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im startting a marine tank with research?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

ive had my freshwater tank for about a year and its a 55gal but they used to be in a 30 gal, should i stick with that or up to a 40 gal. I am definitely getting at least 2 bangaii cardinals. im getting live sand and live rock, is live rock and coral the same thing, i dont think so but my dad does. im trying for a pistol shrimp and a black ray goby for the symbiosis effect, im sure they should all fit in their with a sea anemone. would these fish and anemone work out?
ok so no to the anemone, and im doing great with my other tanks and i didnt really ask anything about coral besides if it was the same as live rock, which i already knew it wasnt =P looks like im done with that extra months worth

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Using black sand as a substrate?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

I have a ten gallon tank that currently has some blue standard aqarium gravel. It is freshwater, but I would still like to change the substrate to black sand. So how would I go about that? It is the home to a male betta, 3 cory cats and two ghost shrimp. Would I have to catch them and toss them in a bucket with the tank water and then scrape out all the gravel and add the black sand? Would my tank have to recycle even if I used the same filter and plants/decoration?

Also would it be okay to just get black play-sand and rinse it in a pillow case and then soak it for a week?
Okay, I can get the aqarium sand, but were would I keep my fish for two weeks?
Okay are you sure I don’t have to recylce? I know a lot of people don’t know what they are talking about, but I trust you as you usally give awsome advice. I am going to check around on some various fish forums just in case(:
Ooo I like the idea of having the gravel on the bottom and covering it with sand(: But eventually I might get a khulie loach or two and I think they would be surprised when they went to burrow…

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Need to change my fish and decor out. 55 gallon freshwater tank.?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

Right now I have large gravel and a bunch of cichlids. I would like to change it over to a sand floor, some live plants and some small non agressive fish. Ideas and links would be great. There is just so much info out there, I don’t know where to begin to look. I have double filtration going from the top, a heater, thermometer, 4 air stones going, and of course lights.

I am going to rehome my cichlids this weekend, and give the tanks some time to adjust to the change over from gravel to sand before I start adding in new fish. Need low maintenance ideas. As in, once a week at most. My boyfriend is partial to ghost shrimp for a clean up crew. I am not too sure about them. I know guppies are colorful, but want to stay away from guppies, and mollies. Danios I have had before and liked the coloring and activity level. Any other ideas? What do you have in your tanks?

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Red Cherry Shrimp on black sand in dwarf hairgrass

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin| 21 Comments

Red Cherry Shrimp grazes on a black sand in a dwarf hairgrass lawn
Video Rating: 5 / 5

lively. endler norman’s lamp eye cherry shrimps orange shrimps green shrimps ottos.

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How much will this cost?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by admin| 11 Comments

-live sand
-live rock
-3 sea snails
-3 hermit crabs
-1 sea slug
-3 frog spawn corals
-1 blue oscillarius clam
-1 yellow polyps coral
-1 white flower pot coral
-1 banded cleaner shrimp
-1 green bubbletip anenome
-1 green bubble anenome
-1 small toadstool coral
-1 small leather coral
-1 small orange mushroom coral
-1 white sea crab
-1 blue fin damsel fish
-2 tank raised percula clown fish

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