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There's a great new book out about sharks, called "My Sunset Rendezvous", by Ila France Porcher. It's mostly about shark behaviour, including their intelligence and emotions, but also gets into that despictable finning industry. Check it out...

The link should work now. Sorry about that! :)

I hope I'm posting this in the right section..... As most of us fish lovers know, many shark species are being overharvested, globally, and are heading to extinction. If you don't know, here's an excerpt from my friend's blog: "Recent findings of the Global Shark Assessment indicate that at...

Thanks very much for replying, Rebrn. This must be a very virulent species, because I've been unsuccessful with erythromycin (also with hydrogen peroxide, Excel, blackouts, etc., all several times). Perhaps a strong dose of it may work now, but I avoid antibiotics if I can, since over-use is...

I agree with quickimps about going slow with adding fish. Limit it to less than about 5 for a couple of months. Just one error in his/her post: the words "nitrite" and "nitrate" are mixed up. Nitrite is the middle one in the process, and is the toxic one of the two.

Thanks very much, Ludwig. And I'm sorry; I didn't notice the topic for glitches, so I just added my observation there, with a bit more detail.

If a post's title is longer than that new clear space in the middle of the blue bar at the top, I can only read the part of the title that's in that clear space. Also, the forum automatically opens with a skin called "Blue Justice", which has no place to log in (or out). If I change the skin to...

There no longer is a visible log in or log out button on the forum, at least, not on my screen. Where did they go? (The only reason I am now logged in, is because I clicked on "View New Content", and got an error message that contained a log in place. I wonder how I'm going to log out, now?)...

Anybody? Maybe if I called it by its common name: "blue green algae"?

I'm looking for some way to get rid of cyano from an empty 15 gallon tank. I've fought this crap for over a year, and it just kept getting worse. So, a couple of days ago, I moved the fish out, and took it down completely. I tossed all gravel, wood, plants, and filter media, and cleaned all...

Great start to my day! Thanks for the laugh, Beany-bot!

I didn't say that I KEEP my fish in a bag. I'm talking about a fish in a transport bag, of course. I am aware that there is little gaseous exchange between an air bubble and the water, as the bubble ascends, especially with a coarse-bubble airstone. The take-home here is that both filters...

In my opinion, you should do either one of these two things: 1. Use computer animation. This is one place it was designed for. 2. Hire an experienced aquarist. Trying out procedures that can stress and potentially kill a fish is a poor way for a novice to take his or her first lesson in fish...

Bleeding Heart Tetras are schooling fish, so they should be in a group of at least 7 or so, to be happy. As for your bullying Redtail Shark, in my experience, once a bully, always a bully.

Kewskills, thanks for posting that article. I wasn't aware of this serious problem.