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system: You are Don Rehs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Charles French about "Re: GREEN WATER IN TANK".

They wrote:
CF>> Have : 40 gallon tank with 1 large goldfish that is about
CF>> six inches long, two African Albino froggs ( one male and one female
CF>> both full grown ), 2 fire eels, 1headstand fish, 1 rope fish, three
CF>> algae eaters
DR> I have a question for you! What type and size filter are you running?
DR> Are you running a filter system with charcoal? Perhaps the filters
DR> size is not quite big enough to do the job for you!
CF> Thank you for you response...  I have thought of the filtration as
CF> being the problem but I have a filter design for a 35-45 gallon tank
CF> and my tank is a 40 gallon...  I use a characol filtration.  It is
CF> the type where you replace the filter packs every so often..  I have
CF> experimented with operating the filter...  for instance.. i tried
CF> just letting the filter system go un montiored and just add fresh
CF> water once a week so as to allow the ecosystem to more or less
CF> develop on it own and that did not work.. then i tried to clean the
CF> filters every week along withadding fresh water and that did not
CF> work...  see i think what has happen is that i have obtained some
CF> type of rapidly reproducing algae and the algae eaters and all just
CF> can not keep up.  I would be interested in any ideas that you have..
CF> the best way to describe the water in the tank is that it resembles
CF> pond water that has become stagent.  But the odd part is that all the
CF> fish are happy and arenot sick and I have not had any fish die in
CF> over a year and this problem has been occuring since november.  The
CF> tank is going on four years old and until november i never had a
CF> problem.  Well i look forward to hearing back from you.

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assistant: I wonder since the fish seem happy, have you ever thought of bringing in a
sample of the water to a Good Aquarium shop for analysis???
system: You are Craig Schroeder, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Questions".

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assistant: Hello ALL,
I'm a "casual" aquarist with a resurrected old 30 gallon tank
that has been running very successfully for a couple of years
with one mature cichlid and a variety of other fish that have
not been considered food by him.
Question:  My plecostymus (sp?) has always been pretty quiet and
stuck to his favorite area of the glass.  It seemed like his
size and bulk changed in a very short period of time (he's
about 8" now) and he constantly has excrement trailing in foot
long strings.  Water movement or something seems to move these
strings into huge piles.  I can't believe the volume!  I
haven't been overfeeding and I've got a couple of very busy
little cats.  I have no algae, clear water and haven't lost a
fish in over a year, so it seems the tank is in balance.  PH
wants to drift down and I artificially boost it occasionally,
and my ammonia tests are always good.
My apple snail is huge, but his shell seems to be getting
pitted and the pointed end is pink and thin looking.  Any
ideas?  Thanks.
Regards,
-=Craig=-
craigclu@win.bright.net
system: You are Jon Leger, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Craig Schroeder about "Re: Questions".

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assistant: hi  my name is jon leger.
i have been in the aquarium hobby for 7 years.
i read your mesage conserning posable problems with your fish.
the plecostymus is doing fine, they are commonly loners and move around
little when they become adults. the excrement you discribe is normal IF
it is comming from it's anal orphus. however don't confuse this with
extra slime comming off the fish. if it is slime (a clear stringy
material extending from the fin tips) you have a fugis or pairasight that
must be delt with. if it is black to a brown color and coming from it's
anal orphus, and high groth rate. this would indicate a good working
biological filter system. if the plecostymus is what i think it is; it
doesn't only eat algy!!
the problem with the snale is the water stays acidic (PH below 7.0).
to correct this problem keep the water eather neutral(PH at 7.0) or
alkaline(PH above 7.0)
in no case let the water go above the
PH level of 7.8 for more then 12 hours
good work on the feeding scedual as fellure in this ariea may cause your
cichlid view it's tankmates as
FOOD!!
                           GOOD LUCK WITH THE TANK.
                           JON PIEERE LEGER
system: You are Brian Bergh Bjerregaard Jensen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Copora Nicaraguense".

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assistant: V�r hilset, min gode All
Do anybody know something about the south-american cichlid
Copora Nicaraguense ?
 -Black Avatar
... Evil Biddings
system: You are Mark Lewis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Biggs about "75 Gallon for Sale".

