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  2. Hello

    in Say Hello

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    HI there and :welcome:

    Congrats on the new tank!

    Too bad you're an Oilers fan. :mad:

    ... at least our cities are joining to bid on the junior championships...

    CHEERS!

    Andrew

  3. Amazon swords

    in The planted tank

    Posted

    Yeah I'm with jvision, sounds like a fern. Take a picture (if possible).

    For ferns, I leave them and eventually they'll pop off and float around and probably get sucked in by the filter. If it is a fern, you can pull it off and replant it.

    If it is a sword I would probably leave it until it got big enough.

    -Andrew

  4. busted ballast

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    The ballast is based on the type of light bulb. 33 gallon probably has a 30" 24 watt bulb... and it is T8.

    You're going to have to take it to a specialty wholesaler lighting store. Home Depot and such will not carry this type of ballast. In Calgary I would try BriteLite.

    My guess is it will be about $20-25.

    Regards,

    Andrew

  8. busted ballast

    in General Aquaria Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Golfnut

    It's probably the starter, I had the same problem, but I changed the starter and it was fixed for $3.

    Hagen lights are easy to change the starter too. Take it to Home Depot or Revy and ask them. Show them the problem and you can probably try a new starter without paying for it to make sure it works.

    Ballasts for aquarium lights are HARD TO FIND. I had to find one for a old light and I gave up. It was easier to try to find a cheap flouresent light and try to swap out the parts instead.

    -Andrew

  9. What does everyone keep

    in General Aquaria Discussion

    Posted

    I'm more interested in plants, but every time I buy a used tank, I inherit some fish!

    But as everyone knows this hobby gets expensive fast, so I try to just stick to whatever plants/fish I can get for the lowest price. I'm not that picky on what the species is ...

    I have gold fish and koi (most inherited), parrots/frontosa (inherited), rainbows (inherited), bought a bunch of tetras and cichlids.

    :beer:

    Andrew

  12. What do I do next?

    in Fish Emergencies

    Posted

    I have two clown loaches, after I moved them to a new tank with those texas holey rocks, they stopped eating for almost 2 months! They just stuck inside the rocks all day.

    I only started seeing one after 2 months, it was almost 3 months before I saw both out during the day.

    They are both happy and eating fine now.... you never know...

    Andrew

  22. I GOT EGGS!!!!!

    in S/A & C/A cichlids.

    Posted · Edited by Golfnut

    Hi,

    I have 3 hybrid parrots.  They have rearranged gravel in the entire tank, but were paying special attention to a large flat rock and rubbing against it.

    Is this breeding behavior?

    One also has something stickout of it's butt, but it's not poop (maybe not its butt?).

    But anyone know if that is how they lay eggs?

    Thanks!

    Andrew

    I just got home and there are eggs on the rock now???

    What do I do?

    THANKS!

    Post pics in a little while...

    Andrew

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