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Is thin upholstery foam rubber as filter medium caustic to fish? Is that OK? If it doesn't alter the water flow in the filters? Are there any chemicals in some types of foam rubber that would hurt fish?...	daddySEAL	13	23-May-2008 21:32
New Fish, New Photos well, i'm pretty happy to say that i finally have my 6 foot south american tank looking the way i want! i've been waiting for several things, like mi...	jase101	13	23-May-2008 20:01
55 Gallon Tank! all it has in it right now is a 3 inch blue acara and a 9 inch featherfin catfish. i was thinks about a poly of some short and another blue acara. an...	riri1	4	23-May-2008 08:49
Have A Few Questions Im going to flordia may 24 and proably will be gone 5 - 6 days maybe 7 and dont know what to do about my fishes i though about a automatic fish feede...	DwarfGourami	9	21-May-2008 16:40
FRANK....are you saying I don't really need charcoal filters inserts in my tank? This Really interest me, friend FRANK (I could have done a PM, but thought others could benefit from your knowledge and experience) Please exlain, fr...	daddySEAL	9	20-May-2008 16:41
Please, A 2 Part Question On The Method Of Filtering By Charcoal Sorry, Again I find that this might belong to another area, but hope I can post this here. First, by "what method" does charcoal remove bad chemicals...	daddySEAL	10	16-May-2008 18:01
How long do you keep newly bought fish in "quaranteen tank" before putting in main tank? How long do you keep newly bought fish in "confinement/quaranteen/observation tank" before putting then into main community tank?...	daddySEAL	3	16-May-2008 05:07
Anyone use 2 heaters.....(just in case)? I HATE to lose fish of Any kind that I've raised(not breeding yet) and grown attached to. I'm extra cautious about providing Maximum support (I run 2...	daddySEAL	6	15-May-2008 15:30
Moisture mildew in aquarium room(s) ? I've noticed some slight mildew accumulation in a corner of 2 walls (where they come together at an "inner joint" . But not in the tank rooms themselv...	daddySEAL	5	13-May-2008 07:47
Filter Heater K so i was out at the LFS yesterday looking around at filters when i saw one that had the heater inside the filter. Now i've heard of these but i have...	sora	9	12-May-2008 03:31
Where do SNAILS come from? O.K. I can't figre this one out. One of my tanks has never had any live plants in it nor have I transferred gravel or anything else from another estab...	Bar-B	5	12-May-2008 02:07
Guess who's boss ! I have a tank full of odds and sods … basically fish that for whatever reason don’t fit into my other tanks … it consists of 10 platinum tetras , 3...	Zincubus	5	10-May-2008 16:07
Please Help: Am I Overstocking? i have a 29g planted tank with the following fish and are wondering if i am overstocking it. i want to add more amano/cherry red shrimps, like 8-12 m...	greenfootball	8	10-May-2008 10:48
Do Neon Tetra eat algae? as part of their diet? (I posted that in this area because of SO very many more people here than in Tetra forum area, please) (not looking for "an al...	daddySEAL	4	08-May-2008 02:48
Aquraium Wood hey i just got some wood for my aquaium today. when my friend put his in his tank it sunk. but mine is floating. what's goin on?...	RLHam3	5	06-May-2008 05:44
Tanks Update & Blog Pages: 1, 2 Hello all First update since december. Dealt with tax sorting, car repairing, apartment organizing (last 2 are ongoing challenges lol). A few...	DaMossMan	37	04-May-2008 14:53
Do I Have Too Many Fish In My Tank? I would just like some opinions on if my tank is overcrowded I have the following fish in my 29 gallon tank: 10 cardinals 8 silvertips 6 marbled hatc...	socrstud710	12	28-Apr-2008 02:41
Tank of death!! So Im completley stumped on this one. One of my 55 gallons has got something wrong with it. I just moved it recently. Drained all the water out kept a...	Gourami	8	27-Apr-2008 13:25
Puffer? hey im gonna get a figure 8 puffer soon. i was wondering what to feed it, how much, and how often?...	RLHam3	12	27-Apr-2008 06:13
Suitably Sized Quarantine Tank... Hey all, I've ordered some Bolivian Rams from the lfs and despite the fact that I've been waiting a few weeks now, it only just occurred to me that my...	Hawkeye	5	27-Apr-2008 04:39
Nitrate deja-vu (all over again...?) I have a 55g cichlid tank that I've started. In it are a 3" eartheater, 3" bristlenose pleco and four 2" german blue Rams....and...(sorry guys), two 3...	daddySEAL	7	26-Apr-2008 07:35
Hydrogen peroxide for algae removal --take 2 Well a couple of months ago I located an article on the net about using Hydrogen peroxide to kill BBA. I was leary and posted hear to see what you gu...	FishKeeperJim	17	25-Apr-2008 05:20
Sump pump filters leak when power goes out? I'm faced with having to get a sump pump filter setup for a large acrylic tank. I guess they are good, and efficient, BUT...I've heard that if there i...	daddySEAL	8	20-Apr-2008 20:56
Please inform me about Large tank sump pump filters, please? I have a line on getting a Huge tank used. An 8'x2'x2' tank that is said to have filter sump pumps. I have No idea what those are and how they work....	daddySEAL	7	18-Apr-2008 15:04
