September 21-30, 2008 questions you asked Aqualand

We don't ship critters or live fish.
When writing us, include your location.
LA_Aqualand@msn.com

Web	aqualandpetsplus.com

This is such a l-o-o-n-g Q, that I gave Matthew his own page. LA

Matthew Holton, Northeast IL, September 29, 2008
My family and I are desperately seeking answers and guidance for our aquatic world. It all started at the county fair when my daughters each won a gold fish. This then transformed our house from dog and cat lovers to fish keepers that also have dogs and cats (and I thought 5 children were expensive).

When three children won their goldfish, we had to acquire two more for the other children. The fish all had names before they left the fair grounds. We went out and bought a 10 gallon fish tank, gravel, bottled drinking water, a thermometer that sticks to the glass.

We washed the gravel with tap water and let it set for a while (we have very hard water). The we put the gravel in the tank along with the water. We then placed the gold fish bags in the water for about 20 minutes. Finally we added the gold fish to the tank.

I'll be the first to admit that we over feed them poor fish, and I still don't think we know how to properly feed them. We performed a 10% water change daily and each weekend we performed a 50% water change. However, we didn't know about cleaning the gravel and we don't really think we have the hang of that yet as well.

About two weeks later, we received a large filter from a friend who used it on a 55 gallon saltwater tank. We were concerned that it would cause too great a current for the fish. None the less, I scrubbed that filter clean and added it to the tank. With the new filter, we decided it was time to add an artificial log, a plecostomus, and a plant (pet smart said it was what gold fish liked). We then stopped performing daily water changes and went to a 50% water change on the weekends.

About this time, we were hooked on fish and wanted to try our hand on tropical fish. We acquired a 30 gallon tank and set it up. First we set up 2 airstones and a 3" round airstone and covered it all with gravel. Then we filled the tank with 50% tap water and 50% distilled water (we planned on mollies and neon's and thought the hard water would be fine). Finally, we added a water filter rated for 30 gallon tanks. We then let the tank sit for 48 hrs.

Once the tank had sat for 48 hours, we purchased (4 Dalmatians, 4 black mollies, 4 swordtails) the ratio was 1 male/3 females. We also picked up two plecostomus, java fern (and another plant I don't know the name of), and some eye candy. We put all that into the tank. With the filter and all the bottom feeders we only planned on doing 20% water changes weekly.

Fate then decided to wreck havoc on us. First the gold fish. After about a month of having the fish, we noticed that one by one their tail fins weren't as spread out as normal and a couple days later each one was dead. For a while, we simply replaced the gold fish and finally just let them all die out (we didn't know what else to do). We were all tore up about it. Twice we performed a 50% water change on Wednesday plus the normal 50% change on Saturday. After about a month and a half only the plecostomus remained in the tank.

Concerned that we would also loose the plecostomus we moved him to the 30 gallon tank. We also moved the plant to the big tank. Once that was done, we cleaned the other tank completely and washed the gravel. Then we set the tank back up, this time with a smaller filter and three air stones along with the artificial log. We planned on using this as a quarantine tank for the 30 gallon tank.

Meanwhile in the other tank, the fish where having babies like mad. Only, they kept getting gobbled up by the other fish. The snails were reproducing like rabbits, they are all alive it seems.

The plant that we don't know the name of was causing us grief. It looks like a bush of sorts that has pine looking needles stemming off its branches. The fish would always seem to group in and around it and then we had needles floating all over the tank, it was a mess. When you look at it, it looks like the fish picked branches clean, and yet the damn plant wont die, its now a lot taller and thinner. We weeded out some of the plant and now the fish leave it alone for the most part.

After two weeks of having the tank we added 6 neon's, 4 Mickey mouse, 2 orange platy's, 2 Cory doras, and another broad leaf potted plant. Things were fine for about a week, then fate reared its ugly head. First came ich and it seemed to only affect one black molly, but we were scared since our goldfish were starting die. We treated the water and now my air tubes are all blue. Once the treatment was complete we performed a 50% water change. The ich seemed to clear up. However we are concerned because the warning on the battle says that the solution causes cancer in humans and both my wife and I have had are hands in the tank when cleaning and changing the water.

With the icky gone, we still lost fish afterwards. First the mollies, we are now down to one female Dalmatian and 2 female black mollies. We lost two Mickey mouse and 5 neon's. But there were 20 or so fry in the tank.

