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    Wanted: snails/fish

    does anyone in or near Duluth mn have any nerite snails or guppies for sale? also looking for a few gourami's like the pearl or moonlight. also blue rams
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    two fish questions

    first I would like to know what colorful fish will work in a small school of hi fin rosey barbs, I small angel (dwarf- never got bigger than a silver dollar after 3 years) all in 55 gal tank. second question I am getting both green and alittle brown algae in my tank , what can I put in there...
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    guppy breeding

    can anyone tell me why my guppies are not breeding? I add fresh water to tank about every 3rd day approx 1-2 gal . I have approx 7 guppies per 10 gal tank. 5 females and 2 males in each tank. I feed 2 times daily. switch from flake to shrimp pellets and blood worms or brime shrimp (frozen)...
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    plant question

    could someone suggest a few plants that I can use for the bottom of my tank .I want it to look almost like grass , I have med -to low lighting . I seen something called stargrass,but my LPS never heard of it. so, not sure where to go from here. I have 4 tanks up and two I would like to do this...
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    guppy growth

    :brows:I am wondering how fast a guppy fry should grow. I have a few babies that are approx 3 months old but do not seem to be growing all that fast. I feed ground flakes and chopped baby brime shrimp,(frozen) and dry shrimp I add approx 1-2 gal water to the tank weekly and if I could quess I...
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    species name needed

    I am going to atempt to discribe a fish that I am looking for from the back of my old mind lol I kinda looks like a angel in body but fins are not as flowing as angel .I believe it had a couple vertical stripes on it ,believe it could be large in size . Its not a black tetra, phantom...
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    filter question

    I think I heard on here or somewhere that you can use that poly fil thats on rolls and just cut to size for back filters instead of buying the ones the pet stores sell like two to a box and can be alittle costly. Is it the same poly fiber that you can buy at walmart that people use to put inside...
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    calcium buildup problem

    I have a 30 gal tank that I am thinking of taking out of storage and setting up but it has a calcium buidup on the glass that a scrubby pad and water just will not do the job. Any ideas how I can take that stuff off the tank? Also one more question on live plants . Can you plant any species in...
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    Wanted: plant type ??

    a while back a couple people were selling off extra plants and I forgot the name of the people and also the plant type. anyway it was something star or star something. looked like ground plants maybe. I am sure someone knows what the name of them are and hopefully someone on here has some.
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    Wanted: guppies

    I am looking to buy some hopefully blue moscow or any other type of preferrably blue guppies. adults or fry are ok . Other fish considered are neons, bright red swords, cardinals or black neon tetrasIf anyone has any of these for sale please give price and location thank you
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    backround ideas needed

    I would like to DIY a backround to hang on the outside of my 55 gal tank using thick styrofoam pieces,maybe built into a shadow box type frame. Anyone ever made anything like this or have some sool ideas for a backround. I have seen lots of backrounds using cement and they fit into the tank ,but...
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    my sister tank lighting question

    My sister likes the idea of live plants, like myself both being new to plants. Anyways she bought 1- lights of america mini aqua bulb 10 watt fluoresent enhancing 40% more light full spectrum incandesent . bought at walmart pet dept. and also bought 1- aqua culture 13 watt (blue bulb)...
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    Hearts?

    Ok now heres a question I am not sure if anyone has asked before. I know some people feed beef hearts to there fish. But I can't find any meat market around here that sell them, so I was wondering come this next month the hunters up north here are going to (hopefully) bag their deer.I personally...
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    lighting question

    After hearing and seeing my new adventure of trying my hands at live plants in my tanks ,my sister in lwas wants to try some in her 10gal to she if she can grow them also. But my question is she said is doesnt have the same top like I do. I have florescent with plant (65000) bulbs in them and...
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    alittle confused about filters

    I have always had tanks on and off many many years ago but now it seems like the hobby is alot harder than I remember. I hardly did water changes, rinsed out my charcoal cartridges and I kept fish alive for years , Now i am hearing you need to do pwc every few days, dont change charcoal...
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    question about a co2

    first question is Why is it used for plants and how does it work? 2- I see people talking about diy c02's Is that mean " do (make) it yourself ?? 3- if thats what it stands for are they easy to make? and how do you make them?
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    wtb plants and mts & posting problems

    I am looking for a few low/L easy grow plants and a few MTS that someone can maybe ship al together as I am on a very fixed income (because of health and these golden yrs as some might call them) I live in Minnesota and the weather is above normal so shipping should still be ok. so far what I...
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    airstone strip

    I have a 55 gal tank w/ a 450 emperor filter on it and also a pool sand substrate and I am wondering if I ran a airstone strip if that would upset my sand bottom and cause harm to my back filter?? And also my angels fish are only dime and quarter size right now is my tank too high for baby...
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    sponge filter question

    I have a 55 set up and i put pool sand for the bottom and my question is should I be running a sponge filter because of the sand I dont have the best water where I live so wondering if I should add a sponge filter . I am running a emperor 450 w/ o the extendtion so it doesnt get to near the...
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    sand & live plants

    I have a 55 gal f/w tank and I decided to go w/ pool sand as my substate and now I am wondering what kind of live plants I should get for a beginner that will maybe root in the sand and reproduce (?) maybe thats not the right word for plants and how many plants do I need to get for a 55gal...
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    milky white stuff on tank wallsand now dead fish

    I put up a 55gal tank almost 4 months ago now and my tank is finally clearing and I can now see through the water. I have never had this kind of water trouble before. I filled my tank (tap water) at the beginning of the month and knowing my angels would die in that water I filled a smaller tank...
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    northern Mn

    Anyone on this site live in northern Minnesota, I live near lake superior and I am new to this site
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