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55 gallon (upstairs) tank

So I went ahead and broke down the 55 gallon tank upstairs with all the algae issues and redid it as a walstad natural planted tank with LOTS of plants, and left a lot of bunch plants floating on the surface to help diffuse the lighting, and some hornwort as well to […]

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Black Hair Algae

I haven’t been following this thread completely. Has anyone suggested Hydrogen Peroxide for the treatment of hair algae?.
Go here.           http://http://tinyurl.com/kuohfk
This works well, but, it’s not a substitute for eliminating the cause of the problem in the first place.
Harry
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Any safe tank mates for the Angel’s?

Okay is there any safe algae eater that I could put in with my 2 mated Angel’s in their 55 gallon? Or maybe a bottom feeder? I dunno… Bigger snails maybe?
Amber

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Black beard algae

Okay so I have a fake silk plant that has black beard algae all over it. I have tried washing it in the dishwasher twice (two different settings and placements), and now it’s soaking in a bowl of bleach. How do I get this stuff off? It’s like glue I swear.
Amber

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Moved the Angel’s into their own 55

My angel’s appear a bit… lost so to speak in their new tank. They aren’t fighting any, but they just swim around slowly looking for something, I’m not sure what they’re looking for They didn’t have eggs in the 125 gallon so they shouldn’t be looking for that. Perhaps there’s […]

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Live food suggestions please

Okay my severum seems mad when I feed him anything other than frozen foods, so I was going to try getting some live foods for him, are there any suggestions to start with that may appear tasty to him? I used to feed my oscars worms and such, but I want something to […]

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Amber, need to know? Rams and incoming fish

I didn’t ask Amber????   From Where?  From Whom?   Need to ask now—————I might have to do the same thing! Details of sale?  You liked the seller?  Easy to work with? Time?  From order to delivery?  Cost of shipping was reasonable I think to what I’ve seen so far.  Was it right to […]

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Lenny

Okay Lenny what were those suggestions you gave me for water conditioners that also take care of heavy metals? I want to find someone online who’s willing to ship it to me on my fed ex account, heck maybe one of you guys might (no hints there, really, LOL)
Amber

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Rams and incoming fish

I have too many fish to put into a 10 gallon for quarantine as I made a large fish order should I go ahead and use the 55 gallon that I set up this weekend as a walstad tank? The cycled media is still in another filter and the tank is only lightly planted until […]

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Snails and seachem flourish products

Here was my answer from seachem when I asked if their products are safe for snails.
Hello Amber, Yes, when used as directed, the Flourish products are completely safe for use with snails. Seachem Support 10208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seachem Laboratories, Inc. 1000 Seachem Drive, Madison, GA 30650 888-SEACHEM […]

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