The plecostomus were very, very active during the day. It seemed to us that they weren't getting enough food (remember, I don't think we have this part right). They would fight with the other fish (especially the mollies over the algae wafers), which was new, normally they didn't come out to the wafers until late at night. Then again there were 30 baby snails in the tank too.

We did get a gold fish for the 30 gallon tank to hopefully eat any new snail population. Nothing seems to be harassing him and he is perhaps the most active fish in the tank except for the Cory doras. Since we've added the gold fish, no one has died and the tank seems pretty stable.

We moved the fry, the plecostomus, the last neon, one potted plant (java fern), one big snail and all the baby snails to the 10 gallon tank. The 10 gallon tank by now has been running for about a week with nothing in it. We fed the 10 gallon tank lightly ( a small pinch of flakes ground up) twice a day.

Two weeks later (perhaps we don't wait long enough), feeling bad for the solo neon, we bought two more neon's and three glow-light tetras for the 10 gallon tank (I couldn't believe how big the original neon was compared to the others). The two groups were fun to watch. After a week of having the new members, all of the new members and the plecostomus died at night. All of our fry were gone, probably eaten by the other fish. Fearing that there is still something wrong with the tank, we pulled the neon from the tank and put him back in the 30 gallon tank. So now our 10 gallon tank only has a big golden snail and all the small ones we can find.

So, can you tell me like I am a fourth grader, tell me what we are doing wrong?

Some say that the 30 gallon tank needs salt, but how will that affect the plecos? Should I add salt?

Some say there isn't enough algae in the tank and the bulk of my population are algae eaters. I feed them algae wafers and every couple of days drop a leaf of romaine lettuce in the tank. We also, every third night feeding, feed them a frozen cube of brine shrimp.

Some say there is too much light on the tanks. The 30 gallon tank has two florescent lights above it, I was hoping that it would encourage algae growth. The light is usually turned on around 630 AM and off again around 1130 PM, I have seen recommendations of only 8 hours a day for light other wise algae will be too rampant.

Some say there is not enough current in the tanks. The 30 gallon tank has the filter that was on the old 55 gallon saltwater tank and the new 30 gallon tank filter, nothing in the water ever seems to be still.

Some say that fish were simply stressed. I just don't know how to avoid that I guess. The 10 gallon tank death of all them tetras and the pleco is still shocking, especially since the original neon lived.

Some say that the fish choked on snails and died. That doesn't explain the pleco, but I can tell you there seems to be more snails now than ever before.

Every member of the family has been caught on video with kitchen chair in front of the 30 gallon tank sitting there watching the fish for hours as if it were a television. We truly enjoy the fish, we just want to know how to keep them alive.

How do I ensure that the 10 gallon tank will make for a good quarantine tank?

How do I manage all them snails?

Some say that 1 inch of fish for every gallon of water, is this correct? I've seen 30 aquariums with 30-40 neon's a few mollies, a few platy's, and a pleco. Was our attempt to populate the tank with all them fish a poor choice? What can we do to maximize our tank, is there a good pattern to follow with timelines?

How long until a tank is considered mature? Since that initial outbreak of ich, we've had no other occurrences. Is it okay to leave the blue air hoses in the tank or should we replace them? They are not unsightly, so we don't mind they are there.

I am told that I need to use java moss if I want to breed live bearers. Do you know of anyone in the Chicagoland area I can find some? Apparently it's a rare commodity. Also on that vein, if I have all these bottom feeders in here, how much of the gravel to I actually want covered up? Well the Cory Dora's seem to be ALL over the tank as to the snails and plecos. And if I do have a lot of plant growth, how much gravel cleaning do I still need to do?

Fish Diet: Flake food one large pinch, it seems to be gone before it has time to sink. Every third day brine shrimp instead of flakes. Every 4 days, a leaf of romaine lettuce, let to sit for two days. every night before one algae wafer.

Water changes: 20% change every Saturday, refilling evaporation as needed.

Evaporation rate: about a gallon every two days.

Temperature: 30 gallon tank varies between 76 and 80 degrees. There is a heater in the tank and I rarely see it on. At night we leave the windows in the house open to help keep the house cool during the day. Do the changes in the temperature cause stress?

