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From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: Large Anemones
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:37:41 GMT

In article <Bvq923.MHK@brian386.uucp> news@brian386.uucp (News Administrator) writes:
>I have recently acquired a large (10") maroon anemone, and a percula clown.
>The percula has begun to allow my pink-stripe skunk clown to share the
>anemone with him, although sometimes grudgingly.  My problem is:
>	What should I feed the anemone?
>
>People at the pet store said that the skunk would take care of the feeding
>but I am nervous.  I have tried KRILL-Etm, but it will hold it in its
>tentacles for a while, then I leave and find it on the bottom of the
>tank later.  That or the Arrowhead crab has it.  Will the clown feed the
>anemone?  I feed mostly frozen brine, and now a KRILL-E every couple of
>days (The other fish like it when the crab doesn't get it 8( ).
>
>I guess I am just being nervous, the anemone fell off the wall today, and
>I am afraid he might be getting weaker.  Up until today he has been at the
>top of the tank.  Well anyway, any information will be gratefully accepted.

Anemones are primarily photosynthetic animals.  This means that if you
don't have a decent amount of light coming in the long term survival
is not good.  You can suppliment feed with brine shrimp or other frozen
goodies (I thaw mine in vita-chem sauce and then feed via a pipette and
airline tubing) or you can feed chunks of shrimp or fish.  Keep in mind
that anemones move around a lot so as long as it is expanding and looking
good concentrate on light and don't worry so much about food.


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Paul A. Prior    Ban anchors, not reef tanks   "With friends like this,   
3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!
From: aphilip@cbnews.cb.att.com (ashwin.k.philip)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Big Air Pumps
Summary: Wisa
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:20:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T



Ihave a wisa 130 or is that 1300.. anyway, I got it at a clearance sale and
so it wasn`t terribly expensive.  It is the absolute quietest pump I have
out og supra,whisper,hbh,and wisa.  It is also very strong, lots of
air and lots of pressure.     
-- 
Ashwin K. Philip_________________________________Email:  philip@mink.mt.att.com
Software Engineer________________________________AT&T Bell Labs, Middletown, NJ
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: rclark@alcor.concordia.ca (Richard Clark)
Subject: Re: Fastest Fish??
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:04:56 GMT

 (Jim Hurley) writes:
>If you allow for freshwater fish, and stretch things a bit, I would
>vote for the flying fish. 

Gunther Zupanc, in his book "Fish and their behaviour", states that
flying fish reach  20 m/s  (45 miles/hour).


-- 
rick clark (rclark@alcor.concordia.ca) | Ban Handguns.
           (CIS 70272,3270)            |
From: rzeller@brtph450.bnr.ca (Richard Zeller P860)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Need Help With Ick!!!
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:33:32 GMT
Organization: BNR, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC

I started a fresh water tank (55 gals, w/live plants) a little over a year	
ago with great success. Until now....

It is a community tank with various fish (tetras, betas, loaches, etc).
Five days ago I experienced my first outbreak of ICK. This was after buying
a number of new fish (that looked healthy).

I first tried a product called Aquari-SOS (by Aquarium Products). This required
I raise the temp of my tank to 86(F) and continue to treat the tank until the 
ick cleared. I did this for three days and it got much worse. I went from a
few fish with ick to 90% of my fish.

I called another fish store and they talked me into doing a 50% water change
and lowering the temp and using their product called Ick Guard (by Jungle
products).  In the two days since using this, the ick has seem to lessen a bit,
but this morning I lost two of my original fish (my favorites), 4 inch
clown loaches.  I have lost about 8 fish total so far.

I am really frustrated!!! How long can I expect the ick to last? What's the
best way to treat it now and how do I prevent future infections? I was told
the original infection is usally brought on by a temp. change in the tank,
which wasn't the case.     HELP....

