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  1. Fishless cycle

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    I want to do a fishless cycle ... so I went a shopping for amonia..

    The only thing I could find was NN household amonia / purchased at Super store / there is no list of ingrediants so I am assuming it is pure amonia.... is anyone familuar with this?

    Thanks in advance

    Try shaking the bottle like a maniac for a minute. If there is no or very little foam, then it should be safe. Usually the no name ones are better. The fancy brand name ones add extra stuff.

  2. rare or rarest cichlid

    in African Cichlids

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    I am working on getting some really rare vic's. It will be species that most likely does not exist in north america at all. Taylor, the first one is Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae, I know you want this one :) . They do exist in the US but I have never seen any for sale.

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    Second is Haplochromis sp. "broken bar", a peaceful beautiful species that lives in deep waters in Lake Victoria. The fish has only been collected once and that was in 2003. I am trying to bring in F2's or F3's. As far as I know there is only a handful people in europe that keep this fish.

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    Third is Haplochromis thereuterion. An open water cichlid from Lake Victoria that is very similar to Cyprichromis leptosoma in both appearance and behaviour. As far as I know only a few people in Europe keep this fish. Young fry are very sensitive and difficult to raise.

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    Fourth is Haplochromis sp. "red back scraper". This fish has only been found once (1991). One holding female was collected and all fish currently available descends from this single female. It is believed to be extinct in the wild.

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    There are still some details that need to be worked out but I am very hopeful to get these within the next few months.

  12. Aquaterra Background Advice?

    in Do-it-yourself

    Posted · Edited by patrick

    I'm in the process of setting up a 20 gallon shellie tank with an Aquaterra background and I would just like to know if I'm on the right track. I guess I should mention that I'll only be using an external canister filter on this tank. I've already cut out a spot for the main intake in the bottom right corner. I've inserted a grill into it and will back it with a piece of foam to keep anything but water from getting through. I'm going to drill the filter outtake opening at an angle near the top left corner where the background sticks out to try and keep it as unobtrusive as possible.

    Now for my questions. I've noticed on Patrick's tutorials that he also has an overflow/skimmer cutout in the top corners. I'm just wondering what the purpose of this is? Is it absolutely necessary to add one in a tank this small? or do you think I will get enough water circulation with just the large outake I have already added. Thanks for any help.

    Hi,

    It looks great so far:) No you don't need the overflow. I added it because I needed to make sure enough water would allow to pass into the back of the background. Instead of have one huge grill or two smaller ones further down I chose to use the overflow instead. The overflow is also good in case the bottom grill gets clogged up and the pump will empty the water behind the background faster than it can pass through the grill. When this happens the water in front rises and the more it rises the more goes through the overflow. In your case you will be fine as you have it setup now, unless you are running an FX-5 lol

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