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    HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crack in the tank

    I lost almost alll of my water in 55 gal and was forced to put all 25 fish in my 10 gal for now, until tomorrow when i can make it to the pet store in the am and by a new tank. How long do i have or should i say do they have?, i mean i have all rock and fliter media, should i change any of it or...
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    Read fourms and articles about Ick, but......

    I'm still very untrusting of taking my new fish that are in my qt tank that attracked ick. I am goign with the heat method of getting rid of ick, i notcied it on my catfish who recently passed away, not sure if it was from the ick or not, im guessing it was. I raised the temp to about 85 seeing...
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    Backrounds on your tank, I think i have a problem.

    First of i want to ask if everyone had a good xmas, and if you guys got any cool new thinks for your tanks? On to the title of the post, I bought a back round for my tank you know one with like plants and a water fall bluh whatever the case may be. Well when i first bought it and put it on it...
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    How do you go about Vacuming your gravel with plants around?

    I'm big into plants, but i do think they make the tank look nice and create great hiding places for fish. My only question is how do you guys clean your gravel if you have plants all around your tank, i mean for me i would say just go around it, but you have to clean the gravel near the plants...
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    2 Bala's and a couple neons dead in a week and a half???????

    I was going to post this in unhealthy fish, but i really don't think i have a diease, but my question is what is going wrong? It seems like a majority of new fish going into my tank are dieing, i mean i had these 2 bala's, and 2 gournami's in my qt tank for about a month and half cause my high...
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    Anyone interested in buying some bioballs?

    When i first started i listened to a lfs sale's man pitch on purchasing 1in bio balls online to put in my canister fliter nad low and be hold they didn't fit. So now i just have them laying around underneath my tank collecting dust, i have 2 boxes never used, just opened to see if they would...
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    Changing over from filtered water to tap, anyone disagree?

    I was curious if i would harm my fish if i decioded to switch over from using filtered water to using tap water as i want to buy a python cause i heard there much easier to do water changes and gravel cleaning. Has anyone ever hooked up there python to a filtered water system, or is it ok that i...
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    Finally some pics

    Here some pics of my 55 gallon, with the penn castle, let me know what you think.
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    Good plant trimmer, and landscaping tool?

    Hey guys, i don't do much with plants, but the plants that i do have im finding it hard to trim them, cut off there dead leaves, and basicly looking for a landscape tool. Do they have ones out there that will help me cut, plant, and maybe flatrern my rock or even it out? If so what ones are...
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    Can plants bring down Nitrates

    I went into my lfs hopping to get an anwser of how to bring down my nitrates in my qt tank. The sales guy said to do water changes which i have been doing with no success, he also said to not feed the fish for a couple days as you can not starve fish, but what was the total shock was he said buy...
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    Going away, any ideas on auto feeders?

    Im going away for like 4 nights and 5 days to vegas, my question is does anyone know of any good auto feeders or pyramids. I heard a lot of bad things from local pet stores and other people about them. but are there any good ones. Thanks in advanced guys. Frank
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    Going away, need ideas for auto feeders?

    Im going away for like 4 nights and 5 days to vegas, my question is does anyone know of any good auto feeders or pyramids. I heard a lot of bad things from local pet stores and other people about them. but are there any good ones. Thanks in advanced guys. Frank Sorry guys my lack of...
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    Is there any substance i can soak or wash my Decor with?

    I was wondering if there was any thing special i can use to soak or wash my decor with that will make it come clean and unslimie. I know there is alot of stuff you can rinse off stuff with and put in the tank, but i was wondering if you guys know of anything that i can use or any ideas of how...
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    QT tank setup

    I just inquired a 10gal tank that i wil be using for a qt tank, i have seen some post about people saying the only setup a qt or hospital tank when needed. Well i was going to setup a qt tank and keep it running, so im just curious what should be in there like as far as dec, gravel, and should...
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    Where did you put the intake for the canister filter?

    I was curious where everyone has there intake for there canister filters, or how close or far away from the middle?
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    Where did you put the intake for the canister filter?

    I was curious where everyone has there intake for there canister filters, or how close or far away from the middle?
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    My buddy caught ick, but i have some questions

    Well my buddy caught ick and he tried to treat it, but that didn't work out to well so he decided to do a 100% water change and start over. Mind you this is his second time he lost fish and i mean all of his fish, so hes not to happy. He ask me to post and ask if he did a 100% water change and...
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    About Aquarium salt

    I was wondering if anyone heard this about Aquarium salt, a lfs told my buddy that had some kind of worm growing on his fish to buy coppersafe and out that in, and then buy Aquarium salt because it rebuilds some kind of slime coat fish have to protect them from disease's. How true is this and...
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    Lighting question, for plants and actual placing on the tank

    I just bought a JEBO 48" 220W(55wx4) Power Compact Light FEATURES: Internal electronic Ballast Highly Polished reflector Heat Retaining Bands Full clear arylic lens cover Two separate ON/OFF switches Special low heat operation design...
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    What are the best online sites for canister media

    Was wondering where are the best places online to buy canister media, and also just online fish sites with low prices? Also what media is good to buy for just everyday running of the filter to keep it clean, and to give me the bio, mech, and chem filteration. I know that in the fluval i have...
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    What are the best online sites to buy canister media?

    Was wondering where are the best places online to buy canister media, and also just online fish sites with low prices? Also what media is good to buy for just everyday running of the filter to keep it clean, and to give me the bio, mech, and chem filteration. I know that in the fluval i have...
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    Pics of your tank with live plants so it looks good?

    I was just wondering if anyone had pics of there tanks with live plants in them and where is a good spot to put them. Im just trying to get some different ideas of where to put my live plants when i get them. i have a 55 gal tank with the big 2ft long 2 peice castle in it...... So any ideas or...
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    Pics of your tank with live plants so it looks good?

    I was just wondering if anyone had pics of there tanks with live plants in them and where is a good spot to put them. Im just trying to get some different ideas of where to put my live plants when i get them. i have a 55 gal tank with the big 2ft long 2 peice castle in it...... So any ideas or...
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    fluval 404 question on new tank

    I got a couple questions about setting up the fluval 404. Well mine came in, i followed the directions perfectly and got it all setup. Well i let it run last night and when i woke up this morning my father said it was making an awfully bad banging noise at like 630am and it wasn't spitting out...
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    Fluval 404 setup, couple of questions.

    I got a couple questions about setting up the fluval 404. Well mine came in, i followed the directions perfectly and got it all setup. Well i let it run last night and when i woke up this morning my father said it was making an awfully bad banging noise at like 630am and it wasn't spitting out...
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