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Also is the main component in "sand". There can be other fine rock and mineral grains depending on where the "sand" comes from, but it is mostly SiO2...
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Today, 03:35 PM
Well I decided to name the new addition Boudicca. She is doing well, and is an agressive little L264. Unfortunately my female chubbly pleco Krofne...
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Today, 03:15 PM
Love these guys. I had a population of ghost and amano in my old 75 and I used to be able to hand feed a couple of them. They knew my hand meant...
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Today, 03:12 PM
Hey guys, thread is almost a year and half old. Slaphppy7, can you close it?
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Today, 03:06 PM
Quartz is inert.
http://www.quartzpage.de/gen_chem.html
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Today, 03:00 PM
This was the OP first and only post and it was more than likely resolved back in July of 2019. thomasm more than likely isn't a participating member...
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02-24-2020, 05:49 PM
That's a measure of ph and not hardness GH
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02-24-2020, 05:48 PM
shoaling behavior happens in the presence of predators or nervousness. The fact that the CB spread out is an indication that they feel safe, and...
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02-24-2020, 03:49 PM
I have 10 or 12 (haven't counted lately) CB's in my 40 gallon tank, males and females, and they've never shoaled or schooled together.
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02-23-2020, 09:14 PM
Just got back from the GCCA swap, another zoo and with it being 51 today it was horribly hot and stuffy. Sis and her friend picked up some plecos...
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02-22-2020, 05:14 PM
Agreed. Best of luck with the otos.
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02-22-2020, 04:42 PM
Is it a digital thermometer? If so, and it's it has the calibrate feature, it's easy to do, and to check for accuracy.
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02-22-2020, 04:29 PM
I guess I need to re calibrate the little thermometer thing that I use. Or buy a new one. I've never had a problem with it until now.
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02-22-2020, 04:23 PM
That'll work.
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02-22-2020, 04:21 PM
Awesome, thanks, that's what I was thinking, really didn't want "dwarfs" and their common problems
It will be fun to watch these grow and color up
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02-22-2020, 04:19 PM
Sorry for the huge loss, that's awful
It is imperative that you match the tap water temp with the tank water temp when doing WC's, I found out the...
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02-22-2020, 12:06 PM
I've been doing around 80% every two weeks, so that's nothing new.
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02-22-2020, 06:25 AM
Wow, sorry for your large losses. For that many to go that quickly it sounds like some contamination either through the source water or some other...
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02-22-2020, 04:50 AM
So I did an 80% water change earlier today using the same exact process I've used ever since I started my tank almost 4 years ago. Well this evening...
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02-22-2020, 03:16 AM
Yeah they are honey gourami, but juvies. They are the sunset variation. Little harder to tell the males/females apart with these as the natural...
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02-21-2020, 08:20 PM
Thanks!....no other gouramis in the 29G, but did have one in there long ago...do you think these are dwarf or juvie?...I know you've had honeys in...
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02-21-2020, 07:58 PM
Oh I didn't see this new post last night. They are so cute! You have any other gouramis in the 29?
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02-21-2020, 04:22 PM
Thank you, Sil....good to see you peeking in here recently
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02-21-2020, 03:25 PM
They look healthy and happy. Congrats.
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02-21-2020, 03:15 PM
Picked up these little guys (girls?) at the LFS on Tuesday. They had them labeled as "dwarf honey gouramis", not sure I've heard of honeys in a...
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02-20-2020, 09:39 PM
@The Cichlid Keeper
Regarding the celery...not an optimal vegetable to feed as it contains higher levels of sodium than other vegetables. My...
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02-20-2020, 07:14 PM
:hmm3grin2orange:
Sorry, couldn't help it...
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02-20-2020, 07:02 PM
Suddenly????? Really???
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40 gallon breeder with 1 BNP, 4 marble hatchets, 10 emperor tetras, 12 rosy tetras, 18 rummynose tetras, 2 bamboo shrimp, 6 sterbai corys, 6 metae corys, 18 Cardinal tetras, 4 pristella tetras, 9 otos, many RCS, a mystery snail, and assassin snails
Aquarium 3:
29 gallon with 1 CPD, 7 lambchop rasboras, 1 Normani lampeye killis, 1 pearl gourami, ? kuhli loaches, 3 mystery snails, 6 otos, 8 yellow phantom tetras, 15 green neon tetras, 3 blackfin corys, and lots of RCS
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Helping daughter with her aquarium
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Congrats on cycling your tank with fish!
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