Forum: General
October 24th 07, 09:41 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Clowns + Tetras = Clowns?
They were surely sucked out. Always use a guard on the end as even a
larger fish can get stuck to the end and die.
Good advice. I use an old silk stocking slipped over the end. Great for...
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Forum: General
August 7th 07, 10:55 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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2.5 gallon help
Joseph Arseneau wrote:
Hi guys,
I have an established 2.5 gallon tank, that currently has 10 fish in
it, no bigger than 2 inches each. I am wondering what I can do to
control my algae...
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Forum: General
April 10th 07, 10:38 AM Posted to alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc,rec.aquaria.misc
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Forum: General
March 16th 07, 10:38 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 7
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Snail food
If ya can be bothered.
Blend up a mix of veges
then dry them into 'wafers'
store in an airtight container.
Using squash, pumkin, peas etc it's easy to dehydrate snail food
not only a...
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Forum: General
March 15th 07, 11:58 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Snail food
Lettuce is fine. My Apple snails love Spinach. I feed them celery and
carrot too. (I'm convinced that carrot does wonders for their shell
colour).
Rob.
Interesting Rob.
Now...
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Forum: General
March 15th 07, 11:53 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 41
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freshwater plants question
I used to buy plants, only to have them dissolve and die off in my 120L
tank. Better lighting and flourish excel, combined with a better choice
of plants bought on-line has worked wonders. Algae...
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Forum: General
March 14th 07, 09:23 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 7
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Snail food
Mac Cool wrote:
I have some black snails that live in my Daphnia tanks and I've been
feeding them iceburg lettuce which they seem to enjoy. But I'm wondering
what other foods they will eat?...
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Forum: General
September 28th 06, 09:27 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Fry in my Tank.
Nice! They sound like danio fry.
They will have been scattered in your plants earlier and will have hatched.
lotsa research on danios so google image a picture of fry hey;)
Ground flake...
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Forum: General
September 22nd 06, 10:29 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Fry in my Tank.
Please excuse my extreme Newbie-ness.
I've had my 30 Gallon running for about 80 days now - 40 without fish.
I live in a quite hard water area, so pH is about 7.4, NH3 - Nil, NO2 -
Nil, NO3 - 7 to...
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Forum: General
September 1st 06, 09:32 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Views: 3,624
pH Levels.
Calcium is not directly related to basic water conditions, but carbonates
are. The most common carbonate in water is calcium carbonate, but it is
not the same as free calcium.
As as...
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August 30th 06, 05:15 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Views: 3,624
pH Levels.
*Snipped to save the poor dial-up users*
I have a 2L bottle of tap water on my windowsill and I'll check to see
what happens in a day or two. pH test today revealed the pH is now
climbing more...
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Forum: General
August 29th 06, 03:21 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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pH Levels.
swarvegorilla wrote:
if the fish seem alright at 7.7 then I wouldn't worry about it
maybe check the tank for clacium sources but aside from that you should be
ok with most community species
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Forum: General
August 29th 06, 10:19 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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pH Levels.
Hi Folks,
I'm a newbie to the pastime, so please, bear with me.
Setup:
Jewel 120L tank. (28G?)
Standard Filter. particulate filter cleaned/replaced every week. Others
as per recommended schedule...
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Forum: General
August 21st 06, 10:33 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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