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    The switch to brackish

    I have a 10 gallon that I want to switch to low end (1.004) brackish and it is fully cycled. How would I go about switching his so my bacteria don't get shocked and so my fish don't either A day by day guide would be great. Thanks
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    Ill F8

    I have a recently owned Figure eight puffer and the first day he was swimming around and eating snails. day two he stayed right next to the heater, but then I fed him and he swam around the rest of the day. Then today he was next to the heater on the gravel. I fed him and he was swimming for...
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    JamesFoads Dream Rescape

    Ok so I bought my 10g freshwater and it's recently cycled so I decided in getting some fish. But before that I want to get my tank ready for then be rescaping. I just recently got my manzanita waterlogged and it looks beautiful. Here is current pics . Help me with good Ideas. Also good spots...
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    Breeding the good 'Ole snail

    i have a 10g tank and I'm hoping to get a puffer or two. I know that they need to eat snail to keep their beak size down so i am starting a snail colony in an old 1g. I got free snails from the pet store randomly, they look like MTS and ramshorns. how do i breed them fairly quickly. I put some...
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    South Amazonian Puffer

    I have been cycling my 10g and I have started to look for fish to stock once I'm done cycling.the two main fish are either 2-3 dwarf puffers or 1 South American puffer. I have an ac 30 and am starting get some real plants. I am also starting a small snail colony, I would like your advice on...
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    James Foad's Total Makeover

    When I first got my aquarium I thought it would be really cool of it was beach themed and all and so I bought decorations accordingly. Then shortly after I joined AA, I saw some GREAT aquascapes. Just recently I decided to go for a more natural look than beachscape. I found some DW And I soaked...
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    To Mr Fisher

    . These are my reading. Ps. I will take this thread down in an hour or so
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    Big seal of DW

    I have a gorgeous piece of many that I found and I want to put in my aquarium but it has too many crevices to clean, it's tonight to put in a pot, and i don't want it to mess up my water. So how do I sterilize it totally?
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    Can't get them trates

    I have had my aquarium with three danios in it for 4 weeks now and my ammonia has been at .25 and my nitrites none and my nitrates none. I only have a little java moss and some decorations. The ph is 7.6. How do I get my cycle to start.
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    Insufficient Hood

    I have a stock topfin 10g goldfish starter and the 2 lights that come in the hood are about 6" long and I want to start getting into planted aquariums so all I have right now is some java moss and around 3/4" of tan gravel right now. How do I upgrade my lights without have to change my hood.
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    Weird growth

    I have these weird mushroom looking things on the walls and decorations of my 10g. It isn't cycled yet.
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    Beginners luck

    So like most beginners I bought the tank and fish not knowing the cycling process. I quickly found this place after 2 fish and learned your ways. I bought aqeoun water conditioner and Tetra flakes along with my starter kit that included 10g tank, lights, hood, filter, and I bought gravel...
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    Freshwater Refugium bio-mec. Filter

    I have a job filter and I want to make that a refugium that uses both biological and mechanical filtration. I know SW tanks use these but why wouldn't it work for FW. If anyone has I dead or videos it would be much appreciated. Also I couldn't find usable info on the posts about it here on AA
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    Proper accesories

    I have some java moss and I am looking into replacing my fake plants with real I have a stock starter kit light and filter but do I need to fert my java moss or any other soon to be plants
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    Wanted: Looking for seeding material

    I'm in need of seeding material for my tank which isn't cycling and I am willing to pay up to 15 for any material whether it be an old filter cartridge or substrate or decorations
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    Dwarf puffer compatability

    What fish or shrimp would be safe with a dwarf puffer in a medium planted tank?
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    New to the green side

    Hi I have a 10 gallon topfin starter tank with medium tan substrate. Are there any plants that I could just put in my tank without having to add any extra chemicals or CO2. I'm also going for a beach theme if there are neat plants like that
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    Shrimp sensitivity

    I have a ten gallon that I am fish in cycling and I also have one Amano shrimp. I have heard that shrimp can't live in high ammonia conditions so does that mean that my tank is cycled or was that just a lie
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    Filter media

    I was wondering if there is a type of filter media where you put it a certain amount and you can keep adding a little more everytime you take it out so that way you always have colonized filter media.
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    Moss roof

    I have that beach shack with the spinning water wheel from petsmart and I was wondering if there would be any way for me to grow java miss in the roof. I would like to keep low lights plants in my first aquarium to help with the cleanliness If Java moss would be ugly, what other easy to...
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    Fish personalities

    This is a topic on what fish have the funniest, cockiest, meanest personalities because I'm interested in fish personalities so if you know any personalities...⬇️⬇️⬇️
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    Need interior decorator

    I have a 10 gallon tank with tan pebble substrate and I'm going for a beach them This is what I have so far . In wondering if I should add a 3d rock background or I want other opinions on decorations. Much appreciated -James The wheel connected I the house spins and the chimney...
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    What's the sex?

    I have a zebra danio and I can't quite tell if it's a male or female. It is slim but looks like it has small silver highlights
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    Strange fatalities

    I just started cycling my tank 5 days ago with 2 zebra danios(petco) and I did everything right and yet a day or two later on died. I did a water change to remove some excess waste just to make sure that's not what harmed her. The day after I got 2 more danios(petco) floated them for 15 and...
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    Emergency Fish Paralyzation

    This morning I woke up and I found one of my two zebra danios laying on the bottom of my 10 gallon tank not moving but it looked like it was breathing really fast. I went to get a closer look and she got scared to she tried to swim away and she just floats with the current. She can't move...
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