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From: wells@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Wells)
Subject: Re: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:39:44 GMT

I used to (about two years ago) work in a petshop that carried Aquarium Fish
magazine. Because I was selling it (shop also carried Tropical Fish Hobbyist
and Freshwater and Marine Aquarium), I got to know all of them pretty well.
Aquarium Fish was the most beginner-oriented of that group (it may have
changed since then), having articles on "setting up your first tank" and
the like mixed in with a lot of intermediate stuff like raising swordtail
fry and the occasional advanced article on discus or breeding show fish
or other slightly more esoteric topics. They had a little marine stuff
as well. Tropical Fish Hobbyist was also mostly freshwater, but tended to 
skip the real beginner stuff like "first tank" articles, and use the extra
space for more exotic features. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium was somewhere
in between, and also notable for more marine coverage, opinion columns and 
equipment reviews. For a lot more marine articles, try Marine Fish Monthly.


						Just my $.02 worth

						-Dan

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From: larisa@tcville.edsg.hac.com (Larisa Stephan)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Sweaty tanks
Date: 19 Nov 92 21:45:37 GMT
Reply-To: larisa@tcville.edsg.hac.com
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co. EOS Electronics Lab

marka@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Mark Ashley) writes:
> Chillers are not exactly works of art that I want exposed. 8-)

Have you priced them?  I think mine (when I buy it) will be such
a significant addition to our home that it will be proudly displayed!

Now I need some help on this topic also:  I don't have a sump in my
setup so I can't use Mark's scheme.  The guy at the local reef store
says that I need at least a 300 GPH pump to run the water through and
that the chiller warranty will be voided if the input water is not
filtered first.  He says to buy a Magnum 350 for this purpose.

What do y'all with chillers do?

My setup:

26 gallon (~95 l) glass "show" tank (approx. dimensions 1' x 3')
Skilter 250 filter/skimmer with bio media in chamber
Eheim 2213 canister
Penguin powerhead for H20 circulation
40W 50/50 fluorescent/actinic light with 10 hr/day photoperiod

Advice, questions, comments, flames, responses, warnings?  Thank you.
I read the net and my e-mail frequently.

-- Larisa
larisa@tcville.edsg.hac.com

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From: thuan@garnet.berkeley.edu (Thuan Nguyen)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Bay Area Killifish Association Party & Fish Auction
Summary: address of meeting place
Date: 20 Nov 92 04:38:12 GMT
Followup-To: alt.aquaria
Distribution: ba
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu


I forgot to include the address of the meeting place, which is:  

	Roundtable Pizza
	22457 Foothill Boulevard, near A Street,
	 in downtown Hayward, CA.

It's about 6 blocks from the Hayward BART station.
From: Ken.Wear@f110.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Ken Wear)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:54:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:363/110 - The Bear's Den BBS, Orlando FL

Hi!

I'm very new to this echo, so could you explain FAQ and do you have a
 telephone number or a way to get in contact of whoever has this magazine.

Thanks

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From: frazier@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Gregory Frazier)
Subject: Re: breeding, egg layers
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:56:51 GMT

papa_sm00sh (jdhl@troi.cc.rochester.edu) wrote:
: will egg layers breed in my tank?  that's the nutshell question...

There is no reason they wouldn't, if you provide clean water
and good food.  However...
: 
: the specifics... a 30 gal, freshwater, mostly small fish... (mollies,
: a couple guarmies, etc.)... i have spawning grass and whatnot also...

Fish love to eat other fish.  With "mollies, gouramis, etc." in the
tank, I would not expect many eggs to survive long enough to hatch,
or fry to survive long enough to be seen by you.  If you are intersted
in breeding an egg-layer, I'd suggest you choose a species of fish
to breed, and then study up on what you'll need to breed that fish.

--
"They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true
freak cannot be made.  A true freak must be born." - Geek Love

Greg Frazier	frazier@CS.UCLA.EDU	!{ucbvax,rutgers}!ucla-cs!frazier
From: CKLINE@buc.edu.au (Colin Kline)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Axolotls (Mexican Walkong Fish
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:08:28 GMT
Organization: Ballarat University College
NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.132.16.13
Summary: Why have my Axolotls stopped eating ?
Keywords: Fish, food, illness


	I posted this same query yesterday: today it had been deleted;
	please group administrator, tell me if I'm doing something wrong,
	and how to correct it - don't just delete me.

	My Axolotl have stopped eating (previously ravenous);
	I have been feeding them raw steak;
	any suggestions ?

	Colin KLINE, fish naive person.
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: rpt@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Richard P Toren)
Subject: [F] ?Sick fish?
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:56:00 GMT

Folks;
  As a new aquarist(?), I have a puzzling site in my tank.  I am talking
about a 30 gal. fresh that is 4 weeks old.  One of the fish I have is a 
'golden barb' that is about 1 1/2in. long.  I obtained it from a friend
who was shutting down his tank. I am not sure is I have a sick fish or
not.

