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    Empty tank, thinking about plants (Newbie)

    Plants provide natural cover fishes. The fish would appreciate live plants. Not only do they give your fish some natural hiding/play places, they improve water quality. Depending on how heavy you stock your tank with plants, the natural filtration plants do will vary. Basically, the more plants...
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    Volunteering

    Cool. I wouldn't be surprised though. They are great aquarists IMO.
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    What other hobbies do you have?

    Oh, here's a pvc bow I had made and shattered not too long ago. I had designed Hmong symbols on it's limbs. This is a horsebow. Draws around 30lbs at 23 inches.
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    DIY pvc caves ideas??

    Heat down the PVC with a heat gun and mold it to get dentures and lumps, then Glue on other rocks, etc. Hehe just my thought.
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    What other hobbies do you have?

    Breakdance, PVC archery, bushcraft, making things out of things, eg. I make tiny half inch tall people with swords out of trash bag twist ties.
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    Volunteering

    Yay! (Late reply, if you are following). I'm a volunteer there now! It's really fun. Already, only going through orientation I met a ton of people. Thank you you two.
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    Volunteering

    I will be volunteering at GA aquarium. It will be my first time volunteering. Does anyone have any advice or insights? Experiences and Recommendations?
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    newby snail question

    Assassin snails eat other snails. Pond snails would most likely be the snails that would show up in a tank, Because of eggs or hitch hiker pond snails that most likely came with plants or other things that may have been bought or transferred from another tank. Ime, pond snails that I...
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    Do Algae eaters count for Bio Load?

    All fish and inverts do count towards bio loads. Depending on your current stock of fishe's character traits. Some fish don't produce as much poop as others. Example, oscars and gold fish produce loads of poop, which you will have to clean up more often(more bio load). Smaller fish(IMO) means...
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    What would you place in your tank?

    Prehistoric aquatic dinosaurs.
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    AquaClear 50 noise

    Has to be. The sounds bounces off from the water and the lid, then on out into the open and to our ears. Haha When I started fish keeping. I had no idea that ac existed. As I stumbled upon it at pet smart, I knew there and then that this jewel is the perfect filter. Lol it is a quiet filter...
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    Gamo silent cat air rifle?

    I got mine from bass pro shops for $145 +tax(on black friday sale, the gun wasnt even on sale though) ithink you can get it online for around the same price. If you can't get it locally for around that price try online too. There are pellets that comes in 250 pellets per tin can and 500.
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    Gamo silent cat air rifle?

    I own a gamo bigcat 1250. It shoots 1250 fps. Loud and has a lot of recoil. (Never shot a real rifle before so the recoil from the big cat is strong for me so I dont know the difference between a real rifle's recoil and a air gun rifle's recoil). I really like it though. I use pointed tip...
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    Inspirations

    Here's another one from Instagram Not my pic this time
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    Inspirations

    Hello all! Today while itching to go fly fishing again at Chattanooga river. Spotted this little island thingy. And it just looks sooo amazing I think I'll try to mimic this in the future with aquarium aquascaping. Share some inspirational pictures of nature if you want.
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