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    Jewel cichlids and mbuna

    hey all, i have just setup a 77 gallon mbuna tank in my living room. For filtration i am running two fluval 404 cannisters. The tank has plenty of hiding places, and lots of open swimming areas. Right now i have some 6 kenyis, 3 yellow labs, and 3 cobalts. I am going to add 3 more cobalts...
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    Large Acrylic Tank

    I need to order a 150- 200 gallon acrylic tank, and ship it to eastern canada. dimensions are not very important. Price is somewhat important, i've checked tenecor, and found them a little expensive, does anyone know of any companies I can check out...
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    Powder blue in aggressive tank.

    Do you guys think a PBT would be able to hold his own in a tank with a volitan and a niger trigger?
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    Sump for 130 mixed reef.

    Here is a diagram of my sump setup for my 130. The skimmer is an ASM g3, and the return pumps are danner mag drive 950s, and the bulkhead sizes are 1" all around. Any thoughts for improvement? http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6235/copyoftankdesignv101sx9.png
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    glass in paludarium

    Hi, i just converted my low light 77 gallon to a medium light paludarium, and i was wondering how everyone with a paludarium keeps the unsubmerged glass clean. thanks.
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    Anubias not doing so well

    Hello everyone, i have a problem, all of my plants are doing great except both varieties of anubias that i have keep shriveling up, and my hydroctyle verticillata keeps getting black algae on it, not hair algae, just spots on the leaves. I have: alternanthera reineckii lilaeopsis novae-...
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    Daffodil fry!!! Help!!!

    I came home from work today and my male and female daffodils were acting weird, sitting right in front of their cave and not moving from there. So i took a closer look and it was packed with fry. The tank is small, only 32 gallons, and it's packed with other cichlids, mostly assorted pseudos...
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    Lighting for indoor pond.

    Hi all, i'm setting up an indoor pond at work, and i need enough light in it to grow some live plants and it needs to be CHEAP. Any suggestions?thanks alot. Mike
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    Discus

    Does anyone know of any discus breeders in canada? I've been searching for a while and can't find one, any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
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    Hair algae finally defeated

    I have finally gotten the best of a 4 month outbreak of hair algae with a three day dosing of excel at a 1.5x overdose, there is not a sign of it anywhere in my tank, not on plants, glass, substrate, driftwood, anything. :D
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    Upgrading lights

    I have a 24" deep 77 gallon tank that is fairly densley planted, mostly with swords. Right now i have 80 watts of NO light with two Power glo bulbs. I have 4 discus, soon to be 6 then 8, and a large school of neon tetras. I have weighed the pros and cons of each lighting option and have...
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    Hair algae

    Does anyone have a suggestion for a fish or fishes i could use to control green hair algae in my 77 gallon planted discus tank?
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    sexing albino severums

    Does anyone know how to sex albino severums, and if anyone has any tips on breeding them, i would appreciate it, thanks.
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    Co2 questions

    I have a few questions, has anyone ever plumbed diy co2 into a fluval 404, what kind of result did you get? Second, can someone suggest a reactor which would work well for diy co2. And third is there any way to keep ph high with co2 injection (8-8.5).
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    Distinguishing electric blue johanni

    Does anyone know how to distinguish male from female in electric blue johanni cichlids if their fins are damaged and you can't tell if they have an egg spot. Thanks
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    plant ferts

    I was just wondering if anyone has used hagen's plant gro. Is it any good? thanks
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    co2 dissolving

    To those of you who run diy co2 setups, how do you actually dissolve it in your tank, i was thinking about using two of those ladder setups that come with the hagen natural plant systems.
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    What next

    Okay, i just set up my 77 gallon tank yesterday, i'll be letting it cycle for a few days. Right now i'm running a penguin 350, but i'm picking up a fluval 304 cannister in about a week, should i add some fish first to start cycling the tank, or add plants, then fish? Also what should the ph be...
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    skimmer for nano cube

    Is a skimmer required for a nano tank with live rock, religious water changes and good filtration?
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    opinions please

    Does anyone have any opinions on this setup http://cgi.ebay.ca/150-Gallon-Aquarium-sump-refugium-wet-dry-w-skimmer_W0QQitemZ7733093617QQcategoryZ46310QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem any thoughts would be appreciated
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    overflow question

    I need an overflow with a failsafe that will automatically restart the shiphon after a power outage, does anyone have any recomendations, i'm looking for something around 600gph.. provide manufacturer and pricing if possible. Thanks in advance.
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    Having trouble getting my water to clear.

    About two weeks ago, i had a phosphate spike and a bad algae bloom, my water was just poluted with algae, i've been using 3 phosphate remover bags in my filter, and the levels are coming down, and i've been changing four gallons of water every day, but my water is still cloudy, does anyone have...
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    hatching brine shrimp

    I'm having trouble getting brine shrimp to hatch, i have a vile of eggs from the sanfransisco bay company, does anyone have any advice or tips?
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    New skimmer

    I am in the market for a skimmer, i'm not sure if i am going to be using a sump or not, could someone recomend a good skimmer for a sump, and one that hangs on the back of my tank in case i go that route. Price is an issue, and i'd like to stay $200 cdn or below. Thanks in advance.
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    Someone help

    I have a 77 gallon tank which has been cycling with 2 black mollies in it for about a month and a half, everything was going great and i came home yesterday and the water was cloudy and there is brown and green algae covering everything. I tested my water and everything was fine except my...
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