature.

Are these eyes functional ? i.e. can the fry see from them ?


Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: wood-smithc@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (Chrissi Wood-Smith)
Subject: Re: Fish Beginner seeks seasoned sagacity...
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:02:29 GMT

In article <890707p.32.721239995@ace.acadiau.ca> 890707p@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS) writes:
>From: 890707p@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS)
>Subject: Fish Beginner seeks seasoned sagacity...
>Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 16:26:35 GMT

>I am thinking about getting a moderatley sized fish tank (9 or 10 gallon), 
>and am looking for advice about how to get started.  What type of fish are 
>easy to care for (besides goldfish)? I know I need a heater, filter, pump, 
>rocks, plants, and perhaps an algae eater.  What are some tips for the 
>enthusiastic novice?  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First bit of advice : get the biggest tank you can afford.  A 10 gal won't 
last you too long if you really get in to it.  I went from 20 to 37 to 55 in 
a year.  A twenty is a good size. I have a 20 extra high and it is one of my 
favorite tanks.  
Starter equiptment : a heater, a thermometer, rocks, plants, gravel, proper 
aquarium light bulb (not a regular flourecent (sp??)), and a filter.  You 
can go the biological filter route or the external filter route.  It depends 
on how much time you want to devote to cleaning.  Biological filters require 
more of your time, but I think they're better.  This involves buying an 
undergravel filter and rising tubes, plus a power head.  You must set the 
tank up before fish are introduced and I usually get Fritzyme or some 
bacteria to start nature's cycle.  The other route involves an external 
carbon filtration system. There isn't too great a cost difference when 
you get right down to it.  The store can best advise you.  Don't forget a 
test kit for pH and ammonia. And de-chlorinator.

So you have your tank, now what to put in it?

Try some neons, swordtails, mollies, and perhaps an angelfish or two.  Pleco 
algae eaters are sensitive fish, so maybe wait a little on them until the 
tank is situated.  Don't buy too much at first.  A new tank tends to have 
huge fluctuations in pH, ammonia, and nitrates.  This often results in dead 
fishys if you don't do bi-monthly water changes (25%).  So start with less 
expensive fish and don't be discouraged.

Good luck with your new tank.
From: bjkramer@remus.rutgers.edu (Brian Kramer)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Lobster Molting
Date: 13 Nov 92 14:06:49 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


When a crayfish (lobster) molts does it shed it's claws?
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From: oleg@Veritas.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Fish Beginner seeks seasoned sagacity...
Date: 10 Nov 92 02:38:43 GMT
Reply-To: oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Organization: Palo Alto Killifish Loft
X-Disclaimer: I speak for myself only unless explicitly indicated otherwise

890707p@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS) writes:
>I am thinking about getting a moderatley sized fish tank (9 or 10 gallon), 
>and am looking for advice about how to get started.

See FAQ.
-- 
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From: putzolu@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (David Putzolu)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (M) Protien Skimmer , Do I need one ?
Date: 8 Nov 92 09:44:25 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

In article <1660087@hprnd.rose.hp.com> dbs@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Dave Sheehy) writes:
>
>>Can I just do weekly 10% water changes, or do I need a skimmer ?
>IMHO, all marine tanks should have a skimmer.

IMHO, it would be nice to have a skimmer on all tanks with a high
enough salinity to support it, but there are plenty of hardy species
of fish that can do just fine without one. Invertebrates, on the other
hand, do require one in nearly all cases.

>>-david
>Dave Sheehy
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From: scottus@bach.udel.edu (Scott Arthu Saracco)
Subject: What next?
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:45:06 GMT


Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: mdc@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (barbara.guerin)
Subject: (M) Calcium Hydro.
Keywords: Calcium
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:17:53 GMT


I recenlty started mixing my own Kalkwasser (sp?)
Limewater. First batch last night. My questions are:

1. Do I just add the new water to my sump without
shaking the container first to mix up the sediment
on the bottom of the container?



