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    guppy colorants woes

    Have some colourful guppies. Seem to be losing color around their bodies behind eye half way back to tail. Lost the colour and glint. Not all though, red ones seem perfect. Other tetra and bristlenose seem fine. Is it possibly harassment related? Had 4 rummy nose nose tetra die, 2...
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Moved heater and it is stable. Strange
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Nope no sunlight just a flood of light from outside. No open windows or doors... Suppose pending up could effect room temperature. Will monitor
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Great might minds... Doing water change tonight so will move things about a little. Move heater and Seneye.
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    bristlenose & pictus cats veg ideas

    What is wrong with iceberg?
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    bristlenose & pictus cats veg ideas

    This mobile application has a search, great! Ok I see cucumber, zucchini, banana, peas, sweet potato are options. Weighted of course. Someone one mentioned garlic? Hmmm is that a stock pot joke? I am still trying to work out how much to feed so this email will allow me to focus on the...
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    bristlenose & pictus cats veg ideas

    Hi I've heard cats like veg. I tried cucumber but nobody seemed interested maybe because it was floating on surface. Anybody shed some light on the do's and don'ts? Cheers Craig
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Thanks for the ideas. My Mrs keeping a eye on it today. Other than lights nothing tank related happening. They cone on before 8 so timer needs attention We open blinds but there is no sunlight change in the room. Auto conditioner gadget I see in my future but not yet.
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Lights come on around 8am ish Run bubbler all the time.
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    Mysterious drop in temperature @9am

    Hi Last few days my Seneye Reef has indicated that my tank losses a 1 to 2 degrees C between sun up (6am-6:30am) and 9am. Then it recovers over the rest of the day. I have a 150L tank with 150W heater. Not sure if the heater is enough but at the moment it is the middle of summer and...
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    new tank ammonia nightmare

    Something on my wood. Tank ok
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    new tank ammonia nightmare

    Ammonia = Free ammonia Nh3 bad for fish Ammonium Nh4 not Depending on temp and ph an equilibrium is maintained Logic for me says total ammonia = Nh3 + nh4. Not cycled Nh3 0.01 and Nh4 above 70ppm and climbing. Another water change tonight and possibly a gravel removal and wash. Last option...
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    Seneye Reef

    Update on the Seneye. I received mine 2 weeks ago and things have obviously improved. No software at all. Reading seem to upload roughly on time. Portal with the results does take some time to update. Next question is how does the Ammonia NH3 and NH4 work and compare to a test kit, in my case...
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