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    decaying plants

    Well I always took individual leaves off my swords when they went brown or that lacework/transparent thing...never tried chopping it off at ground level like a cabbage. :) I would try taking off the worst leaves, say 50-75% if you say they are all bad at this point and see if the others make a...
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    cloudy water...bacteria bloom?

    Yeah that cloudy water thing seems to be, if not universal, at least extremely common in new tanks. (actually just posted this agreement to make that stupid "you haven't posted lately" yellow strip go away.)
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    FS Vallisneria Americana (Jungle Vals), Java moss, misc others - NJ

    Hmm. Don't have any need for the chemicals but would like the plants, as much as could be stuffed in the minimum box. What sort of shrimp do you have, or snails for that matter? We could talk. :) Tell me here or pm if you would rather.
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    plant order arriving, but tank not ready, suggestions?

    Sure. For that matter I don't think the level of salt required for ich treatment would do them any harm either. If you are worried about this though then just plop the plants in a big Tupperware or whatever vessel you have to hand and treat them as you would acclimating fish: every day take out...
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    Black Friday 2014 dont miss out

    Thought I already had you on facebook, will check again. Always looking for good (cheap) deals on tiger shrimp. :)
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    Anyone had any experince with baby African Dwarf Frogs?

    Sounds to me like you're doing everything just perfectly now. :) Frogs are naturally prolific --I am talking about the common US ones that show up in my yard pond every year entirely on their own; from where I have no idea as the closest year round water body is a creek more than a half mile...
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    are my fish eating my shrimp

    well crystals (they come in both red and black varieties) are the more delicate species of the two most common, caridinas and neocaridinias. (Crystals are caridinas, neos are like red cherry shrimp and their variants). You might want to read up on the specific water needs of the species and fine...
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    This is a male molly correct?

    do keep in mind the lovely Ac feature called the Marketplace. Mollies were HUGE when I first joined here but I have not seen any offered for sale in years. Fish popularity runs in cycles and I for one would be happy to take some babies off your hands. Your LFS should have Kordon breather bags...
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    Starting my first salt water tank, used tap water?? Fail??

    Since you are--wisely--taking your time about getting this up and running, I would put a little aside every paycheck until you can get a RO/DI system. I went the same route you did. I'm on a well so no chlorine issues, the mineral content is good, I figured it would be ok despite what the...
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    A video of my emersed plant setup

    Very nice setup! How did you get started with this: did you have a couple of stems of this plant and take cuttings off them till you had as many as you show here? And how many individual plants are in each pot? Are these full aquatic safe and you are growing them emersed for the speed factor...
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    Red Cherries dying

    another vote for overfeeding, and possibly temp too high. If the light is the only heat source it may need to be raised higher from the water; otherwise the only solution is a cooler (expensive) or lower the overall temperature of the room. More importantly though you do not mention plants in...
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    Air pump lifespan?

    I just about refuse to use anything that requires air pump any more. Don't think I have ever gotten more than 4-6 months out of one, on top of which they make noxious noise. My office/bedroom/fishroom has to pretend to be a call center during working hours and detectable noise whether human...
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    Moving fish cross country?

    just mho but I would worry about packing/moving the equipment, which is going to be enough of a bitc...er I mean bear. Sell/give away/rehome your buddies where they can stay in water they're used to. Get new stock in your new place. New home, new life, new surroundings, new people, new fish...
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    Reef recovery around Little Cayman Island

    Interesting story....Caribbean reefs are in big trouble almost everywhere. One place where they seem to be, if not hale and hearty, at least hanging in and making a bit of a comeback, is Little Cayman. They have the same ocean warming, acidification and related climate change issues as...
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    Made some changes to my emersed setup, a labor of love

    Sean may be onto something for his Step 2 here. I am early in the design process for a paludarium setup. Which means I am looking for emersed/bog/edge/very wet but not totally aquatic plants for possible occupancy. Keep up the good work Sean, you have an audience lurking. :)
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    Happy Neon Tetras

    I never understood that "light kills the eggs" thing....how the heck did they ever breed in the wild if that were the case??? And they must breed fairly enthusiastically considering that you can get them for nearly nothing in any fish store anywhere.
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    Got some crystal red shrimp today!

    Crystals--all caridinas--are WAY fussier than neos like red cherries. I kept both in the same 10g for several months and all seemed well, everybody was breeding....and apparently I slacked off on maintenance or something funny happened to the well water and over a few weeks the crystals just...
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    Cherry Shrimp in Overflow

    Brine shrimp net would be good for teeny babies but once they're even half grown a regular net works fine. Secret, I found out after much failure, is to move VERY SLOWLY. Best to wait until they are on a wall (back wall is easiest of there are no obstacles) and move the net down to about 2-3 in...
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    Cherry Shrimp in Overflow

    I would move the betta out to a temporary incarceration facility and wait a day or 2. Then get a piece of food-I would use a little bitty spirulina stick because I have some on hand but anything will do, bit of lettuce or zucchini or the like, other sinking food as you have available. Not much...
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    A very underrated tetra

    Gorgeous. But without the headline I would never have pegged them as tetras, much less what specific kind.
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