2. Or do I shake up the container first to remix
the liquid and sediment before adding to sump?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Please post on Net I use anothers login.

Tahnks
Dana

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From: thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester)
Subject: Re: Troubles with undergravel filter
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 23:42:21 GMT

In article <0ezNWib0Bwx24_90o_@transarc.com> Pat_Barron@transarc.com writ
s:
>Pardon if this is an FAQ - I'm new at this, and can't figure out
>what's going on.  Or, more accurately, I think I know what's going on,
>but I'm clueless as to how to stop it.
>
>I have a 5.5 gal. aquarium with an undergravel filter and a small air
>pump (one of the smallest I could find).  Apparently, air builds up in
>the undergravel filter.  Every few minutes, kind of like a geyser, it
>spews forth all at once from one corner of the filter (it's always the
>same corner), producing a violent agitation of the water in the
>aquarium.  I'm concerned about what kind of effect this might have on
>the fish (though they seem to be getting used to it), and I also find
>it kind of annoying, since the "air-bubble geyser" makes a *lot* of
>noise when it goes off; I was considering putting the tank in my
>bedroom, but that's definitely not an option as long as this condition
>exists.
>
>Does anyone have any clues about how to make this stop?  One of my
>theories is that the gravel in the tank is somehow clogging the
>undergravel filter, trapping large amounts of air in it.  Would taking
>out some of the gravel help?
>
>Thanks!
>--Pat.
>
>----------------
>


I've only had this happen to me once.
It was because the airstone was too far down the uptake tube.
If your airstone is at the end of a flexible tube, it is possible that it
has bent at the bottom and is sending some amount of air under the filter
plate instead of *up* the tube as it should.
Raise your airstone or else use non-flexible tubing to place your airstone
on to prevent the "bend at the end".

Uncle Fester

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From: bjkramer@remus.rutgers.edu (Brian Kramer)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Amonia Problem
Date: 9 Nov 92 02:36:18 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Got a problem with amonia in my tank.  Just added CopperSafe to cure some ick.
Could that affect the reading of the amonia?  It is a 55 gallon with an UGF,
Eheim 55 gallon and a Whisper 4 with a chemi-pure and ammo-carb....how can
there be amonia with that much filtration.
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From: jdhl@troi.cc.rochester.edu (papa_sm00sh)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [F] Plants and fish poop
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:36:54 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York



what kind of snail is best to get, and do they reproduce on theior
own?  I have a 30 gal tank and my two algae eaters are not doing a
significant enough job for me... (they are too tiny toi have too much
of an effect)

jason
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From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: (M) Calcium Hydro.
Keywords: Calcium
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:27:19 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.161753.12269@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mdc@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (barbara.guerin) writes:
>
>I recenlty started mixing my own Kalkwasser (sp?)
>Limewater. First batch last night. My questions are:
>
>1. Do I just add the new water to my sump without
>shaking the container first to mix up the sediment
>on the bottom of the container?

Yes.  The technical term is to "decant" the liquid off the top while
leaving the sludge on the bottom.  One could even insert a little 
drain about 1" off the bottom and put it on a shelf with a tube
and a valve if desired.  The powder can be toxic and should NOT
be added directly to the tank.

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From: bbs.mirage@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Jerry Lee)
Subject: Strange disease?
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:20:53 GMT

Welp.. Here's my question.  I have a 32g tank and for some reason, a 
Indian Glassfish and a Pearlscale Molly started acting very strangly.  
The Molley just sits in the middle of the tank and swims in circles and 
the glassfish can't float level or swim in a straight path.  I don't 
think it's dropsy or anything like that.  I finally had to put the molley 
down since it could't stay afloat anymore (Not to mention that it was 
swimming in circles).  Any ideas what it could be?  I have 2 angels, a 
pair of Celebese rainbows, 2 cats, a clown loach, and a redtail shark 
that I don't want to loose.