We've been reading the web for all we can about the fish that we keep, the plants and maintenance. Nothing seems to account for what is going on with us.

We have plans next fall to turn part of our basement next to our activity room into a large aquarium, we still need to work out logistics of cleaning a large tank. Our plan is to build it ourselves with a wide and deep section and a simulated river bed section with flowing water. We were thinking of reverse osmosis system to help with filtering the water, cleaning the floor still seems to be a challenge as we intend the walls of the deep section to be 3" tall. If we can't keep fish alive in a 10 or 30 gallon tank, why should we undertake a much larger scale obsession?

Reading back through this, I did not plan to have so much to say. I actually weeded out almost twice what is here now, deciding it can wait once I have a stable tank environment.

I thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide.

Q&As Jan I 0108
Q&As Jan II 0108
Q&As Jan III 0108
Q&As Jan I 0108
Q&As Jan II 0108
Q&As Jan III 0108

Q&As Feb I 0208

Q&As Feb II 0208

Q&As Feb III 0208

Q&As Mar I 0308
Q&As Mar II 0308

Q&As Mar III 0308

Q&As Apr I 0408

Q&As Apr II 0408

Q&As Apr III 0408
Q&As May I 0508

Q&As May II 0508

Q&As May III 0508
Q&As Jun I 0608
Q&As Jun II 0608

Q&As Jun III 0608

Q&As Jul 1 0708

Q&As Jul II 0708

Q&As Jul III 0708

Q&As Aug I 0808

Q&As Aug II 0808

Q&As Aug III 0808
Q&As Sept 1 0908
Q&As Sept I1 0908
Q&As Sept II1 0908

LA_Aqualand@msn.com

	Aqualand Q&As September 29, 2008

Amphibians Axolotls Caecilian Worm Chaco Toad Mud Puppies Newts General Newts Eastern Newts Golden Newts Mandarin Salamanders Suriname Toad Tadpoles Terrarium I Terrarium II USA Toads Water Dogs Misc. Toads Frogs Bull Clawed Dumpy Dwarf Fire-Belly Floating Green Tree Leopard Pac Man Pipa pipa Pyxie Red-Eyed Tree Tomato Misc Frogs Misc Frogs II Misc Frogs III Misc Frogs IV Misc Frogs V Animals Bunnies Bunnies II Chinchillas Degus Ferrets Ferrets by BOB Gerbils Ground Squirrels Guinea Pig Hamsters I Hamsters II Hamsters III Hamsters IV Hamsters V Hedgehogs Kittens Kids & Kittens Mice Mice Pets II Parasites Rats I Rats II Rats III Rats, Hairless S-T Opossums Siberian Chipmunks Sugar Gliders Sugar Gliders II Water Bottles Bugs Crabby 500 Crab 04 Results Centipedes Cray/Lobsters Crayfish II Crayfish III Cray, Yucatan Fiddler Crabs Shrimp, Algae Shrimp, Aqua Shrimp, Red Shrimp, Flower Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp, Rudolph Hermit Crabs Hermit Crabs II Madagas Roach Mantids Mini-Clams Mini-Crabs Patriot Crabs Giant Millipedes Red Claw Crabs Reiman Butterfly Snail, Apple Snail, Colombian Snail, Land Snail, Malaysian Snail, Mystery Snail, Trapdoor Scorpions Tarantulas Tarantulas II Tarantula Night 2006 TarantulaWeen VII TarantulaWeen 9 Misc. Bugs Misc Bugs II Birds Breeding Tips Button Quail Canaries Cockatiels Dove, Diamond Dove, Ringneck Finches Love Birds Parakeets Pelleted Foods Quaker Parrots Parrot Pictures Parrot Pix II Parrot Pix III Dave's Parrots Lizards Alligators Anoles Bearded Dragon Beardies II Calotes Chamel, Jackson Chamel, Panther Chamel, Veiled Crested Geckos Gecko, Golden Gecko, House Gecko, Leopard Gecko, Tokay Horned "Toads" Iguana New Iguana Dragons Iguana Q&A I Iguana Q&A II Iguana Training Iguana Update Cool Iguana Pics Knight Anoles Monitors, Nile Monitors, Savana Monitors, Water Salmonella Skinks Skinks Blue-Tongue Tegus Uromastyx maliensis Water Dragon Misc Lizards Misc Lizards 2 Misc Lizards 3 Misc Lizards 4 Misc Lizards 5 Misc Lizards 6 Misc Lizards 7 Misc Lizards 8 Misc Lizards 9 Snakes Anacondas Boa, Rosy Boa, Red-Tail Corn Snake Garter Snake Green Snake Kids/Corn Snakes Kids/Red-Tail Boas Kids at Pet Expo 1 Kids at Pet Expo 2 Kids at Pet Expo 3 Kids at Pet Expo 4 Kids at Pet Expo 5 King & Milk Python, Ball Python, Burmese Snakes Alive Snakesgiving Snakesgiving II Misc Snake Pix Misc Snakes II Misc Snakes III Turtles/Tortoises Box, Asian Box, USA Races Snapping Sulcata Water Western Painted Live Foods Blackworms Blood Worms Br Shrimp I Br Shrimp II Crayfish 1 Crayfish 2 Crayfish 3 Crickets Daphnia Earthworms Feeder Goldfish Fruit Flies Ghost Shrimp Glass Worms Grindal Worms Infusoria Mealworms Microworms Rosy Reds Super Worms Wax Worms White Clouds Decorating Bubbles Driftwood Gravel Plastic Plants Rocks Slow Growing Plants Miscellaneous Bob's Acclimation How to Start How to Add New Fish How to Keep Healthy Which Fish Get Along? 