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From: jpenix@uceng.uc.edu (John Penix)
Subject: Re: [F] Why do I have only female swordtails
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:56:15 GMT

In article <ggawron.104.0@comm.mot.com> ggawron@comm.mot.com (Glenn Gawron) writes:
>I've had a 20h community tank with swordtails that keep multiplying.  I've 
>been putting the fry in a breeder tank and releasing them as they grow but 
>all I've got are FEMALES!!!  I only have one male in the tank now and I'm 
>afraid he'll get exhausted with all the females (8 adult + several young).  
>Is this normal or can I do something to promote male fry????
>
Don't worry!  All swordtails start off as females.  If there needs to be
a male, one or some of the fish will change over and start to grow a tail.
If you seperate a few of the females, one shold turn male.  I don't think
they can change back.  Frequent water changes might reduce the amount of
the chemical that lets the females know there is a male present - but this
is just a guess.


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From: Lynda Fincham <gaea@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Bloated tetra
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 06:59:34 GMT

bbs.maddox@tsoft.net (Otto Maddox) writes:
>Lynda Fincham <gaea@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>
>> Last night one of my neon's seem to get "bloated" - ie, his stomach got very
>> large, and he couldn't sink to the bottom. He spent about half his time tryin
>> to swim downwards at a rather steep angle, and the rest of the time lying on
>> his side on the surface, resting I assume. I went out about 9pm, and didn't
>> get in until 1am or so. I couldn't find him floating on the surface, so I
>> figured that he'd either died, or gotten better. This morning he was fine, no
>> further problems swimming, and he ate the flake food that I usually feed them
>
>My Frontosa does something like this often right after he eats.  While he 
>doesn't look bloated he has trouble  sinking.  After watching and 
>worrying over him for about a week a notice he would either burp out some 
>large amounts of air wich I assume he swallowed with his food or he would 
>"fart" for lack of a better word.
>
>Mine only does this occasionally and he is the only fish I have that does 
>it.  Could be your problem.

Well, just after sending some email to someone (wouldn't you know it), I
noticed that one of my neon's had died. It must have gotten bloated this
morning when I fed them, and I hadn't looked closely at the tank until I went
to feed them tonight. I'm not sure if it's the same tetra that was bloated
before (they all look the same, with the exception of one that had his tail
chewed off - it's now growing back well, but is shorter than the others). It
was suggested to me that the one tetra that was getting bloated was just
exceptionally stupid and gulping air when it ate, but I guess that remains to
be seen if it was only the one tetra. Now that it's dead, I'll be able to see
if any of the others are doing it.

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From: tnnguyen@marcus.cs.umn.edu (Trung N. Nguyen)
Subject: [F] Help with Kribensis' behavior
Summary: Female Kribensis' shaking
Keywords:  Kribensis, habit
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:51:33 GMT

I recently have acquired a few Kribensis.  Lately, I notice that the
female sometimes leans slightly to one side, curls itself and shakes
violently for a second or so.  It usually does this when the male
approaches it and gives it a light peck on the side of the female's
body.  Sometimes the female exhibits this behavior even without the
male's advance.  Can anyone give me a clue to what's happening?
I think only female Kribensis do this since I have not really see any
male does it.  Is it some mating ritual or is it something wrong with
the water or is it just an act of defense?
Thanks for your help.

			Trung
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From: mwerling@woodstock.umd.edu (Michael T. Werling)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Info on CoraLife's "MiniMight" light
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:40:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In the search for good lighting for my 29g salt water (some day to be
reef) tank I found something called the 'Mini Might' light by Coralife.
It is in the lighting supplement from Mail Order Pet Shop.

All the information about these lights it gives is
  "(sizes of hoods)...These units are extremely energy efficient with
  their 9 watt bulbs.  They come with a space age reflectorized black hood"

The types of lights are the "Daylight(5000K)" and "Actinic(2700K)" in
different combinations.


Can anyone give me some more information about these lights from personal
experience or articles you have read?

Thanks,
Mike 

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From: scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [F] Lethargic Angel and isolation tank.
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:34:55 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: scottsdale.az.stratus.com


	I decided to isolate the Angelfish last night but was faced with a  
problem. I have no hospital tank. I decided to go to the local Petsmart store  
to see what they had. All I found was a small (3X5X3) plastic mini tank which  
hangs on the inside of a tank thus separating the sick fish from the others.  
This would have really cramped the Angel and it was also very expensive, so I  
found in the same store a retangular plastic tank which was much larger (8X6X6)  
but had no way of being hung. It was also half the price ($3.00). 