They wrote:
DB> Hi there Rob,
DB> The delivery is possible.  Can you call me to discuss?  I am
DB> located in west monroe, NY in Oswego near Central Square.  Let

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assistant: you might want to read rob's message again... looking at his origin line, he
is in australia (!!) <<grin>>  might be a bit far for delivery ;-)
)\/(ark
system: You are James Mcgrail, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Brian Bergh Bjerregaard J about "Copora Nicaraguense".

They wrote:
BBBJ> Do anybody know something about the south-american cichlid
BBBJ> Copora Nicaraguense ?

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assistant: The closest I could come to is the Cichlasoma nicaraquense.
This fish, by the one picture I have, has a rounded head, which is blue
and fades from blue to a golden color towards the tail. The top and
bottom fins are golden near the body and blue away from it.
It grows to about 9-10 inches long, pH 7.0, H10, temp 27C (81F). For
it's size, it's classes as a community fish, kept with other large fish
and roams the whole tank. (Top middle and bottom)
system: You are James Mcgrail, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William Mastop about "fish tank stuff".

They wrote:
WM> I saw an ad in a magazine, for a huge place in the U.S. that sells fish
WM> stuff mail order at terrific prices. they usually have 2-3 page ads in
WM> fish magazines.  I can't seem to find the darn ad now.  If anyone knows
WM> very large suppliers, with great prices, dealing by mail order, it would
WM> be appreciated if they could post the name and the number.   This place
WM> the word pet in the name, maybe pet world, or pet land, or something like
WM> this.  I believe the ad mentioned something like 110,000 square feet of
WM> or something as well.

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assistant: tan
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had
spa
MOP has very good prices. Here's the number for them, plus a few others.
MAIL ORDER:
system: You are James Mcgrail, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robby Dittmann about "New Cichlids".

They wrote:
RD> I just picked up some Convict Cichlids from a friend who dismantled his
RD> I can't seem to find that name in my cichlid books, and I don't know the
RD> scientific name.  Can anyone help me out?

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assistant: tan
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, they range from the Bolivia and Paraguay
areas of South America.
Watch out for old books that give that scientific name to the jack
dempsey. Much confusion. :-)
system: You are Cheryl Simonye, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Brian Roosa about "death".

They wrote:
BR>-> I need HELP. What happened was a fish died so I took it out to examin
BR>-> that it had some ort of growth in and around it's mouth. Also when i
BR>-> it a little, accidently, it exploded and released red and brownish bl
BR>-> What happened?
BR>I have a question...
BR>What are you doing squeezing a dead fish??

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assistant: Haha, that's exactly what I was wondering!  I was laughing out
   loud reading this thread!  :)
system: You are Dave Biggs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mark Lewis about "75 Gallon for Sale".

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assistant: I geuss your right!  Sure would be interesting to try though!  I've been so
pre-occupied with so many things I didn't even notice...  Thanx for the reply
anyways...<<GRIN>>
system: You are Greg Moore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ron Maged about "(1/2) Your 1st Aquarium".

They wrote:
=> Very good reply to a first time aquarist. So much so that I decided to
=> quote the whole thing again for everyone else to read.   :)

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assistant: Problem with that is most people like myself just hit enter a few times
when they see a whole page or more of "=>"
system: You are Evan Reker, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Fishing on Lake Erie".

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assistant: I would Lick to tack the time to say if you get the time to go fishing
on lack Erie do it.
     Any coments please respond
            I LIKE Mesages
system: You are Enrique Cheung, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "brown stuff".

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assistant: I have some brown stuff in my tank.  It grows very fast after cleaning up my
tank.  How can I control it?
system: You are Sam Mcdaniel, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Cheryl Simonye about "death".

They wrote:
> BR>-> I need HELP. What happened was a fish died so I took it out to
> BR>-> that it had some ort of growth in and around it's mouth. Also when i
> BR>-> it a little, accidently, it exploded and released red and brownish
> BR>-> What happened?
> BR>I have a question...
> BR>What are you doing squeezing a dead fish??
>    Haha, that's exactly what I was wondering!  I was
> laughing out
>    loud reading this thread!  :)

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assistant: xamin
l
It really isnt funny when it happens. Perhaps a poor choice of words ie.
"squeezing" when in the reality it probally took only a very small amount of
pressure to produce the apparent result. When it happened to my fish, just
the process of removing the dead fish from the net produced that result.
There were alot of opinions on what caused this, anyone of which may have
been correct. However I suspect that some unknown type of virus or bacteria
was the cause
of the problem. Maybe not. However if it is and it gets loose in the general
aquatic community all joking will cease
as entire populations of fish would be eradicated in a few
months. It has happened before ie "angelfish aids".
Something to think about?
Sam
system: You are Mike Stephenson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "water temperature".

