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From: wieser@bissun.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jim Wieser)
Subject: Re: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:07:16 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.004533.11792@bsu-ucs>, 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
|> I seem to remember seeing some sort of deal Aquarium Fish Magazine offered to
|> the readers on the 'net for a two-year subscription for the price of one year. 
|> Can someone tell me where I saw this so I can look through it again?  Or just
|> let me kno what I have to do to take advantage of the deal?  I love AFM!
|> 
|> 				-Matt

Its in the FAQ - don't remember which one. All you have to do is call them up
and tell them there's this deal. They become confused, but will lower your rate
significantly -- on the order of get three years for the price of one.

-- 
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m/s 35424 --  901 Elmgrove Road              Phone:    (716) 726-6538
Rochester, New York 14653-5424               Fax:      (716) 726-0129
Any opinions expressed herein belong to me and not to my employer.
From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan - root)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (F) Chemicals, Plants, Fertilizer and Fish
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 23:04:17 GMT
Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario

robin@fisher.bio.uci.edu (Robin Bush) writes:

> My pleco sure does. It doesn't bother mature leaves, but it loves to  
> scrape newly emerged leaves. Because of this most of my plants only last  
> until they run out of the leaves they had when I bought them. But maybe he  
> is really hungry. We have had him two years and he really hasn't grown  
> very much. 

My pleco has grown by a factor of 4 since I got it 2 years ago.  It consumed
all the tank's algae and now eats flake food that sinks and sinking shrimp
pellets (if the ghost knife doesn't get there first).

For some reason, it's never gone after my live plants.  I guess they have 
individual preferences.

Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: bruceg@Cadence.COM (Bruce Gustifson)
Subject: Re: (M) Switch to RUGF
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:57:07 GMT

In article <1cjkutINNf9q@uwm.edu> drallen@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Derek R Allen) writes:
>
>
>Question: should I be aware of anything special when I switch to the
>RUGF approach.  For example, will the sudden reversal in flow and
>concomitant oxygenation of the substrate affect the biological filter?
  If you clean the gravel first ( and I mean clean it
real good), you shouldn't have any problem. The amount
of oxygen in the water passing through the gravel
will be roughly the same as it was. The only difference
with RUGF is the gravel will not have to be cleaned as
often. All the dirt that used to go into the gravel
should now go into your cannister. MUCH easier to
maintain! Good Luck! And thanks for the ad space
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>|           CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS
	   Leader in the EDA Industry!
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>|            Weekly/monthly rates available.                               |
From: gs320005@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: (F) Sexing Lamprologus Leleupi
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:54:40 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing


Hello,

This is for all of you folks that have Lamprologus Leleupi to spawn.

I need some hints on how to figure the sex of fish that are 3 to 4 inches?

I have 4 fish this size one of them is a dark brown and the others are very
aggressive to it (new fish in tank 2 months ago).  The other 3 vary in length
and size, I picked them up at a fish show, may all be siblings.  They are not
as bright yellow as those in stores.  The largest one of these has always 
been the boss.  The color on this fish seems to change from pale yellow to 
bright yellow with some orange on the fins.  Two weeks ago I found it 
protecting 2 doz dead (white/no fungus) eggs.

I know a place that I can get a few more but would like to be able to 
figure out the sex.

Thanks...