  This barb seems normal enuf most of the time, and has nothing that looks
out of the ordinary.  But every once in a while it will take off in a 
flight of very rapid short segments with 90 degree turns.  I runs into
polished rocks on the bottom; then turns sharply as it it had been shocked.
The only other thing that seems either unusual (or ammusing) is that it
seems to want to swim into the output port of the powerhead.  I have seen
the giant danios riding this jet stream as well.

Do I have a sick fish?  If so, with what; and what do I do about it?

Thanx in advance
Rip Toren


Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: bruceg@Cadence.COM (Bruce Gustifson)
Subject: Re: [M] What does a Miniatus Grouper eat?
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:47:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.152408.44833@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>Greetings....
>     I was wondering what to feed a Miniatus Grouper.  I currently am feeding
>him Tetra DoroMarin and Hikari cichlid pellets.  What kind of live foods do
>groupers eat?  Just wondering.  E-mail is fine.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>


  What do they eat? Any fish they can swallow!
From: raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Oscar Vacation
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:24:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore

In article <1992Nov19.001634.1850@sco.com> dipakb@sco.COM (Dipak Basu) writes:
>
>My 6-inch oscar is going to get a vacation from us during
>Thanksgiving.  He is a picky eater (unusual for an oscar) and
>only likes live food.  He sniffs at the vacation feeder tablet
>stuff!  Any ideas about what he can eat while we're gone?
>
>BTW his only roommate is a pleco that's bigger than him, so
>that's not a solution.
>
>Dipak.

If you're gone for less than a week, it won't bother him at all to fast.
Probably the best solution in any case. BTW don't overfeed before you
leave, fouled water can kill a fish a lot quicker than fasting.
-- 
_____________________________________________________________________________
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VLSI Program Manager		 or: {uunet|rutgers|pyramid}!cbmvax!raible
Commodore Business Machines     "my comments, not Commodore's, ok ?"
From: pjs@gvgdsd.GVG.TEK.COM (Peter J. Stonard)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: [F] Driftwood in an aquarium?
Date: 19 Nov 92 03:34:36 GMT
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gvgdsd.gvg.tek.com

Matt,

In article <1992Nov17.200934.5186@midway.uchicago.edu> mnc1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
[.....]
>So I'm going to go find a piece of dried out wood and
>waterlog it and put it in my tank. 
[.....]
>Are there any chemistry type
>things to worry about when doing this? I certainly don't
>want some piece of rotten wood making my aquarium uninhabitable.

Yes, but minor. You can use driftwood from the beach or a river, 
stream or lake, and 'cure' it yourself.

The goal is to leach out any toxins, salt, or other stuff that is
either harmful or unsightly in the aquarium. Further, you need to
make sure there are no insects or germs on the log, but it doesn't 
have to be totally sterile.

'Curing' the wood involves soaking it in water (a large plastic tub 
will do, place rocks on the wood to sink it) until the replacement 
water is clear. It may take several weekly changes, and the whole 
process may take several months. I've done this several times with 
success, on wood from both the seashore and fresh water lakes. 

As a further step you can add a cup of household bleach to the
brew, change the water after the chlorine smell disappears, say,
three or four days. This will kill off the mosquitos, etc. too.

Look for wood that has the bark missing, as this saves  peeling 
or scraping it off. To sink the wood in your tank try attaching 
a piece of slate (which can be drilled easily) to it  with a screw
or by using aquarium sealer.

Good luck!

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If it looks like; sounds like; quacks like; an Opinion. It's mine.
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
From: lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lawrence H. Smith,E20 Clark,56064,2726746)
Subject: Re: Mouthbreeders and UGF ?
Originator: lawrence@msc2.msc.cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:20:32 GMT

>    I have a pair of Sarotherdon Aureus which are VERY close to
> spawning, if they haven't already today :-) :-) :-). I also have
> a UGF in my tank. They have cleared out an 18in dia. pit right down
> to the UGF plate. 
> I have turned off the UGF but is the plate going to cause any problems. 
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How in the heck is it that people can manage to get fish to the point of
spawing and then kill the biofilter on them?!? Do you have the vaguest
clue what you have done? A massive bacterial die off is now in progress
in your tank; If it doesn't kill the adult fish you may consider yourself
lucky. Not only is the biofilter not filtering, it is now contributing
large amounts of dead nitrogenous waste to your tank. 