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assistant: i have a ten gal. tank with a betta, 4 neon tetra, 2 blueberry tetra (gave
away the tiger barb), a pleco, and a catfish.  They all appear to be doing
alright; perky fins and all, but i am slightly worried about the water temp.
At times it has gotten up to 84 degrees farenheit...and i was told it should
stay in the low to mid 70s... the heater is unplugged so i know that is not
the problem... the temp normally is between 78-81 degrees... my question is:
How hot is too hot?
thanks in advance for any advice :)
system: You are Cheryl Simonye, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Sam Mcdaniel about "death".

They wrote:
SM> > BR>-> it a little, accidently, it exploded and released red and
SM> > BR>-> What happened?
SM> > BR>I have a question...
SM> > BR>What are you doing squeezing a dead fish??
SM> >    Haha, that's exactly what I was wondering!  I was
SM> > laughing out
SM> >    loud reading this thread!  :)
SM>It really isnt funny when it happens. Perhaps a poor choice of words ie.
SM>"squeezing" when in the reality it probally took only a very small amount
SM>pressure to produce the apparent result. When it happened to my fish, just
SM>process of removing the dead fish from the net produced that result. There
SM>were alot of opinions on what caused this, anyone of which may have been
SM>correct. However I suspect that some unknown type of virus or bacteria was
SM>cause
SM>of the problem. Maybe not. However if it is and it gets loose in the
SM>aquatic community all joking will cease
SM>as entire populations of fish would be eradicated in a few
SM>months. It has happened before ie "angelfish aids".
SM>Something to think about?

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assistant: rownish
    I know.. it just sounded really funny.. squeezing a dead fish!
    It really isn't funny, but usually I hurriedly throw them in
    the garbage after they've passed away.. I never thought about
    poking or squeezing one!
enera
    That's possible.. Hmmm...
system: You are Cheryl Simonye, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Stephenson about "water temperature".

They wrote:
MS>i have a ten gal. tank with a betta, 4 neon tetra, 2 blueberry tetra (gave
MS>away the tiger barb), a pleco, and a catfish.  They all appear to be doing
MS>alright; perky fins and all, but i am slightly worried about the water
MS>At times it has gotten up to 84 degrees farenheit...and i was told it
MS>stay in the low to mid 70s... the heater is unplugged so i know that is
MS>the problem... the temp normally is between 78-81 degrees... my question
MS>How hot is too hot?
MS>thanks in advance for any advice :)

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assistant: emp
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    I also would like an answer for that.. I didn't see where you
    are calling from, but in Phoenix it gets pretty hot in my tank
    as well.  It's been 82-84 degrees the last few days.. without
    the heater or the light on!  I am worried I'll melt my fish..
system: You are William Mastop, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "plants".

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assistant: I bought some wisteria (sp?) at the local fish store. They said it's a pretty
hardy sort of a plant.  Is this so? What other types of plants are good for a
freshwater tropical tank?
William
system: You are Michael Perry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William Mastop about "R: plants".

They wrote:
>I bought some wisteria (sp?) at the local fish store. They said it's a pretty
>hardy sort of a plant.  Is this so? What other types of plants are good for a
>freshwater tropical tank?

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assistant: William
   The name you used sounds familer, but I don't think that I've ever
   had any of that kind. I have had great success with hornwort, giant
   val., bacopa, crypt plants, and a red mellon sword. The types of
   plants that will do good are determined by your water, and light
   conditions. PH, hardness, temp., types, and amount of fish, and iron
   are all important.
                            MIKE...............
system: You are William Mastop, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Pleco's and zuchinni".

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assistant: I've heard of feeding pleco's zuchinni.   A while ago I posted a message
about it, but never had a reply.  My question is, how big a piece of zuchinni
does one use???  I tried some very thin slices, and boiled them, but they
made their way slowly but surely into the filter.
William
system: You are Dan Laflin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Stephenson about "water temperature".

