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Really, I do. For all the selfless advice and wisdom you've given me over the last couple of years, I truly, am grateful. May you all have a wonderful holiday season with your families and loved ones. Cheers! :invasion:

The new Petsmart is finally open in Williamsburg. Its on Monticello, right off of Route 199. Nice store, about the same as every other Petsmart. I was very impressed to see the new Betta homes though; a seperate tank that spans the wall the entire length of the rest of their aquariums. It is...

The Dude, the Dude-meister, its Duderonemus the betta.

:D Its nice to be back with a new PC finally. The new Athlon 64 machine really flies...I cant believe I waited this long to upgrade, but the old pc has had one foot in the grave for the past few months now. You know, I always thought this website was slow loading, but with the new computer...

WhaamIonnado?MykeyoardquiworkinandIdonhavenoherone.Sheesh.I'lleacksoon...Ineedooohesore.

I want to run this by some of you (Malkore :P ), rather than change the subject in some of the other posts that are touching on this topic. This is a DIY Co2 setup, single 1 litre bottle with a powerhead driven reactor. Im having some difficulty using the CO2 charts because of my water...

I've seen this at other sites from time to time and thought it would be neat to incorporate if it werent terribly difficult a task. Any input? For example, my car club forum has a similar front page in that we have a section called "recent topics". It shows the last ten topics that were posted...

Wow. I've averaged about 2.2 posts per day everyday for the last 8 months Ive been here. That doesnt include the 2 month break I took when I moved across the US. I didnt realize I talked that much.

Does fine aragonite sand normally smell when it sits in water for a few days? I bought some calcium carbonate sand last summer and have had it bagged tightly in the garage, waiting for a micro reef tank I was going to setup. I wanted to see how bad it would cloud and about how long it would take...

Hi all. I've done some research and decided to try a diy CO2 setup in a 15 gallon planted tank I have. Im using a 1 litre plastic bottle for a generator and an active reactor powered by a small powerhead. The problem Im having is with CO2 generation. I don't know if Im getting the mixture wrong...

So there I was....at the fish store looking at the fancy guppies. I had always passed them up as "less desireable", but this time I thought that they might be a fun change of pace. I bought 7 fancy males for a nice splash of color in the community tank. They really looked good in there. Several...

Has anyone ordered any fish from aquabid? Im mostly interested in some of the more rare colorations of Betta and noticed that they are coming from Thailand. What are your experiences with shipping costs and would you do it again?

You read it correctly. Lets not discuss how it happened, but how to fix it if we could, please :D I have a 15T freshwater tank with a Betta, a big ol snail, 2 corys and a handfull of guppies...both male and female. Almost a full bottle of Isopropyl alcohol was dumped into their nice little...

What are your favorite online retailers for freshwater livestock and plants? I've been wanting to place an order for ages, but I cant bring myself to pay 20 bucks to ship 5 bucks worth of fish. Is there a trick to it besides ordering tons of stuff at once? I wanted to order several small shrimp...

My tank has cycled but I noticed that the water here is very different than the water I had in Idaho. KH and pH read off the scale...pH reads above 8.4 and the KH is confusing. The silly test strips show the KH range from 0-300PPM. On their scale my KH reads way over 300PPM. That number seems a...

I've been on my new job with Infineon for a couple of weeks now near Richmond Virginia and I am loving the area thus far. The company is really great and will allow us to be able to live like real people for change. We finally got our house but the movers cant make it out to unload until...

Im moving soon, about 2500 miles or so, and was thinking about packing my FW tank rocks (large) some plants and filter-media in a sealed rubber-maid container. If I remember correctly, the bacteria present on this stuff is anaerobic, so it should be ok sealed in an air-tight container filled...

With any given system size, what is length of use between refills of a pressurized CO2 tank as compared to a DIY CO2 system? Am I looking at weeks or months as opposed to days, or is the benefit of a pressurized tank that great?

I havent set this tank up yet, as I am moving across the country in 3 weeks, but I have been purchasing the components over the last few months. Im down to only a couple things left...the lighting and the LR. The tank is a 15 T; it has the same footprint as a ten gallon tank with 20x10 length...

anyone know what this is? I suppose I shouldnt buy things without knowing what they are... :roll: The kid didnt do a good job removing it from the display tank... It came apart in a couple different pieces.

I have an unhealthy Betta ( I believe). He is in a 10G tank with several mates; a small school of Neons, a couple Corys and a Pleco. He has been doing well, as have the rest of the fish, even after surviving the tank cycleing. The tank parameters are excellent and I just finished a 20 percent...

I'll be moving to the Williamsburg/Richmond area in about a year and am going to need to find some work. I'm an electronics technician in the manufacturing industry by trade, but I dont know what kind of companies exist in that area. I know of Siemens Automotive, Infineon and another company...

Fishfreek...I'm moving to Virginia in several months. Your gonna be my personal tank consultant, right? You do any diving or anything? We'll be in Williamsburg and my wife seems to think we can just scoop up the ocean in our backyard and put it in our tank. How has that worked for you in the...

RE: Stop Me! New Q's...new thread. Regarding the setup of a new saltwater FOWLR tank: So how do I start this thing? Do I add sand, rock and water and thats it? What about live sand? If the tank isn't cycled, how does it stay alive? I can get the rock and sand locally and fast as there is a...

The filter cartridge in my Whisper Power Filter 5-15 needs replaced. The tank is still going through its cycle process with Nitrites at fairly high levels. The filter has been cleaned in tank water several times, but it is getting to the point where it only flows decent fora day or two after...