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[lols at thread title] Good link. I had read some about it but that page goes into great detail.

Really??? May I ask why? I'm the new fish so I don't really understand the difference and parameters regarding soft vs. hard water. I believe I had read somewhere that people were trying to harden their water and assumed that the more minerals in the water the better for the center piece of my...

Great idea! Thanks. I believe the reason my kH and pH are a little low is because I made a n00b mistake the very first day and started off with 4g of distilled water. I didn't have any conditioner right then and didn't have time to aerate so I did what I thought was best. D'oh! At least the...

There's really nothing "fishy" about PetPerks. :) Btw. Nice site! I never heard of sweetaquatics but they definitely look like they're worth a shot.

Hi guys, so I've had my tank setup for two weeks tomorrow and everything appears to be going well. Well...almost everything. My alkalinity is somewhat low. Right now it's at 40 ppm or about 2.4 dKH. I want to raise it to about 120-180 ppm without lowering my pH. It's sitting at 6.7. So I...

Is there any type of driftwood more desirable than others? How is corkwood? Thinking about making my terrapin a dock out of it. Sorry one more question. Is bamboo safe? I can find large stalks growing here. Just have to be cautious because he may munch on it.

Thanks meegosh. That's pretty much what I want. Leslie's does have the PFS for $8.99. Now I need to find the plant threads.

Well Mark, I'm on a budget. If I wasn't I probly would be getting him the argonite, but I'm about to drop some cash to get my DBT everything he needs. So I'm not complaining, just have to be economical where I can. Thanks momma and BigJim for the advice. There is a Leslie's not far and Home...

To answer your original question. I really don't know anything about this stuff but I can tell you the water in Tampa is terrible. That stuff is heavily treated. There was an article on TBO from this past Jan. that the water supply was found to be contaminated with antibiotics and other...

Hi everybody, haven't had an aquarium since I was a kid but I recently got my same terrapin that I had back then. He's more than 18 years old now. I'm buying him a new 40 br tomorrow and have been doing research into the proper substrate for him. Would like to use the PFS but am actually having...