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  1. itschromesteel

    Which Fish For Summer Pond Breeding?

    I typically breeding a few species out side in the summer in container ponds. I have a 4ft long 55gal tub left unstocked while it grows some plant cover, algae, and daphnia. It has a river sand base and lots of good hiding places for fry. My water is harder but will soften up with all the...
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    Chrome’s Low Budget Low Tech Nano Build

    I snagged a Fluval Chi off Facebook because the filter and light are broken. I haven’t had a nano aquarium in 15yrs and this is going to go on my desk since I work from home. I almost ordered a couple hundred dollars worth of stone, plants, and lights but that takes a lot of the fun out of it...
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    Well water safety

    Dont know if any one on here will be able to help with this, but ill give it a shot. The house im renting has terrible well water. It leaves rust stains on everything it touches shower, toilet, sink, you name it. I have been curious though about using it in an aquarium. I tested it when i moved...
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    Poorly Swimming Spotted Climbing Perches

    I have been on vacation for the last 10 days i got home last night, checked my tanks, and everything seemed normal. I had a friend feeding the fish frozen blood worms while i was away every other day. I gave the fish a cube of blood worms last night before i went to bed and when I woke up this...
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    Buying a new betta

    Petsmart or other chain store like i have for my previous ones or buy this beautyAquaBid.com - Item # fwbettasct1317661859 - KING CROWN TAIL HALFMOON PLAKAT MALE - Ends: Mon Oct 3 2011 - 12:10:59 PM CDT and spend the extra money i cant decide. thoughts?
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    stocking help please

    I already have a pair of angels between dime and quarter size, a 1.5 in spotted climbing perch, and a zebra spiny eel in my 60 with 2 penguin 350's. I want to fill up the tank a bit with some more fish but not have it overstocked when everything hits full size and I'm having trouble thinking of...
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    please help me before i go crazy

    I posted a while back that my ammonia levels were very high around 4ppm so I moved the fish to a different tank and tried everything I could think of lots of pwcs and I removed my plants and I always gravel vac and finally zeolite because I had no salt in the tank and it brought I down less than...
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    5 gallon filter?

    I have had a spare 5.5 for a while and I want to make it a nano shrimp tank maybe with some dwarf rasboras. I am looking for a good small filter that wont be very loud. Any ideas?
  9. itschromesteel

    stocking a 60 gallon

    I have had my 60 cycled for a couple months and. I only have a spotted climbing perch that is about 1.25in, a 4.5in zebra spiny eel, and a young bn pleco. My Ph is around 7.9 so a little high but is very stable. I am looking for stocking suggestions for some interesting fish that wont definately...
  10. itschromesteel

    priority shipping for spiny eel

    Would you priority ship a fire or tire track eel? I want to order one from aquabid and I have ordered many fish priority all in perfect condition but not spiny eels. Should i spend the extra $20?Does anyone have experience with this?
  11. itschromesteel

    leopard ctenopoma

    They say that they wont eat anything there size well I have just seen they will try to eat fish even larger than them. I had 2 guppies left in the 60 when I put my .75in leopard ctenopomas in because I couldn't catch them and didn't worry because it was a big fancy guppy female almost 2in. Well...
  12. itschromesteel

    dumb petstore

    My boyfriend was at petsupermarket and called me and said they had peacock eels because he knew I'd been looking for one for my 60. So I said bring it home and put it in the tank and told him what to do. I get home and there is a 16 in freshwater moray in my tank Haha. I called the petstore and...
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    anyone seen best fish friends commercial?

    I just saw it today. There are selling killifish eggs and marketing them as miraculous best friends for children. They show about 6-8 fish in nothing larger than a gallon. The whole thing just constant misinformation for one easy payment of 19.99. Anyone else seen this?
  14. itschromesteel

    Tank Ammonia problems HELP :/

    About a week ago i had a huge ammonia spike in my betta's 5.5 off the chart in less than 12 hrs from 0. Last night late i tested my 10 gallon tank and had .25 ammonia which was concerning but it was pwc day and i was going to have to add prime anyway. I did about a 30% water change and added...
  15. itschromesteel

    filter for pond

    I have a 35 gallon pond that used to have fish it it and now is overrun by tadpoles in my backyard. The filter broke ages ago and I was tight on money so I gave them away. I now ever have a spare Penn plax cascade 600 its an internal filter I got with a tank from Craigslist. Can I use it in my...
  16. itschromesteel

    blackwater tank stocking ideas

    I have a freshly cycled 60 gallon that I'm thinking about turning into a south american blackwater biome tank. It wont be a perfect representation of the biome of course but that is the general theme I have been wanting to try. I want some angels and I have 2 juvenile bn plecos who ill be...
  17. itschromesteel

    What is going on in my betta tank?

    i have had the same lightly planted 5.5 gallon tank for my male betta for about a year. i tested my tank this morning out of curiosity and the ammonia was 0 and my betta was happy and healthy looking. i went out came home 5 hours later and my fish is almost white laying on the bottom of his...
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    Reptile log for aquarium wood?

    i was in my local pet store this weekend and they got in a shipment of these really beautiful huge hollow logs that i would love to put in my new tank. Only problem is they look like they were designed for reptiles and still have all the bark on them. Is this something that with scrubbing and...
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