10 Questions to Ask What is Ich? Under Gravel Filters Sponge Filters Cloudy Water Cool Water Tanks Gravel Vacuums Preventing Disease Feeding to the Max Frozen Foods Green Water Nasty Chemicals Overfeeding Power Filters Rift Lake Salts Quarantine Tank Mini-Tank 2nd Av Bait Pet World Visit Dandelions Aquatic Plants Amazon Swords More Swords Sword Plants III Anubias Aponogetons A. boivinianus A. fenestralis A. ulvaceous Aquarium/Bog Banana Plant Bolbitis Bunch Bunch Plants II Cryptocorynes Crystalwort Dwarf Lily Grassy Grassy II Hornwort Hygrophila Lace Java Lance Fern Java Moss Moss Balls Onion Vermiculite Watersprite	We don't ship critters or live fish. When writing us, include your location. LA_Aqualand@msn.com Enter your search terms Submit search form Web aqualandpetsplus.com This is such a l-o-o-n-g Q, that I gave Matthew his own page. LA Matthew Holton, Northeast IL, September 29, 2008 My family and I are desperately seeking answers and guidance for our aquatic world. It all started at the county fair when my daughters each won a gold fish. This then transformed our house from dog and cat lovers to fish keepers that also have dogs and cats (and I thought 5 children were expensive). When three children won their goldfish, we had to acquire two more for the other children. The fish all had names before they left the fair grounds. We went out and bought a 10 gallon fish tank, gravel, bottled drinking water, a thermometer that sticks to the glass. We washed the gravel with tap water and let it set for a while (we have very hard water). The we put the gravel in the tank along with the water. We then placed the gold fish bags in the water for about 20 minutes. Finally we added the gold fish to the tank. I'll be the first to admit that we over feed them poor fish, and I still don't think we know how to properly feed them. We performed a 10% water change daily and each weekend we performed a 50% water change. However, we didn't know about cleaning the gravel and we don't really think we have the hang of that yet as well. About two weeks later, we received a large filter from a friend who used it on a 55 gallon saltwater tank. We were concerned that it would cause too great a current for the fish. None the less, I scrubbed that filter clean and added it to the tank. With the new filter, we decided it was time to add an artificial log, a plecostomus, and a plant (pet smart said it was what gold fish liked). We then stopped performing daily water changes and went to a 50% water change on the weekends. About this time, we were hooked on fish and wanted to try our hand on tropical fish. We acquired a 30 gallon tank and set it up. First we set up 2 airstones and a 3" round airstone and covered it all with gravel. Then we filled the tank with 50% tap water and 50% distilled water (we planned on mollies and neon's and thought the hard water would be fine). Finally, we added a water filter rated for 30 gallon tanks. We then let the tank sit for 48 hrs. Once the tank had sat for 48 hours, we purchased (4 Dalmatians, 4 black mollies, 4 swordtails) the ratio was 1 male/3 females. We also picked up two plecostomus, java fern (and another plant I don't know the name of), and some eye candy. We put all that into the tank. With the filter and all the bottom feeders we only planned on doing 20% water changes weekly. Fate then decided to wreck havoc on us. First the gold fish. After about a month of having the fish, we noticed that one by one their tail fins weren't as spread out as normal and a couple days later each one was dead. For a while, we simply replaced the gold fish and finally just let them all die out (we didn't know what else to do). We were all tore up about