Thanks:
Bud
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From: rickkr@microsoft.com (Rick Krause)
Subject: Could someone clarify a FAQ statement re a siphon?
Date: 08 Oct 92 01:33:42 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Keywords: siphon

One of the FAQ articles stated that a technique for acclimating
new fish it to put them and their water in a bucket and "establish
a siphon with a piece of airline tubing with airstones at either
end".  I need some clarification on this.

<1> Does "airstones at either end" mean to put an airstone at one
of the ends, or to put stones on both ends?

<2> How would you start a siphon like this?

thx,
rick
From: 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Single Species Tanks
Date: 12 Oct 92 09:10:34 GMT

A VEIL-TAIL Oscar?!?!?   What a goofy concept.  I really can't even imagine it.
It sort of brings to mind images of football players in tu-tu's...I dunno.

I have a plain-ole "common" Oscar, a Tinfoil Barb, and a Hypostemus(SP?) all 4
to 6 inches in a 20H gal tank.

				-Matt
From: tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [M][All]New Technology
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:36:13 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC

In article <1992Oct15.140318.10625@bsu-ucs.uucp= 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
=I can't (off-hand....there's still more looking to do!) seem to find the
=srticle I was talking about, but did manage to run across another one that I
=hadn't even read before in Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, Aug.1992.  Page 120
=starts the article "A tour of the Tunze System."  Wich from a glance sounds
=like a similar, but not as copmplete as the other I was thinking of.  
=
=Anyway, I think I may have read about this other one in the library...I go
=there and check again.....more updates to come.

	I believe you are talking about the article in the Oct issuse of
FAMA.  It's Adbay's (sp?) algea scrubber live rock culturing system.

-Anthony
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From: kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com (Kevin N. Carpenter)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: De-Ionizers needed for saltwater?
Date: 14 Oct 92 01:02:35 GMT
Organization: Monsanto Company
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

jon@apollo.mcl.bdm.com (Jon Humphreys) writes:
: During a recent talk with a local petstore owner who specializes in reeftanks,
: the subject of water changes came up.  He adamently assured me that, with a 
: reeftank (corals and inverts), water added to replace evaporation HAD to be
: run through a deionizer to eliminate metals, silicates, and various trace
: elements.  He wanted to sell me one for $200 (I didn't buy it).  This
: seems contrary to what Moe said in his Reference, and I can't imagine every
: reef tank owner spending $200 on a deionizer.  Are they really needed?
: Do those of you who already have or have had reef tanks do anything besides
: declorinate your water before adding salt?
: 
: Thanks for help!
: 
: jon
: -- 

I, for one, use Reverse Osmosis for purifing all the water that goes into
my reef tank.  One of the local stores just uses declorinated tap water, 
but when pressed say "its the cheapest route, and the specimens are not
here for all that long".

--
Kevin Carpenter       Internet:  kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com
Monsanto Company      Fidonet:   1:100/215.0 (home)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the company he works for.
From: 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [M][All]New Technology
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:03:18 GMT

I can't (off-hand....there's still more looking to do!) seem to find the
srticle I was talking about, but did manage to run across another one that I
hadn't even read before in Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, Aug.1992.  Page 120
starts the article "A tour of the Tunze System."  Wich from a glance sounds
like a similar, but not as copmplete as the other I was thinking of.  

Anyway, I think I may have read about this other one in the library...I go
there and check again.....more updates to come.



			-Matt
From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Do plecos and catfishes love each other ?
Date: 17 Oct 92 03:01:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Oct16.192848.8194@cognet.ucla.edu> tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark) writes:
>Are plecos closely related to any catfish species ? 

Not the catfish you have.

>Could I be seeing >misguided courtship attempts  here ?

Unlikely.  
-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path
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From: Igor Livshits <igorl@uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Large Anemones
X-Xxdate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 23:39:14 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Organization: NCSA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:41:25 GMT
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6F8D142850114C6@spiff.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

I kept a jewel anemone for a while.  She was happy but about the same
size.  I never supplemented her diet directly.

