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Subject: Re: Advice on my tank

Author:
Marty

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Date Posted: 00:13:26 05/08/04 Sat
In reply to: Steele 's message, "Advice on my tank" on 07:13:10 04/17/04 Sat

I found that my fish were reluctant to feed from the top of the tank so now I use sinking foods, catfish pellets etc which they have no problem with and will eat quite happily from the bottom of the tank.Also, I started out with live plants but because of the dimmed lighting conditions I have set up ( I use a Blue Moon tube to simulate night time) it was more of a challenge to look after the live plants so I gradually switched to all plastic, which I find better, especially if my fish have a bit of a panic attack its easier to re-plant them.>I have a 29 gallon tank glass aqaurium with 2 young
>black diamond piranahs (sp?) 3 generic plastic plants
>and 2 rock style decorations, a power filter rated for
>my tank size, cartridge style, a power head rated for
>a 20 gallon tank for slow water circulation and
>movement and large polished rocks at the bottom,
>florescent light and a 150 watt heater. I keepo the
>tank , or try to at about 78-82 degrees F.
>
>Here are my questions-
>1) Is it possible to have live plants instead of
>plastic?
>I have been told the fish will eat them to nothingness
>by some and some say its fine. The folks at PetSmart
>dont seem to know either way.
>2) The fish dont seem to want to eat anythiung but
>live fish. I have fed them dry floating pellets,
>frozen blood worms and rosie reds, they only will eat
>the rosie reds. Is this going to be a problem later
>down the road?
>3)I have had a bout with algea bloom to the point i
>have had to break it down and redo the entire tank
>twice, the powerhead seems toh ave taken care of this,
>but now one of the fish has tail rot, or had i
>medicated the water and it seemed to fix it.
>
>Any help would be apprecited, thanks

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Re: Advice on my tank	Marty	00:14:50 05/08/04 Sat