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If it's completely watertight (and should be), you should be able to create a siphon by jostling the gravel vacuum up and down until the tube fills with water. It doesn't take a lot of agitation, just some quick up and down motion to fill the tube until the water level is lower than the bottom...

What are the advantages/disadvantages to keeping light on 24/7 in a tank with no natural plants? 37 gal fresh. 3 mollies, 1 fancy gold, 1 guppy, 6 minnows and a CAE. It's the stock fluorescent light that came with the light strip. I was told by a local enthusiast (not a LFS employee) that...

Gloves won't cut it unless they go up to my armpits. LOL I just keep sticking my hands in to restick suction cups or reseat my decorations, so far without freaking out too badly although I keep my eye on that goldfish... I've been cycling for about three weeks now. I got the CAE on a...

Don't laugh. I love fish. I love scuba diving. However, I am terrified of touching or being touched by fish. We used to keep a couple of 20G tanks but my poor husband was stuck with the maintenance and after several years, we stopped keeping fish because it got to be too much to maintain...