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Hi,
I was going through old messages here at UniQuaria…and discovered your message.
I just started this wonderful hobby last December. I have a 10 gallon tank. The fish that you mentioned..I used to have: 4 zebra danios, 2 Bettas, 2 mollies, 1 tiger barb and a very pretty fan-tail goldfish
All in all…I had 10 […]

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HELP! cycle an aquarium

While the transfer of your present filters in the same environment (water) of your previous tank will go a long way in preserving much of your nitrifying bacteria, you will still find that you are going to experience at least a mini-cycle, and should be aware of this. As Lenny […]

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[AquaticLife] Photo tips wanted…

Thanks Steve for clarifying that! Is photography another hobby of yours?
The bettas I was having trouble getting pics of were indeed iridescent. Very good call on that one!
-Lana
“There is nothing more useful than sun and salt.” - Latin proverb
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Steve Szabo wrote:
> You […]

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[AquaticLife] Photo tips wanted…

You cannot use a steady source of bright light for your photos. The fish will become washed out because of the steady source. You need to use strobe flashes, ideally two coming from the sides above the tank, pointing into the tank and two at tank level coming in at angles to the front of […]

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File - UniQuaria List Guidelines - ALL READ

Hello,
Unforeseen circumstances have caused UniQuaria to set in place a few guidelines that all our members should be aware of. These guidelines will be updated as needed and posted to the list once per month. This frequent posting may be a nuisance but since new members are continually subscribing, this is a necessity. I […]

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Thank you

Thank you every one for your response, I would like to clear up that this 1 gallon tank isn’t a decoration for me…  I am aware of the task at hand with a 1 gallon tank. I actually had one before in the past.. I missed it so much so i probably decided to fill […]

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[AquaticLife] new here, looking for water sprite -Ceratopteris

Hi Erika, try aquabid.com _http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?liveplantsb&1214182450_ (http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?liveplantsb&1214182450) -MIke In a message dated 6/22/2008 11:25:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, emcisme@verizon.net writes:
admit, I’m really only here for one reason. I have heard that water sprite is a fantastic plant […]

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new here, looking for water sprite -Ceratopteris

I admit, I’m really only here for one reason. I have heard that water sprite is a fantastic plant to put in an aquarium, fast growing, hard to kill. I have been trying to get some for a while now, the one store that could order it for me pissed me off […]

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[AquaticLife] An article about PWC

While many people do 50% or larger PWC’s, doing more than 25% PWC’s at a time can result in a change in water parameters too much, too fast which can result in pH shock, temperature shock, osmoregulatory issues, stress issues, etc.
That article was dealing with a SW tank and did not give any actual test […]

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[AquaticLife] trout

First, I hope you have the proper permitting done to keep trout in captivity. Every state of which I am aware requires some sort of permit to keep game fish.
You need lots of good, clean, water to raise the trout properly, and you can feed them trout chow (yep, trout chow, like dog chow, but […]

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