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wow, thanks everyone for the thoughtful replies! let's see, i've walked around my tank and the floor doesn't noticeably sag. (of course, the water in the tank does form small, visible waves.) hopefully, this 100-year old house's floors will hold up. i do worry about the stand a little. it's...

hi all, i've been ruminating on the 29 gallon freshwater tank sitting here in my apartment. what happens if the stand it's on collapses? or if someone knocks the thing over? what in the world do i do? how much trouble am i in? i'd love to hear if this has happened to anyone before here...

i've gone through 3 heaters now in about 1.5 weeks. the first two were cheapo's and died on me (taking some poor fishies with them =( ); i finally got a visi-therm stealth and it's been performing great. a hint if you live near a petsmart: go to their website and print out their heater prices...

much thanks everyone for the suggestions. you hit the nail on the head qtoffer; i've noticed that for my small tank, it's quite easy to swing 5 degrees when exchanging only a fraction of the water. some ph strips and a cheap thermometer sound like good ideas. oh and qtoffer, no, i haven't...

hi there, i've got a 5.5 gal tank and a bunch of thirsty house plants. i've intended to water my plants with my nitrate-rich tank water, thereby keeping my aquarium water fresh and keeping my plants happy. but, since my tank is so small, i was concerned that i might be swapping out too large...

hi all, i've been keeping 3 bettas (one male, two females) and a bunch of plants in a 5.5 gallon tank for about a week now. everything looked ok, up until the past 3 days. at that point, our tank heater began behaving erratically; it failed completely 2 nights ago, leaving our poor bettas in...

ah, she resembles one of my cousins :)

ah, found it! would it mean anything to you ringfinger if i said, "maraming salamat?"

warm and sunny cambridge massachusetts :)

so do you recommend trying a visi-therm? petsmart.com seems to have them much cheaper than in store. perhaps i can get them to price-match today... heh, in regards to the furnace: i'm stuck in new england, land of the outrageous energy bill. every dollar counts when you're a starving grad...

hi all, i've put together my first aquarium this week (5.5 gal). everything's going great, except for the heater ... the thing keeps failing. i've gone through an aquatic gardens and top fin submersible heater in 3 days. i'm trying to keep the aquarium at ~78 F; the room it's in drops down...