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    Help - Lemon Tetra School Dead in 1 Hour

    Very well established 55 gallon aquarium. Set up hasn't changed in 6+ months. I put off doing my regular water changes by two days since we're leaving on vacation tomorrow morning for nine days. Well I changed the water and put in one of the decorations I'd cleaned (using hot water and...
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    3 dead fish and now ich

    Moderately planted tank with 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 20ppm nitrate. Put a CO2 system in on Tuesday (a diy in a Gatorade bottle). 25% water change on Thursday and introduced a few plants and a pair of gouramis. Saturday I have 2 dead Panda cories and 1 dead cherry barb. Nothing seems to be...
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    Lighting Help! light looks green?

    The boyfriend and I decided to up our lighting on our planted tank so we can keep more high light plants. We had 2 25w 5000k flouesents. We changed it to three pendant lights hanging above the tank with slavina CFL 23watt 6500k 1450lumans bulbs. The "daylight" bulbs are supposed to give off a...
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    Returning Hobbiest :)

    Ive had Rams before, the plan is two males. Its a 50g bowfront.
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    Returning Hobbiest :)

    Got some cherry barbs to cycle. Going for a pair of apistos, corys, angels and German blue rams :)
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    Cycling Question

    I picked it from the healthiest fish tank I could find :)
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    Cycling Question

    Well that was the plan with the sponge, but for it to have enough for 8 barbs off the bat? It just seems suspect. I shook them well and repeated the test twice over the course of an hour. If ive got a full colony of bacteria Ill be a happy camper.
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    Returning Hobbiest :)

    Aquarist Anonymous? :)
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    Cycling Question

    Liquid. API Master Test Kit.
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    Cycling Question

    So the last time I cycled a tank was 2002. The newfangled notion of using filter media was pretty novel. Ive always done a fish-in cycle. I'm 48 hours into this cycle and seeing ZERO nitrite and ammonia. This seems extremely odd to me. Set up is EcoComplete gravel, moderate to lightly...
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    Returning Hobbiest :)

    Very familiar with MTS, Ive had aquariums most of my life. However I had to give them up when I moved off to college. Just now setting up my first aquarium with the boyfriend :) Been poking my nose around silently while I worked out a stocking plan with fish Ive never had the pleasure of...
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    Want a betta at work... lowest tech setup possible?

    With a 1.5 gallon tank you could always scoop some water out, unplug it, and take it home for the weekend and water change at home :)
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    Bad water at new condo

    So I have a 50gallon moderately planted tank Ive already transferred to the new condo, only to find out the water is extremely poor compaired to the easy peesy water conditions I used to have. Before I carry out a water change I wanted some advice. Water condition currently (from old condo and...
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