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...sy of threefingeredlord The most common method for introducing new fish into an aquarium is to float the plastic bag for a while, then gradually mix the aquarium water with the fish store water in t...
.... A few years ago when I started doing major additions to my aquarium collection, I bought huge amounts of plastic plants in hopes of avoiding duckweed and snails. The plastic plants are now in a larg...
I've been rinsing my plastic plants in a weak solution of warm water, in a big bucket, with about an 1/8 cup of chlorine to rid it of brown algea. Of course, I rinse the plants really really well befo
...e. My 28 gal. tank that is remaining I am planning on cleaning up (good deep vac), installing some older plastic plants and turning it into a cichlid tank. The tap water in my area is normally very ...
... becuase i feed them to a baby turtle. but right now i use a small cup with a lid and drilled holes in the plastic. then i bait the cup with a vacation feeder. this sometimes haas mixed results. Any o...
The most common method for introducing new fish into an aquarium is to float the plastic bag for a while, then gradually mix the aquarium water with the fish store water in the bag. It works for many
... water and bulb socket. As was the practice of the day, the substrate was white sand, and the filter was a plastic box hung inside the aquarium. Inside the filter were charcol, fiberglass (we called i...
...nly kind I've ever seen have been just a bowl with some marbles or gravel in the bottom and maybe a little plastic plant. Do any of you have experience with this or know of any good resources? Basical...
...aquariums still have cheap under gravel filtering. To drain aquarium water, the trick setup was a clear plastic flexible hose. They were hard to find, and it was often necessary to make do with an ...
...er that I bought my first frameless aquarium sealed with clear silicone and topped with a glass hood and a plastic light fixture. Ain't technology wonderful.:woohoo:...
...at just arose. My tank has finally completely cycled...and now I have some brown algae stuff growing on my plastic plants. I have a 10gal tank and right now only 4 Zebrafish in there, I was going to g...
...wered by an Elite 803 air pump Gravel substrate of various sized pebbles, depth varying from 2-3' Varoious plastic plants, rocks, and 3 slate mounted chunks of driftwood, other decorations. Live plant...
...is laziness. In an aquarium with under gravel filtering, I just dumped some of the stuff directly from its plastic bag onto the gravel substrate. The water cleared in a couple three hours. No mess. No...
a couple weeks ago i bought one of those plastic air diffusers at Petsmart that mounts to the glass with clips etc. and today I noticed not much air coming out of it. i tried all the obvious remedie
Bought a few plants from a lfs. Each plant is planted in a small plastic basket with holes, inside that is a piece of sponge I think. I was suprised when the salesman said don't forget to take the pla
...ne, fittings, connectors, airstones, bubble wands, extra gravel that I didn't care for in one tank, rocks, plastic plants, live plants, too many 10 gallon tanks..... the list goes on. I can only imagi...
I need to paint a plastic decoration for my freshwater aquarium. What type of paint can I use that won't harm the water or the fish???
...out. The inflator will need to be inserted in front of the temperature control as anywhere else there is a plastic ridge under the rubber bung, which will prevent the inflator going into clear air spa...
...ed to keep water? all of it? What about the filter and the bacteria in it? Do I put all the fish in a seal plastic box or in a bunch of plastic bag? thanks, Martin!...
I have a small plastic breeding pen that suction cups to the inside of a tank. Right now its in a tank thats filled with snails and snail eggs. Any suggestions on how i could kill the snails and eggs
...thinking: Dwarf hairgrass Afzeli Anubias Nothing much really… I think he'll offset those with some plastic/silk ones as well. So yeah… that's it. Is he crazy? Is it a good combo? What ...
OK Folks, I am now starting to get brown residue showing up on some of the sand and on both of my little plastic rock figurines. The tank has only been setup for two weeks... so what can possibly
...ank with, but they had very small ones for 99 cents, so I bought ten of them. I was also planning on using plastic plants, but they were quite expensive, and the guy that helped me suggested that live...
...ed for use with small children, it ought to be safe for my fishes. That is to say, it won't leech any evil plastic chemicals, or do any other unhappy, unexpected things. I've also been 'researching'...
... black dirt, the thing got washed away... but now there's a greenish substance in the folds of the plants (plastic), and some spots where the gravel meets the glass, also on the wood where there is a ...
