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Today, 04:38 PM
Water conditioners that remove chlorine/chloramine are essential and more budget friendly than a really good chlorine test kit. With a municipality...
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Today, 04:32 PM
Seachem Prime should be in every fishkeeper's supplies, IMO
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Today, 03:00 PM
I would assume 5ppm of chlorine in your tap water. Unless you have a chlorine test kit, letting the water sit out for 24 hours may not fully remove...
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
Sorry about the fish issues, but Mom's health is priority right now, and I'm very glad to hear she's doing well...hang in there, Nat
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
So I am going to be slimming down the fish room even more. The 75 gallon dojo tank will be broken down. I am going to rehome the dojos. Also the...
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
She didn't. However I have signed her up and it will go in effect Jan 1st. Will have a couple days from end of December till the 1st. Maybe they...
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Yesterday, 01:27 PM
Looks like regular chlorine is used.
Rocksor, have a look when you can.
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
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12-02-2019, 04:43 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freshwater_aquarium_plant_species
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12-02-2019, 01:39 PM
If you read the ingredient list on many algae wafers, you'll see that algae isn't the primary ingredient. There's a lot of fish meal.
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11-30-2019, 09:52 PM
Oh my gosh...just in time for the holidays...sorry about that...pharma is big business* nowadays
Glad to know she's doing better, though
*AKA...
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11-30-2019, 08:24 PM
Yes, and it put me back $500 for 30 day suuply. She needs to see if Medicare D will help.
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11-30-2019, 07:12 PM
Unless your water municipality uses pure chlorine, there's no need to let the water "breathe"...many places now use chloramine, which will not gas...
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11-30-2019, 07:09 PM
Thanks for the update, hopefully she will have no more episodes. Did they prescribe any blood-thinning meds?
I will continue to pray for you guys
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11-30-2019, 05:34 PM
Well Mom was released from the hospital last night.
To bring anyone who is reading this up to speed; this past Wednesday as I was prepping...
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11-30-2019, 04:58 PM
What country are you in?....I'm in the US, and have around 1 PPM amm in my municipal tap, as well...no trItes or trAtes, though
It is important to...
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11-29-2019, 05:47 AM
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/explosion-fire-burning-at-port-neches-plant-early-wednesday/502-de236827-a796-48f7-ac55-fad5064c3c8b
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11-29-2019, 05:39 AM
Thread is nearly a year old, it would be best to start a new thread of your own if you want responses and advice.
Thread closed, pending request...
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11-29-2019, 05:08 AM
Thank you, it means so much.
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11-29-2019, 04:58 AM
Oh no, so sorry to hear this, Nat
Your family will be in my prayers tonight
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11-29-2019, 04:55 AM
Agreed, we were blessed once again
Groves has been under a mandatory evacuation order (4 mile radius from the blast site) for over 24 hours now....
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11-28-2019, 11:39 PM
Think he means the felt circles. You can go to a craft store and get a sheet of felt to cut new ones. Just have some sharp scissors.
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11-28-2019, 11:34 PM
Thanks Matt.
First Thanksgiving ever I haven't cooked anything. Had a family emergency so Thanksgiving has been canceled for us. Mom had a very...
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11-28-2019, 07:06 PM
Hope everyone has a great day....don't forget to save the yellow netting from those Butterball turkeys, they make great media bags thumbs2:
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11-28-2019, 07:04 PM
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11-27-2019, 06:11 PM
Are you talking about these?
https://www.amazon.com/Tetra-77877-Whisper-Repair-Pump/dp/B001NTJ058
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11-27-2019, 04:38 PM
Frustrating, indeed...makes no sense
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11-27-2019, 04:34 PM
Had quite the scare here this morning around 1 AM...no damage to my house that I have found (so far), but my daughter Beth lives in Port Neches, and...
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150 Gallon Rainbowfish tank at a dentist's office. See journal for details.
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50x60' irrigation pond, stocked with goldfish, bluegills, a few bass, and the odd crawdad, sucker, lake chub. See journal for details.
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How I got started with aquariums.:
From early childhood, I've been fascinated by the "other world" going on beneath the water, unseen and mysterious.
I never had a pond or stream to play in regularly, so as soon as I was able I started creating my own.
Favorite fish:
Whichever one I happen to be obsessed with at the moment.
Fish I have bred:
Goldfish, turquoise rainbows, firemouths, pearl gourmis, bluegills, largemouth bass.
Why I like fish::
They are the only pets I have that do exactly what I want them to do: swim around and look pretty.
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Be open to everything and learn, learn, learn...
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Small hunter cat. Large special needs cat. Resident populations of birds, deer, dustbunnies.
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sorry to hear about your knee. since you dont drink herea a slice
Happy Holidays to all of you!
Let the gift giving begin, Merry X-mas ;-)
For giving your daughter a tank, scaping rights included!
Congrats on 3,000, have an oyster! (?)
Great job on the dentist's tank!
Happy Valentine's to you too :)
I hope you are feeling better soon, we miss you.
Your getting angels! Love your new Walstad project!
An angel for your future tank...power of positive thinking!
I'm sorry you lost a loach and thanks for the rep.
Thanks for the friend request and congrats on the new pond!
Have some bubbly for your 1,000 post ;-)
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Thanks for the rep my friend ;-)
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You need some more fish :)
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