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    Moving 37 gal planted, can i leave the substrate in?

    I will be moving across town to an apartment soon, and I need to move my 37 gal tall tank. everything is really established and I would like to make the move as quick and painless as possible. I have read the article on here about moving, and it says (along with some other sources, some don't...
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    feeding live worms

    I bought some works from the lfs, the only live food they had. they called them black bloodworms. theyre thin little red worms, given to me in a little plastic tub in some water. I got the smallest amount (1/2 oz) and it's probably enough to feed day and night for about a week or so, when i...
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    cave-dwelling companions for tall angel/community tank

    actually, those species are pretty tolerant of hard water, which is why I chose them - the Krib prefers hard, alkaline water, the cacatuoides is found in many varying water conditions, the angelfish, having been domesticated for so long it is pretty adaptable, and the bolivian rams like harder...
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    honey gouramis and spike-tailed paradise fish - compatible?

    There's only one brown spike tailed paradise fish, and in the store its in a tank packed with female bettas, cherry barbs, and others... it will chase others out of it's small territoru, but it didnt seem too aggressive. Also, it's the day's spiketail paradise fish, not the typical paradise...
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    honey gouramis and spike-tailed paradise fish - compatible?

    will they get along? my lfs has both... and i want them both... from what i have researched, they are both very peaceful, i'm just still cautious as they're conspecifics? the tank is fairly heavily planted, 37 gal tall tank
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    cave-dwelling companions for tall angel/community tank

    I have a 37(39?) gal tall tank that is fairly densely planted. there are currently 4 cave structures, with room for a couple more if necessary. current inhabitants are: 1 silver/striped angelfish, still growing 4 oto cats school of 7 endlers (may have to move when the angel gets big enough to...
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    smallest cories

    that's interesting about the pygmies, i always read they were mid-water dwelling. I think I might pick up some corydoras melini i saw at the lfs store, as the pygmy's may be too small: i forgot to mention they will be in a 24" deep tank, sharing it with an angel, and hopefully in the future one...
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    smallest cories

    I am going to be adding a school of cory cats to a 37 gal(tall) community tank. in order to have a decent size school, with the least impact on the bioload, so i can still accomodate other things on the stocking list, I am looking for the smallest species of corydoras. I am aware of the 2 dwarf...
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    Freshwater Invert Aquarium

    I have 3 fw clams in a 40 gal. from what i have heard they are difficult to keep alive, either starving, or from nitrate poisoning... but so far mine all seem healthy, Ive had them for about 3-4weeks now...
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    replacing eclipse filter - with an aquaball?

    Cool, I'll start replacing the media more frequently, ive been doing it every moth or so. do you still have that diagram of the modifications to fit an xp3 to the eclipse hood?
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    stocking for my tank size * water chemistry / personal taste

    the tank is 30" long x 20" high, by 12" deep. I know it's too small to fit everything I would ideally like to have, I'm trying to narrow it down to something that will make both me and the fish happy. I was not aware that angelfish spent most of their time near the bottom. whenever I've observed...
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    apistos and hard, alkaline water

    cool, i hadnt narrowed it down to which species yet, does anyone have a short list of those that would do better than others in these water conditions? the cacatuoides look pretty cool.
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    replacing eclipse filter - with an aquaball?

    its a tall tank, with the eclipse 3 hood (30"wide, 20"tall, 12" deep). the tank has been going for several months, is lightly stocked (not for too much longer) and ive been doing weekly / biweekly pwc's does anyone know of a good, quiet canister or internal filter that would work with leaving...
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    apistos and hard, alkaline water

    I am thinking about stocking my planted tank with some apistos, however, my tap water is around ph8, and total hardness is at 375 (listed as mg/L) will the apistos be ok? will the effects only be that they wont readily breed, or will they be stressed & pale looking too? also, will they have...
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    replacing eclipse filter - with an aquaball?

    I get the feeling this is not adequately filtering the water. It's a 40 gal tall planted tank with an eclipse hood ( the lighting is a retrofit 65watt pc ). there's always some amount of particulates in the water, and I've had greenwater for months, which is ever so slowly clearing up. at the...
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    stocking for my tank size * water chemistry / personal taste

    I have a 40gal tall thickly planted tank, it's been running for about 3-4 months now, and i'm still trying to figure out my final stocking plan. Here's what I currently have: 2 cory cats 1 SAE 1 oto cat (the others didnt make it) 6 male endlers livebearers also 1 yo yo loach, but He will be...
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    How aggressive are YoYo Loaches?

    I have one kept singly, and he terrorizes everything else in the tank, he will soon be finding himself in someone elses tank with other yo yo loaches. he's only 2" long, but he put a hole in a blue ram (which later died) and is constantly chasing the corys, SAE, oto & endlers...
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    Filter Feeders

    I have 3 in my tank right now, they've been in there a little over 2 weeks i think. I out them right up against the front of the glass so i can keep an eye on them and check to see that theyre still alive every once in a while - you can see when theyre filtering because they open up little...
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    3 month tank - stocking...

    i got the yoyo when i had a sudden outbreak of snails. like, hundreds of tiny little snails. he actually hangs out with the cory's most of the time, but even when he's not he is very active and frolicks among the plants in his endless search for snails... but i was thinking of moving him, as...
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    3 month tank - stocking...

    my tank is about3 months old and i have been slowly adding fish. I have stopped because at the moment, it is very busy, but only on the bottom half of the tank, and I have a tall tank. it's a 40 gallon tall tank and contains the following: 2 cory cats 3 oto cats 2 blue rams 6 endlers...
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    Help with choosing a centerpeice

    that is the biggest I would consider. any constructive advice???
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    Help with choosing a centerpeice

    I am starting to slowly stock my tank, right now I have 2 cory cats eating up all the diatom gunk that built up during the cycle. The tank is a 40 gal tall. I would really like to keep some GBR's, Cockatoo cichlids, or Kribensis. I would like to have one or two bigger fish to make a centerpeice...
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    Medusa Head Pleco - more info?

    If that pic bothered you, take a look at this one...
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    cycling algae...

    I am fishlessly cycling my tank with ammonia. I just got my first nitrite readings today, its been cycling for a little over a week. I pu some plants in, and I now have spots of brown algae on the glass, probably came with some of the plants. It's mostly collecting where the water flows out of...
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