...inside dimensions, and come up with 44 gallons. I measure the outside dimensions, from the very top of the plastic frame to the base, length and width of outside of plastic frame, and came up with abo...
Hello, I have a trusty plastic bucket which I use to collect water for my fish tank. I like it - its a good size which fits neatly under my two 12 year old aquarium tanks. My current fishes have bee
...edia like Bio-balls. Since these are totally submerged, am I getting much biological filtration from these plastic balls in the back of my filter? Would I be better served by sponge type media? Rega...
... more ( my other 2 females look plump as well as 2 guppies). I have heard a method of cutting up a white plastic bag into strips and putting that on the surface of the tank, apparently giving the fr...
They work - I still put my change water in a plastic trash can to match temperature and water parameters before it gets pumped into the tanks. If you have a lot of tanks (water changes, etc.), sodium
...hey mix it in with there fish flakes, They have two small gold fish in a Bowl, with a bit of gravel, and a plastic plant,, Every week the fish get a 90% water change a they seem happy. However once th...
...should I run the two alongside each other before switching the power heads off? 2) Do I need to remove the plastic undergravel filter trays? Thanks...
...uestion: What are the outside dimensions of an All Glass 180RR tank. I'm looking for the dim including the plastic trim. Thanks!...
...that it was really hot. The ballast was almost too hot to touch, and the general heat coming through the plastic on the light strip seemed extensive. Never having had this much light in my aquariu...
... that anyone building a sulfur denitrifyer to make the container out of clear material, covered with black plastic, so that one can see if hydrogen sulfide oxydizing bacteria are growing, instead of h...
... necessary, I will install an air stone to give it a bit more uplift. secondly for the sump I will use a plastic water container with handles (we call it a jerry can in australia), so that, when it ...
I bought a strip heater from a local plastics shop, and they had instructions on how to mount & hook it up. It was about 15 years ago, and I don't think I still have the info, but I've got the heat
...ow 1. What kind of silicon do i use, and where can I get it in bulk? 2. Where can I get the top and bottom plastic rims that hold the tank together? 3. Any suggestions or tips on siliconing and actual...
...my Ribbon Snake. Anyone know of a good guide? I've read that I can start a colony in a 30 to 50 gallon plastic container. From what I've read all you need is a container and some plastic plants. ...
...ut with the latest design. It uses less suction cups, but forms the 180 degree turn with a single piece of plastic. I don't know which is better, just different ways of doing it. If you are afraid of ...
... going to set up a nano reef in a 26 gallon tank with the sump built into the back. Is it ok to use an ABS plastic divider instead of arcylic? The ABS I'm looking at has a texture that I plan to insta...
... they look more natural but I don't know what moss to use. Should I just go buy the dry stuff in the small plastic bag? Is there anything I need to do to the moss before I put it in my tank? Both of m...
I understand tanks are made out of 'Acrylic' but what kind? As I search for 'Acrylic' plastic I find 'Lexan, Polycarbonate, Polystyrene, PPE, PET, ', and two dozen other names I don't understand. Wh
...hutoff valves to be able to isolate the return pump in case of a pump failure. My entire plumbing is using plastic barbed connections. My intake to the sump from the tank is 1' ID tubing and the retur...
...otect the finned ones from the fall out. The bug guy said to turn off the filters and cover the tanks with plastic. What I need to know is will the fish be ok without filters and under plastic for 4 h...
...s are about 1 1/2') and any other good tank mates that won't be a problem? The decorations include several plastic aquarium plants mixed with some real ones, and several big rocks and one piece of dri...
... make sense? Are there alternate positions that I should try? Also, the TruVu tank was provided with clear plastic covers for the openings in the tank. Should I leave them on or off?...
...for the burrowing Mantis shrimps (I would like tosee them building thier own tunnels rather than putting a plastic tube in the rocks :) Also what kind of gravel / sand is suitable? Does any1 know of...
...ts? I'm think of a 30 gallon tropical. Last time I was into aquariums, (20-30 yrs ago) filters were just plastic boxes on the back of the tank. There were no holes in tanks for remote filters, or ho...
...re I ask these here are my specs... 37 gallon (tall) glass tank, kept at 79-80 degrees, 2 live plants, 6 plastic plants, penguin 170 filter (with water intake extention to the bottom of the tank), 1...
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