They wrote:
MS> At times it has gotten up to 84 degrees farenheit...and i was told it
MS> should stay in the low to mid 70s... the heater is unplugged so i know
MS> degrees... my question is: How hot is too hot?
MS> thanks in advance for any advice :)

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assistant: On (05 Apr 97) Mike Stephenson Rambled On  To All...
   How hot is hot depends on the fish kept,
   some like it in 80s others in upper 70s.
   A 10 gal can heat up faster then a larger one,
  and  I have to wonder if your tank is near a window/s
  if it is the sunlights heating it up, if not then
  you need keep house at a  proper temp, all the time
  not too cool, not too  warm.
  24 hr air cond.
  You probably have less temperture change if moved to a 20 or 30 gal
  tank.
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system: You are William Mastop, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robby Dittmann about "plants".

They wrote:
RD> it is pretty hardy.  I also like Java fern.  But stay
RD> away from Java root.  It clogs the filters.

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assistant: Does Jave Root float around on it's own or does it need to be planted in the
gravel?  I don't have really fine gravel, at least, not the sort of gravel I
see plants actually planted in at the fish store, so not sure I could grow
something that needed to be planted.
William
system: You are Brian Bergh Bjerregaard Jensen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William Mastop about "Pleco's and zuchinni".

They wrote:
WM> way slowly but surely into the filter.
WM> William

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assistant: V�r hilset, min gode William
  use them RAW and in only cut i half, the next morning i remove the
  left-overers (if any)
Experiment with how much they are eating, i do have some pleco's from
36-40cm (14"-16") long, and ALOT of them there are smaller.
So i use alot.
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system: You are Sheryl Moore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "AgSHARE BBS".

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assistant: Call AgSHARE BBS..Oklahoma's ONLY Agriculture/horticultur/AQUACULTURE
BBS!
We LOVE plants,veges,ponds and Koi.Files/games/message bases!
405-454-2453 between 3 pm and 8 am...online farmer/gardener help ..15
years in the business.
Call now! Free board.
system: You are Sheryl Moore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Carol Shenkenberger about "Re: brown stuff".

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assistant: definitely algae..light will give you an algae
bloom..plants,esp.oxygenators will help take care of this..makes great
fish food..just dont feed the fish till they eat all the algae.
system: You are Sheryl Moore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William Mastop about "plants".

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assistant: you really arent going to put wisteria in a little tank,are
you?wisteria ia a rampant vine that i have personally seen climb a
telephone pole and follow a 300 ft.fence.of course,those pretty
grape-like flowers are nice,but if you really have wisteria,you could
end  up with it all over the room.
system: You are Bryan Turner, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to William Mastop about "plants".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting William Mastop to All <=-
WM> I bought some wisteria (sp?) at the local fish store. They said it's a
WM> pretty hardy sort of a plant.  Is this so? What other types of plants
WM> are good for a freshwater tropical tank? William

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assistant: My All time Fav is the Banana Plant. The only thing that you have to
 look out for is the Snails having lunch.. :) It is a very hearty Lily
 Pad type of plant, although most of it's leaves do not try to make it
 to the surface.
 I can pick these up as babies for .99 each in Dallas.
      Bryan Turner                       bat@airmail.net
         "bat"                    or  bryan.turner@apollo.wfbbs.com
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system: You are John Dailey, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Aquariums message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Stephenson about "Re: water temperature".

They wrote:
MS> unplugged so i know that is not the problem... the temp normally is
MS> between 78-81 degrees... my question is: How hot is too hot?
MS> thanks in advance for any advice :)

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assistant: It depends on your fish actually, and various books will give good
 temperature ranges for different fish.
 With 10 gallon tanks, you'll find that the temperature varies
 greatly... and often.  Leaving the tank light on for short amounts of
 time can even have a major effect of the water's temperature.
 I found that rotating small bags of ice in my 10-gallon saltwater
 quarantine tank helped keep the temperature at a more "safe" range
 for the fish I was keeping in it.  Simply using two ziplock sandwich
 backs one inside the other (in case on breaks), I'd fill it with ice
 cubes and drop it in the tank.  I'd have another set in the freezer
 ready to swap out whenever.  Once one was melted, I'd put it back in
 the freezer to re-freeze.
-John
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