--
Jerry Lee (bbs.mirage@tsoft.sf-bay.org)
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From: ssakaki@farad.elee.calpoly.edu (Steven Kenneth Sakaki)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: Uh...  Hi!
Date: 5 Nov 92 08:47:51 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

This is my first news letter I've ever posted.  So be patient...  < Gryn! >

I own a 10 gal tank with an AquaClear 150 filter, 8" (100 watts) Penn Plax
heater, a lava shaped rock, 4 bunches of arachnis, 1 male betta, and 3 female
bettas.  I keep the temperature about 78 deg F and the pH level is about 7.6.
Which now leads me to my questions...  < Gryn! >

Can someone recommend me a good book about bettas?

I want to lower the pH level to about 6.6 to 6.8.  Can someone recommend a
NATURAL way to lower the pH level?  That is without chemicals...  < Gryn! >

Can you tell I'm attempting to breed Bettas?  Any recommendations?

	Betta Breeders!!!
	
Please tell me what YOU found to be the best/optimal way
to breed bettas!  Books don't always have a 'personal' touch that comes
with experience.  < Gryn! >

Please mail all suggestions to:

	ssakaki@farad.elee.calpoly.edu

Thank you!
From: maddox@spectrx.saigon.com (Otto Maddox)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Rainbow Lifeguard (revisited)
Keywords: QUESTIONS/ADVICE
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:13:19 GMT
Organization: SPECTROX SYSTEMS (408)252-1005 Silicon Valley, Ca

Well I took delivery of my new Lifeguard filter system and got it running
all nice and purty.. now I have a few questions which I won't bore all
subscribers with but if there are any readers out there who use or have
used this filter I'd like to contact you in the mail with a few questions
I have conerning when to change the media and such.  
 
It's on a fresh water tank (150 gallon jobber) in case it matters.  It's
not really when to change the carbon and stuff but how.  Needs some
tips and pointers if you have any.  
 
Thanks for you help.


Charles Durand - (Otto Maddox) +1 415 969 1634
maddox@west.darkside.com - Thank you.
From: ahughes@arch386.hyperdesk.com (Arch Hughes)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (M) Calcium Hydro.
Keywords: Calcium
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:41:41 GMT
Reply-To: arch@hyperdesk.com
Organization: HyperDesk Corporation

Even regular (real) Kalkwasser has the CaOH3 precipitate out.
If it falls out, or is not all absorbed, that means that the water is
saturated.  If you shake the bottle, then you're adding greater than
saturated levels.  You might as well be adding CaOH3 directly.  The
reason that it's added in solution, I believe, is to get the initial
chemical reaction over (the heating and ph swing).

I think as the mix is exposed to air, the CO2 goes into the solution
and might help drive out the CaOH3 (but I'm not certain).  I base this
on watching my Kalkwasser increase in the amount of precipitate over
time.  Something has to be causing it, and Moe notes that CO2 has an
affect on the solution.

I say, don't shake it.  (At least not more than 3 times.)  Mix small
batches (nearly on demand) using RO water.

In article <1992Nov5.161753.12269@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, mdc@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (barbara.guerin) writes:
> 
> I recenlty started mixing my own Kalkwasser (sp?)
> Limewater. First batch last night. My questions are:
> 
> 1. Do I just add the new water to my sump without
> shaking the container first to mix up the sediment
> on the bottom of the container?
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Or do I shake up the container first to remix
> the liquid and sediment before adding to sump?
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Please post on Net I use anothers login.
> 
> Tahnks
> Dana

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From: jmartine@zeus.calpoly.edu (Joe Martinez)
Subject: Blind Cave Tetras (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus)
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 05:59:14 GMT

I have recently aquired a blind cave tetra from the local fish store.
They just got them in, and I had been unsuccessful at finding them
before that.

It seems to me that since these don't seem to be too common, they might
be a good thing to breed.

Do they breed easily? It seems like it would be sort of difficult for them
to find another fish of the same species, and opposite sex, without eyes!

Thanks.

