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Take all the fish in your tank/s. Past or present. Based on their characteristics, personality, habits etc. which one is most like you, and why? Are you the angel fish? Pretty, elegant, but quite vicious or even deadly when your brood is threatened? Are you the guppy, who just wants to coexist...

OK, so you can only post a question one time. And if the first 5 people to see it cant answer it, and it gets flooded by new posts to the next page and no one else see's it, you cant bump it in hopes that others will see it.

Thanks everyone! This has been helpful on the canister issue for sure!

Great idea LyndaB! Thanks! Why didn't I think of that???

Yeah, my EVO3D does the same thing. I really hate "auto correct". (Should be called "Auto-embarrass" or "Auto-skrewup")

There is an old saying... "If you cant afford to do it right the first time, when will you be able to afford to do it all over?" If the water is wrong, and you loose all the money you put in the tanks because you couldn't test it and see whats happening, THEN can you afford a good kit?

Hey! Where can I get some o them there algebra wafers? How many does I have'ta eat befer I kin start doin my numbers like I is reeel smart like? LOL Sorry, I just saw that and it got me chuckling.

My hybrid jaguar syntadonis is one of my favorite fish. I named him "Hoover" because he sucks up food from the gravel faster than I could vacuum it.

So, my tank is not drilled. I am a plumber, so I can make pretty much anything with piping, hoses etc. I would like to eliminate my over the side filter. I was told the canister filters are a real pain to clean and have other problems. I was told a sump can only be used in a drilled tank. (I...

OK, so I have two angels. Both were tank bred by one of my LFS. (The one with enough degrees in fishology to cover a wall.) When I got them they were both about the size of a quarter. (body not fins) One has grown to about the size of the old silver dollars. (I "think" this is the female) The...

Yeah, I'm doing the same thing (starting up a breeder tank for guppies) After research, I have concluded that the best way to go is with a 20 gallon tank, complete with heater, filter, etc. I plan to breed as many as humanly possible, as fast as possible, for feeders for my 150gallon tank fish...

Ok Bro. reality check here.... LFS employees, ESPECIALLY the big store versions, will say all sorts of inaccurate, or downright wrong things. Yesterday, I had one at petsmart tell me I could keep a clown knife fish in a ten gallon tank. Dude, a clown knife gets to over 30 inches. When they...

Have you asked your local glass shops? They can usually get plexi and lexan in large sizes.

So, I have well water. From the tap it is: 6.8 PH 0 ammo 0 trItes 20 to 30 trAtes Should I still use old tank water to clean the filter cartridges or can I use the faucet without eliminating the good bacteria/harming the biofilter? I can get them so much cleaner with the faucet and have to...

Well, I made up my own hoses LOL. But then, being a plumber/home improvement contractor, I had all the tools and supplies on hand. With the ease of being able to just hook up a hose to a sink with hot & cold water and drain readily available, I would say yes, If you cant make your own, it...

Spotted african leaf fish. There antics are very amusing and they only reach 4 to 5 inches I have two, and they are both very sociable, come to the glass when I approach, follow my finger, put on some interesting acrobatic shows, and eat any food I put in the tank.

How long has the tank been set up? When did you last do a water change? Do you have a test kit? If so what are the results? are you on well or city water?

Water would be coming from the sink faucet. The way I do it, is hook up the hose, turn the water on with it flowing back into the sink. Adjust the water hot & cold until I get the desired temp, then I shut off the thumb valve on the end of my hose, drop it into the tank, and open the thumb...

Aerators If your sink faucets are any of the typical US type. Delta, Moen, American Standard, Price Pfister, etc, or even some of the German brands, Hans Groe etc. Then they have an aerator screwed into the tip of the spout. Thats what makes the air bubble filled stream of water in your...

Yeah... I'm starting to think, "ask ten aquarists a question, and you'll get 14 different answers. LOL One LFS says feeder guppies are bad because the carry diseases. Another says rosies are bad because they are dirty goldfish and die easy. They claim I can put 50 feeder guppies in my tank and...

I had the same question for my 150. After research and asking one of my local LFS owners who has several degrees in marine and tropical fish related areas, here is what I came up with. Warmer water kills ich. Colder water does the opposite. Make your new water about 2 degrees warmer than the...

#2 chose #1s shell.

Sorry, what I meant was, if I were to take out the UGF, and change to sand, how would that affect the biofilter? what are the advantages?

Considering the whole biofilter thing, with the UGF, how is sand better?

I have an undergravel filter. Two plates 23 inches by 23 inches. With 4 power heads. Do they make a course enough sand that i could use it with this setup?