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    Members FW Tanks

    Full tank pics here
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    Male Platy Characteristic?

    And OOooo my profile is NOT updated at all. I have fixed it now though. Just some minor changes but important ones to me!
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    Male Platy Characteristic?

    My boyfriend has a tank (20g) I set up with 3 Serpae Tetras, 1 Cory Cat and 2 Otos. But it is not a planted tank. It sits in a window though so it grows its fair amount of algae (that the Otos eat). Could I move some of the guys in there? Would they get along with the Tetras? Will they be...
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    Male Platy Characteristic?

    How do I "get rid of more males"? They're my babies too!
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    Male Platy Characteristic?

    Hello. For some reason I have recently started to notice the male platys constantly tailing the female platys. My ratios are off (more males than females) because some had kids and most were male. I feel very sad for these girls but I don't really know what to do. Also, all the males in my...
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    Little white fast whirlie bugs in my tank.

    You're wonderful. This is the closest thing I have seen to what could be in my tank. Also, one of the fiorst images I found had a caption stating amphipod's are found in the hyporheic zone of the Rio Calaveras in the Jemez mountains, NM. I purchased my shrimp from ARIZONA Aquatic Gardens...
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    Dying SAEs! This is heartbreaking - HELP!

    No! I didn't QT them because there were too many for my QT tank... So, I crossed my fingers and trusted the place I got them (which was supposed to be good). Its has been more than a week now. I have 2 out of 9 SAEs left. :( This morning I had two dead platys... I haven't lost a platy in a...
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    Little white fast whirlie bugs in my tank.

    So, I will have to make this quick because I gotta get to my night class. A week ago I bought SAE and Red Cherry Shrimp fro azgardens.com The shrimp came in a little bag with these light colored crazy little bug things. They're about 2 1/2 mm long and have legs. Their forms most looks like...
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    Dying SAEs! This is heartbreaking - HELP!

    If you think you know something to help me out, I am on AOL and MSN right now. .. Probably will be all night.
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    Dying SAEs! This is heartbreaking - HELP!

    MAN! I just lost my message I typed I will make this one short cause I'm stressing out. 30 G - Tetras, Danios, Cory and one CAE. Planted w/ algae "prblems" 10G - Livebearers, Cory. Lightly Planted with algae "problems". Ordered 9 SAE and variations of shrimp from azgardens.com. They seemed...
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    Seachem Flourish Excel Vs Co2 Injection

    I tried using Flourish Excel in my tank and the new Sword leaves came out more fragile and more yellow. Also, on the older leaves some yellow-brown spots began developing. I stopped using it. I am not sure if it was Excel or some thing else I was unable to catch. I am now doing to try a DIY...
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    Help! In need of a true Siamese Algae Eater or Florida Flag

    Thanks you guys. I have a placed an order... also bought some shrimp as well. They have a nice selection of algae eaters.
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    Help! In need of a true Siamese Algae Eater or Florida Flag

    The longer my tank lives the more hair and beard algae slowly creeps up on me. I have read a lot of info about algae and algae eaters. I did have some Oto in my tank but I set up a tank at my boyfriends house and he had a diatom outbreak so I sent the Otos there to eat it all up. NOW I have a...
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    Using Aluminum foil as a reflector?

    What is "flashing" exactly? Aside from the key word "roof", I don't know where I would go in the store for that!
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    Using Aluminum foil as a reflector?

    Hey. I am tired of buying standard flourescent housing units.... I have a 20L with currently no live plants or anything special. I intend to put, at most, two 24 in T-8 bulbs, using my ballast and crap. I make wood canopies.... and on my saltwater I spent 30 bucks to buy a "reflector" .. but...
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    #2: Lighting Ballasts

    Maynard! Hey, I was looking for information on aquarium tops and I saw MAYNARD. I have never run into a Maynard admiring fish keeping person. Great.
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    Best filter for saltwater?

    Hey, I own two freshwater tanks and would like to try to make my empty 50G a saltwater. There are so many kinds of filters I see on the market. Do you all recommend a wet/dry filter or canister for marine (no reef) tank? I have experience with both. Also... and what I am really more...
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    Python Hose Kit Question

    Awesome. This is what I was wondering. I will have to tell my boyfriend he was right. You guys have no idea what this will do to his ego!! Oh, well. I can deal. :mrgreen: Now that I know this I am going to work on setting up a ghetto contraption so I don't have to pay so much for the...
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    Acrylic and Glass allow spectrum to penetrate?

    Ideally, I would like to do this. However, I don't know if this will be a FW or SW tank. It was given to me after someone with an open-topped SW used it and everything was corroded from evaporative contact. But ALSO.. This tank is in my room where my cats, dogs, gerbils and hamsters are as...
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    Python Hose Kit Question

    Yeah, I have that stuff and I add it to my water. But I get tired of toting big things of water back and forth. So, I wanted to connect a hose all the way to the other side of the house! :) But, I was confused because the water goes straight to the tank with the chlorine and flouride and...
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    Python Hose Kit Question

    I was thinking about getting the Python (http://www.petsmart.com/products/product_730.shtml) but I was wondering how it filters out the chlourine in your water? I feel like I am missing something very basic here. Someone clue me in!! Anne :roll:
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    Acrylic and Glass allow spectrum to penetrate?

    I don't like the way most manufactured hoods look so I decided to take it upon my incompetent self to make a hood. I was wondering though... in my layer of acrylic or glass between the tank water and my lights - Will it let the spectrum of my flourescent pass through? This came to my mind when...
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    Starting new SW Tank - Random Questions!

    Helllllo. :o I am THINKING I am going to start a SW tank. I say... THINKING. I know a bit about FW planted tanks but the buck stops there. I have an empty 50 G w/ a skimmer. I don't even know if the thing works.. I just know I have something that looks like one. Anyway, with my tank...
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    Persistent Green Water in Small Tank

    I know someone said something about that much dead organic matter. What about it? Do you think that will be a problem? Also, I shouldnt put plants in there if I am about to turn the lights off for 5 days, right? That seems kinda weird to do. Should I just go ahead and take all my baby...
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    Persistent Green Water in Small Tank

    Hey. Thanks for the posts so far. Before I read your post I through two stems of Elodea (Anarchis). But you say if I am going to do that that I should put in a lot? I can go to the pet store and get more, certainly. In my other tank I found Elodea to grow the fastest. What do other people...
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