10 Gallon Tank Going Small This Time i wanna know if a banjo cat can go in a 10 gallon tank or a 20 its kinda for a thing in the dinning room/off in a corner so i can feed samll fish its...	riri1	6	18-Apr-2008 01:54
Yay For Stupid Questions! "Fish Hormones" Just because I feel too silly posting it on the forum I found it on. . . Soooo, waaaayyyyyy back when I first got my first tank, I was told that yo...	Gilraen Took	9	17-Apr-2008 15:49
To Air Or Not To Air i have an air diffuser attachment on my jewel internal filter system outlet but i find even when on the low setting every thing in its path gets disco...	papasan	5	16-Apr-2008 21:50
10 Gal hey, i've mainly had southamerican cichlids so i'm used to having big aggressive fish, and could use advice on smaller fish. I have an empty 10gal lyi...	RLHam3	4	15-Apr-2008 23:08
100 Gallon Tank i had some really agressive fish but they all gone now i had to remove them and now the tank is empty. i kinda like the slender pimolldia or somethin...	riri1	5	12-Apr-2008 00:10
High Phosphate Levels Yet Again a few weeks ago i had a black/blue algae problem so i dosed with excel and added a phosphate removal filter additive by JBL so my phosphate levels wen...	papasan	2	11-Apr-2008 18:42
To Turtle And Stingray Or Not my soninlaw is setting up a new large tank for one oscar so he is asking can he also keep a soft shell turtle and or a teacup stingray as well? thank...	papasan	2	11-Apr-2008 17:04
30 Gal? hey, so i've got a 30 gal right now with an oscar, bristlenose pleco, and 2 upsie-down cats. I've got a really nice penn-plax canister filter and all...	RLHam3	5	09-Apr-2008 22:52
A List Of Illegal Fish I was just wondering if anyone knew where I could get a look at a comprehensive list of illegal fish? I know it varies from country to country but I'v...	Altpower	14	09-Apr-2008 17:39
What is it? What sort of fish is this? It is about an inch long....	Brengun	7	07-Apr-2008 00:03
Got Unwanted snails breeding out of control in your tank? Get a few Clown Loaches! They LOVE snails(like Escargot) and suck them right out of their shells to eat them. They will smell eggs, tiny or large snai...	daddySEAL	5	06-Apr-2008 03:38
New Ottos and finally ID'd my Badis! Went to the LFS today and saw they had some pretty healthy looking ottos. So I got four. I think they'll have a field day in my planted 10 with all th...	superlion	4	05-Apr-2008 05:24
What fry is this? What fry do you think this is? It has a blue eye and swims high in the tank in a jerky movement. It is in my new 3ft bristlenose tank and the only way...	Brengun	11	05-Apr-2008 03:41
AMAZING video of SA fish in the wild hey gentle fish folk - this is a link to a gorgeous short video of a wild school of corydoras in venezuela. the whole site is great - lots of videos...	jase101	4	05-Apr-2008 02:36
My Dad's 55 Gallon tank! need help :( my dad likes smaller fish and he wants to kno wat else he can put in the tank he has 4-panda corys 10-herquline rasboras 1-dwarf gourmi 1-vampire plec...	riri1	9	04-Apr-2008 07:56
Power heads have more power then you think I put in a 2 inch Jack Dempsey 2 weeks ago and yesterday I could not find him. I looked for him and after 4 hours. My wife said to look in the power...	steven1982	10	03-Apr-2008 03:24
8' Long 4' Wide 3' High Tank Stocking! right now all it has in it is a TSN catfish and a TSN+RTC catfish. It looks really cool....	riri1	10	02-Apr-2008 09:00
Wall Mounted Aquariums? I was recently surfing the net for new and interesting aquariums and I saw a advertisement for a company that is selling wall mounted aquariums. T...	Altpower	10	02-Apr-2008 05:59
Aquarium Raritiies Revisited Aquarium Rarities Revisited It's been a while since I posted a big post here, partly due to my spending time recovering from illness, and part...	Calilasseia	4	02-Apr-2008 05:53
Suitable Tank For Rams...? This is just a way down the road kinda plan, as our tank isn't heavily planted enough, so we need to wait for that a bit, but I'm the neurotic kinda g...	Hawkeye	10	01-Apr-2008 21:26
Molly Seems To Be Gulping For Air i know this is a common thing but just wondering what i should do last time my fish did that it died..she is a female and due any day just for conside...	JBennett181	1	30-Mar-2008 02:50
Shipping Fish - What to Consider? Ok, so i have ordered some bettas from indonesia...All i have to do now is pay the man and tell him the weather here is good enough to send them. Well...	Mez	7	30-Mar-2008 02:34
Where to buy tadpoles? Does any one know a good spot online to buy tadpoles? Im not looking for like bull frog tadpoles. Im interested in finding some other types of tad pol...	Gourami	6	28-Mar-2008 16:09
DW + Otto = increased tannins? Hey The piece of DW in my nano tank has been there for about 4 months now and was soaked for 2 weeks prior to placing it in the tank. It appeared...	Gone_Troppo	3	27-Mar-2008 18:29
Stocking question Well I've got a 20gal hex tank, with a penguin 150 bio-wheel and a tetra whisper air pump rate to 30gal, and of course a heater. Has been running for...	spankym13	4	27-Mar-2008 05:25
How to: Clean Dirty Glass/Plastic? On the inner walls of my glass 29G, theres a tough coating of dirt like substance that is extremely hard to get off the glass. It is also on plastic p...	FLEXJr	4	25-Mar-2008 01:43

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