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    High nitrates in water supply

    We moved in the last couple of months and since we moved, I have had an issue with the Nitrate levels in my planted tank. I know in the past to remove nitrates I have always done water changes. The problem I encounter now, is that my water supply is running at about 20ppm. I have found several...
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    Concerns over weight of tank

    Hello all, I'm wondering if you all could give me a little insight from experience. I am looking to upgrade my tank size because my fish are out-growing their home. I have a 20 gal. long and am looking to upgrade to a 55 or 75. My main concern is the overall weight of the whole setup. The 55...
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    Moving tank to new house?

    So we are moving to a new house and I was wondering what everyone recommended was the best way to move my tank? Should I take out all of the water and put the fish into a 5 Gallon bucket and move that way? Or should I just take out all but a couple inches of water and move the tank that way?
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    Tank Transfer

    I recently purchased a marginally larger tank and was wondering if I needed to cycle the new tank or if I could just transfer everything to the old tank to the new tank and add new water. I can't see any reason as to why i would need to cycle the new tank. Seems to me like it would already be...
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    Trouble with nitrites.

    So I recently replaced my whisper10i filter with a fluval u2 because I was having issues with not getting the correct filtration. My nitrites have been reading high with the 10i and lost some fish. Now the fluval reads no ammonia in the tank but the nitrites are high, and some nitrates. I just...
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    DIY Bottle Filter fluidized bed

    I have completed building my own filter out of a bottle and soda straw segments and sponge. I think it will work almost as well as K1. I am excited to give a test run here in a little bit to see if it will work. I am thinking of making a how to, let me know if you are interested. Thanks everybody.
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    Foggy Water

    My water is pretty foggy, what can I do to fix this?
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    10 Gallon setup

    Does anyone have any recommendations for what kind of soap is best to use to clean a used tank i just got?
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    DIY Acrylic Aquariums

    So I have my mind set on making my next aquarium with acrylic. I have also designed my ultimate tank. I just had several questions for anybody who knows about acrylic. I was wondering if anybody knew anything about how thick the acrylic would need to be. I appreciate any help on the subject.
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    Salt in Freshwater?

    I understand that adding a small amount of salt to a freshwater tank is essencial and that the fish need the nutrients, I am just confused as to how often I add salt to the tank and is the salt going to effect certain aspects of the water like hardness or ph? I appreciate any help, thank you.
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    LFS in Charlottesville?

    Anybody know of any good LFS in the charlottesville area? We just moved here and I am looking for some help. Thanks
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    Question about ordering online

    There is not a big selection of LFS in my local area, I was wondering if any one knew of some good places to order fish and plants online reasonably priced of course. Thanks
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    New to plants

    I have read about adding CO2 to planted tanks, my question is, do you need to add CO2 to to every planted tank? I am only thinking of adding a couple of spiral vals to a ten gallon tank.
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    New to site and new to fishkeeping.

    Hey everyone, Just starting out and excited to keep going with the hobby. I have four guppies, but am going to be getting a 30 gallon freshwater tank and was thinking about some angelfish (5 to 6) any reccomendations for some colorful angelfish? Also thing a Red Tailed Shark and maybe a...
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