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Today, 05:03 AM
Cliffs questions are very relevant and to answer your question;
'Any conditions'... No. Plants have environmental conditions that must be met for...
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Today, 12:58 AM
What type of plants did you try ?
What type of lighting do you have ?
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Today, 12:57 AM
The problem is that even when you do all the right things to make sure the fish you buy are healthy, somtimes they can still be infected with...
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
Have you tried feeding him veggies ?
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Yesterday, 09:36 PM
What are current ammonia, nitrtie and and nitrate levels ?
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Yesterday, 09:32 PM
It's really up to you and what you like, but I would not go much longer than 8 hours. That has always worked very good for me
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
Welcome to the forum from Saskatoon
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Yesterday, 05:37 PM
That's not to bad. I usally float the bag and then keep adding tank water to it, a few onces every 5 minutes or so. After about a hour and a half I...
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
Dont be discouraged. Just keep learning and be patient. We would all love to be able to keep whatever fish we like, but this is not realistically...
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
Could have been the stress of the move. I have seen that below
Did you slowly acclimate him to your tank water ?
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
People who let their cats roam really piss me off
Lion urine is a pretty effective deterrent if you can get any.
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Yesterday, 03:02 PM
He'll have the best 'war wound' scars to show around the campfire...
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Yesterday, 02:48 PM
I love your 'fantasy' tanks...so cheery! :D
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Yesterday, 01:59 PM
If it was dinos and your crab ate some, that would explain this death
As far as the water parameters go, do you know the exact numbers ? That...
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Yesterday, 01:30 PM
WOW, I would love a 350(ish) gallon tank like that
Maybe a large school (12+) of congo tetras ?
If you want a planted tank, maybe a mixture of...
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Yesterday, 01:17 PM
LOL Steeler
Looks like Boston and Pittsburgh will be playing for a Stanley Cup spot in the final. I am looking forward to watching that series...
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Yesterday, 12:21 PM
Is the crab a newr addition to the tank ? How did you acclimate him to your set-up ? I don't think the palys would have done him in as he was...
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Yesterday, 11:59 AM
Welcome to the forum
The below links to our SW blog here might help
http://www.reefaquarium.com/2013/10-most-common-beginner-mistakes/
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Yesterday, 09:55 AM
Welcome to the AC... :22:
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Yesterday, 09:54 AM
Welcome to the AC... :22:
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Yesterday, 03:03 AM
Congrats guys. Awesome photos
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Yesterday, 03:00 AM
Congrats Steeler.
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Yesterday, 02:18 AM
Your likely not going to get much of a up-date. This thread is over 5 year old and the OP has not been here in about 5 years as well
You might...
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Yesterday, 12:22 AM
You'll do just fine. Remember to dry fit everything together and mark all the fittings so can put everything back together correctly when you are...
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Yesterday, 12:08 AM
Welcome to the forum
That driftwood looks really nice
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Yesterday, 12:01 AM
Just be careful with the purchase of fish. That's a small tank and rather than having length, it has height and fish swim back and forth, not up and...
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05-24-2013, 11:06 PM
The problem/challenge with marine ick is that sometimes the virus will only attack the gills in the early stages, so you won’t see white spots on the...
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05-24-2013, 10:23 PM
I had a little bit of set-back today. I had some fish in my QT tank for the past 4 or 5 weeks now that I wanted to add to my 180. I noticed they...
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05-24-2013, 08:43 PM
Sorry, I just noticed you had posted your nitrate level was at 20ppm. I just missed that until now. Keeping your nitrates from getting higher than...
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05-24-2013, 08:23 PM
I would think it very well could be which is why I had asked about your nitrate levels
Algae is always caused by an imballance in nutrients and...
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