it. Twice we performed a 50% water change on Wednesday plus the normal 50% change on Saturday. After about a month and a half only the plecostomus remained in the tank. Concerned that we would also loose the plecostomus we moved him to the 30 gallon tank. We also moved the plant to the big tank. Once that was done, we cleaned the other tank completely and washed the gravel. Then we set the tank back up, this time with a smaller filter and three air stones along with the artificial log. We planned on using this as a quarantine tank for the 30 gallon tank. Meanwhile in the other tank, the fish where having babies like mad. Only, they kept getting gobbled up by the other fish. The snails were reproducing like rabbits, they are all alive it seems. The plant that we don't know the name of was causing us grief. It looks like a bush of sorts that has pine looking needles stemming off its branches. The fish would always seem to group in and around it and then we had needles floating all over the tank, it was a mess. When you look at it, it looks like the fish picked branches clean, and yet the damn plant wont die, its now a lot taller and thinner. We weeded out some of the plant and now the fish leave it alone for the most part. After two weeks of having the tank we added 6 neon's, 4 Mickey mouse, 2 orange platy's, 2 Cory doras, and another broad leaf potted plant. Things were fine for about a week, then fate reared its ugly head. First came ich and it seemed to only affect one black molly, but we were scared since our goldfish were starting die. We treated the water and now my air tubes are all blue. Once the treatment was complete we performed a 50% water change. The ich seemed to clear up. However we are concerned because the warning on the battle says that the solution causes cancer in humans and both my wife and I have had are hands in the tank when cleaning and changing the water. With the icky gone, we still lost fish afterwards. First the mollies, we are now down to one female Dalmatian and 2 female black mollies. We lost two Mickey mouse and 5 neon's. But there were 20 or so fry in the tank. The plecostomus were very, very active during the day. It seemed to us that they weren't getting enough food (remember, I don't think we have this part right). They would fight with the other fish (especially the mollies over the algae wafers), which was new, normally they didn't come out to the wafers until late at night. Then again there were 30 baby snails in the tank too. We did get a gold fish for the 30 gallon tank to hopefully eat any new snail population. Nothing seems to be harassing him and he is perhaps the most active fish in the tank except for the Cory doras. Since we've added the gold fish, no one has died and the tank seems pretty stable. We moved the fry, the plecostomus, the last neon, one potted plant (java fern), one big snail and all the baby snails to the 10 gallon tank. The 10 gallon tank by now has been running for about a week with nothing in it. We fed the 10 gallon tank lightly ( a small pinch of flakes ground up) twice a day. Two weeks later (perhaps we don't wait long enough), feeling bad for the solo neon, we bought two more neon's and three glow-light tetras for the 10 gallon tank (I couldn't believe how big the original neon was compared to the others). The two groups were fun to watch. After a week of having the new members, all of the new members and the plecostomus died at night. All of our fry were gone, probably eaten by the other fish. Fearing that there is still something wrong with the tank, we pulled the neon from the tank and put him back in the 30 gallon tank. So now our 10 gallon tank only has a big golden snail and all the small ones we can find. So, can you tell me like I am a fourth grader, tell me what we are doing wrong? Some say that the 30 gallon tank needs salt, but how will that affect the plecos? Should I add salt? Some say there isn't enough algae in the tank and the bulk of my population are algae eaters. I feed them algae wafers and every couple of days drop a leaf of romaine lettuce in