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  1. boggerscott

    Could my tank be CYCLED??

    Ok my tank has been up and running for 2 to 3 weeks now its a 75 gal. I have put in 120 lbs of eco complete and 40 lbs of Carib sea natural sustrate Black in the tank. The Mag 250 has been runnen for 2 weeks also. I have a 18 watt uv turbo twist hooked up but not runnen but ready to go. Temp on...
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    Starting up a 75 gal Planted, just got some questions

    Im back into this again, I currently have a reef tank and such., but just miss what I was brought up on " fresh water " I got a little idea of whats going on but have been out of this for awhile far as a planted tank . I am going to go with a pressurized co2, t5 ho 48" 54 watt x 2 or 4 probly 4...
  3. boggerscott

    metaframe hood

    My dad has an old 55 gallon Metaframe stainless aquarium with no hood. Can anyone help him find one? Also looking for old Dynaflo filters. Thanks Scott
  4. boggerscott

    my tank has finaily cycled but???

    ph is at 7.0 amonia is 0 nitrite is 0 but im loosen fish every day. mostly neons. but now i have one fancy guppy that looks like his lips are burned. the a beta that looks like hes looseing his color.??? all my plants look great and growing well. any ideas?
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    what levels should i be at??

    what is the proper ammonia level supose to be?? ph--- level??? nitrite level??? im at 7.6 on ph im at 1.0 on ammonia im at 5.0 on nitrite i looked in thstickys and could not find no answers
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    can anyone part on some moss??

    i have been looken and looken for some moss for my tank and no store around here in indiana were i live have it or can get it. if any of you can spare some i will pay for it. looken for any kind or moss. well hope some one can help me out. what im looken to do is a ground cover if moss isn't...
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    can anyone tell me what these are??

    what are these things growing off my plants ??? good??? or bad?? there like streamers.
  8. boggerscott

    2 questions???

    ok the first one is.... i keep seeing this word " FRY" what does that mean or what is it. second question is, i was told that when i was going to use 2 - 110 watt floresent vho lights that was to much for a 55 gallon so i went down to 2 - 40 watt floresent plant lights. but now am told im...
  9. boggerscott

    wondering if any one would have a...

    woundering if anyone out there would possibley have an old stainless steel fish tank from the past , with the stainless steel hood any thing retro from pumps to heaters. im trying to get a tank built like the one my father had when he was young. when he comes to my house he always brings it up...
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    well its a start

    just got some plants today and put them in along with a nice piece of wood. got a ways to go but im loven it. i was wondering how long should i run my lights?? http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/boggerscott/tank001.jpg http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/boggerscott/tank004.jpg
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    would like suggestions starting my first plant tank

    hello every one. i just recently got out of the coral reef world of aquariums. its was fun and beautiful , but my god exspensive! so i sold every thing i had 3 months ago and now am craving for it again, but have always had the desire to do a plant tank. so i went out and got a 55 gallon tank...
  12. boggerscott

    live rock ???

    hello everyone , i just recieved from a buddy of mine around 150 lbs of dead live rock from hondurus and fiji. it has been in a couple of buckets with no water for like to years. so i put all the rock in this 40 gal vat and matched the salinity level equal to my reef tank. so it has been like a...
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    ???? on halide lights

    i am wondering is there a difference in a, like parking lot halide light , like the ones you see on buildings shining on the parking lot? is there any way of going about getting a halide light without haveing to spend as much as my whole set up has cost me already?
  14. boggerscott

    most of my fish seem to be itching them selfs. help!

    seems most of my fish are itching themselves on the rocks and my angles are like loosing there color. what could this be? i have a uv sterilizer. i thought that would kill any paricites plus i give all my fish prior to introducing them into the tank a fresh water bath. any help would be nice or...
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    looking to get a uv sterilizer.....any recommendations

    i have a 150 and a 120 gallon. should i look for how many gallons an hour flows through? the watts? any help would be great
  16. boggerscott

    what due you due if your nitrates are to high?

    not real sure what to due i just did a water test and there pretty high . any help would be nice thanks
  17. boggerscott

    is there anything i can do for a bubble on my fishes eye??

    my bat fish had a bubble on its eye and the pet store said there is nothing i could do and it actualy went away but now one of my angles has it so now im getting worried any help i would appreicate it.
  18. boggerscott

    question on sting ray

    i got a sting ray today and is acting pretty cool but if a sting ray could stand on its tippy toes thats what he looks like he is doing when he sits still. so i asked the guy at the shop and he said with this crushed coral i would be ok i thought you had to have sand bottom but he said no not...
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    question on lion fish

    i bought a little lion fish the other day and about 4 or 5 days later which is today i bought a wimple fish and like not even 3 hour later i came in the room and it looked like he took a nose dive in this piece of hard coral and was dead but i wondered if he got stung by the lion is this...
  20. boggerscott

    is there a safe paint for coral out there?????

    my wife has some coral she recieved some where prior to us being together and wants to put it in the tank. i was like ok cool but i would like to see if i could paint it to make it look like it does in the ocean. well if anyone could let me no if there is paint that is safe and will last out in...
  21. boggerscott

    wonder about getting rid of a new fish

    ok i just put my first fish in the tank. i bought 5 damsils like a week ago 2 blue with yellow tails and one all blue and black and white zebra stripped one but one is all black and has 2 white dots on it. he is the one that has a white dot on his clear fin. then 2 days later i reconized a white...
  22. boggerscott

    can i eventually get a sting ray?

    this may sound stupid but i have never seen a sting ray at a store ,is this an option . im working on doing a salt fish tank and wondering if sting rays are possible whats the ups and downs?
  23. boggerscott

    quetion on salt meter and temp for tank - - -got picks

    was wondering just were should this arrow be pointing? and what temp should i have the tank at? im finaly getting this thing going thanks to eveyones help.
  24. boggerscott

    putting salt into tank- time before i test it ,to add more?

    i finaly put water in tank and its holding thank God!!!! i have let it sit for about 2 days now and added 2 bags of salt so when do i test it ? to add more salt if needed? do i need to put stress coat into the water???? i no with freshwater i had to.
  25. boggerscott

    question on a rena filstar filter. keeps leaking

    im just getting this tank with the crack in it started up. silicone and all is doing good so far wish me continious luck. one of the filters the fill star , evey time i clamp down and hook up the hoses it starts to leak. so i dont know if im putting the gasket or rubber ring on right? if any of...
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