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Nooura,
You need to make up your mind whether you will keep using the UGF or if you will go with an outside filter prior to breaking down the tank. I would argue for the outside filter.
If you follow that path, you will need several weeks to prepare for it. Get an outside filter, and start […]

If you mean an airstone, bubble wand or bubble decoration in a tank, it is mostly decorative but the bubbles “popping” on the surface do provide additional surface agitation which does allow for gas exchange of O2 into the water and CO2, nitrogenous gases, etc. out of the water.
If you have an HOB filter that […]

I live next to a lake at the edge of a wildlife and bird sanctuary, so the wildlife - gulls, herons, hawks, pelicans, owls, ravens, ducks, geese, bears,fox, raccoons and other critters are plentiful. I haven’t lost any fish to wildlife yet ( touch wood ) […]

In a message dated 5/29/2008 11:47:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time, billdowden@yahoo.com writes:
First, have a teenage daughter, or two. If you do not have at least one, borrow one from a friend.
Next, conspire with said urchin thusly:
You will provide the hamburgers, chips, and drinks, […]

Yes Bill, but those love struck teenagers grow up to be husbands… and you know what. They still will go to work digging in the back yard, sometimes they’ll even invite their buddies over to help. And all for a bar-b-qued meal and well what ever else. Lori
To: Ponds-Koi@yahoogroups.comFrom: […]

First, have a teenage daughter, or two. If you do not have at least one, borrow one from a friend.
Next, conspire with said urchin thusly:
You will provide the hamburgers, chips, and drinks, etc., etc. You will provide the shovels, etc. She will provide her girl friends. They will provide the labor… In the […]

d3dd@webtv.net wrote: > > Well done! I got hung up looking for > photos of the Blackline Tetra. As often as I seen this fish in > stores, I did not find > many photos with a google search. > > Wouldn’t it be fun to have richly planted > tank with small fish who […]

This message will be best viewed in HTML so I can bore you properly with a bunch of formulae. These are from Stephen Spotte (1979) who got them from Weber and Stumm (1963)
These formulae all relate to chemical reactions that can affect the pH of your water. This is not to say that any or […]

Well you know them dang finches and ferrets grow up to me hideous man-eating killers… I heard they’ll eat the faces off their owners while they sleep.
The point I was making with that snip is that much of the Glofish engineering was for decorative purposes only… or rather frivolous as California legislation calls it. […]