the tank. We also, every third night feeding, feed them a frozen cube of brine shrimp. Some say there is too much light on the tanks. The 30 gallon tank has two florescent lights above it, I was hoping that it would encourage algae growth. The light is usually turned on around 630 AM and off again around 1130 PM, I have seen recommendations of only 8 hours a day for light other wise algae will be too rampant. Some say there is not enough current in the tanks. The 30 gallon tank has the filter that was on the old 55 gallon saltwater tank and the new 30 gallon tank filter, nothing in the water ever seems to be still. Some say that fish were simply stressed. I just don't know how to avoid that I guess. The 10 gallon tank death of all them tetras and the pleco is still shocking, especially since the original neon lived. Some say that the fish choked on snails and died. That doesn't explain the pleco, but I can tell you there seems to be more snails now than ever before. Every member of the family has been caught on video with kitchen chair in front of the 30 gallon tank sitting there watching the fish for hours as if it were a television. We truly enjoy the fish, we just want to know how to keep them alive. How do I ensure that the 10 gallon tank will make for a good quarantine tank? How do I manage all them snails? Some say that 1 inch of fish for every gallon of water, is this correct? I've seen 30 aquariums with 30-40 neon's a few mollies, a few platy's, and a pleco. Was our attempt to populate the tank with all them fish a poor choice? What can we do to maximize our tank, is there a good pattern to follow with timelines? How long until a tank is considered mature? Since that initial outbreak of ich, we've had no other occurrences. Is it okay to leave the blue air hoses in the tank or should we replace them? They are not unsightly, so we don't mind they are there. I am told that I need to use java moss if I want to breed live bearers. Do you know of anyone in the Chicagoland area I can find some? Apparently it's a rare commodity. Also on that vein, if I have all these bottom feeders in here, how much of the gravel to I actually want covered up? Well the Cory Dora's seem to be ALL over the tank as to the snails and plecos. And if I do have a lot of plant growth, how much gravel cleaning do I still need to do? Fish Diet: Flake food one large pinch, it seems to be gone before it has time to sink. Every third day brine shrimp instead of flakes. Every 4 days, a leaf of romaine lettuce, let to sit for two days. every night before one algae wafer. Water changes: 20% change every Saturday, refilling evaporation as needed. Evaporation rate: about a gallon every two days. Temperature: 30 gallon tank varies between 76 and 80 degrees. There is a heater in the tank and I rarely see it on. At night we leave the windows in the house open to help keep the house cool during the day. Do the changes in the temperature cause stress? We've been reading the web for all we can about the fish that we keep, the plants and maintenance. Nothing seems to account for what is going on with us. We have plans next fall to turn part of our basement next to our activity room into a large aquarium, we still need to work out logistics of cleaning a large tank. Our plan is to build it ourselves with a wide and deep section and a simulated river bed section with flowing water. We were thinking of reverse osmosis system to help with filtering the water, cleaning the floor still seems to be a challenge as we intend the walls of the deep section to be 3" tall. If we can't keep fish alive in a 10 or 30 gallon tank, why should we undertake a much larger scale obsession? Reading back through this, I did not plan to have so much to say. I actually weeded out almost twice what is here now, deciding it can wait once I have a stable tank environment. I thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide. Q&As Jan I 0108 Q&As Jan II 0108 Q&As Jan III 0108 Q&As Jan I 0108 Q&As Jan II 0108 Q&As Jan III 0108 Q&As Feb I 0208 Q&As Feb II 0208 Q&As Feb III 0208 Q&As Mar I 0308 