	I brought it home, bent a couple of paper clips into hooks and hung it  
inside the tank with no problem. I filled the tank water and put in an  
airstone. Next I tried feeding the fish some frozen bloodworms. This did not  
appeal to the fish. It still hasn't eaten. All my others in the other portion  
of the tank loved it though. I may make the live or frozen food a regular thing  
once or twice a week. Anyway, the Angel is still showing no signs of sicknness  
other than not eating and being very inactive. I had changed the water in the  
large tank just prior to putting in the isolation tank and I added an  
antiboitic to the isolation tank also as an added measure. Now it's just wait  
and see I guess.
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From: blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum)
Subject: [F] Corydora Question
Summary: Just a quick question
Keywords: cory, bottom feeder, flake pellet
Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tommorrow
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:33:12 GMT


I have a 5 gallon [F] tank with two 1" albino corydoras in it, and I was
told at the pet store that flake food would be ok to feed them with.

However, after reading several books on aquariums, I learned that corys are
bottom feeders, and since they are, should I be using pellet foods
instead????????

-- 
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From: bmoss@ejv.com (Brian Moss)
Subject: Wanted: FW Fish Recommendations
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 17:05:28 EST
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Hello All,

I am looking for some interesting fish recommendations for a 20 gal FW tank.  Specifically, I am looking for fish that will grow pretty large (5" - 7"), that will not eat my other fish and likewise not be eaten by my current fish, and that are colorful and interesting.  Do such fish exist????

The tank currently has: 2 blue dannios, 6 neons, and a pleco, and a couple live plants.

I have been told by many fishkeepers that if i didn't have the dannios that i could get many other fish.  Therefore, if it is necessary for me to get rid of the dannios i will (I will give them to a fish store). 

I would like to get some Chilids (sp?) or perhaps a discus (silver dollar?).

Any specific recommendations of Chilids that fit these needs??

Thanks in advance :-)....

Brian
From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Advice about adding a Black Ghost
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 23:39:32 GMT
Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario

kline@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charley Kline) writes:

> The local pet store (a VERY reputable shop) says that knives are nearly
> blind and hunt for food using echolocation. Whether this is sonic or
> electromagnetic, I'm not sure, but because of this, they surmise that this
> knife may hide so much in part because the big floppy tail of the siamese
> fighting fish "looks" large and dangerous.

They are related to electric eels and hunt electrically.



Darin Cowan - cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org

Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita)
Subject: Re: no water changes for me
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:26:10 GMT

oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>Eventually the build up of a variety of salts will kill
>everything in the tank.

Is this only if you use tap water to replace evaportation rather than
distilled or 'regardless' of the evaporation/replacement problem -- that
is does the nitrogen cycle (including anaroebic phase) leave salts in
the water?

Frank Fujita
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (David Russell)
Subject: Re: [F] Troubled Gar Pike.  Help.
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:27:49 GMT

From article by ERIC OVERTON:
> I just added a Gar to my tank the other day and it's behaving strangely.  He
> just floats at the top of the water.  He doesn't have any trouble swimming or
> diving though.  I thought it may be a swim bladder problem but I'm not sure. I
> understand that the swim bladder of a gar is different than that of other fish
> (an auxiliary breathing organ).  It hasn't eaten for several days.   
> 
    I thought I would just relate my experience with a Gar. 1) Mine
was almost always near the top of the tank, unless chasing down lunch.
2) It would ONLY eat live food. It would eat a few large goldfish 
(+2 in.) a week. I bought the Goldfish once a week and it would eat
a few that day and a couple the next, the there would be 1-2 left
that it would eat during the week. But, sometimes it wouldn't eat
for a week, (on its own). It is also a slow eater because it stalks
its food and then strikes in one swift swoop. (One time it miss just
a little bit and speared the G.Fish, then swam around for ten mins.
trying to shake it off. It didn't eat it after that becasue it was
no longer alive.)

  I don't know about the bladder, but without more info what you
describe doesn't seem all that abnormal.

