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    Setting Up Fig 8's Tank

    Thanks for the input :) i have 1/2 a bag of playsand left over from my community tank setup, just didnt know if the fig 8s preferd lighter or darker sand As per the bogwood i read it somwhere that brackish destroys it much quicker and pollutes the water, but it may be just one of those over...
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    Setting Up Fig 8's Tank

    Hi I'm after a little help setting up a new tank. I just managed to get my hands on a 48"x12"x15" for £15 and wanted to turn it into a a Fig 8 home. Hoping for 2 (maybe 3??) Fig 8s and some BBG's (howevermany is possible). What i am kinda stumped on after several frustrating hours googling etc...
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    Emptying Tank With Out To Much Effort.

    Use the hosepipe and push it up against the output from your filter may take a couple of mins to get the syphon going but as long as its done underwater the syphon will continue when you pull it away from the filter output Hope that helps
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    Nitrite Spike

    Newp filters been running constantly last few weeks my nitrites spiked at .50 and are down to .25 today have been doing 30% changes everyone in the tank seems happy no gulping or anything all my water seems clear i cant work it out ill grab some of that nitrite blocking stuff tomorrow. i just...
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    Nitrite Spike

    I'ts not cloudy at all and the testing has all been fine for the last 3 weeks with the 5 danios in it i was wondering if it was somthing to do with adding a large number of plants i have been testing the water every 2 days will up that to once a day now .. just done another 30% water change now...
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    Can You Cover A Globe In Your Reflector

    Thought this may come in handy for you http://www.leefilters.com/LPARCF.asp?PageID=450 we use them in stores with tube lights to correct the colour to the correct temperature while filming there you should be able to get them from any television facilites house or rental house maybe even your...
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    Nitrite Spike

    Hi Got my tank a few weeks ago and got some mature filter media and a stocking full of gravel from a mates tank that has been running for around a year also got 10gals of his water as he changed it, I then filled up my tank with declorinated tap water and added 6 Danios. I have been testing the...
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