I bought a maroon clown (2-3 months) which bonded to the above anemone
within 6 hours.  When I feed frozen shrimp to the tank, the clown makes
an effort to grab a huge piece and run it to the anemone.   Since then,
the anemone has doubled in size to about 9 or 10 inches in diameter.

I'd say that the clown is making a special effort to feed the anemone.

Igor
From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan (root))
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Fastest Fish??
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 02:46:55 GMT
Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario

Jim Pinkelman <James.K.Pinkelman.1@nd.edu> writes:

> Athough this is not a real acquarium question . . .
> 
> Does anyone know what the fastest fish in the ocean is?
> 
> Thanks

I believe that it is the sailfish or the marlin, but I am not certain.
Apparently they have been clocked at 60 knots.  If I can find the
reference, I'll post it.


====
cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org
(Darin Cowan (root))

This beautiful post is the 459th on this system!
From: jjschm@bb1t.monsanto.com
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: [M]Clownfish ID
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:13:15 CST
Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO

Yesterday, I was at a pet store in town and noticed a clownfish I've never
seen before.  I asked one of the shop keepers what it was, but he really didn't
have a clue besides "it's a clown".  Anyway the species is of the "plemnus(?)"
variety, not an amphirion(?) based on the body shape.  The color was much
darker red or maroon than the common orange color and the stripes were thicker
and surprisingly vivid yellow.  I was so intrigued that I'm considering buying
the lot (6, 2") and setting up a breeding tank.  If anyone could give me a
better background on these fish or any breeding info on them I would
appreciate it.  Thanks in advance,
				Jon

*******************************************
Jon J. Schmuke  jjschm@ccmail.monsanto.com
*******************************************

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From: bednarek@picard.med.ge.com (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971)
Subject: Re: Other fish suggestions for a DISCUS tank
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 08:19:01 GMT

Richard L. Dyson (dyson@sunfish.physics.uiowa.edu) wrote:
: I have a pair of discus which are by themselves in their tank and I
: would like to add some other fish (just a couple) to help compliment and
: enhance the biological system.  I also have a couple bunches of plants
: (can't recall which kinds now) and LOTS of soft green algae.  With my
: other tanks, I have usually had luck with lots of plants and/or plecos
: to keep the algae in control.  But with these discus I am into new
: ground and don't know if a common pleco would be happy in a warm
: temperature tank (80-84 F).  Anyone have any comments or suggestions?  I
: had tried a regular Kohli Loach, (at a fish store employee's suggestion)
: and he died in a couple days.  Dont' really know why, so I don't know if
: it would be worthwhile to replace it or not...
: 
: rick
: --
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:    Shortened "Top 10 Punchlines to Dirty Jokes Astronauts Tell"......
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:             (#2): It wasn't G-forces that killed that monkey!
:                   and (#1): Gee - It tasted like Tang!
: 

Rick how big is this tank?

As a starter I would add a few angelic cats, and a nice size pelco______
I cannot spell it.  Depending on the size of the tank there are hundereds 
of other possibles.
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From: wmack@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William J Mack)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Scale from hard water
Keywords: Best way to remove it?
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:06:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Having hard water, my hood eventually aquires white scale which seems impossi-
ble to remove.  Even tried lime-away (and rinsed the hood very well before 
putting it back on the aquarium, of course) and still no results.  Has
anyone found a solution to removing the stuff?
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: AS.CCB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Christopher Bekins)
Subject: Re: Lighting
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:33:34 GMT

In response to Bob Staaf's questions about marine tank lighting,
Joel Collins wrote:

> Sometimes poor lighting will cause bad algae (like red algae) to grow.

Red algae's grow well in the red spectrum (hence the name).  Water first
filters out the red end of the spectrum (that's why it get's "bluer" as you
go down in depth in the sea), right?  So, if by "poor lighting " you mean
low lumens (as opposed to strange bandwidth peaks) then this will not cause
"bad" algae to grow, will it?

Comments, elaborations?

