Forum: Plants
October 22nd 07, 01:42 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
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Replies: 3
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Plant Quality Issues
It sounds to me like diatom algae. Diatoms are eukariotic single celled
algaes that thrive in silicate rich water. It's a brown algae that looks
like dust or rust and covers anything and everything...
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Forum: Goldfish
October 19th 07, 02:34 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,135
Cycling help, appreciated!
I wish fishstoretn.com still sold it. Fostersmith.com wants mad money for
bio-spira these days (double the price) and they even charge you extra for a
cold pack. Their cold packs aren't gel type...
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Forum: Goldfish
October 19th 07, 02:30 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,135
Cycling help, appreciated!
Well, you're right. It's probably better to just put a well cycled bit of
filter material into a new tank. I use a lot of aqua clear filters and they
come with both ceramic media and filter sponges,...
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Forum: Reefs
October 19th 07, 01:31 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,651
24 hour light question
Hi Ruben,
Chaeto is a great algae for removing excess nutrients, and there are less
problems associated with it escaping into local waters than with caulerpa
algaes. It's fine to run a light over...
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Forum: General
October 19th 07, 01:21 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,569
Identify this fish please..........
Kinda depends on the origin. It could be a member of the fox fish family or
if it's coming in with domestic sunfish and ghost shrimps, it could also be
something native that i'm not familiar with....
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Forum: General
October 18th 07, 02:34 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,569
Identify this fish please..........
Rosy Barbs, with a SAE in the lower right foreground.
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Forum: Plants
October 17th 07, 09:54 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,341
Best Place to Purchase Live Plants
My own personal favorites a
Aquabotanic.com
freshwateraquariumplants.com
aquariumplants.com
Takashi Amano also has a USA distributor but the equipment and substrates
are expensive, plus they...
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Forum: Goldfish
October 17th 07, 09:50 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,135
Cycling help, appreciated!
Hi Carol,
Usually what I do are fishless cycles on my new tanks using Bio-Spira, or
just some squeezes from a sponge filter in one of my other tanks. You can
use 100% pure household ammonia (comes...
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