Forum: General
January 7th 07, 10:24 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Cycling with media from another tank
muddyfox wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I usually run a full fishless cycle with a new set up but this time I
am setting up a 40 litre nano tank (low tech planted) and it happens to
be time to...
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Forum: General
January 5th 07, 01:13 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Forum: General
January 5th 07, 01:11 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Forum: General
January 4th 07, 10:48 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Forum: General
January 4th 07, 11:13 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
nut wrote:
amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
nut wrote:
amosf Tim Fairchild wrote:
nut wrote:
Zbulon wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message
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Forum: General
January 4th 07, 09:47 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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January 4th 07, 09:44 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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January 4th 07, 09:41 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Forum: General
January 4th 07, 06:51 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
nut wrote:
Zëbulon wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message
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You cannot set such a vague "rule" when there are way too...
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Forum: General
January 4th 07, 06:49 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
Tynk wrote:
amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
nut wrote:
Tynk wrote:
Kind of like the old, or rather better said, not current generation
still telling folks the "one inch per...
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Forum: General
January 3rd 07, 09:00 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
nut wrote:
Tynk wrote:
Kind of like the old, or rather better said, not current generation
still telling folks the "one inch per gallon rule". = )~
Is the one-inch-per-gallon rule no...
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Forum: General
January 3rd 07, 08:56 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
nut wrote:
amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
Correct. The bacteria adhere to all sorts of rubbish in the filter,
not just the media itself. All those particles that are rinsed off
and cloud...
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Forum: General
January 3rd 07, 04:21 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
Jim Morcombe wrote:
Tynk wrote:
Jim Morcombe wrote:
A couple of threads have made comments about cycling in a new tank that
I disagree with. For example, that it is impossible to...
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Forum: General
January 2nd 07, 11:20 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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A new tank without cycling
IDzine01 wrote:
Tynk,
I didn't realize this. I am guilty of doing the filter "swish" in the
new tank whenever I change out the media. I've never done it to cycle a
tank but I always...
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Forum: General
January 2nd 07, 07:05 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 53
Views: 14,125
A new tank without cycling
Jim Morcombe wrote:
A couple of threads have made comments about cycling in a new tank that
I disagree with. For example, that it is impossible to cycle a new tank
without harming the fish...
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Forum: General
January 2nd 07, 05:22 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,666
underwater gravel
jd wrote:
Sorry, I gotta disagree. I've kept tanks of variouse sizes - from 5 gal to
many thousands of gallons, in both marine and fresh water setups. I've had
tanks since the mid 70s.
I'm...
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Forum: General
December 31st 06, 02:48 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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underwater gravel
jd wrote:
*SNIPPAGE*
Get the tanks set up, and throw in a bunch of trash fish (feeders).
Watvch
Trash fish. hmm. So what do you do with the trash when finished?
typically, I...
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Forum: General
December 31st 06, 11:23 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Long or High tanks?
David (Melbourne, Australia) wrote:
Thanks for the help. It looks like a 20g tank might be a bit limiting -
better to go for a bigger tank (even as a beginner.) - particularly if I
am...
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Forum: General
December 31st 06, 05:31 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Long or High tanks?
David (Melbourne, Australia) wrote:
Hi,
This is my first posting. I'm considering buying a new beginner's tank
and I am looking at either of the following tanks -
20 gallon High 24" x...
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Forum: General
December 30th 06, 09:22 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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underwater gravel
jd wrote:
Undergravel filters are fine, *if* you have appropriate flow and a decent
filter plate. If you can keep the water flowing, and avoid dead spots, a
good UG will turn your entire...
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Forum: Goldfish
December 29th 06, 08:32 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,408
magic goldfish ?
p!nkforpresident wrote:
Hi guys in the time i have never seen this happen so wondered if it were
normal !?
One of my goldfish had noticable missing parts of both its caudal and
dorsal...
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Forum: Goldfish
December 25th 06, 02:55 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 5
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goldfis in a tropical tank ?
p!nkforpresident wrote:
hi there ,
I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it
seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up !
Would this...
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Forum: Goldfish
December 20th 06, 07:38 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,185
underwater gravel
Zëbulon wrote:
"Peter in New Zealand" wrote in message
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Whew! I can see all these points, but I have a little tank of about...
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Forum: Goldfish
December 19th 06, 09:40 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,185
underwater gravel
Peter in New Zealand wrote:
amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
wrote:
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/care/care1.htm#GRAVEL
GRAVEL
Gravel is not recommended...
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Forum: Goldfish
December 19th 06, 04:01 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,185
underwater gravel
wrote:
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/care/care1.htm#GRAVEL
GRAVEL
Gravel is not recommended for keeping goldfish.
Interesting opinion, but...
1. Gravel is the...
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