I can sympathise with your dilema on reading test cards. I too use API liquid test & wouldn't really use another brand. The only thing I have problems...
Before I found Bio-Spira, I always cycled my tanks with Zebra Danios or Platties. These are hardy fish and with frequent small water changes (even twice a day)...
... I'm very pleased with mine. I have crushed oyster shell in the grey filter chambers to add calcium to the water and keep the ph up. You don't have to use...
Hi UniQuaria List Members, I have a tank with about 45 Apple Snails which were raised from eggs to their current one-inch size. Does anyone know of a good...
Nancy, What type of test kit are you using? Have you had the fish store test your water as well? Sometimes the tests are not accurate and it's time to get a...
Hi Guys, first thanks for the great info, it was very helpful. After running my filter for 3 days with several plants and no fish my current test results are ...
A source of waste is required, be it a fish or two, straight ammonia or simply some fish food. Even plants will cycle a tank. Not being a fan of ammonia...
Ken, You can do a fishless cycle by feeding the filter/tank with fish food on a regular basis. People also do feed direct ammonia but that has to be done very...
How about a piece of cuttlebone? I had a similar problem with snail shells not developping in a 0GH 0KH tank and it was suggested I try cuttlebone and shrimp...
I wonder if women have better inate color vision than men do? I know that color blindness only affects males but that's an all-or-nothing effect, not a...
That's what I experienced when I brought up my first tank: Added a few neons, in a few days I noticed a few ick spots, a few days later they would die. I know...
so given what people are saying and knowing the fish I wish to keep I think this weekend I will pick up a couple of black mollies, cardinal and/or rainbow...
interesting theory if anyone has any knowledge on the topic. Its amazing because I ran all my tests last night (for practice more than anything) and I swear I...
Ken, how big is your tank? I'm not sure that you really want to put all those fish in there before the tank has cycled. I'd suggest one or two mollies and wait...
here is a site http://froogle.google.com/froogle? q=liquid+calcium&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004- 27,GGLD:en&sa=N&tab=ff&oi=froogler where you can purchase...
Sorry Ken? Are you referring about reading the test kits? It works best if you try to compare the colours in a daylight bulb rather then the regular yellow...
A friend of mine on the Calgary Aquarium Society board is attempting to put together a collection of aquarium society pins, badges, patches, and buttons, both...
Giancarlo, I was pleased to read your response on cuttlebone....Thank You. Years ago there was a dilema in the keeping of brackish water Puffers, as their bony...
Color discrimination deficency affects males about four times as often as females. Females have two copies of the gene whereas males have one. It is ...
... I ... I would take that "more colors" to mean that women on average can better differentiate betweem two similiar but subtly different colors than men. I...
As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I added two small powerheads (600 liters per hour) to my tank to provide water movement (they are on the left side...
yes Nim and I think you are right. I think it is best to use a high wattage non soft light bulb. Ironically I just bought some yesterday (unrelated to the...
This is kind of off-topic, but women DO have better innate color vision. My other hobby is restoring cars, and I do my own painting. I've discovered that my...
Giancarlo, it is a 75 gallon tank with some plant life. i agree I should wait, I think I am just getting edgy to start, sadly, the ONE THING THEY TELL YOU...
Bob, what have you been feeding your snails? Is there anything else in the tank with them? How often do you change the water? Joanna, LMD with a 10 gallon...
I wonder if it is truely females see more colors, or if men just don't care...red is red isn't it. TomR ... ===== Thomas G. Reagin, O.D. 104 Church Street ...
You mean every time my wife and I read a different value she's right?? I don't think I will let her know about this thread ;-) I'm fine with reading...
<You mean every time my wife and I read a different value she's right??> Rite, now the thread is really getting scary. My other half also never agrees on the...
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