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Head downtown to see the light show on Fremont Street. And while you are there make a visit to Binion's Casino, a little bit of Las Vegas history. Vic

I suspect your Mollies were bred and born in freshwater and therefore will be fine in fresh water. The other denizens of your tank are fresh water. I would therefore not add any salt to your tank. Save the salt for the time you need to medicate for ich, etc. Vic

Maybe you nitrate test reagent has time x'd. Take a water sample to a couple of fish stores and get them to test for you. This will either confirm your test results or refute the credability of your test gear. Vic

I think you are on the right track in reducing the photo period. You can do this and NOT "unbalance" your lighting. You may want to also consider reducing the fertilizer dosing if that is happening. Taking an hour or and hour and half off of the two photo period cycles will go a long way toward...

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Nicely done, congratulations. I am sure that you will envoy those self tailing winches over the circa 1965 book ends! What did you use for the below the line paint job. That job is about the worst on the boat, absolutely so if you include the requisite prep work. One of the members in our...

7.3 USFG http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Best converter that I have tripped over. Vic

Boiling for several minutes. This will soften the zucchini so the fish can eat it. Vic

Blanching is a good idea. Also, if you happen to buy minced garlic in a jar just rub a small amount of the garlic juice on the zucchini. This should get them going. Garlic is a favourite of fish and is actually very good for them. Most of the premium prepared foods contain garlic. Vic

I have 2 xP3's on a 125 USG and in 1.5 years I have not replaced a filter pad. The bottom tray has 2 course and 2 fine pads. I alternate cleaning the media by filter and give it a real good cleaning. I use the ceramic bio media in half the middle try and then fill it with floss. The top try is...

I read a post somewhere that a tank could be coated using a heavy mylar and an innocuous oil such as canola. A film of oil is put over the whole of the tank wall surface and then the cut to fit mylar is put over the oil. Bubbles and lines are removed the same as installing wall paper. This is...

There are 2 factors that effect the term of the fermentation process. Simply put, these are food and poison. Yeast is a living culture that feeds on sugars. The form of the sugar is mostly irrelevant. Granulated, molasses, power drink, what ever. All simply provide the food source, sugar. Poison...

100 to 110 F is fine for the hydration of the yeast. I would give some thought to "starting" the yeast in water in that temperature range and adding 1/2 tsp of sugar. Let the yeast activate and then add to the must. The must should stay at a much warmer temperature than 60F. The fermentation...

What kind of filtration do you have in the tank? If it is a cannister you should explore using an in-line CO2 diffuser. Far less hassel and likely more efficient at diffusing CO2 into the water column. Goggle DIY CO2 diffuser. Vic

Shell............. If you have a water bed store or a furniture store that sells water beds they will likely have a drain and fill "kit". This qizmo is the nuts of a python and if you get it in Australia it will likely be compatible with your plumbing. Once you have the drain and fill gizmo you...