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    Neons with Serpaes ...OK in large schools?

    serpae with cardinals I have serpae tetras with cardinal tetras which are a lot like neons. With at least 6 serpae they will be so busy sparring among themselves they won't chase the neons too much. If you have a lot of neons, they all look alike and that makes it harder to chase any single...
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    Shy Serpae Tetras

    two guys in the jungle Poor little fish, feeling like two guys stranded in the jungle, standing back to back, afraid to go to sleep, trying to see what critter is going to come up and eat them. Safety in numbers! Critters that are often eaten like to be in large crowds of things that look like...
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    Help--trapped in a fishless, planted cycle!

    And be sure that in addition to "handling chloramines" your water conditioner "handles ammonia". Several products sold "handle" the chloramine by breaking it into chlorine and ammonia, then they do not treat the ammonia. I suggest Prime, but there are others that work as well. If, on the...
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    Some Filter Decisions I Need To Make...

    heat and insulation If you think that heater is what is running up the bills, you can add insulation to the back of the tank, that will help the heater to run a bit less.
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    Very High Ammonia (Please Help...) / Bio Spira Help.

    Ammo-lock It often seems that Ammo-lock works all too well. The goldfish area I used to visit called it "Ammo-lock Hell" -- the never ending cycle. Becasue you have never seen nitrites or nitrates, I think you have never even begun to cycle, since the ammonia is totally locked up. You need...
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    Used tanks??

    Price vs value If this is a small tank, you ought to be able to get it for nearly nothing. A big tank may come with a lot of stuff included, likely high quality stuff. I bought a 20 gallon with iron stand for $20, no top, no lights, no equipment, bare tank. I bought an Oceanic 55 gallon with...
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    How long can a Javafern survive when being shipped

    temp not water It is the temperature that you need to worry about, not whether the plant is in water or not. In a bag, sealed and with just enough water to keep humidity up in the bag, the plant will be fine for many days, even with no light. But, freezing temps will kill it. Watch that...
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    Used tanks??

    shop around If you are lucky, you may find someone who will throw in all the equipment for nearly nothing. All the STUFF adds up, nets and chemicals, filters and cleaning tools. Throw out the food if you don't know how old it is, old food can be lethal. Clean everything well, first with salt...
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    Eheim set-up question (probably dumb)

    buy a bit more tubing You probably will want to locate a bit of extra tubing. Call around to the better fish stores, some can sell by the foot. Stick with Eheim tubing, the other sorts won't fit just right and you DO NOT want a leak in the tubing. And, you can put the filter on a small...
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    Energy Consumption question *please read*

    worldwide demand The demand for energy has spiked around the world. When supply is low, prices go high. Look at developments in Brazil, China, and India to see where energy use is climbing. Those areas, while they have spiked in use, they are still using only 1 to 3 barrels of oil equivalent...
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    CO2, horror stories and tips

    tank safety Cold is not the problem, heating a pressurized tank may be. As the tank heats from the outside temp, like the warehouse where it was stored, to your home temp, it sees a higher pressure. The tank is built for this, that is why it is tested, so don't worry about a 100 psi rise or so...
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    Magnun 350 ,Penguin 330

    should be way more than you need! The two of those together are enough, maybe too much even. If the tank is dirty, you have some other problem. Perhaps it is how you clean the filter, maybe you feed too much. How often do you clean the filter? How do you do it? do you clean the tubings out?
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    Fishy cycling my tank - how often should I do partial water changes?

    good advice yes, daily water changes, up to 50%, sounds like good advice!
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    Fishless cycle - problem or just impatient?

    ammonia at what level? I think what matters is that the level of ammonia was not so high that it damaged the bacteria that you added. What ppm of ammonia did you have at the start?
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    FIshy Cycle/Water Changes/Tempurature stabalization (m)

    temperature is very important! My stick-on thermometer goes from 72F to 82F in the green range. IMO, this is too much temperature swing for a fish tank. Two or 3 degrees is probably OK. I suggest adding hot tap water to the bucket to get the temp closer to the tank temp. Just use your hand...
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    Baffled Scientists Say Less Sunlight Reaching Earth

    contrails and cloud cover I had read of a study a while back investigating the duration of contrails. They sent a jet up on a day favorable to making contrails and had it fly in a figure 8 to make an easy to track trail. Then they tracked it by satellite. They found that the contrail acted as a...
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    Psycho Tetras, killing other fish

    New tank? New? as in "might be cycling" new? Test for ammonia. Change water as much as needed to get ammonia below 1.0, even changing water several times a day is OK, 30% to 50% water changes as needed. Move decorations from the old tank to the new tank to help transfer bacteria. Also...
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    I screwed up again! Canister help.

    Yes, you are being confusing! First, what filter do you have? Knowing that will help us here. Second, you always shut off the filter before you change water. In fact, the best idea is to have a power strip with an on/off switch and have heater and filter plugged into it, maybe lights if you...
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    Ack! Plants came before tank/equipment!

    not underwater Actually, just bag the plants in clear plastic bags with a half cup of water, no more needed. Puff up with air, put in a well lit room but not direct sunlight. They will be fine for months and months. I have several bags like this in the sunroom, java fern on wood that won't fit...
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    Goldfish loosing scales

    Pleco attack! A cory catfish won't do that, but a pleco will. the pleco is probably hungry, the goldfish is eating any wafers you put in for the pleco, the pleco attacks the goldfish at night. Add salt, for the missing scales and slime coat are inviting bacteria and parasites, possibly...
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