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lol That's hilarious. How DARE you sell her a mom hamster! The way I see it, she got a buy one hamster get 4 free or a weeks supply of hamster food. All depends on how you want to look at it. All in all, people can be ridiculous.

touche!

Dude that sucks. Doncha just wish you could jump in there and do something?

Anyone else here find themselves looking for the TiVO remote, wanting to pause to the action in their aquarium? I've done this twice now. The second time it was more of a fleeting thought, but it was there. I'll just sit in front of my cichlids, losing myself in their world. When...

lol Getting a spare not a bad idea. Anyway, I think the problem was that the tank wasn't cycled yet. It's doing much better now. It's about 90% clear. It's by no means "crystal clear", but it's close. Close enough for me to relax when I look at it, rather then get inreasingly frustrated...

Thanks for the tips.

Hi all. Just a quick question... I really don't like the rolled up backgrounds you find at most fish stores. I actually just turned mine around and use black. But I've seen in many tanks, a rocky background. Is this a DIY project or can you purchase these backgrounds somewhere? If it's a...

Well, you know what they say about the path of good intentions... To answer your question, no. I doubt they survived the winter. So, how bout them Cubbies?

Before I got into cichilds, I had a pair of piranhana. I ended up getting rid of them, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. They're very timid most of the time. I decided I'd trade them in for something else. So I put them in a gallon zip loc baggy, and headed to the fish store. On my...

Well, there seems to be progress. I can actually see through, from one end to the other. I don't know if I could read winning lottery numbers, but I can see my couch anyway. I've done (2) 50% changes. Being the n00b that I am, I left the heater plugged in and on during the second change...

Mr86- Ph- 6.8-7.0 Temp- 78 Lighting- I have just a generic run of the mill flouro hood. Filtration- I have a fluval 304 with a turbo twist UV sterilizer connected to the water going back to the tank. I have given a lot of specific details here ...

Thanks mate!

Alright... I'll do an H2O change, like massive. 50% for the next 3 days (my wife is gonna think I'm nuts) then 30% for the other 3. I'll also remove the filter pads as recommended. To answer yr question Purrbox, I really wish that it was on the glass, I'm afraid it's not. I just cleaned...

Hi An t-iasg Do you change the carbon regularly? I've "changed" or replaced the carbon one time since purchasing the tank. Most of the time, I'll rinse it out real good in tank water, which probably render's it useless. Check the manual and make sure the waterflow is at the correct rate...

Thanks for the warm welcome everybody.

Hi Tess, thanks for replying. Here are the levels: > 20 Nitrate 0 Nitrite > 24 Hardness > 0.5 Chlorine 40-80 Alkalinity ~6.8 pH Temp: 78 degrees I'm not sure the non softened water is a viable option. Maybe when summer hits, as right now the only water not softened is the hose water...

Hi there. I found your site as a result of trying to cure my greenish/hazy water nightmare. I have a 55 gal cichlid tank. I have a yellow lab, firebird peacock, electric blue, frontosa (my fave), cobalt blue, venustus, auratus, and an albino/ white cichlid that my oldest daughter has...

I did a search and found this forum, thought maybe you could help? I'm about to lose my mind with this cloudy/ hazy water. It's like there's a green tinted light diffuser in the glass or something. I've tried everything. Nothing has made clear up. I even spent $100 on a UV sterilizer and...