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    Snail????

    i cant grow snails fast enuff . my JD eats them like candy . i grow them in my 5g tanks and my 10g tetra tank but when as soon as i drop one in my big 55g with my dempsey its toast lol.
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    Looking for a hardy, schooling fish.

    nope black skirts the name, but they are also called black tetras. awsome fish but you need a dark substrate or they will be a plain silvery color . i had mine in play sand and wasent that cool lookign but i added black sand and when he goes to that side of the tank hes awsoem looking
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    Can of Sardines or Open Ocean?

    lol its one thing to beat a dead horse but to acctually dig it out of its grave to beat it is a little overboard. im sure theres a few threads exactly like this that were started a little closer to this year. if your looking for approval for your overstocking its doubtfull youl find it online...
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    Better method than the "1 inch per gallon" rule?

    well for 1 the person who asked the question probably quit comming here a few years ago, i figure that kinda matters. also i find that typically after the first 4 or 5 post on any given thread and question answering quickly becomes battle royal of everyone trying to prove thier point, often...
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    Anacharis anyone?

    if its true about having a forest in a month ill hook you up its allways best to keep a chain of good will going
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    What a noob!

    i use the sprayer on the sink to rinse mine
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    love me some peppers

    i feed mine flakes bloodworms and algie wafer chunks but they are in a planted tank so they munch on plant debri all day long
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    Blue Jack Dempsey

    cricketsa are also a cheap healthy alternative to feeder fish
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    love me some peppers

    lol the size for peppers varies from site to site . from 1.5 icnes to 4 inches. ive got a variety of tanks and im getting a 55 soon so we will have to see. i honestly hope they get 4 inches but if they only get 1.5 thats cool too.
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    love me some peppers

    thanks, some of the plants are exsperiencing transplant shock so they are a bit off. ill post some pics a few months after im fisnished with that tank and everythings the green green it should be.
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    love me some peppers

    theres 5 in the tank next to my desk , i just added more live plants . they show up awsome on the black sand. ive had those guys since they were bout 1/2 inch long now some are 1 and 1/4 and ones like 1 and 1/2. the tank may be a little overstocked but i do pwc's 2 or 3 times a week. they got a...
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    love me some peppers

    heres one kinda close partial tank shot
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    classroom aquarium

    you could do 3 corys, 1 male guppy and 2 female guppies . 2 shrimp and a couple snailes. there you cover both fish and inverts. within a month or so your class can exsperience birth. you also cover most of the water colum. i understand you probably dont have the lighing for plants but would be...
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    29-34 Gallon Freshwater

    put in an oscar that will calm him down. lol jk dont do that put him in the 100g with the oscar. lol some bettas are just mean
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    Roommates Tank

    id say do the filter thing. and work on your aquascaping for a while get some plabts and the right lighting and see if you can keep from killing your plants before you try tp keep from killing your fish. then when you add your fish you wont have to stress them out adding plants later. PS...
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    Cost for Your FW Setup

    10g, 5g, 5g, tanks free stands (free they are sittign on counters and tbles and stuff) heaters (1 free, 1tank sits at room temp near laundry room so its bassically tropical, and ones heated by a 60w incandecent and lighted by a 14 inch floro) lighting 1 free , 1 8 inch floro 12 bucks 1 14...
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    brackish tank?

    you could do mollies or a figure 8 puffer if you do the 20g
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    live food

    i agree no more to add but letting you know you guys arent alone . when i get my JD hes getting worms and crickets
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    Anacharis anyone?

    how much $ and how much light does it need?? also im planting a 5g with 2.5 wpg (ie 15 watts)so how tall does it get. i dont mean to be a pain im just new to plants.
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    Undentifiable fish.

    why dont you google all the eels weve mentioned and check out pictures
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    basicly a cichlid question

    not really the male has plenty of time to escape more often than not he just offers himself to the female . its almost like hes aware he only has a few weeks left to live anyhow and gives imself up in an effort to give the female enuff energy to lay her eggs before she also dies off. also a...
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    basicly a cichlid question

    cause since i raise and breed praying mantises i have an abundance of crickets. lol. im almost to the point where ima throw a toss up between an oscar and a jack dempsey but i dont kow exactly how they would compare . i know an oscar is suposed to be like a water dog and will beg for food and...
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    basicly a cichlid question

    well i also want them to be big enuff to chase down feeders. also hatchets and rainbows are more aquarium fish and less of a pet fish . ive got plenty of aquarium fish. i want something with intelligence and personality , and cichlids are known well for such traits. im still looking at the...
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    New Fish Advice

    ohhh almost forgot if you wanted to add a few extra fish you could turn that 10g into a vegi filter or a sump but a vegi filter is easier to build heres a small overview but its not as complicated as it sounds http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/water/veggie1.html
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    New Fish Advice

    is it redtail shark or rainbow shark they look ALOT alike but your talking about a diffrence of about 12 to 14 inches as the redtail only get like 4 and the rianbow gets HUGE. redtail only has a rad tail but rainbow all fins are red. if i were you id shoot for the 55. you could get geo rams in...
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