Forum: Goldfish
December 16th 06, 04:11 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
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underwater gravel
Use a canister filter and NO GRAVEL - no waste at all building up in the
bottom of the tank - as long as you have other structures in the tank that
bacteria can colonize on (rocks, etc.) the...
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Forum: General
November 19th 06, 01:54 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 5
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Gravel Thickness for effective biofiltration
You could also try a bare-bottom tank - no gravel - I got sick of the
vacuuming and such - ascetics aside, anything that used to sink to the
bottom now gets sucked up into the canister filter -...
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Forum: General
October 31st 06, 02:46 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Lesion on pleco
Well-established 105 gallon tank, African cichlids (mbuna), lots of
filtration (2 Fluval 405s), and lots of holey rock - the rock is sharp and
has lots of jagged edges - one of the plecos,...
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Forum: General
August 9th 06, 06:33 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 3
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Overcrowding
Overfiltering is the solution - for example, in my 105 gallon tank, I have
two Fluval 405s - EACH is capable of filtering the tank on it's own, but
with two, my tank can handle a lot more fish than...
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