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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Ich & Carbon Filter.This is a very good reason to not set up aquariums "out of the box". Cartridges are just a scam intended to tie you into replacing them... -
Hello. I've found you can breed these fish in unheated tanks as long as the temperature in the room you keep your tank stays at a...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Brutal GH and 0 KH please help.Just to reinforce what @Andy Sager has said. The softening pillow or however you try to do a DIY version with resin, works on an ion...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Help! Fish keep dying after I moved..What precisely are the parameters? You mention test strips. Those multiple tests on one strip don't have the ammonia test on them and...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread All my beginner questions.Do you know what type of plants they are? I can literally cut and paste the same text from another post i replied to a few minutes ago...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread First time planted tank needs help!.If you can let us know what the plants are. They arent immediately coming to mind. They might be high demand plants that need high...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread First time planted tank needs help!.Do you know what plants you bought? Just because an aquarium store recommends them doesnt mean they are good plants for aquariums. Are...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Best method for water changes.The thing is the pH down products probably won't do anything. High pH is usually accompanied by high KH which buffers your pH by the...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Filters??.I presume that the filter is the 600 model, but Tetras website isn't very good. As long as you arent heavily stocking the aquarium its...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Tiny bubbles rising from substrate.The bubbles will caused by microbes breaking down organic material in the substrate and releasing gas. Oxygen, nitrogen, maybe carbon...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Filters??.As far as i can see your filter comes in 3 different sizes. 250, 300 and 600. I would say the 250 is good for aquariums up to 20 litres...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread Nothing Survives.Maybe something about where it's located? Is something getting into the water in its location that isn't in your other aquariums located...
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I can feel for you as I had a similar situation back in the mid 1980s when I lost 75 out of my 100 pairs of Angels to " Angelfish Aids"...
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No, it is a cleaning product - used for getting fat stains out e.g cleaning a wall before painting. I read the label and ammonia was the...
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Aiken Drum replied to the thread All my beginner questions.Googled salmiak. It's some kind of confectionery with ammonium chloride flavouring? The ammonium chloride is going to be a source of...