David

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From: mdkj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Pleco question
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:19:34 EST
Distribution: usa,rec
Organization: Cornell University

In article <1993Jan11.044529.3039@en.ecn.purdue.edu>,
wmack@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William J Mack) writes: 
> Someone once told me plecos were detritovorous (eat detritus).  Is that true?
> Since my other fish promptly spit out detritus if mistaken for food, it raised
> the question.  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Mack
The answer is: no! Plecos like a mostly vegetarian diet, possibly supplementedd
by some flake or frozen food.  If you wanted a pleco to reduce the syphoning
chores, think again...
Their main food should be veggies like zucchini (my favorite pleco-food),
spinach, spirulina tablets.  I've kept several plecos on this for three years
(two kinds of panaque, a farlowella and a "plain" pleco).  Of course, a little
algae on a log is also appreciated :-)

John Opsomer
From: rg@kunikpok.icus.com (R.G. Keen)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: FTP site, archives?
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 20:32:25 CST
Organization: Kunikpok Kennels and Komputers (Pet Project)

I remember the thread on RUGF/UGF from a bit ago. I wasn't following it 
and sure enough, now I need to consult. Is there an FTP site for 
archives? 

R.G. 
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
From: guy@mspe5.b11.ingr.com (Guy D. McConnell)
Subject: [M] IMCC, opinions anyone?
Reply-To: guy@mspe5.b11.ingr.com (Guy McConnell)
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:30:01 GMT


    Well, due to the *under*whelming response to my question about the SeaChem
calcium test kit, I decided to order one and give it a go myself.  It hasn't come
in yet but I will report on it when I try it out.

    The real reason for this post is to start a discussion on the new club I saw
advertised in the December FAMA.

    It is called the International Marine Collectors Club out of Redondo Beach,
CA.  For a $25.00 "Charter Membership Fee", you get Dr. Burgess' "Mini Atlas of
Marine Aquarium Fishes" and the ability to buy fish from "The Club" at "as much as
75% below retail.  A couple of the examples given:

	Percula Clown (M, L) Retail: $9.99
			     IMCC:   $3.00

	Blue Tang (M, L)     Retail: $34.99
			     IMCC:   $15.00

    The retail prices given are pretty much in line with what I see locally for
these specimens.  It looks tempting but I wanted to solicit opinions and start
a discussion on its relative merit.  In case anyone missed it, their address is:

	International Marine
	P.O. Box 2535
	Redondo Beach, CA 90278
	Phone:  1-800-466-8880

Well?

--
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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: patton@phy.uab.edu (David Patton)
Subject: Re: Aquaclear 300 problem
Followup-To: patton@phy.uab.edu
Reply-To: patton@phy.uab.edu
Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:02:49 GMT

This is quite amazing to me. I have a couple of questions and comments
that might help. BTW, I have a 30 gallon tank with a Aquaclear 300
and some of the same fish.

1)Is there any possibility that some of the fish died and then were 
sucked into the filters intake?

2)You can reduce the flow to your filter by moving the siphon tube
with in the filter. It has a notch to do such. 

3)Why do you have the filter running while feeding?  Avoid this so that
the fish will keep away from the intake tube.


David Clay Patton                                  patton@phy.uab.edu
Physics Department
University of Alabama at Birmingham                So much to learn,
Birmingham, Al 35294                               so little time!!!



Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: harold@wam.umd.edu (James B. Harold)
Subject: Re: (M) stores in DC area
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: dc
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:08:05 GMT

In article <1ishvkINN1s2@mirror.digex.com> vseaman@access.digex.com (Vanya Seaman) writes:
>>I am looking for a decent store in the D.C. area that has marine fish
>>in good condition and has knowledgeable salespeople.  So far I have
>
>	Ahh. The best store in the "wash-balt" area is The
>Aquarium Center up in Randalstown, maryland. THE best. There
>is no place larger. They have maybe 100 tanks for salt/reef kind of work.
>They are up by Baltimore though. Quite a drive.
>
I responded by e-mail, but I wanted to second this.  If you live
in this area and haven't been to The Aquarium Center, _go_.  And
if you're into cichlids, ask for Alan :-).  If you haven't been
recently, go again:  they've expanded the store significantly in
the last few years.  Heck...make a day of it:  I do a day trip
to Lancaster to go to That Fish Place and buy hardware, then swing
buy the Aquarium Center to buy fish :-)

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                              and wrong."    --  H. L. Mencken 
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: harold@wam.umd.edu (James B. Harold)
Subject: Re: [F] Success with Algae Destroyer
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:32:28 GMT

In article <2800262@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> booth@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (George Booth) writes:
> 
>As a side note, a friend mentioned that Siamese Algae Eaters
>(Epalzeorhinchus siamensis), a relative of Flying Foxes, snarfs up red
>brush algae like crazy in his tanks.  We haven't had that experience,
>but then, we tend to feed our fish and he dosen't.

