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Baby Angel Fish

I have a couple of nice Angel Fish in my 65gal aquarium that have laid eggs about seven times & each time they have ate all the eggs. On March 6th thought I would give them a hand - I removed the Amazon Sword leaf that they used and put it in a breeder tank with no other fish in it . Only about 20 eggs hatched and are 11 days old now. I was feeding them frozen bbs for the last few days , not sure if they are eating much of it ??? Today I went out to my local pet shop & bought a…

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Added by thefisherman15 on March 17, 2013 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

new vid check it out :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjyCtdFji5Y

Added by Austin Graystone on March 16, 2013 at 10:51pm — No Comments

New sand and Gravel, + Filter improvements...maybe!

I just love spending ages pouring loads of water over new gravel or in this case sand to get it as clean as possible for my beloved aquarium, perhaps just a tad of sarcasm in that part of my blog post. Anyway onto the filter, I don't know if I've caused any potential issues but I've just removed the "check ball" from the intake strainer of my fluval 206 external, and all that seems to have happened is the outflow speed has increased quite a bit for doing so, had a little ponder and during my…

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Added by Alan Kirkup on March 16, 2013 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

starting over and regrouping

I have been out of the hobby for a few years. Having kept tanks and fish most of my life. I knew it would only be a matter of time. When my two year old asked for a fish. That was all the incentive I needed. I have a number of tanks just stored away. I pulled out a 20 G LONG. And took a cut and dry approach. Gold fish were my go to ...

They are attractive fish. Hardy and cold water lovers. They would be the show peace. No need to aqua scape. What would be the point. Gold fish have a…

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Added by BRAD Smith on March 14, 2013 at 10:20am — 5 Comments

We have babies

Well yesterday afternoon one of my Guppies went into labour and it looks like she gave birth to about 18 fry. I know I may sound a bit sad but I was really excited to watch her. I videoed some of the labour. I'll put it on shortly.

Mum is doing very well and eaating anything in sight. I have started feeding the fry liquifry as instructed by my local pet shop.

Added by Sue Ball on March 14, 2013 at 3:24am — 3 Comments

Michigan

Who says in Michigan I need fish buddy's

Added by Andrew Cofield on March 13, 2013 at 3:32am — 3 Comments

Setting up 20 gallon high.

It's dirted of course but couple questions anyone could help me with... For one , lighting , i know not too much because you need a balance I was thinking a daylight CFL ? And also could I put pool filter sand over the dirt or is gravel better ? Still little confused about C02 not sure if the fish would be a good enough source for the plants

And I'm a rookie any tips would be awesome

Added by Moe on March 12, 2013 at 11:39pm — 1 Comment

UV Steriliser

I've just purchased an in-line Vecton V2 UV 300 Aquarium Steriliser, and my question to you is which of the hoses on my filter should it be installed, the one from the intake or the one to the outflow. There is nothing that I can see in the manual informing of which it should be. Perhaps it…

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Added by Alan Kirkup on March 12, 2013 at 6:19pm — 7 Comments

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Added by Tony G - AquaStudent on March 12, 2013 at 11:24am — No Comments

starting first dirt tank

Let it sit for a few day's? Then add plants? Fish bout 2weeks later? Want to do it right first time!

Added by Barry j Schultz on March 11, 2013 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment

Setting up a 55 Gallon planted tank need some help!

I want to do a nice variety of rainbow fish in my 55 gallon.

Current stock is:

4-Turquoise Rainbow

3-Australian Rainbow

2-Yellow Rainbow

1-Boesmani Rainbow (local fish store ran out waiting to buy more)

What other rainbow fish or fish should I add?

Might get rid of the Australian's

Added by Anchorboy on March 11, 2013 at 10:52pm — 1 Comment

Cherry shrimp

Ware do u get them from and what price

Added by Andrew Cofield on March 11, 2013 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

Female Guppies first day in the nursery box

Well I had thought that they looked a lot slimmer but maybe it was just the light. I have uploaded a video of them before I put them in the box and then after a day in the box here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/embed/9P6votSYoeU?
No babies as of yet just lots of fish poo. I never knew they had that much waste. Ok so I'll update tomorrow or as soon as I have any news.

Added by Sue Ball on March 11, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

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Added by Nicolas Bowling on March 10, 2013 at 10:09pm — No Comments

My first blog

Well this is my first time on here. I have a Fluval Chi 25 liter tank. I have 3 male Guppies, 3 female Guppies, 2 Harlequin rose Boras. I also have 2 cherry shrimp. 2 of my Guppies are pregnant they have gotten very box looking so I have isolated them in a nursery box. This is the first time I've ever had any experience of this and I'm looking forward to watching them give birth and grow. I will post some pictures as soon as I have any. At the end of the month I'm buying a new 10gallon tank so… Continue

Added by Sue Ball on March 10, 2013 at 7:47pm — 3 Comments

juvy New Guinea Rainbow and some australians in the back

Added by zach seibel on March 6, 2013 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Just purchased an Odyssea T5 HO Deluxe 36" (6500K)

I just purchased what I linked below

Odyssea 36" T5 HO Deluxe

Based on my calculation Ill be between 25 to 33 L/in^2 which is high to very high light range.

The reason for the large range in the luminosity is due to me not knowing the characteristics of the reflectors. I do know that they're not parabolic, or V shaped. They're simply bulbs in a…

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Added by LED on March 6, 2013 at 6:58am — 13 Comments

Setting up a 90g planted tank

Trying to find some nice rocks and drift wood online but cant seem to find any. Any suggestions?

Added by Anthony on March 6, 2013 at 1:39am — 9 Comments

setting up nano reef . . . .salt newbie

setting up a 20g tall nano reef and could use some help with what kind of live stock and hardy softies i can put in it. any help would be appreciated

Added by Taylor Clopton on March 5, 2013 at 10:21pm — 1 Comment

Planted tank newbie help!!

I'm new to planted tanks!! So I need all the advise I can get!!

So I have a free 2.5 gallon tank

And the light I have is a spiral bulb thingy

7W

120V

60HZ

100mA

3000k

And HG in a circle I'm planning to dirt the tank and make a DIY co2 so I just need to know everything I need to know about planted and some plants and livestock i can keep thanks in advance!! And tips on dieting now really sure how to go about doing it?

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Added by Kavin K on March 3, 2013 at 7:12pm — 5 Comments