Neal 
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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: re: [F] Plants and fish poop, and etc
From: satilley@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 8 Nov 92 15:42:58 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <1992Nov6.212925.8591@ultra.com>, jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley) writes:
> In <1992Nov5.192733.9170@news2.cis.umn.edu> tnnguyen@tera.cs.umn.edu (Trung N. Nguyen) writes:
> 
> -->Does anybody have a tank with both fishes and lots of plant?  I have a
> -->20H tank with some plants and about 10 fishes with an AquaClear 200.
> -->I have noticed that fishes' poop and other junk (dead leaves, etc.)
> -->tend to get stuck in the plants.  
> 
> The debris will collect in stagnant areas. Use a siphon to get rid of the
> stuff in those spots. What sort of fish are they? 10 swordtails, for
> example in a 20g is a lot.
> 
> 
> -->The filter does not seem to be able to
> -->pick these up.  Also I notice that the plants have a thin layer of green stringy
> -->algae on them (hornworts do not have much, mostly on bigger leaves plants).
> -->I think these algae help in making the junk stick onto the plants.  Anyway,
> -->the plants look pretty dirty from all this.  Yesterday, I have to remove
> -->all the hornwort and wash them and shake all the plants so that the junk
> -->get off.  Does anyone have this problem?  Is there a way to solve this?
> -->So far, I have tried to pills of bacteria to get rid of sludge.  Doesn't
> -->look like they are doing their jobs.
> 
> Much as I hate to admit it, I recently allowed snails to develop in
> my tanks and they do a great job of keeping things clean.
> 
> I have an irrational dislike of snails, but I'm very happy with the
> reduced maintenace and generally better appearance of my tanks now
> that I let them grow.
> -- 
> Jim Hurley --> jimh@ultra.com  ...!ames!ultra!jimh  (408) 922-0100
> Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Daggett Drive / San Jose CA 95134

I am having this plant problem -- but only with my anacharis (sp?).  I just
pulled them out and replaced them with vallisneria.  

But, in my angel tank I have some kind of junk collecting on the bottom.  It
looks like some fuzzy mold (?) and flakes of fish food fall into these clumps
and make it look even worse.  When I do a partial H20 change, I manage to
vacuum most of it up, but it turns around and forms again.   Help!  I'd like to
breed these angels, but I don't know if this is a bad thing to have present
during such a time as this.

Last, but not least,  has anyone had any success in sexing angels?  The only
way I've heard of is to examine the space between the feelers and the beginning
of the anal fin.  On a female, that space is supposed to be longer and
straighter.  



Thanks,
Anne.
-- 
Anne Kaelber satilley@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: (ALL)Aquarium Fish Magazine
Date: 12 Nov 92 05:45:33 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

I seem to remember seeing some sort of deal Aquarium Fish Magazine offered to
the readers on the 'net for a two-year subscription for the price of one year. 
Can someone tell me where I saw this so I can look through it again?  Or just
let me kno what I have to do to take advantage of the deal?  I love AFM!

				-Matt
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: erik@marge.phys.washington.edu (Erik D. Olson)
Subject: Re: lamprologus leleupi
Organization: Cosmic Ray Labratory, University of Washington
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:24:38 GMT

In article <LJLyTB3w165w@netlink.cts.com> holyholy@netlink.cts.com (Jeffrey Tang) writes:

>Greetings everyone.  i am thinking about getting a lamprologus leleupi 
>for a new 26-gallon tank but dont know for sure what they eat. i am 
>guessing that feeder guppies & worms would be okay, but would a 
>l.leleupi accept anything that is not live food? i kinda feel bad for 
>the feeders. =( I would love it if someone'd tell me a little about what 
>they feed their l. leleupi. Thanks very much.

I feed my lelupi (and other Tanganyikans) Tetra Marin (marine flakes), with 
supplements of brine shrimp and glassworms once a week or so.  I had read 
they are mostly vegetarian in nature, so the flake food should be just 
FINE for feeding them, but they just love the live food as well.

  Erik 
From: dbs@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Dave Sheehy)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 19:00:15 GMT
Subject: Re: lamprologus leleupi
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria

>> up on the other fish right off.  The Synodontis might last for a few months, 
>> but as the cichlids mature and gain size/strength/confidence they will 
>> eventually kill it. 
>
>This has not been my experience.  I have kept L. leleupi for about three years
>both in single species tanks where spawning often occurred, and in a Tangan-
>yikan community tank along with Tropheus duboisi, Lamprologus sp. "daffodil",
>Altolamprologus compressiceps, Cyphotilapia frontosa, Haplochromis burtoni,
>along with Malawian Dimidiochromis compressiceps.  The only hint of aggression
>I have witnessed is the defense of a very finite territory around the spawning
>site.  