-- 
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From: tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain)
Subject: Closed brain corals
Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:02:54 GMT



I was wondering....  Does anyone who has closed brain or moon corals
under metal halide lighting notice that the coral closes down to the
point that you can see the skeletal rock during daylight periods?  I
have a friend that says his opens up to the point that he can see lots
of the tentacles, but as soon as daylight, actinic light or MH light
hit the tank it closes down.  Is this normal behavior for these types
of corals?  Thanks.

--tom@ecn.purdue.edu
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From: bednarek@picard.med.ge.com (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971)
Subject: Re: Uh...  Hi!
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 07:00:31 GMT


It's been a while but I have breed Bettas also.  What I used was a 
two gallon tank with a 25 watt light bulb and no filteration only
a single air stone.  The big hastle I eventually ran into was what
do with about 30 males that would only fight when alowed to mingle.
Yes jars of one fish each all over the house.

Dennis

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From: frazier@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Gregory Frazier)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Harmless worm...
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:00:53 GMT
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Class Dinosauria (jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com) wrote:
: 	I picked up a harmless worm that normally lives in the gravel.  They
: 	occasionally get kicked up into the water when my oscar, sunfish and
: 	pacus muck around at the bottom...  

The best scavenger/worm eater for an aggressive tank like this
is a long-nosed (or horse-faced) loach - Acanthopsis
choirorhynchus.
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freak cannot be made.  A true freak must be born." - Geek Love

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Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Date: Sun,  8 Nov 1992 17:46:06 -0500 
From: Pat_Barron@transarc.com
Subject: Troubles with undergravel filter

Pardon if this is an FAQ - I'm new at this, and can't figure out
what's going on.  Or, more accurately, I think I know what's going on,
but I'm clueless as to how to stop it.

I have a 5.5 gal. aquarium with an undergravel filter and a small air
pump (one of the smallest I could find).  Apparently, air builds up in
the undergravel filter.  Every few minutes, kind of like a geyser, it
spews forth all at once from one corner of the filter (it's always the
same corner), producing a violent agitation of the water in the
aquarium.  I'm concerned about what kind of effect this might have on
the fish (though they seem to be getting used to it), and I also find
it kind of annoying, since the "air-bubble geyser" makes a *lot* of
noise when it goes off; I was considering putting the tank in my
bedroom, but that's definitely not an option as long as this condition
exists.

Does anyone have any clues about how to make this stop?  One of my
theories is that the gravel in the tank is somehow clogging the
undergravel filter, trapping large amounts of air in it.  Would taking
out some of the gravel help?

Thanks!
--Pat.

----------------

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From: IZZYOE8@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Daniel)
Subject: Question:  Peace among Angels?
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:55:47 PST

I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS TO WHICH ANSWERS OR SUGGESTIONS
(WHICH ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED) CAN BE SENT TO:
IZZYOE8@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
1.  IN A 55 GAL (MARINE), CAN A FLAME ANGEL CO-EXIST PEACEFULLY
    TOGETHER WITH A LEMON PEEL ANGEL?  OR WILL THERE BE A CONSTANT
    TERRITORY BATTLE RESULTING IN $100 WORTH OF THRASHED ANGEL?
2.  DO THOSE POUR IN NITRIFYING BACTERIA SOLUTIONS REALLY WORK?
    IF SO HOW SOON AFTER ADDING ONE CAN FISH BE INTRODUCED?
    WHICH BRAND OF BACTERIA IS BEST?  I'VE SEEN FRITZYME (?)
    AT THE PET STORE ONCE...
MY NAME IS DANIEL, AND SUGGESTIONS CAN BE SENT TO THE ABOVE
ADDRESS.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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From: APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: new alt.cichlid newsgroup
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:04:27 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Howdy fish folks! I've recently posted a suggestion on alt.config
there be established a cichlid-specific newsgroup alt.cichlid, for
the purpose of hobby, icthyological, and conservation discussion
and interaction.  If you'd like to see such a group established, you
could post your feelings on alt.config.  Thanks,
Alex Parker (aparker@maine.maine.edu)
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