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    Ad in the paper for tank. What do you think?

    man when I bought my oscar it was 2.5 inches that was three months ago he's now about 4 maybe a little more how old are your oscars
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    Few flaws in our Aquarium?!

    I would say put the tank in the garage or basement fill it leave it for a couple of weeks checking for leaks
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    and now my paradox begins I am sure thankful that I am not in a position right now to set up a tank, I'm just trying to think up my dream tank with reality in mind I cant find any fish with that deep sea look that can be kept in a tank, though if I was a billionaire I could have a...
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    viper fish very nice would look good http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/csloani.htm this is beyond description http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space/0306/gallery.unusual.fish/content.10.html fangtooth very aptly named...
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    definetly cool I found this while looking for stuff on the se goblin it's a goblin shark http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/mowstoni.htm
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    ok an ugly fish would not seem pretty to me I would more me apt to look at it see it's ugliness then over time notice it graceful movement that it would use for the strike and the just downright brutalness of the strike itself or if it's the scavenger the meticulousness it searches the tank for...
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    I already know one of those angler fish would be cool if only I could find a species more closely related to the deep sea ones that look like there smiling and that little glowing lure morays are cool and I plan on getting eels, as for why I want ugly and aggressive well everyone always wants...
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    I want the ugliest fish I can find

    hi like the title sez I want ugly fish what I want from you guys is what fish you know of that I can find, what I would like is some fish with big teeth and a mean temper I dont have a tank yet so to leave my possibilitys open if there are no small enough fish to say fit in a 30 gal I can plan...
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    Whats harder to see than ghost shrimp?

    how much salt is needed please tell me I want to try
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    SNAILS FROM CHINESE MARKET??

    I would say buy some put them in a tank see how fast they reproduce watch them for problems then start feeding them to your fish
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    painted discus ?

    actualy there breeding chilids for dyeing, as for the discus my best guess would be they might be a sensitive fish but the people that dye the fish have discovered that chiclids take to the dye better so theres less loss
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    painted discus ?

    heres one http://honors.montana.edu/~weif/firsttank/painted.phtml http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/beginnerinfo/a/paintedfish.htm and last but not least the one that I found to be the best done site on the subject, make sure to check out the about dyeing part...
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    painted discus ?

    that is so sad painted fish are pigmented in a practice where they either inject dyes or they cut slits in the fish and cram the dyes in there, there is even dyes that make the fish glow in the dark, most of the fish die from this process however the ones that do manage to live usually live...
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    Sand directly from the beach in So-Cal??

    cant you just qt the sand medicate it stiring every day or so
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    Bubbles from sump return.

    did you allow the proper cure time for the tubes if you used pvc, the only thing other than leaky tubes I can think of is maybe your sump or inlet is too close to the surface of the water.
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    Tank Stands - why are they so ugly?

    Hi first off I would like to say this is a topic I have been pondering for a little while I am currently thinking about starting a small business custom building aquariums, one thing that has been bothering me is stand and trim desighn I want to make it dark and distressed like it was made...
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    Filter change - how often?

    I vacuum the gravel about every two weeks
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    Filter change - how often?

    hole in the head disease, look for my post here http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=40023[/url]
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    Filter change - how often?

    there is a oscar, a bala shark, and a red claw crab
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    Filter change - how often?

    dag nabbit me thinks me might have a problem now my pad gets clogged every four days I used to rinse it every couple of days but I have given up now I rinse it once every 2 weeks and not worry about the flowage by the tube it still goes through the pad with the same flow rate visualy as after I...
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    54 gallon christmas present - startup help

    yes get allot of filtration, on that subject where may I find a filter for oh say 450 gallons
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    Sponge filter and Aeration

    try to find an airstone that puts out realy tiny bubbles
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    Where can I buy a good 50 gallon acrylic fish tank?

    if your going to build into a wall screw paying someone to build it GO BIG, get your butt to your local glass dealer
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    oscar might have hole in the head disease

    actually I am in the process of building a 390 gal tank in my basement that should be completed in four months or when some more funds become available what ever comes first, the crab for the time being is well sheltered it goes into the filter during the day and climbs back into the tank at...
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    oscar might have hole in the head disease

    well the tank is about 2.5 months old 20gal the ph is around 7, I havent tested for nitrates or anything else, I change about 20% of the water once a month change my filter pads every two weeks though my filter is rated for 20 gal max I need a bigger filter, the tank is clear not cloudy no...
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