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Why 2x 50% water changes and not 1x 75% water change?

What do you test your aquarium water for on a daily, weekly, monthly or other interval? Anything from temperature and pH to whatever else you might check.

6 stage ro to get good enough water? How bad IS your water by StL, and how does your tank water compare to your lfs's water? I'm just curious being from mineral-heavy Fl.

Welcome! I can't wait to hear how the new setup progresses. :)

Hooray! Works great now. :)

That list from TBAS is pretty good. I would skip Budget Pet, unless they've really changed in the few years since i've been there. If you open their door and the "pet shop smell" knocks you backwards, then they have not. I liked Life Oceanic in Gibsonton (but I lived near it at the time) and...

Just fyi, the carbon is not a necessity, and you can leave it out if you want which some people do.

Yes it did. Is it all possible the problem is on the server side or in vBulletin? I picked up Forum Runner Free from the market ( http://market.android.com/details?id=net.endoftime.android.forumrunner.free ) which you can also connect to Aquarium Advice with, but that crashes same thing...

They are in the water as well, how else would they reach the gravel except through the water? Its more likely that they just aren't as beneficial to tank owners while they're swimming around looking for a place to land... :) (and of course density per sq.in. would be MUCH lower) Any...

Store tanks are often set up this way. Keep in mind the store is hoping to not have that fish a week when their next order of fish arrive... Rock and/or sand adds surface area for bacteria as its been said, but also some fish get freaked out by the reflective surface of the bottom glass.

Ammonia = Ammonium Hydroxide. Gotcha. Sorry, I'm just used to the word meaning something slightly different. Anhydrous Ammonia is what I'm used to hearing the gaseous form referred to, but it's all good. :) The powdered Baker's Ammonia? I can't imagine it not mixing, I read that there are some...

I got a question regarding ammonia source products... Has anyone tried Ammonium Hydroxide or Ammonia Carbonate/Bicarbonate (aka "Baker's Ammonia"? I'm curious since after reading the faq and googling "pure ammonia" which links to countless stories of disappointment I looked for derivitives and...

As a quick way to clean the calcium deposits off glass. :D

They didn't offer me a chemistry class in school, I just know a couple things from a good book on fish (plus a few other things from working various jobs). 1. Don't panic! You're making the hobby look difficult, and it's really not. :) 2. I'll bet that they were eating flake food at the...

Good to know! I may live in Hillsborough county, but Lakeland is closer than Tampa... its as if I lived in the city bordering Lakeland. ;) For a LFS store in Tampa, is Fish World still open? I haven't been there in a few years, but the owner has been running it for 30 years, :) she's probably...

...turned the heater down and opened a couple windows... YOUR TANK HAS WINDOWS??? :D A few degrees in any direction isn't a big deal, only a SUDDEN change -- adding hot/cold water during a PWC for example. Heck, the outdoor fishfarm ponds here in FL don't even have heaters AFAIK. Expect the...

I remember there being two types of plain (read as: not digital) thermometers, one with "stuff" to keep the reading more stable (read as: SLOW), but the other one should work. I think it was one that hung over the edge of the tank as opposed to the floating/suction cup kind. But yes...

I worked at a chain store for a while. They are like ANY other store, for any type of merchandise. Some people will know what they're doing and others won't. Take as LONG as you need to make your decision (up to 30 days ;) )

Anything designed to be passed safely through a child's digestive system should be. They say there are something like 30 safety rules to build something for NASA, and *300* to make a child's toy. :) Now i'm curious to price out 2-3 "starter sets", plus 2-3 "expansion packs", plus a sheet of...

I hate to say it, but now might be the time to check your LFS return policy. Not EVERY fish is perfectly healthy and without defect, even if looked healthy in the store. That store might order 1-2 dozen/wk, multiplied by all the stores that fish farm distributes to. If one is healthy and active...

If you don't mind me asking what model RO, and did you buy it online or at store? (Trying to talk myself into one lol)

The cost of RO water depends on its efficiency and the makeup of the source water. At a guess, it would be cheaper for me to buy water from the LFS than install a home unit imo, because Florida has such hard (read impurity rich in terms of RO) water, and the large units that the LFS can...

Here in Florida there are 4 types of water on the shelf at the grocery store, they are (by label): Drinking water: RO processed, minerals added (for taste). Spring water: Carbon filtered, ozone treated. Distilled Mineral water: the fanciest and most expensive; I like the flavor of the one...

Been there! In my case I was folllowing the feeding instructions on the side of the flake food. They sell a ton of food that way! Probably the same company makes replacement filter cartridges now that I think about it...

That's what I'm thinking. I've done the community tank thing a few times, I think i'm ready! (Ready to do TONS of research that is. ;) ) I want something modest, and I'm incredibly patient and willing to learn so I don't think i'll have too many problems. (Plus it doesn't hurt to be living...