Christopher

"The only good red (algae)
  is a dead red (algae)."
Joe "aquarium" McCarthy (1908 - 1957)
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From: dphantom@triton.unm.edu (darlene an  92sep02 lawry)
Subject: Re: Fastest Fish??
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 03:31:29 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <7263@transfer.stratus.com> scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath) writes:
>In article <1992Oct14.182916.17723@news.nd.edu> James.K.Pinkelman.1@nd.edu (Jim  
>Pinkelman) writes:
>> Athough this is not a real acquarium question . . .
>> 
>> Does anyone know what the fastest fish in the ocean is?
>> 
>> Thanks
>
>It's the Barracude man!! 440 motor, 4 speed, dual quads, that fish really 
>honks =8^)
>

In the ocean?  Now that I'd have to see.
From: jward@hydra.acs.uci.edu (John Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [ALL] Use of Headers in posts
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:52:10 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine

In article <1992Oct15.155843.11575@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
>I always get this confused even though I've been reading this group 
>for 3 years now... should we use "()" or "{}" or "[]"?
>-- 
>--------pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu----(614) 621-8240----------------
>Paul A. Prior    Ban anchors, not reef tanks   "With friends like this,   
>3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
>The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!

I have been reading for a few years too and don't read the FAQ much
anymore.  I took a look through an old FAQ.beginner and found the
following in the glossary:
     (F)     = Used in subject line to indicate Freshwater
     (M)     = Used in subject line to indicate Marine discussion
I didn't see (R) or (DIY) that have been showing up.  Maybe they should
(or have been) added.

This isn't meant as a flame.  I am, however, biased toward () over the others.

Cheers.
--
John Ward    UC Irvine, Department of Redundancy Department
email: jward@uci.edu or jward@uci.bitnet
     "Time flies like an eagle.  Fruit flies like a banana."
From: gt7969a@prism.gatech.EDU (DEPUY)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Amiricle W/D filter any good?
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:50:18 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I am considering buying an Amirical SL250 wet/dry trickle filter from 
Mail Order Pet Shop.  Is this a decent filter?

I plan to use it with a 110 or 135 fresh water plant tank (hopefully for
really low maintence and great water quality) and will probably change
the tank over to salt water/reef in the future.

Thanks for any advice on this filter.

Wynand DePuy
     wdepuy@isye.gatech.edu

-- 
DEPUY,WYNAND CRAWFORD
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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From: tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark)
Subject: Do plecos and catfishes love each other ?
Originator: tmark@regulus.cognet.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:28:48 GMT

I have a small (3 1/2") pleco and a similarly sized catfish. I don't
know what type the latter is, but he's a brown color, looks kind
of hard as if he has armor, and has white spots. His body is kind of
squat. 

Anyways, when I put the cat in his new tank, he was extremely shy. He 
spent most of his time sequestered in a plant. When I put a rock
in with holes, he spent most of his time upside down in the holes.
Anyways, I'd never seen him move, and since in the store he was
quite active, I assumed he wasn't eating and was going to die.

Two days ago, 1/2 and hour before I turn out the lights and just
after my pleco started becoming active, I noticed the cat stirring!
Then the most amazing sequence of events transpired before my eyes:
the pleco started following the catfish *extremely* close. Sometimes
the pleco was *right* underneat the cat. The cat didn't seem to mind at
all, and sometimes followed the pleco ! I thought it was
really funny to see the pleco and the cat following each other around 
the tank.

Are plecos closely related to any catfish species ? Could I be seeing
misguided courtship attempts  here ?
From: 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: [ALL]Ancient Powerfilter Help
Date: 13 Oct 92 02:40:59 GMT

Does anyone remember the Dynaflow series of power filters?  I have aquaried an
old Dynaflow 3 (the large(r) size perhaps?) and bought the closest fitting
filter cartridge I could find.  I'm fairly confident it's the wrong one, as
water flows over it (media too dense?) and it is tapered at the bottom so water
is allowed to flow around it too (but not too much).  Has anyone seen
proper-fitting cartridges for sale as of late?  I've seen some for sale for the
Dynaflow 150, but these are definately too small.  I'd guess these are for a
different series of Dynaflow.   Anywho....any comments would be appreciated.