For now: remove the dying gravel. Ideally, move the fish into a tank with
a functioning biofilter. If none, change water. Put in a couple of sponge
filters. Pray. Change water. Pray. Repeat. You have just set your filtration
back to that of a new, unconditioned tank. You might just as well pull the
UG plates while you are stripping the gravel out. A bare tank with sponge
filters is a pretty good spawing envronment for many fish. Some prefer
a rock, such as a piece of slate, to spawn on. Had you not killed your UGF,
you could have put a piece of slate above the gravel and avoided this whole
mess.
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
From: marcs@crpmks.uucp (Marc Snyder)
Subject: Need Live Rock Recommendations [M]
Organization: CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Additives Division
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 22:00:27 GMT

Hello all,
	My two live rock sources in Westchester County are now gone.  I'd
like to add between 50 and 100 lbs of cured live rock to a 2 year old 30
gallon reef tank.  I have ~30lbs of live rock in there now, but I'd like
to add more.  Has anyone ordered from any of the mail order places that
will ship to your house next day?  I'd like to locate a source with
excellent quaility rock.  Thanks in advance.
	Also, what would be the conventional wisdom about adding this kind
of rock to an already established tank?  Thanks for the advice! 
-- 
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From: CKLINE@buc.edu.au (Colin Kline)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Axolotyls (Mexican Walking Fish)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:03:40 GMT
Organization: Ballarat University College
NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.132.16.13
Summary: Why have my axolotyls stopped eating ?
Keywords: Fish, feeding, illnesses


General query to NETLAND.

	My axolotls have stopped eating (previously ravenous);
	have been feeding them raw steak;
	any suggestions ?

	Colin KLINE, a fish naive person.
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
From: tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse)
Subject: Re: (M) Coral Cats - Have you seen them?
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:10:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.214725.22248@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
>I also had them order me a 6-line wrasse to hopefully eat some of the 
>"ice-cream cone" snails that I've been pulling out by hand.

	My 6-line wrasse doesn't touch them ice-cream cone snails (I know
Julien Sprung said it will, but mine doesn't).  I bought a really really
really expensive clam a few weeks ago and to my dismay, I found
ice-cream cone snails on it after I spent endless nights genociding them
in my tank previousely.  I spent about an hour that night with a twizzer
plugging over a hundred ice-cream cone snails out from the rim of the
clam shell.  I did the same thing the next few nights and got about 20
more, I think they are extinct in my tank now.

-Anthony
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Subject: Re: We need Your assistance (see Letter)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:24:19 GMT

In article <AAbdc2hi27@exiton.moldova.su> exiton@exiton.moldova.su writes:
>11. Acanthophthalmus kuhli 

This one is the most interesting of them all.  Are these people using 
hormones to spawn them?  TFH claimed last month that that's the only way
people have managed to spawn them in aquaria...

-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path
From: Ken.Wear@f110.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Ken Wear)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:48:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:363/110 - The Bear's Den BBS, Orlando FL

When you find out this info please foward it to me!!  I need all the help I
 can get (hehe snicker!).

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From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Date: 18 Nov 92 05:03:59 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

> Sounds great, but can someone tell me the number to call Aquarium Fish 
> Magazine on? And, I've never read the magazine, but I  have been looking for 
> a good one.  Does it have freshwater fish info, or is just marine fish? I 
> only keep freshwater but would like some magazine that covers Discus and the 
> like.

Yea...it's probably a little more freshwater oriented than marine, but not
overbearingly.  There's always some interesting marine articles to read (and I
don't keep marine tanks, either.)

Their subscription order/question number is (815) 734-6083.

Hope this helps.....:)


				-Matt
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From: gordon@pinetree.org (Gordon Dewis)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: (M) Lava rock and turbo (algae) snails
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 08:48:42 EST
Organization: Gordon's Pinetree * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain) writes:

> 
> Does anyone have lava rock in a marine tank?  And if so do algae
> snails keep it clean?  I am getting ready to convert a tank to a
> marine tank and wanted to put lots of lava rock in it.  However, I
> started to think that maybe lava rock is to sharp and jagged for algae
> snails to crawl over.  Any opinions on this?  Thanks.

I have lava rock in my tank which has green hair algae on it from time to 
time.  The turbo snails I have will cut a swatch across the rock every 
now and then.

