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  1. patrickriley2010

    Chipped my tank while cleaning

    I moved 2 weeks ago and I had my fish located in a spare 10 gallon tank while i moved, i just went to move them back in today decided i would scrub out the tank and clean it up real nice..... well i ended up scratching the crap out of my bathtub and chipping my 20 gallon..... The 10 gallon...
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    Lost Several Fish Heads Turn RED!

    So I moved out two weeks ago and in the process my tank stand got broken. I have been setting up my new place since then while my tank was moved from a 20 gallon to a 10 gallon set up temporarily at my girlfriends place. I only had a few fish as two died just before the move. Anyways 3 fish...
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    Washed up rock on the beach

    I'm at the beach and there are alot of sea rocks washing up. I want to start a saltwater tank soon and was wondering if they would work?
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    Nitrate at 5.0ppm after 50% water change ?

    Urgent need help ! Okay I did a 50% water change as I'm going to the beach in the morning for 10 days wanted to make sure my tank was set and my ph I never test for because well not much I can do about it... Here is what I tested for Ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 5.0ppm What should...
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    Trumpet snails out of town

    I'm going out of town for a week and leaving my 2 platy fry at parents and my aunt who is watching their dogs is going to feed them. But I don't want to take my snails I have an empty 10 gallon tank "we'll with treated water and running filter " and a breeder hanging on the back . Could I leave...
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    Found this root structure in the creek today

    Not sure what to so with it, it was sitting in a slow moving 1foot of water looked cool so I jumped in and grabbed it. I don't have a tank remotely big enough to house it. Just thought i would share . If you live in Cincinnati or around here you can have it.
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    When to remove baby java ferns ?

    I'm pretty sure they are narrow leaf javas got them a few weeks ago. It was one main plant with 2-3 sprouting off one floated off and I lost it when I set it on a table while cleaning my fry tank :/ but I still have a few on there and they have little baby leaves and everything ? Do I pull them...
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    Dwarf Gourami chin bump back

    A few weeks ago my dwarf gourami had a bump on its chin and a few days later a thick tubular red thing was coming out of it almost looked like a bloody worm but I didnt see it wiggle like a worm. Anyways the bump kind of went away got really small I just thought that was it healed but then...
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    Cleaning DW Help

    I got my first small piece and its a nice shape anyways u can't get the darn thing clean! I've boiled it about 10 times now full pot to half pot then dumped the water rotates the wood and filled again every time the water comes out brown not as brown as the first 2-3 times but brown enough. It's...
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    Hunting for driftwood.

    I'm heading out towards the area of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri for a family reunion we do a float trip "camping/kayaking/rafting" in a river up there. Don't remember what it's called but its surrounded by beautiful cliffs and the water is super clear. Last year the bus driver who drove...
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    Todays amazon arrivals !!! Take a look!

    Okay first off I got a small piece of drift wood and a 24 pack of new API test tubes but I will also add that I just shattered one on accident fell out of my hands when I was sitting down and hit my metal belt :| I got the replacement tubes because I knew I'd go through some drops already broke...
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    20 Gallon SW what do i need to start?

    I want a sw tank freshwater is still cool but I want the crazy awesome colors of a sw tank like some firefish. What supplies will I need to start this journey? Also if a fish only eats shrimp or frozen shrimp how do I feed while I'm out of town ?
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    Planted Tank Bulb type help.

    I picked this 10 gallon top fin tank up with hood. Im not partially fond anything other than LED but I don't have much money. So I was wondering which bulbs I should get ? Like color and type I don't know much about plants. Also plants that don't need alot of co2. And some fish that will go...
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    Small gravel cleaner for 2 gallon betta tank?

    My girlfriend has a betta and she has hardly cleaned the tank since she got it over a month ago I did one cleaning for her but her tetra wisper filters turn green after a week I told her she is over feeding . Any ways I'm looking to get her a cheap gravel cleaner ASAP that doesn't drain the...
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    Why are they called breeder tanks?

    Like the 40 gallon tanks ? Why are they called breeder tanks ?
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    Best auto freder ?

    Okay so I'm going out of town for a family reunion for 4 days at the end of the month. I come back home and leave for the beach a few days later on the 3rd for a week and a half. I don't have anyone to feed my fish because well I don't trust my friends and my family and girlfriend are going with...
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    Top Fin 2$ per gallon sale

    I know there was another thread somewhere else but I took pics to authenticate it. Also select tetras and algae eaters are only 1$ 2$ per gallon comes with hoods. I just got a 10 gallon for 20$ with hood excluding bulbs but I plan on putting an led light system in it somehow . Apparently...
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    Dollar per gallon sale?

    Anybody know when it is?
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    Penguin 150-200 same size biowheel?

    I'm replacement my penguin 150 after a power outage ruined it. I'm looking to get he 200 to replace it. My worry is that I have an established bio wheel from my 150 which I just have floating in my tanks with some bubblers and my my c3 running . I just want to pop my old filter cartridge which...
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    Tabked houdini

    I'm pretty sure they overstocked the Houdini tank. They made a tank for a kid in a tv that was 8 gallons and filled it with 3 species of freshwater sharks I love the show but these guys are morons when it comes to fish.
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    Penguin 150 broke power outage.

    So I was not at my apartment last night I was watching my sisters dog while she is out of town I came back to feed my fish and the bio wheel wasn't spinning I went take the cover off and noticed it was hot and then I felt the sides of the filter it was burning up! I guess at some point last...
  22. patrickriley2010

    Home Depot bucket and boiling water

    Hi everyone so I'm trying to boil some rocks I got down at the creek for my aquarium. I've read that when boiled rocks can explode and I don't want that. So I took to one of my trust homedepot buckets. I boiled my 3 pots if water and pours them into the buckets. I then realized oh no what if the...
  23. patrickriley2010

    creek rock identification help

    So I went on an adventure looking for rocks and drift wood in the creek on my parents 50 acres. The adventure called for the use of their sideXside and at one point a kayak just to cross a small portion of deep water mostly for fun! Anyways I found some cool rocks that I want to use in my...
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    Dwarf Gourami Red Mark Under Mouth

    My dwarf gourami had this red thing coming out of his skin under his mouth I know this one is blurry but you can see it hanging off
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    Drift Wood or sticks

    Can I use wood found by rivers and creeks and just regular old sticks ? Thanks
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