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  1. giggalz

    Plastic hinges?

    i'm trying to search for plastic hinges..i may have the name wrong..but i know whatever this is its out there...you can wedge two pieces of glass/acrylic on either side and can bend it from the hinge... i have an acrylic top thats cut in have for my tank but looking to find a plastic wedge...
  2. giggalz

    To much light?

    I have a bunch of low light plants...i have java ferns in my 55 tank most sit at the very top and are covered in algea etc...i assume its to much direct light for them? i also have a few other different low lights in my 9 gallon tank..i have a java fern in there, pennywort, stricta, blassii...
  3. giggalz

    plants not looking good

    So I've made a new top for my tank to let in more light..my Java still doesn't look all that great and algae is growing big time..the bubbles on the leaves is a good thing correct?
  4. giggalz

    Pond Upgrade

    i have 40 gallon tub pond preformed liner..that only holds 2 tiny small koi...we are upgrading to 125 gallons..will i need a filter with this? or just a pump to keep things circulating around?
  5. giggalz

    Has anyone ever made a tank lid?

    lid for the top of their tanks? would like to try to with acrylic beings i have an odd shaped tank..and has that lid with the light tanks come with sometimes..i need to get more light in so i'm trying to redo the lid..ive got an idea but just thought i'd ask others if they've done it
  6. giggalz

    Woke up to half of the tank dead?

    i had previous issues in my guppy tank...i recieved more guppies from the guy i bought them from originally to replace two that i lost. last night they were fine..although swimming in circles like they did when whatever was going on happened but their fins werent clamped..the last time i...
  7. giggalz

    Rec good heater

    i need a really good heater for a 9 gallon tank..i've never had issues before..normally i set it and it stays there..i've had two heaters and both i've set at max (86 or more) and the first was an aqueon and it never reached 75...got another one..its some mirrored fluval..its set to 86 the...
  8. giggalz

    New cichlids

    does anyone do anything specific when they add new cichlids? i dont have much luck when i add to my stock..i usually end up with one that gets tortured and then i take out of the tank and place in another...i rescaped it..cause it worked a few days ago..it looked way better and it seemed they...
  9. giggalz

    REALLY needs help still...

    i'm truely at a loss as to whats going on with my guppies..so i'll start from the top to give a run down of everything going on.. thursday night went out and bought a new heater..the one i had was one that is perm set to 78 and you cant change it...put the new heater in...and kept trying to...
  10. giggalz

    normal?

    okay sooooo..i thought i'd see what others thoughts were on this..as i've never seen this before lol..mind you my tank is tube like..and round..i had an issue with my guppies earlier...ever since turning up the heat..theyve finally started swimming around..although some of their tails are still...
  11. giggalz

    whats going on??

    woke up this morning to have my guppy tank..all of them are huddled at the top some of their fins lool a little clamped and closed up...i just put in a new heater but the water isnt hot or really warm?? the nitrates are up a little...and i have to be out of here in like well now..and i dont...
  12. giggalz

    frustrated with driftwood

    i bought some java fern to plant on driftwood...i've had one piece for two weeks..soaking..i started boiling it yesterday..the thing still doesnt sink..i bought another piece this one mopani..it atleast sinks...tannins are still seeping out and this is taking forever...grrrr
  13. giggalz

    To seperate or not to separate?

    i have a tank mostly full of females (the person i bought them from online sent me 15 females to one male..but he's sending me another male)..i have 2 very pregnant females...one i think closer then the other..i've only had them for about a week and a half now..i've noticed the bigger female...
  14. giggalz

    Cichlid vs Corys

    hmm i thought i read somewhere that corys are okay in cichlid tanks...i thought at first they were fine..but their slowly dieing..i think my last one is dying off..i got him to help with my very fine sandy bottom..what else works with cichlids besides nasty gross snails (ewwwie) for my tank?
  15. giggalz

    newly arrived fish acting weird?

    howdy roo..i received my guppies today i bought online from a website..i dont know if its the tank..beings this is a new and different tank (biube) so i dont know if its something about it or what..but i got 16 of them..(15 females and 1 male..) they've formed like a school of guppies..they stay...
  16. giggalz

    Frustrated

    ive never had so many issues as i have this time with cichlids or fish in general...i use to have cichlids and i've got all of the same ones i did before..with the exception of one..ive had them for about a month..friday night i bought two more acei to go with the one i already have..i noticed...
  17. giggalz

    plant or no plants..plus?

    So the 40 bucks I splurged on plants..my cichlids have managed to eat all of one..uproot another..eat half of two others..before I've removed them from my tank and placed into another..finally after about two weeks I get my missing plant...so far so good it's perked up a little since being in my...
  18. giggalz

    buying guppies?

    So I want to buy guppies for a tank...I'm kinda leaning away towards the common mixture..or at least gave all one kind...picky I guess..I use to breed guppies along with my grandmother we would buy the eel expensive kind...I can't think of the one website we got them from and my grandmother has...
  19. giggalz

    biorbe and biube

    Does anyone have them? Thoughts on them..I'm wanting or looking at the pure..
  20. giggalz

    breeding

    i would love to try some breeding but havent ever done so before...i have malawi cichlids or african..mine are small..about an inch long some are a tad bigger and some are a little smaller...which would be the easiest to breed? and can they breed this young?
  21. giggalz

    led light all night?

    I recently got an led light it simulates both daylight and night time...can I leave the night time light on. .I've seen tanks that are on all night and even by timer that simulates an actual day and night then day again...I am wanting a new tank that does this so I'm.curious if it's okay or bad...
  22. giggalz

    bumble bee change colors?

    So I bought my bee over a week ago I got him cause he was the darkest...he lightened but every once in a while he goes very dark...is he doing this cause he is stressed or is he just giving me a hard time?...he doesn't look or act stressed either...
  23. giggalz

    texas holey rock?

    is this like the new rock of the decade or something?? thats all ebay seems to carry...i have lava rock..and well that seems really hard to find..and i'm not sure how well white texas holey will go with my deep red lava rocks..and i've red their fragile..anyone have the texas holey's?
  24. giggalz

    Cichlids and Plants

    do you only have rocks and plenty of them..or do you have plants..real or fake? when i did cichlids years ago my aunt (who owns a fish store) suggested not bothering as they will uproot them..i've gotten back into it in the last few weeks..bought real plants..granted probably not cichlid...
  25. giggalz

    What is this fish?

    i bought this yesterday from petsmart...the woman claimed he was a jack demsey...but he was all black swirled with a dark creamy color and has a jeweled affect on his body...i had to google jack demseys..and even their shape is different..to me it looks like some sort of oscar....i'm not exactly...
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