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    is this a safe sand substrate ?

    So i just received a 50# bag of sand from work and would like to use as substrate but reading the bag im not sure it is safe!! below is the info if anyone could help i would be eternaly greatfull. ASTM 20-30 sand. ASTM designation C778 (Hazard warning: containes crystalline silica dust) :dunno:
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    JUST FOR FUN!!!!!

    well i always think about it unfortionatly! every thing in my sig was purchased this year sence feb! except 1, 10g and that i bought last year! every thing was bought new so i would say roughly = $3800 -$4000 US. This is my first year so ask me again in febuary 2006! :D
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    Me Want

    how much is that (£200.01 ) in us curency? its 10:30 here :P
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    i just went to petco !(states)

    ok so i was out with a friend and he decided to stop at petco -_- i normaly dont go to the corporate pet stores and had not been to one in a long while so i was a little hesatent to go in but i did anyway! naturally i gravitated twords the fish department :D and was i shocked :hyper: there was...
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    Seen a celebrity/famous person in a fish shop?

    I stol a autographed jimmy hendrix poster once :rofl:
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    Freshwater Clam ok in cichlid tank?

    from what i hear they feed off the water (filter feeders) i havent been feeding them so well see :unsure:
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    Which would you want?

    i voted for the BIO-WHEEL why? not sure! but i do think the bac needs lots of oxygen and lots of oxygen it gets with the BIO-WHEEL i think. :P correct me if im wrong. but i do have every other filter also, wispers, jebos,canister, sponge (air and powerhead), emperors, aquaclear and never really...
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    Freshwater Clam ok in cichlid tank?

    OK i added 6 more clams and put them all in the same area and there moving all over the tank :cool: next i,ll put in muscles and see how that goes and let you know ;)
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    WHAT EVENT GOT YOU HOOKED ON FISH KEEPING ?

    WHAT EVENT GOT YOU HOOKED ON FISH KEEPING ? WHAT FISH WAS IT? HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? HAVE YOU HAD ANY LAPSES WITHOUT FISH AND HOW LONG? The event that got me hooked= a friend moved in to a new house and the owner had these fish that he was going to throw over the fence(did not want...
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    ever thought of packing fishkeeping in.

    I'm new to the hobbie say 8-9 months and as of yet have not wanted to give it up. but then again i sapose you all have been in the hoBBIE For years.I pray it never happens to me! IM IN THE ADDICTED STAGE I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH. ( BUT THEN AGAIN = NO LIFE ) :whistle:
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    Freshwater Clam ok in cichlid tank?

    well i placer the clam in tank last night cichlids picked at the shell a little them left it alone. woke up this morning and clam had started sifting thrue substrate and fish are not messing with it at all so i think i will get a half dozen more :thumbs: they look preaty good in the tank.
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    METAL HALIDE AND SODIUM LIGHTS

    i curently have a 55g african cichlid tank im thinking about using them on and maybe setting up a fish only sw tank.
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    i saw a pic (cant remember where) of a cichlid....

    click on my name tag to see a pic of what im talking about! :D
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    i saw a pic (cant remember where) of a cichlid....

    it was an african tank and i cant remember the name of the algae. but it was beutiful but didnt ask too many questions as i wasent in to africans @ that time.i wish i could find out what it was and where he bought it.
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    i saw a pic (cant remember where) of a cichlid....

    owner of the tank said he bought it and i cant remember the name of it but it covered all the rocks and his water was chrystal clear it looked like grass does anyone know what this might be?
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    55g african tank can i put a...............

    i have him in a 10g guppy tank now but he is getting to big would the africans mess with him?
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    METAL HALIDE AND SODIUM LIGHTS

    so @ work we just finnished a lighting upgrade and replaced all of our halide lights and sodiums with t5ho Fluorescents for energy savings. well i was thinking abought using a few of these for my tanks any ideas on what i would have to do in order to make these work?
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    Freshwater Clam ok in cichlid tank?

    LFS has in freshwater clams and some sort of muscles said they should be ok in cichlid tank but he has never seen them nor tried it what do you think? Also how abought snails? any advise or experiances would be much appreciated.
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    Freshwater Clam ok in cichlid tank?

    OPP'S DIDNT MEAN TO HIT SUBMIT TWICE. :whistle:
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    ok people i just had a pair of zebras mate

    what should i do next ? do i leave the female in the main tank or seporate her? if i seporate her should i remove the pair or just the female ? she is abought 3.5"-4" long can i put her or them in a 2.5 gallon ( only tank i have avalible) what will happen if i leave her in the main tank will the...
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    anybodt have info on this fish.

