Archive for March, 2008

[AquaticLife] 125 bust

Well, they are both pretty hardy species and there’s not much you can do at this point but hope for the best. Certainly, it’s best not to have to do a 80-90% PWC, but you didn’t have a choice in the matter.
Be on the lookout for any problems like Ich, etc… presuming the water […]

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I found a frog!

I think it’s a “green frog” or a “pickeral frog.” It’s pretty shy.
Anne

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125 bust

i have 125gal tank it blew a seame at 230 in the am the only old water i could save was abot 20 gal so i hade to use all tap water in the new tank i added water tretment and stress coat u think the fish will be ok oskars and […]

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Cyprichromis leptosoma

I am fascinated with this fish,but cannot find a dealer to buy them from .The mail order companies I normally deal with do not carry this particular cichlid and the LFS hasn’t heard of them,surprise.Has anyone kept these or know where I might find them? Thanks,Sheri Western NC

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more on water chem

Give it a little time, but you should start to see a small difference within 3-4 days. I would still add some baking soda to raise the level a little. However the fact that the tank has a lower KH than the tap water is an indication that something is consuming […]

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more on water chem

PS. If you wanted to verify and monitor the rate of reduction in KH, you can remove the crushed coral for a week, add enough baking soda to bring KH to 3-4, then monitor KH daily and see how quickly it drops.
Depends how curious you are Giancarlo Podio, LMD

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72 Gallon Lionfish Tank Needs Another Fish For Character

Long ago when I had a nano (12gallon tank with snails, crabs and shrimp, I love inverts!), I tried to talk my mm into letting me set up a larger tank, all I wanted was one fish, I wanted a lionfish. I did alot of searching, found out how much it was going to cost […]

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[Ponds-Koi] string algae

Linda,
I have koi clay in bulk bags. 10-40 lbs. Relatively inexpensive as I don’t spend anything on fancy packaging. Depending on the type of pond you have, organic barley straw bales can be beneficial also. I will have a new supply of barley in about a month. Or, you could add […]

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Applying Background

I read in a previous post about using baby oil or vaseline to make a mylar background “one with the glass”. My question is: when talking about mylar, are you talking about the plastic coated photo background that is purchased off of a roll? I tried the vaseline with one and is […]

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Looking for Australian betta breeders

Hi everyone. If this subject somehow brings up a cross post for anyone, my apologies in advance. On another aqualist I am a member of, someone bought up the subject of looking for betta breeders in the UK.
This prompted me to put forward a search of my own. Now. I am going […]

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