I concur with Tom. I have a breeding pair of Brichardi in a 55 gallon tank
with a bunch of Malawi cichlids (M. Chipoke, P. Acii, H. Livingstonii). There
is a brood of young in the tank right now and aggression is limited to the
nest area. The male Chipoke is by far the most aggressive fish in the tank.
I do think that the Leleupi are more aggressive than Brichardi which differs
with what another poster said.

In the past, I have often mixed several Botias with africans. They seem to get
along very well together and the water doesn't seem to disagree with them at 
all. They have lived for a long time in that situation.
                               
>  - Tom Fredericks
>    Ithaca, New York
>----------

Dave Sheehy
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:19:32 EST
From: <JAL127@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (F) Chemicals, Plants, Fertilizer and Fish
 <92311.105900JAL127@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov6.173137.10996@news2.cis.umn.edu>

Large plecos can damage plants such as amazon swords etc.  they do this as they
 rasp the algae off the plants leaves, meanwhile removeing some of the plants e
pidermal layer of cells. however most plants do not die or get appreciately dam
aged by this.
From: hupa@amy8.stanford.edu (Anthony Alexander Espinoza)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Fish and anemonies
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:28:27 GMT
Organization: DSO, Stanford University

are there any experts out there who can tell me if it would be a bad idea  
to put a few anemonies in my 70 gallon marine?

TRUVU ultramax wet-dry
1 actinic and 1 ultraloom
set up for 6 months
1 pair of long nose butterflies
a couple of percula clowns
1 blue tang (surgeon?)
1 flame angel


please send any response to tone@applelink.apple.com

thanks!
From: Steve.Kilbey%bbs@jptcs.com (Steve Kilbey)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: cloudy water
Date: 12 Nov 92 02:30:12 GMT
Reply-To: Steve.Kilbey%bbs@jptcs.com (Steve Kilbey)
X-Posting-Software: UniBoard 1.10a S/N 202921

This is to answer assana's message, but I have a problem of my own.

I remeber having a problem a loooong time ago with clody water, and it was
the charcoal in my filer going bad. I don't know what kind of filter you,
but you may want to check that out.

Here is my problem. My water is not crystal clear either. But it is not
"milky-cloudy." It looks like billions and billions of little air bubbles. I
am not sure. Here are the facts. I have 2 angels, 6 neons, 8 serpae tetras,
and 2 small african frogs. I feed them tetramin and throw in a couple of
Wardley's sinking shrimp pellets (or ele my frogs would starve.) The pellets
seem to be eaten all the time, so I am not sure it is that they are breaking
up into really fine particles. I use Wardleys "Clear-aLL" but that seems to
do no good at all. I put in drops everyday, and it never gets clearer. I may
resort to 100% water change, or changing a couple of gallons every couple of
days. Are there any suggestions at all?

Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: shine@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (stephen.c.shine)
Subject: Re: Good hardy plants...
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:24:27 GMT

In article booth@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (George Booth) writes:
>Well, yeah, it is a *lot* of work.  But isn't that what a hobby is for, 
>to pass your leisure hours in an interesting, educational pursuit? 

I rationalize spending so much $ on my aquariums by saying that it's 
cheaper than cocaine.  Only I'm not so sure anymore.  1/2 :-)
-- 
Steve Shine
AT&T Bell Labs    (908)949-8517
att!hoqub!shine   att!cbnewsh!shine
My opinions, not my employers, not my fault, blah, blah, blah.
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From: jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [F] Plants and fish poop
Keywords: Poop, Plants
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:29:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: ultra.1992Nov6.212925.8591
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

In <1992Nov5.192733.9170@news2.cis.umn.edu> tnnguyen@tera.cs.umn.edu (Trung N. Nguyen) writes:

-->Does anybody have a tank with both fishes and lots of plant?  I have a
-->20H tank with some plants and about 10 fishes with an AquaClear 200.
-->I have noticed that fishes' poop and other junk (dead leaves, etc.)
-->tend to get stuck in the plants.  