  --G

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:38:57 EST
From: <JAL127@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: Re: I got crabs
Distribution: North America
 <1992Nov10.191614.8660@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Nov14.065310.3860@sfu.ca>

Fiddler crabs when they mate release their eggs in the water, these eggs
have a oil in them that causes them to float.  these eggs then hatch into
really tiny creatures that join the zooplankton community.  The eggs are
microscopic so you would probably not even see them.  from your descripion
they are hard to i dentify.  But i can tell you that they are not fiddler
crabs they are a related crab.  all male fiddler crabs have 1 large claw.
if they all have small claws how do you know they are male?  well to make
sure check the undersides, the females tail will be rounded while the male
will be for the most part narrow.  about blowing the bubbles, yes this is
normal behavior.  all crabs have gills which must be kept moist so as to
facilitate oxygen exchange.  well if anyone has any more questions i will be
happy to oblige you.
Ron Kowalewski
"Biology is my life"
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: dave@borland.com (Dave Draper)
Subject: Re: cichlids
Originator: dave@genghis.borland.com
Organization: Borland International
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:27:33 GMT

In article <5724@jptcs.COM> Steve.Kilbey%bbs@jptcs.com (Steve Kilbey) writes:
>I have Ice blue Zebras and some other assorted cichlids. I wanted to get
>more fish. Please tell me if these can interminlge with these African's:
>1) Green terrors
>2) Red Devils

In general I don't beleive in mixing Africans and Americans when it comes
to Cichlids. As far as Green Terrors and Red Devils, they didn't get those
names for nothing. I think you would be looking at some serious problmes.

I have seen major problems just mixing Red Devils with anything. Mix them
with Green Terrors and I am sure that you have recipe for disaster.

The other to consider is that both Green Terrors and Red Devils can get
quite large. I have feeling that they would eat your blue Zebras if
they set their mind to eat.

>3) Pleceo (to clean the algae)
>If the Pleco cannot mix, what fish can I get to get rid of the algae. I
>don't want to use the drops.
>

I have mixing Plecos and Cichlids for several years and never had
a problem. I figure that you should be OK.

- Dave Draper
  Pacific Coast Cichlid Association
  Cichlasoma Study Group


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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: scottus@bach.udel.edu (Scott Arthu Saracco)
Subject: Another lighting question...
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:59:39 GMT
From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Lobster Molting
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 21:07:23 GMT
Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario

lee@ace.npac.syr.edu (Lee C. Brink) writes:

> 
> 	2) Leave the skeleton in the tank.  The crayfish needs the
> 		calcium from its old skeleton and will eat it.
> 


THis is a marine type question, but is that statement also true of shrimp?

My Banded Coral Shrimp molts and I remove the skeleton normally.  Is this a
practice I should cease?

From: allisonj@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Jim Allison)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:45:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [M]  Chemipure...doe it work?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria

/ hpcc01:alt.aquaria / mcm1035@zeus.tamu.edu (MIRELES, MATTHEW C) /  6:46 am  Nov  5, 1992 /
Hi, everybody!  One question:  does chemipure really work?  I mean,
are the water changes lessened by using Chemipure, and does the pH 
remain stable due to the Chemipure....Just want to know before I 
spend $$$$$. <grin>

Thanks,

Matt M.

----------
> I have used Chemipure and it does not seem to keep the tank
> stable in regards to PH. We still have had to add other things
> to the tank to keep our PH up.
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From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: Re: Getting a puffer?
Date: 20 Nov 92 03:26:15 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

Also...

In this 5gal puffer tank, would sand be just sa easy to clean, or easier?  I'd
kinda like to try sand in a tank to see if it "works out" well with my cleaning
habits...ya know?

Even outside of my little suggested set-up there, how do people (you) feel
about using sand as a substrate?  Easy to clean?  Best filter(/combination)
with sand?


				-Matt
From: Ken.Wear@f110.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Ken Wear)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Strange disease?
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:51:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:363/110 - The Bear's Den BBS, Orlando FL

You know, I had a sword tail do the same thing on me also!!  Actually she was
 aout to have little fishes but I think she miscarried (if thats possible for
 fish to do) then she started swimming around in circles and doing crazy
 things!!  Unfort, she died less than a day later.

Just thought I'd share that tidbit with you but sorry I have no idea whats up!

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From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: How to call Aquarium Fisk Mag.
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:01:30 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

The number for the subscription-line at Aquarium Fish Magazine is:

			(815) 734-6083

Standard order fees are: 12 issues for $21.97
			 24 issues for $36.00

Canadian orders: add $4 per year.   Foreign orders: add $8 per year.


				-Matt
From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Oscar Vacation
Date: 19 Nov 92 04:37:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <1992Nov19.001634.1850@sco.com>, dipakb@sco.COM (Dipak Basu) writes:
> 
> My 6-inch oscar is going to get a vacation from us during
> Thanksgiving.  He is a picky eater (unusual for an oscar) and
> only likes live food.  He sniffs at the vacation feeder tablet
> stuff!  Any ideas about what he can eat while we're gone?
> 
> BTW his only roommate is a pleco that's bigger than him, so
> that's not a solution.

Mt 6" Oscar is in exactly the same boat as yours....I'm not so worried about
Thanksgiving, as I'm quite sure Oscar can go for ~a week without food...What's
got me is Christmas break...~4 weeks!