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I'm in the process of buying a house and finally being able to setup my aquarium again. I'm a bit confused by the city water lab values. I'm trying to figure out if I have hard water or soft water or somewhere in between. http://mn-stpaul.civicplus.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1492 is the link...

I'm redoing my 55, currently it has a sand base with a load of trapdoor snails. I'm trying to decide between a couple of sunfish caught from a local lake(it is legal) and maybe a yellow pirch... anyone have any experience with native fish. I realize feeding will probably be primarly live food...

I just moved again and I'm in the process of resealing my 55, I sold off my other tanks to concentrate on 1 tank. So my question is this; the tank is going to be in the living room, while its not in the middle of the room it is in an area that gets a fair amount of traffic. Currently the...

I am currently moving into a new apartment building which softens all the water in the building both hot and cold..... Can I still use it for african cichlids... The municiple water supply states the water si 17-18 grain, basically liquid rock, but I though I read somewhere that soften water was...

Well I got 1 figure 8 puffer, and I found he loves black worms. problems with black worms is getting only "few" I think he will be dieting for a day or 2 ... On a positve not my LFS sells 1 once of blackworms for 2 bucks, so my Community tank will get some worms too... Aaron

I can possibly get a ebo-jager that is rated at 250 watts. Is this to big for my 55? Can I have to much of a good thing :)

I was looking at my tank tonight, are these snail eggs? A bigger image http://www.kornchild.com/images/snaileggs.JPG

I just thought I would show everyone my ladies. http://www.kornchild.com/images/Frogs1.JPG 2 regular African Clawed Frogs and 1 albino, all female. http://www.kornchild.com/images/frogs2.JPG I really need to clean this tank off and I have a 20 gallon coming in a few weeks for the ladies, for...

I am looking at some nice driftwood on Ebay and it is red cedar, anyone know if this woudl be good for an aquarium or not? I am not certain I but I know some woods have toxins in them(redwood comes to mind) anyone know any problems with Cedar? Thanks Aaron

I just got my sand bottom 55 gallon tank up and running, I threw in the filter from my 10 gallon tank thats all gross and disgusting, how many zebra danios should I run to help encourage a cycle to take place, I have 6 in there right now I amhopeing thats enough. THanks Aaron

I am looking at setting up 2 new tanks a 45 gallon and a 20 gallon, I currently have a 10 gallon tank that has been going for 3 years. Problem is it has no fish, all it has is african clawed frogs which are extremely messy I may add. My question is, can I use some water and some rub the...