The debris will collect in stagnant areas. Use a siphon to get rid of the
stuff in those spots. What sort of fish are they? 10 swordtails, for
example in a 20g is a lot.


-->The filter does not seem to be able to
-->pick these up.  Also I notice that the plants have a thin layer of green stringy
-->algae on them (hornworts do not have much, mostly on bigger leaves plants).
-->I think these algae help in making the junk stick onto the plants.  Anyway,
-->the plants look pretty dirty from all this.  Yesterday, I have to remove
-->all the hornwort and wash them and shake all the plants so that the junk
-->get off.  Does anyone have this problem?  Is there a way to solve this?
-->So far, I have tried to pills of bacteria to get rid of sludge.  Doesn't
-->look like they are doing their jobs.

Much as I hate to admit it, I recently allowed snails to develop in
my tanks and they do a great job of keeping things clean.

I have an irrational dislike of snails, but I'm very happy with the
reduced maintenace and generally better appearance of my tanks now
that I let them grow.
-- 
Jim Hurley --> jimh@ultra.com  ...!ames!ultra!jimh  (408) 922-0100
Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Daggett Drive / San Jose CA 95134
From: jdhl@troi.cc.rochester.edu (papa_sm00sh)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Red Sialfin Mollies (M)
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:20:17 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York



I recently purchased a 3-some of Red Sialfin Mollies... 2 Male and 1
female...  the 2 males like to fight and try to bight off each other's
fins-about-their-genitals... will this stop or should i try to return
one of the males and get another female?

jason
From: 890707p@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Fish Beginner seeks seasoned sagacity...
Date: 8 Nov 92 16:26:35 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                          E mail me if You can,
                                                   Thanks, 
                                                Glenn. G. Parsons
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From: Phil Leith <CCPHIL@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: [F] Plants and fish poop
Date: 10 Nov 1992 15:11:05 GMT
Organization: Campus Computing - Universit of Missouri
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.206.4.11
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X-XXDate: Tue, 10 Nov 92 09:12:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.212925.8591@ultra.com> Jim Hurley,
jimh@ultra.com writes:
>Much as I hate to admit it, I recently allowed snails to develop in
>my tanks and they do a great job of keeping things clean.

Yeah, I've added snails to my tanks, and I must admit I like the
results.  
I added a big yellow snail to my 20xh that seems to need another
snail
to reproduce, and it's doing a pretty decent job keeping things
clean.
I vaccuum once a month, but since adding the snail, the debris is
much reduced.

I added a common snail to my 20H and the population went up to 5 or
6 and 
seems to be holding steady there.  They are doing an excellent job
keeping 
rocks, glass, and plastic plants algae free.  If the population gets
too out of
hand, I do have a snail-loving puffer in my brackish tank ;-)

I think the snails add a more natural look to the tank, and they
really help	
the ecology.
Phil Leith                                                          
   CCPHIL@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU
---------------
From: APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: lamprologus leleupi
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:32:04 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

In article <LJLyTB3w165w@netlink.cts.com>, holyholy@netlink.cts.com (Jeffrey
Tang) says:
>
>Greetings everyone.  i am thinking about getting a lamprologus leleupi
>for a new 26-gallon tank but dont know for sure what they eat. i am

**For what it's worth, my preferred Tanganyikan diet (I think/hope they prefer
it too) consists in Hikari Cichlid Gold, TetraBits, frozen brine shrimp
and blood worms, and occasional live insects caught around and about.
I don't feed flakes because it's too easy for the fish to atomize them
by fooling with them instead of just swallowing them.
Hope this helps. AP (aparker@maine.maine.edu)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: shine@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (stephen.c.shine)
Subject: Re: Good hardy plants...
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:09:59 GMT