Interestingly (well, maybe it's interesting :-)  ), we just starting
having a problem with this velvety, green stuff.  And it began
just after we got rid of our supposed siamensis (though the tank
always seems to be changing, so it could be coincidence). 
 
I'd like to get another, but I'm leery of this situation now.  We
had a long thread at one point on what the "real" siamensis was
(i.e., the nice, placid, smallish, non-territorial fish that eats
red brush algae and probably lives somewhere over the rainbow....).
Did the net come to a consensus on what the correct description
was (I remember at least one person saying that one of the
standard reference books had an incorrect photo)? Last time, despite
being quite careful and going to an exceptionally good store, 
we ended up with something which grew to about 4" long, killed
off all the others of his kind, and was generally a belligerent,
territorial nuisance (and he was a pain to catch).  I'd like to 
avoid having that happen again...on the other hand, maybe that's
the only kind that eats the velvety green stuff... :-)

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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: reidmp@athena.mit.edu (Reid M. Pinchback)
Subject: Marineland Penguin Powerheads
Keywords: powerheads
Reply-To: reidmp@athena.mit.edu
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:02:34 GMT


I have a few questions about the Marineland Penguin powerheads,
for anybody that may have used them:


1. Are the fully submersible?

2. Are they salt-water safe?

3. Are they quiet?

4. For people who have used them, are you happy with them? (ie: would you
   buy one again).

5. Is the flow rate adjustable on any of the models?


Thanks in advance.

-- 
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  Faculty Liaison
  Academic Computing Services, MIT
From: scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Lethargic Angel getting weird!!!!
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:09:42 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: scottsdale.az.stratus.com

Check this out...As of last night the fish had lost all it's black stripes. The  
black portion on the rear of it's body remained though. The fish was silver in  
the front and black in the tail area. Weird huh? This morning, my wife turned  
on the tank light to feed all the fish and noticed that the Angel's stripes  
were back. They then faded over the course of 10 minutes while the light was  
on. She turned off the tank light and went to the store on an errand. When she  
returned 20 minutes later, the stripes were all back again =8^O. What is going  
on here??? BTW: The fish ALMOST ate today and then decided against it.

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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: bhaskar@brtph181.bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar)
Subject: Re: [F] Tank Upgrade
Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:35:59 GMT

In article <1if6f1INN4t@hp-col.col.hp.com> dsavard@col.hp.com (Don Savard) writes:

>The fish place I frequent will sell me the tank, I'll get a 15% discount
>on the add-ons, and a fish club membership that entitles me to a 10%
>discount on fish for a year. (Sounds like it could be a good deal).

It might be cheaper to buy everything except the tank through the mail.

>I'm also planning on buying some plants through mail-order from That 
>Fish Place. Anyone have any recommendations regarding this idea?

As with most plant suppliers, they may not have in stock all the
plants they advertise.  Be sure to ask. I expect they will have the
more common plants available, along with a few that you wouldn't
usually find in your area.  When I was there last (about a month ago)
they had around 15 tanks devoted mainly to plants.

-Shaji.
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From: mwerling@linus.umd.edu (Michael T. Werling)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: (M) stores in DC area
Date: 11 Jan 93 01:38:48 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

Sorry if this gets posted out of the D.C. area.  WHat can I say, i tried...

I am looking for a decent store in the D.C. area that has marine fish
in good condition and has knowledgeable salespeople.  So far I have
had bad luck.  I would prefer one that is close to the beltway in either
Va. or Md.

PLEASE respond with an answer if you can.

Mike (mwerling@umd5.umd.edu)
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From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Aquaclear 300 problem
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:40:00 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

> THe only problems I've had with the aquaclears is that gunk builds up underneath
> the filter media and it can be released into the tank when you pull out the
> column of media to clean/replace it.  To avoid this you MUST turn the filter
> off to clean - which I find irritating.

I have the same quip with my Dynaflow3 (virtually same filter/generic
version-i.e. no "column of media", just media-area).  Hagen ought to design a
switch in to the apparatus.

> Also, in my breeding tank, I have an aquaclear mini which sucked up all but
> one fish in the last spawn of my pearl gouramis.

How about that idea of a sponge-media sliced and vertically slid ofver the
intake?

				-Matt