				-Matt McCabe
				 Ball State Univ.

P.S.  Also, what about a replacement impeller motor.  I've never seen anything
but Whisper brand replacements for sale.  Definately not compatible.
From: hart@vax.sonoma.edu
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: New Tiger Oscar: Munch the Bloodthirsty
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:04:31 GMT
Organization: Sonoma State University


	Hi -- semi-clueless new owner of a very active baby Tiger Oscar

is seeking any and all advice as to the best care, feeding and TLC for
this toothy little pisces.  I'm already very attached to him, and want
to give him the best life possible.  His name is Munch, and he is only
handling feeder guppies at the moment..................

-- What exactly CAN I feed him?  (I intend to continue to live feed,
	but one of my brothers insists that his friend feeds his 
	Oscars cooked hamburger and the like)

-- How often can I feed him without making him sick?  Will he eat himself
	to death like goldfish, or will he eat only when ready?  (I'm
	feeding 1-2 guppies a day on the advice of a pet store, but I get
	the feeling he would eat quite a bit more if I let him.)

-- What other fish (if any) will cohabitate with him without becoming 
	Munch-lunch?

-- He is in a 30-ga tank how fast is he going to grow?
	is he going to grow?  Do I need to worry about getting a 
bigger tank sometime in the future?  How big can he get potentially?



Thanks in advance for the advice!

The Lady Jane
hart@vax.sonoma.edu

** There's too much blood in my caffeine stream **
From: thk@sgi.com (Tom Kong)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Softened water & plants
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:28:50 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: tyres.asd.sgi.com

In article <Bvs8CI.L0o@andy.bgsu.edu> graue@andy.bgsu.edu (Louis Graue) writes:
>I have read that using softened water to water plants causes problems.  I have
>been having difficulty with the water plants in my fish tanks.  I have tried
>several kinds and they do not seem to do well.  The water in my tanks is from
>the tap and comes through a water softener from a well.  I do add fertilizer
>recommended for plants in a fish tank.  I would like to hear from someone
>who knows whether or not the softened water is  bad for the plants.


My guess is that your water softener is the kind that does ion 
exchange (exchange sodium ion for calcium/magnesium), and that the
sodium in your softened water is what causes your problem.

Water softened via distillation or reverse osmosis should be fine
for plants.

/tom
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From: kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com (Kevin N. Carpenter)
Subject: Re: [M][All]New Technology
Organization: Monsanto Company
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:27:02 GMT

tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse) writes:
: In article <1992Oct15.140318.10625@bsu-ucs.uucp= 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
: =I can't (off-hand....there's still more looking to do!) seem to find the
: =srticle I was talking about, but did manage to run across another one that I
: =hadn't even read before in Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, Aug.1992.  Page 120
: =starts the article "A tour of the Tunze System."  Wich from a glance sounds
: =like a similar, but not as copmplete as the other I was thinking of.  
: =
: =Anyway, I think I may have read about this other one in the library...I go
: =there and check again.....more updates to come.
: 
: 	I believe you are talking about the article in the Oct issuse of
: FAMA.  It's Adbay's (sp?) algea scrubber live rock culturing system.
: 
: -Anthony

I believe Anthony is correct.  You seem to be talking about the Adey system
described in the Editorial section of the October issue of FAMA.  If memory
serves, it consist of (3) 675 gallon tanks using algae scrubbers as the
sole filtration system.  The tanks are designed to be complete ecosystems,
and as such, tend not to favor any given species of critter.  I believe
the entry cost was around $100,000.

There has been considerable discussion about the value of Adeys system,
both from the business sense (questionable at best), and its actual
performance.  Several of Adeys systems, like the one in the Smithsonians,
leave a lot to be desired.

--
Kevin Carpenter       Internet:  kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com
Monsanto Company      Fidonet:   1:100/215.0 (home)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the company he works for. 
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