    LFs has one for sale its odd and i would like to put in af,cichlid tank. the lfs guy dosent know what it was so i spent the last 3 days online looking for it
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    halide lights @ my job would they work ?

    so @ work we just finnished a lighting upgrade and replaced all of our halide lights with t5ho Fluorescents for energy savings. well i was thinking abought using a few of these for my tanks any ideas on what i would have to do in order to make these work?
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    african cichlid food ? is this good ?

    i just bought some african cichlid food by HBH CALLED ATTACK SINKING PELLET IS IT ANY GOOD?
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    Do you think it will work? spray foam?

    ok im converting my 55g in to a cichlid tank i have added crushed coral as a substrate but i want to add lots of rocks but dont want to drain and move tank. the stand is part of an old entertainment center (4 doors below) that i just cut the uprights off and it looks like its made for f-tanks...
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    cloudy water?

    i just cant get it to clear up any sudgestions?
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    Best Aquarium Species Index/Encyclopedia

    are you kidding me!!! i think im going to use that one in my sig... :rofl: OK back to the topic @ hand................. i my self prefer to read off of paper it just seems more rich than reading off the net. and people are right a book would have to be re-published every 2 days just to keep up...
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    Rocks For Use In The Aquarium

    Here is one not sure if you would know but what about clay? u can buy it in stores just mold and let dry or put in oven.you can get just tera cotta like the planters. would this be ok? and how would you treat before input in to tank?
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    Rocks For Use In The Aquarium

    are metal veins visible or should i do the vinigar test? also what abought the feather rock ?
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    Rocks For Use In The Aquarium

    i just saw some rocks @ local hware store called flag stone ? it looks like slate but it is yellowish ? would this be safe to use in cichlid tank? also there are rocks i think is pumis but it is called feather rock? is this ok to use if i smoth it out a little so its not so sharp?
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    converting 55g us to african need clarifacation

    The problem i have is i would like to buy localy but i havent the fogiest idea the different psecies of african as there are like 5-6 hundred i dont know how anybody does it :S i have never seen a LFS african tank labeled by species? how adought cost- 1 to 1 1/2 inch africans in those tanks are...
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    converting 55g us to african need clarifacation

    all LFS's have africans but they are in tanks labeled "assorted" was told tanks labeled like that are all inbred is this generaly true? Do all africans grow goughly to the same size? was told that i could put "20 adult africans in 55 gallon long" tank? correct? all LFS's african tanks have...
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    has anyone used the miraclebeam hi-light system?

    just received the hi-light system , includes 2 led modules,power supply and adapter box,(powers up to 5 modules) along with 1 laser module and a lighthouse laser module.and wondering if anyone has used or seen these in use,i never have and wondering if they are worth the trouble to install in...
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    BLUE LOBSTER GOT OUT OF TANK HELP!!!

    ive never heard that before? if so then my lobster can burp its self then. :flex: hey steelhealr does your lobster have dashes of pink on it? also yours looks a lot darker than mine?
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    BLUE LOBSTER GOT OUT OF TANK HELP!!!

    :D so far so good it is standing on his legs and walking around ok today but his tail seems to float like it has air in it but he or it gets better day by day he still rubs his legs together like there is somthing on them that it cant get off?
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    Top 3 most aggressive fish in your tank

    i would have to say consistantly my most agressive tropical fish is red devil-9 but my ocasionaly agressive fish is jag cichlid-10 can woop the devil when hes grumpy, the red devil rules the tank as long as the jag lets him :rofl:
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    BLUE LOBSTER GOT OUT OF TANK HELP!!!

    girl friend went to grab slippers and it was in there. wasent moving much put back in tank,started moving a little then blew a bunch of bubbles then started moving around but it acts like it dosent know how to use its legs and keeps falling over on its side and face :dunno: now it rest on its...
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    desperate!! two problems in 2 diff tanks

    when setting up the 72g tank it was during a water change (50%) on my 55g all that water went in to the 72g then i installed the penguin350b on the 72g that had been running in the 55g for 2 years added 25 g fresh water to 72g tank along with the powerhead and sponge filters then fish less cycle...
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    desperate!! two problems in 2 diff tanks

    sonic3ooo powerhead & sponge filters,pinguin 350b,marineland 300wt heater,penn plax x5 air pump is the original equiptment and the lifetech 883 canister is the new filter i did not seed the filter as i thoight sense the original filters had been handleing the load. the new one would just act as...
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    desperate!! two problems in 2 diff tanks

    first in my 72g my nitrites are reading 5+ and have been for 1 week i have been doing 50 -60 % water changes every other day but still no change :crazy: the tank was fine for 2-3 months the only thing i changed was adding a canister filter could this have caused the prob? :dunno: my temp is...
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