http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/ Aquaria-Freshwater -- discussion forum Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:56:15 GMT shoba jayasekara http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20844 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20844 Dear Janice,   You should provide good bio filter to your aquaria. Then You can solve the ammonia and nitrate problems.   Shoba [Non-text portions of this Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:51:30 GMT rehmeyerjanice http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20843 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20843 Hello, I am new to your group. I have three aquariams which have been started up in the last 7 weeks. I am hoping to get information by belonging to this Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:34:34 GMT Laura http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20842 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20842 Hey thanks for the info! I'm gonna take your advice and "wait it out" for a few weeks. It does seem to be getting worse with each day but the fish all are Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:21:45 GMT Patrick A. Timlin http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20841 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20841 ... My own personal experience is that brown algae is often the first algae to appear in new setups. And by new I mean anything from 1 day to a couple months. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:39:34 GMT Laura http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20840 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20840 I recently started a 10 gallon tank. I keep getting what I call "brown yuck" all over everything in tank (except the fish LOL). Am I over feeding? Does anyone Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:37:37 GMT Carolyn Nagle http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20839 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20839 My 70 gallon tank has "sprung" a small leak in one of the corner seams. It is about 1/2 way up and since I don't have another aquarium available at the moment Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:02:43 GMT Brigitte Cherubini http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20838 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20838 Yeah, I used to catch them in a ditch across the street from where I lived at the time.           ~Brigitte~  Mississippi Gulf Coast Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:50:19 GMT Barbara Grenke http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20837 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20837 They are found in the wild that much I do know but I got mine from a petshop and I assume they were captive bred. I have second generation mollies in my tank. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:19:06 GMT Brigitte Cherubini http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20836 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20836 Wow. Is this a wild collected fish?           ~Brigitte~  Mississippi Gulf Coast                  ... From: poneysandhorses Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:40:40 GMT Barbara Grenke http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20835 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20835 yeah I keep the tanks heater set close to 78 . with the lights on it gradually rises to 80 degrees. I recently discovered I had to plug in the heater again a Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:10:52 GMT Patrick A. Timlin http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20834 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20834 Do you keep the tank warm? Mollies prefer it warmer, closer to 78-80 than say 74-76. Also a great article titled TheGreatMolly-SaltDebate.jpg can be found in Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:54:09 GMT poneysandhorses http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20833 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20833 I recently notice a 'sore' on my male molly. after some research I added some salt and quick cure . Today i administered the last dose of quick cure as it is Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:30:50 GMT Barbara Grenke http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20832 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20832 i received a blackmoor from my fiance last week. i been housing it in a one gallon tank with a ugf. i know the ten gallon would be more ideal but i keep Fri, 15 May 2009 17:05:33 GMT froghorn76 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20831 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20831 ... Two filters in addition to an undergravel filter. (There were a couple of air pumps also submerged and I decided to pitch those.) The first filter is a Thu, 14 May 2009 14:57:11 GMT Patrick A. Timlin http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20830 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/aquaria-freshwater/message/20830 ... Nothing really. Give it a good rinsing, scrub down any dirty spots (rock salt makes a nice abrasive that won't scratch glass and is harmless), and you