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hardness/buffer query by
sophie
I hope the cross-post is ok, if not I apologise.
I've posted to r.a.f.m a couple of times with water hardness queries and
am slowly working out all the chemistry I've forgotten since school. In
brief, I've got very soft, pretty alkaline water, which isn't the
world's best combination.
I would like...
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'Bad' bacteria by
Dave S
My LFS store has told me that I should change Eheim EhifiMech and
EhfiSubstrat every 8 months. When I asked the reason. I was told that after
a while 'bad' bacteria builds up and it becomes ineffective. If this is the
case, could I boil it (and thereby remove any impurities) and use it again?
TIA...
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October 28th 04 08:01 AM
by Dave S
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Fish Tank Tool 1.2 by
Neale Monks
Folks,
While messing about writing about aquaria, I got fed up having to
convert between metric and US units. So I updated my Fish Tank Tool
program to do this for me, and I suspect anyone who uses (for example)
US units but has lots of books with Metric units might find the update
useful.
1. The...
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How to install anti-snail laser guns ? by
Karl-Hugo Weesberg
You know, slugs, snails and worms are a problem in aquaria.
So I want to install a laser-gun-based security system.
How can I do that?
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ANN Aquapilot Aquarium Software for PalmOS by
Christopher Flynn
http://www.thecomputersolutionscompany.com/aquapilot.htm
Aquapilot is a complete solution to your aquarium maintenance needs. Designed for the Palm Computing® family, it can be used hands-on and on-site. Aquapilot can track an unlimited number of freshwater or marine aquariums and ponds. Aquapilot...
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Site Update by
Ed
www.fragtraders.com has been updated. all registered members will get their
own photo gallery to post their pics.
Hope to see yas there.
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Visit www.fragtraders.com
A Community for ALL aquarium hobbyists
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October 25th 04 09:57 PM
by Ed
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Filtration Sanity Check Questions by
John Thomas
Setup:
I've got a 46 gallon tank that's cycled nicely for 12 weeks. Gravel
Substrate, Plastic Plants, 6" bubble bar, and Penguin 170 Power filter.
25% water change once a week, 78-80 F temp, South American Flooded
Forest Biotope.
I've been adding in fish and invertebrates for the last six weeks-...
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Penguin 330 or Emperor 400? by
Joseph Ferenchik
On 22 Oct 2004 03:49:50 -0700, (Craig) wrote:
2. If I ran out of cartriges can i imporvise. if so with what
Providing you don't need the chemical filtration (the carbon) you can
just take it to the kitchen sink and blast it with the spray nozzle.
The filter cartridge...
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Light, heating, new fish... please help! by
Elly
I am trying to set up my first aquarium, read a number of books, FAQ,
lurking here for a while and finally totally confused by some of the
options that I should chose. I have a 29 gallon tank (30x12x18), I
plan to have low-medium light live plants and a variety of fish (for
start I plan to slowly...
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October 23rd 04 04:16 PM
by js1
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aquaria photography by
Siegfried Bäsler
Hi,
if you are interested in aquaria photography,
please feel free to visit my homepage and send me some advices,
how I can improve the quality of my pictures.
Thanks in advance.
Siggi
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October 18th 04 10:11 PM
by Ed
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Annual Tropical Fish & Guppy Show, Nov 6-7 by
SanDiegoFishes
PLEASE HELP US PROMOTE THESE EVENTS, and post this message on any fish forums
you may visit and also on newsgroups, thanks!!
Sat Nov 6th and Sunday Nov 7th is the Annual Tropical Fish Show hosted by The
San Diego Tropical Fish Society. This year the San Diego Guppy Association will
be joining us...
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October 18th 04 10:10 PM
by Ed
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new forum by
Ed
Opened a new forum at www.fragtraders.com for all aquarium hobbyists.
Stop by and have a look.
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Visit www.fragtraders.com
A Community for ALL aquarium hobbyists
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October 18th 04 07:15 PM
by Ed
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Gravel vacuum recommendations sought by
John Thomas
My tank's a whole 8 weeks old, and all the occupants are happy for now,
but its starting to build up a layer of poop and uneaten food.
Anyone have suggestions for a brand or type of gravel vacuum? Anything I
should avoid?
Thanks in advance for your opinions!
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I am NOT IMPRESSED with my NEW Vortex DFF "Freedom" Filter by
Bill
I do not know anything about diatom filters except that they are
supposed to be great mechanical filters.
What I DO know about filters is the hoses are SUPPOSED TO FIT and the
hoses are NOT SUPPOSED TO LEAK!
Here's the link:
http://www.diatomfilter.com/products/diatom_dff_filter.htm
See those...
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UV Sterlizer Bulb by
Disney Trivia Ron
I have a UV sterlizer that I bought about 6 months ago. It is a 9 watt Fouble
Hex made by Custom Sea Life. Yesterday I noticed that the bulb appears to have
blown out. I went to their web site to see about a replacement and found out
that they closed shop. This is my first UVS so I needed to...
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SAN DIEGO FISH CLUB by
SanDiegoFishes
WELCOME TO THE SAN DIEGO TROPICAL FISH SOCIETY!
The San Diego Tropical Fish Society has been meeting since the 1940s. Our goal
is to bring fish loving folks together in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere to
discuss and enjoy our passion for tropical fish and aquatic life. Members and
guests of the...
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Real-time monitoring of water by
Trapper
Hi Folks,
Does anyone use a computer to monitor their water chemistry?
I'd like to see about getting, oh, a pH electrode or other sensors,
and having my linux box or windows pc police the parameters.
-- Trapper
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FISH AUCTION, SOUTHERN CALIF OCT 3RD by
SanDiegoFishes
Okey dokey fellew Southern California Fish Folks! Here is the presentation info
for this Sundays COAST Tropical Fish club meeting. Yippee! I know a couple of
yah are coming to the meeting, excellent!
Meeting:
A few Fishes of India
One of our members, Vinny Kutty, just returned from India and is he...
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[FAQ] Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! 2004-09-30 by
Flash Wilson
Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups!
1. Copyright.
The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright
paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled
and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the
FAQs were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary...
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Open project - Aqua controler by
Pawe³ K
Hi,
I build aquarium controller with an Atmel AVR microcontroller
to control the water temperature, outflow from water filter, lightning
source,
CO2 Gas and feeding. The important measuring should be display on an LCD
Display and
stored in flash memory.
Now work:
- real time and date,
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September 29th 04 02:11 PM
by Marx
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