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    Pics Pleco saying helo to angle

    My pleco is best buds with my angle here he is saying ....hello
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    pic of my tank

    Here are my pics (finally). The two pices i sometimes turn upsode down like they are now. Kinda neat. Your thoughts?
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    other feeding options, your thoughts please

    I have a 55 gal. 1 bala shark 2 leperanus 1 pictus catfish 1 pleco 1 peru snail I normally feed flakes to them and alge waffers to the pleco, the smail just eats what ever is in the tank. Im looking for something else to feed the swimming fish maybe bloodworms? tubiflex? anything else...
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    hmmmm Pleco changing color

    my common pleco is about 9 inches and lives a good clean and well fed life. im noticeing that he is been getting white areas latley. not white ich like but almost looks like the he molting or shedding and the white areas are in bands and fit in with the patterns the fish normally has on his...
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    do plecos need driftwood?

    i have to huge pieces of artificial driftwood, (not real wood) does he need driftwood or him stiing on the fake stuff and up against the tank walls is good enough. thanks as always
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    what to feed my new pleco

    ? the last one i had started losing weight and died after about being 2 years old, i never fed him anything i just figured he lived in the tanks alge. my new one is bigger and i want to feed him, the other fish eat his waffers and he ignores them anyway. i have herd of zuccini and or cucumber...
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    UNhappy fish, keeps trying to escape! Help

    I have a 9 inch tire track eel who keeps jumping out of the water and into the filter, almost salmon like hen they go up a waterfall. He has a flowerpot that is dark to hide in and seems to eat ok, i just get tired of having to rescue him every day, any ideas I did lower the water in the tank...
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    ?'s on issues of moving my tank

    I will be moving out of ma and pa's place here in about a month. my ? is what is the best way to transport my 55 gal? i thought of getting like 12 5 gal bucketts from lhs where i work and putting the h2o in them with the fish and then trucking it all about 20 miles and setting it back up. any...
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    My New Fish Bussiness. I Need Some Ideas.

    From looking around town i have noticed that not many local bussinesses or nursing homes / schools have aquariums on display. My thought was putting together a sales pitch on why and how a tank can improve their bussiness. my services would be in the set up and matenance. i have a regular job...
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    Got a new COOL EEL, now how do i feed it?

    i got a new really cool tire track eel, i plan on feeding him frozen brine shrimp, the only problem is i have an agressive blue gill and im worried he will eat up all the eel food. any solutions?
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    right ph for my pleco

    right now it is high because my other fish comes from alkaline high water, just wondering how a ph of 8.3 will affect the pleco? he sems ok eats and swims around an stuff.
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    NITRITES have shown up now

    amonia was high i got it down to zero, i got a new pleco so i only have 2 fish in my 55 ga. nitrites are at 0.25 pm is that ok ? should i wait it out or do something abot it??
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    Filter cartridge ?

    i have a top fin filter that takes 2 catridges. PetSmart told me to change the cartridges once a month, but i have also heard that is not needed. a friend told me to change them when water no longer can pass thru them, and then only change one at a time abou a week apart cause of the cycle...
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    Could this be the cause of my high amonia?

    to much stress coat? i just realized i have been putting in a table spoon for every gallon instead of 1 for every 10 gallons. i add it to declorinate my water when i do a change? my amonia levels are still present but have gone down.
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    should i do a partial water change?

    my nitrate levels are at 0 but my amonia is like at 4.0 one 9 onch fish in a 55 gallon tank, had him for about a month, i can see some left over flake food on the gravel. however the water is still very clear. he is normally really aggressve but he seems lathergic today. please help me! if i...
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    OK this is a dumb ? What does lfs stand for?

    is it large fish store? im new here and you guys seem to use LFS alot. :?
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    I got my fish now what to feed it?

    I got a bluegill / rockbass mix. Crazy thing is it is the only one i have ever seen and i have caught thousands of bluegill in my life. i bought some chiclid flakes and he eats them, i feed him a few nightcrawlers today, he is very aggressive. any time i open the lid he swims right up, he also...
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    No amonia? Should I add more fish?

    I put in a small fish three days ago and he is now eating every time i put food in for him, he eats therfore he craps! lol. Anyway my amonia levels are still at zero. I used stress coat and stress zyme to help build the filter, ive done everything i can think of but......... Should i add another...
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    Bluegill Crappie and others?

    I currently have one bluegill in my 55 gal, i have an african to put in there with him. My ? is has anyone here kept bluegills or crapie or any other lake fish? what are the diffuculties you may have faced? also i plan on having total the gill, african, a pleco and some kind of cat fish, any...
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