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10 gallon Freshwater Aquarium

Sandra Bing — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:34:47 +0000

Residents: 3 Zebra Danios, 3 Gold Danios Cleaning Crew: 3 Amano (Yamato / algae eating) shrimps, 1 male Red Claw Crab Plants: Anubias Nana (dwarf), Java Fern attached to bogwood, Marimo (moss) ball. Filtering is carried out by an airpump driven undergravel filter and a 80gal/h hang on back power filter. Heater is a 50W submersible. CO2 is pumped in every now and then via a DIY CO2 generator (water, yeast, sugar combo in a 2.5L soda bottle.) Diffuser in the end of the air line is a plain, round, bamboo chopstick. To keep crab zealots happy one bogwood reaches out of water surface, and a table spoon of evaporated sea salt is added in every few water changes. Infamously, red clawed crabs are escape artists. My crab, Houdini, as his name suggests, now live in a hot glued, old vertical blind cutout reinforced full hooded tank. The light in the hood is a 18W, 8000K fluorescent light strip.

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75 Gallon Fish Tank August 13th, 2011 Update

Sandra Bing — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:47:56 +0000

Just an update since I added the angels today. Tank is just about done. Just want to add a few livebearers to keep the interest of the bala sharks. They like fry. Don’t forget to check out my other videos www.youtube.com

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OG 20 Gallon FreshWater Aquarium

Sandra Bing — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:18:19 +0000

1 & 1/2 year old, freshwater, Tropical Fish Aquarium. Includes now 6 Tiger Barbs, fake plants/grass, real rocks, and DIY background, black gravel, and with a bubble stone. Had other tropical fishes, but, plannin’ to upgrade to bigger tank soon.

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What do i need to set up a 100 gallon aquarium?

Sandra Bing — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:44:22 +0000

I am buying a 100 gallon aquarium with the stand, light, and hood for $125 which seems like a good deal. I am undecided on if i want it to be freshwater or saltwater. I have been researching but there is so much information that i don’t know where to begin! What do i need to start a setup and what is the average cost to maintain it? Any suggestions???

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How to start Start 10 gallon saltwater aquarium?

Sandra Bing — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:39:41 +0000

I have a 10 gallon aquarium that i would like to use as a starter saltwater aquarium for practice for a little bit before i turn my 55 gallon aquarium into saltwater. Does anybody know how to go about this? I know barely nothing. I know that you have to use a hydrometer to measure the salinity. But how would I do it. Whats the best/cheapest salt to get and whats the best starter/easiest cheapest starter saltwater fish to get? Clownfish ?

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Tips On Keeping And Breeding Discus Fish

Sandra Bing — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:43:26 +0000

Ideal for breeding discus fish are 20 or 30 gallon tall fish tanks. You should provide some vertical surface in the tank (e.g.: inverted flowerpot) that will enable them to lay their eggs.In order to provide some shelter for the pair you could add some potted plants to the breeding fish tank. They can be kept in bare tanks but benefit from bog wood and plants as these help the discus feel safe knowing they have somewhere to hide. If they get stressed and scared in a bare tank they can dash around and hurt themselves. Use some sponge filter for the filtration system to handle the biological load. Also required is a outside power filter which picks up any waste that might be in the water.Discus fish come from the calm warm waters of the Amazon River and prosper when these conditions are replicated in the home aquarium. For both general maintenance and breeding of discus the pH should be maintained between 5.5 and 7.0, the temperature between 83 and 86 degrees F.Water changes should be performed weekly. However a small water change should be done every day, or every second day. Frequent water changes increase appetite and promote mating activity in discus. Notice that discus will often spawn after a water change!If good water quality is maintained the discus will have large appetites and should accept any food offered to them. Spawning discus should be fed frozen blood worms, beef heart, frozen or live brine shrimp, live white worms or Tetra Color Bits. In order to avoid parasites invading the tank you should never feed live tubifex or black worms to discus.A “happy” breeding pair will lay eggs every week for a period of about 4 months. Usually discus will go through two of these spawning cycles in a year. The female will lay around 80-400 eggs and then the male fertilises them. It can take between 48-60 hours for the eggs to hatch and another 60-72 hours until they are swimming freely. Immediately upon becoming free-swimming the fry will move to their parents sides, and start feeding off them during this time. The fry will feed off their parents sides for as long as you leave them together, however they should be offered small foods such as baby brine shrimp. You will notice after about 3-6 weeks that the parents will be exhausted, also the fry will be growing fast. It’s a good idea to remove them at this stage.

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75 Gallon Aquarium NEED Suggestions

Sandra Bing — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:57:32 +0000

This my new 75 gallon aquarium that is going through a “fishless” cycle and I need feedback. I’m thinking about hosting a semi-aggresive tropical tank. Let me know what you think!

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