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    DIY Chiller Idea with HOB

    The summer heat is on and I've been looking for a chiller as of late since the temp is really climbing. I read a few articles about using the cooler and even seeing troutman's idea (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=4948). This is one idea that really stands out, I explained this...
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    "I<3U" fish ?

    I just recently really got back into the hobby, I moved here to Vegas about a year ago and the majority of my fish didn't make it, except my syno cat and my pleco. So I went to this place here in Las Vegas F.I.S.H, because people on another forum said it was probably the best in the city. So I...
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    Pistol Shrimp aggressiveness

    So I have a tiger pistol shrimp, I've had him for about 10 months now and all of a sudden it seems that he is a lot more aggressive. I've seen him attack snails, and most recently he killed my largest snail and used its shell to block off one of the entrances to him and the goby's domain. Last...
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    cat food

    yes, I know this isn't felineadvice, but my account there is inactive (if any of you are mods there my email for the account is twahrer@gmail.com and my username is the same) anyways, I found out yesterday that my cat is diabetic and I am looking for a place online that sells food for diabetic...
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    trapped fish.. help.

    ok, I have my yellow lab fry right now in a 12g nano cube.. and unfortunately two of them have managed to get to the back where the filter setup is. sadly I have yet to find a way to get them out. the baffled sections are too small to fit a net in (even the smallest of nets), tried using...
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    stocking question

    ok I have an established 29gal tank.. I originally started with two percs but one ended up jumping out :( I now have a cover over the tank to prevent such things from happening, but now I'm sort of lost on what to add. Shortly after the clown jumped out I added a tomato clown, they were...
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    Question re - Yellow Lab fry

    So I've had my yellow lab fry in my planted nano cube for about 2 1/2 months now and I'm wondering when I should be able to transfer them into my large tank with their mother and two other labs and various catfish. They aren't that big right now.. maybe about .5 inches. I've rid myself of the...
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    AC110 into a Refugium

    Ok, so I just ordered an ac110 from bigals, came to $41 including shipping.. anyways I've been wanting to do a refugium for my 29g tank and I thought that this would actually work. Anyways I was wondering if any of you have a link to one of the DIY articles about turning the ac110 into a...
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    cut on yellow lab

    ok, so one of my yellow labs has a large red spot on his head. water params are aok, with 0/0/0 .. ph is 7.9 temp is 80. im guessing it is just a cut, but I wanted to make sure that this is not the beginning to hole in the head. -thane
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    my new arrivals

    so my yellow lab let these little guys loose today, she still has about 3 in her mouth, so making a total of 9 little fry so anyways, I was wondering if algae wafers, crumbled very very small, were a good idea for food and some brine shrimp flakes of course crumbled too... since I have no...
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    feeding labidochromis caeruleus fry

    ok so I have some algae wafers that I've crushed into very very fine powder and I'm wondering if this is ok to feed them since no one in this area has any real legit fry food (liquifry, etc..) atleast ok until I can get some brine shrimp to hatch ? thanks thane
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    cleaner shrimp

    ok i've had this female cleaner shrimp for about 7 weeks or so, shes molted 5 times and I have a question about them breeding because she keeps laying her eggs.. atleast these last two molts.. so really green eggs mean fertilized correct ? oh yes, here is a pic -thane
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    turbo snails..

    ok someone on here told me turbo snails do not reproduce in an aquarium.. of course I must have magic water, because my cichlids spawn like crazy and now I have found two extra turbo snails that I never purchased... is this all part of my imagination? -thane
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    pvc pipe question

    should I use aquarium sealant for the pvc pipe ? or reg pvc pipe cement (but that has all that other stuff in it) what is safe to keep the pipes together atleast at the part where there is no threads
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    earthquakes and fishies

    ok.. i live in southern california and in this last week there have been some strong earthquakes.. nothing has done damage.. but to my people in southern california, what do you do to prepare your fishtanks for possible earthquakes ?
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    what kind of pump

    ok heres my diagram I want to get rid of my powerheads because it just looks ugly, so I'm looking for a pump for my 29 gal tank that will siphon water out, and then return it to two separate output areas as shown above. it will have to pump 3 2/3' foot up to return.. what size pump would...
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    johanniis..

    ok, I had 4 johanniis in my cichlid tank, apparently they matured real quickly, and were harassing my yellow labs and my two bumble bees.. so today I noticed one of my yellows was completely beat up.. so i took some action, sadly this action ended up bad. I went to fetch my 5gal fw bucket from...
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    feeding seafood ?

    ok.. I do this for my sw tank, but i've found that my cichlids love shrimp.. yes some will say they are still herbivores, I do feed them spirulina cubes and flakes daily and seafood such as shrimp or maybe some other marine creature.. is this bad, good ? i've been doing it for months now and I...
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    cat question

    ok, since I can't register for felineadvice, and it has never sent me my previous activation stuff I must ask a question here, because I am in dire need of help. my cat, pookie, is an "alarm clock kitty" he runs around a 4:45 am meowing, banging doors with his head, slapping them with paws...
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    need an algae eating fish (ie: a pleco)

    ok, I'm looking for an algae eating fish to go into my cichlid tank. currently there are 8 cichlids (johanni, yellow labs, bumble bees) and two syno cats and one whiptail cat (yes my sig isn't updated but oh well) anyways, the tank params are -- ph 7.8 -- temp 78 so I want to try and match...
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    looking to finish stocking my tank.

    right now in my 29g I currently have: 1 pair of true percs 1 steinitz goby various hermit crabs (probably about 10 at this point) various snails (probably somewhere around (15-20.. theres baby one everywhere that are being eaten by the hermit crabs) 1 coral banded shrimp 1 cleaner shrimp and 1...
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    help with the fat pleco...

    ok, so I started treating my pleco 5 days ago with pimafix.. and its still fat, fatter than ever actually... is there something besides pimafix that would help with it?
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    keeping qt cycled..

    ok, how do you guys keep your qt cycled ? im just wondering because i think mine is going through a mini cycle... its been setup for about 25 days.. it was cycled at about day 15 (used some filter media ceramic pieces from ac 500 to fit into the back)) but when I tested the water today the...
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    12g nano...

    ok, I have a 12g nano thats been setup for cichlids (was going to raise cichlid fry but they were all dead when she spit them out :( ) so.. now Im looking for something to stick in the tank... the pH is sitting at around 7.8 (since I used some of the aragonite I had to keep the ph up) I want...
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    feeding yellow lab fry

    ok, my yellow lab released a couple fry today I guess cause I had to capture her, but.. i am trying to figure out what to feed them, none of the stores here have any liquifry or any other fry special foods I have some spirulina flake which I have fed them so far, which was real crushed up. I...
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