Q&As Mar II 0308 Q&As Mar III 0308 Q&As Apr I 0408 Q&As Apr II 0408 Q&As Apr III 0408 Q&As May I 0508 Q&As May II 0508 Q&As May III 0508 Q&As Jun I 0608 Q&As Jun II 0608 Q&As Jun III 0608 Q&As Jul 1 0708 Q&As Jul II 0708 Q&As Jul III 0708 Q&As Aug I 0808 Q&As Aug II 0808 Q&As Aug III 0808 Q&As Sept 1 0908 Q&As Sept I1 0908 Q&As Sept II1 0908 LA_Aqualand@msn.com © 2008 LA Productions aqualandpetsplus.com 3600 Sixth Avenue Corner of Sixth & Euclid Avenues Des Moines, IA 50313 515 283-0300 Home Fish Other Stuff	Anabantids Betta Leaf Betta Breed 1 Betta Breed II Betta Info Betta Housing Betta Pla Kat Choc Gourami Climbing Perch Gourami Pix Kiss. Gourami Osphronemus Pearl Gourami More Pearls Paradise Fish Snakehead Spawn Gourami T. trichopterus Catfish Banjo Bullheads Bull Sharks Channel Corydoras Cory Pics Electric Glass Hoplos Otocinclus Pangassius Pictus Plecostomus Pleco Bristle Pleco Costly I Pleco Costly II Pleco Costly III Pleco Costly IV Pleco Costly VI Raphael Red-Tail Shovelnose Sun Synodontis Synodontis petricola Turushuki Catfish Upside-down Misc Catfish Misc Catfish II Misc Catfish III Misc Catfish IV Cichlids African I African II African III African IV Amer. Small Amer. Med Amer. Large Angelfish I Angelfish II Angelfish III Angelfish IV More Angels Buttikoferi Chocolate Chocolate Spawning Cichlid Decor Cichlid Food Convicts Convicts 2 Convicts 3 Convicts 4 Dempseys More Dempseys Discus Dither Fish Flower Horn Green Terror Jaguar More Jaguars Jaguar Spawning Jaguar Spawning II Jewel Fish Keo's Flowerhorns Keo's Flowerhorns II Kribensis Oscars 1 Oscars 2 Oscars 3 Oscars 4 Oscars 5 More Oscar More Oscar II More Oscars III More Oscars 2007 Peacock Bass Red Devils More Red Devil Red Parrots Red Parrots Spawn Pikes Pink Tilapia Rams Red Bay Snooks Roger Stephen's Cichlids Severums More Severums Severums III Tanganyikans Texas Cichlid Texas Spawning Texas Spawn II Uarus Misc Cichlids I Misc Cichlids II Misc Cichlids III Misc Cichlids IV Misc Cichlids V Misc Cichlids VI Misc Cichlids VII Misc Cichlids VIII Livebearer Guppies Half-Beak Mollies Moons/Platys Swordtails Minnows/Tetra Barbs Barbs, Black Barbs, Gold Barbs, Rosy Barbs, Tiger Barbs, Tinfoil Danios Distochodus Fathead Minnows Headstanders Killies, Econ. Killies, Golden Killies, Peat Killies, Plant Misc Mini-Fish Pacús Piranha, Black Piranha, Red Rainbowfish Rainbowfish, Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish, Irian Silver Dollar Tetras, Larger Tetras, Smaller Tetras, Spawn Tetra, Vampire White Clouds Pond Fish Carp Channel Cat Gold. Comets Gold. Fantails More Fantails Gold. Oriental Gold Oriental II Gold. Spawn Kloubec Koi Farm Koi Koi II Koi III Plecostomus Shubunkins Oddballs Af. Butterfly Af. Lungfish Af. Mudskippr American Eel Archer Fish Arowana Bichirs Borneo Suckers Brackish I Brackish II Brackish III Brackish IV Brackish V Michael Troung's Pix Butterfly/Wasp Chameleon Fish Chromides Chin Alg Eater Crazy Fish Crocodile Fish Datnioides Dojo Electric Cat Electric Eels Elephant Nose Exodon paradoxus Flounder Gars Glassfish Goby Bumble Goby Butterfly Goby Dragon Goby Misc. Half-Beak Knife African Knife Clown Knife Ghost Loach Botias Loach Clown Loach Kuhli Loach Weather Moray Eel Peacock Gudgeons Polypterids Puffers Ropefish Scats Siam Algae Eater Spiny Eels Snakehead Stingray Stonefish Wasp Fish Wolffish Wrest Half-Beak Misc Mini-Fishes Misc Odd Misc Odd II Misc Odd III Misc Odd IV Misc Odd V Sharks Bala Black Bull Chinese Hi-Fin Banded Iridescent Red-Tail Siam Algae Eater Pond Info Blank Park Zoo Bob Humphrey's Ponds Cattails Maffett Reservoir DMACC's Pond D.M. Botanical Center D.M. Water Works Dr. Ervanian's Garden Duckweed Dwarf Lily Ewing Park "Pond" Jan & Chris's Water Garden John McDonald's Pond Hall's Four Acres Klines' Water Garden Landscaper Effects Mini-Pond Pics Pioneer Corn's Pond Pond Fish Predators Pond on 38th Street Pond Pics Pond Plants More Pond Plants Pond Plants III Reiman Ponds River Scenes Riverview Island Selin's Water Gardens Selin's Japanese Garden Tom's Used Cars Pond Urbandale Duck Pond Water Hyacinth Water Lettuce Wild Ponds