In article mattk@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (matthew.kaufman) writes:
>Also, to me, a beautiful planted tank with everything thriving (like,
>say Vinny K's former tank or George Booth's spectacular tanks) are, to me,
>well, beautiful and boring. Is it exciting to watch a plant grow? At some
>level, yes, but personally I enjoy watching my killies flare, my cichlids
>herd fry around their tanks, my catfish raid cichlid spawns, etc. Also,

All this from a guy who has this huge hygro stricta growing a couple of
feet out of one of his tanks, with dozens of beautiful blue blossoms.
Sheesh.  :-)
-- 
Steve Shine
AT&T Bell Labs    (908)949-8517
att!hoqub!shine   att!cbnewsh!shine
My opinions, not my employers, not my fault, blah, blah, blah.
From: bednarek@picard.med.ge.com (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: (F) Chemicals, Plants, Fertilizer and Fish
Date: 9 Nov 92 10:21:48 GMT
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


Well I had a plecos. for about 3 years that grew to over 8 inches in
my 55 gallon tank.  I feed him tetra pellets that sank to the bottom
and he never seemed to touch my Sword plants.

Dennis

James B. Harold (harold@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov6.173137.10996@news2.cis.umn.edu> tnnguyen@tera.cs.umn.edu (Trung N. Nguyen) writes:
: >Can anyone confirm this (that plecos only eat algae)?  When I went to a pet
: >store to buy a plecos, the person who works there suggest that I get an octos
: >instead.  She said that it does less damage to the plant than a plecos.  Also,
: >a plecos can grow to about a foot in length, which is way too large for my
: >tank.
: 
: Quite true, 'course it depends on how much you feed them.  I've had
: a Royal pleco in my planted tank for over a year now (he's about
: 2-3" long), and I've never noticed any plant damage from him (my
: Amazon sword, the supposed target, is exceedingly healthy).  He
: does have a bit of driftwood to gnaw on:  maybe that helps keep
: him off the sword.  
: 
: If he gets large enough to uproot things he'll have to go, but on
: his current diet (food that hits the bottom + occasionaly cucumber)
: he isn't growing terribly fast, which is fine with me. :-)
: 
: -- 
: 
: James Harold                 "There is always an easy solution to
: harold@wam.umd.edu            every human problem -- neat, plausible,
:                               and wrong."    --  H. L. Mencken 

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From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Subject: Re: Good hardy plants...
Keywords: plant
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:10:48 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.173333.3999@ultra.com> jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley) writes:
>Hygrophilia and rotala grow very easily in all my tanks (pH 7.8,
>120 ppm hardness). Ambulia also grows fairly fast.

ROtala and ambulia grow in your tanks because you give them a lot of light.
They are rather light-demanding and may not be as easy as they are for you.

Hygro is more tolerant.  Other hardy plants are vallisnaria, anubias and 
aponogeton.
-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path
From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: lamprologus leleupi
Date: 11 Nov 92 03:27:10 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

> I feed my lelupi (and other Tanganyikans) Tetra Marin (marine flakes), with 
> supplements of brine shrimp and glassworms once a week or so.  I had read 
> they are mostly vegetarian in nature, so the flake food should be just 
> FINE for feeding them, but they just love the live food as well.

Why marine flakes?  What's the difference?

				-Matt
From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan - root)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Troubles with undergravel filter
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 02:01:43 GMT
Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario

Pat_Barron@transarc.com writes:

> 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
> 
> 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?

The problem is that your airstone is too low in the tube.  Shorten the feeder
hose INSIDE the water return tube.  Diagrammatically, cut the part between the
 "+" signs in this diagram so that the bottom of the airstone does not extend
below the UGF plate:

                   | | <--- to air pump
                   | |
                 __|+|_______
                /  | |      /\
               |   | |     |  |   <--- bubbles out here
               |   | |      \/
               |   | |   /~~~
               |   | |  |
               |   | |  |

     < long boring tube cut out here >
 
               |   | |  |
               |   | |  |
               |   | |  |
               |   |+|  |
               |   | |  |
               |  /   \ |
               | |     ||
               | |     ||Airstone
               | |_____||