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is it okay for ammo-carb to be in salt water aquariums? i just saw on drfostersmith that its for freshwater "Ammo-Chips remove deadly ammonia with a natural zeolite ammonia-removing mineral. For use with freshwater aquariums and ponds." doesnt say anything for salt water. mines been in my tank...

i made a sump. gots filter media , ceramic rings and a pump all inside a walmart clear sterilite box. the tubes are vinyle tubing from lows. now im wondering. after a few days is the sump suupose to smell like an old wet towel? (its not a pleasant smell) sum times i see small knats in it pic...

:hyper: lookin for a www.aquatraders.com coupon code. just trying to knock off some of that high shipping rate. any coupon would be much apreciated lol. googled and found nothing :( and this is me trying to get the "live help" to squeal the coupon code lol...

some one suggested that i get the seaclone protein skimmer (around 80$) though i shud replace the pump (prolly around 20$) so i was thinking of geting a cheaper plastic tube lol or the fission nano skimmer http://www.petsolutions.com/Default.aspx?ItemID=42908100 keep in mind its for my...

SeaClone Protein Skimmer http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...amp;pcatid=4400 or Prizm Skimmer http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...amp;pcatid=7928 or DiY. But so far i havent seen any nice ones that hang on back or in tank. :)

wuts the differnce of the fluval 04 series and 05 series? i planed on geting a Fluval305 at petsmart for 150 though the Fluval 304 at ebay is just about 68$. i planned on geting the 404 for 85$. rite now i have a 305 in a 70G tank with a few gold fish. i plan on having 2 filters on instead of...

makes sense. thank u all

lol they r Difernt. ones from the pet store, and ther other is from walmart. wattage makes a flicker difference? the new walmart ones dont work (32 watts, 6500k)

just bought a reg florescent bulb from walmart for 10$ for 2xT8(32 watts 6500k). it wont work but just flicker on the lamp. the reg one i had (3500k) works just fine (t8 40watts). any thing i should no to get it to work? or reg flourescent bullbs dont work with aquarium lamps?

so if as lowest itll go is 6ph? (its diy about 1-2bubble a sec) i have fantailed gold fish in there lol safe? i was gona get some sea shells as sand in a pouch as i read from other posts. im just worryied about the fishies i also got tropical fish to (i no its bad to mix, though when i got my...

my ph is droping from co2 insertion. how am i suppose to lvl it out? so far its about 6.6 :( my plants dont seem to be growing either i have: -flourish tabs -DIY co2 with Redsea500 reactor -2 lights (75G florescent sunglow, and a small 10G florescent white) i think the 75g light is 65watt and...

it finally came in, it seems to work pretty well by the way it looks. one question. i use a diy bottle yeast and should i just leave it on all night? i dont have a bublle counter but id guess the bubble rate is like 1 per sec or 1 per 2 sec

okay this stuff says it has trace elements and stabilize ph and kh. Does it work? i bought it amonth ago and just found it. is it good for plants like fertilzer or should i not use it?. it says it reduces nitrates so i thought it would slow the biological system, or the bacteria that does the...

ive read about fire extinguishers as co2, though is it possible to use a Paint ball co2 refillable tank? are the regulators all the same size? i though about this becuz its ezier to get a cheap refill from a local paintball shop. :). my fire extinguishers fires out dust.xD and if anyone has...