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+1 on the pestle and mortar. Very easy. 10 dollars from Walmart. I use it to powder up freeze dried black worms as a high protein fry food. Takes about a minute for a weeks worth of powder.

This is the way every ram I've ever kept goes. Nothing I've done medicinally has made a difference. I'm sorry

Not the link I was looking for as it was more informative, but this has all you need about PP. http://www.bidka.org/pp1.shtml

Yes and yes. The filter media will contain a whole pile of snail eggs. Remove your media and have a look, a clutch of snail eggs looks like an always wet drop of water stuck to something or other with a few little specs inside. Think of it this way "if tank water could touch it, than a snail laid eggs on it" mystery snails can lay eggs almost as soon as they hatch and they reproduce asexually. One snail will become thousands. PP absolutely kills your bacteria colony. I tried other methods of snail removal including commercial snail products such as had a snail. These contain copper sulphate and in theory kill molluscs and invertebrates. My snails survived it and so did my ghost shrimp. The vegetable in a submerged baby food jar overnight thing works to controll the population, but for me that was not enough. Let me see if I can dig up the info I used to learn about pp. I'll repost soon

Hydrogen peroxide neutralizes pp. and in 8 hours hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen so it's a great way to set your mind at ease. The proper way to use pp is to make a stock solution. An example is 1l mixed with enough pp until you cant see through it anymore, but yet it is still pink / purple. Then to use this stock solution like any other med or bath at a safe dose. A stock solution lasts for 6 months. You can get it from any pharmacy, by asking at the counter. It's nasty stuff so it is borderline "controlled" they ask what your using it for,take your name, and then give you enough to kill a small city for 8 dollars. Lol. You can also find it at a hot tub / r/o filter store for significantly higher prices. It is used in manufacturing as an industrial dye. It is extremely effective at turning your fingers purple / brown. Do not inhale, ingest, or get the dry powder in into your eyes etc. In aquaculture it is used as a bath to treat external parasites, similar to a salt dip but more tolerable depending on the fish. As a plant dip, it's very safe. Use whatever quantity makes you happy for a few seconds. A rinse in tap water until the rinse water no longer runs pink, and your now snail free. When I had snails, the largest deposit I found was inside my filter, and gravel. Getting just the plants will prove pointless.

You will never eliminate snails by removing them. Ever. Period. You can only "control" them via removing them and natural predation. I had snails... Like an std really... A friend gave me some plants and it escalated from there. To get rid of the snails, I removed all my fish and dumped in a container of potassium permanganate and let it soak for 12 hours. The water was brown, way past purple lol. Plants, and, filter, gravel everything got that soak. Drained, rinsed, drained again etc. re set up and now have 0 snails. Last time I take a ride from a friend...

I don't think a pea puffer would be a good idea... They need space for exploration or they get bored and can basically die of boredom. They are frighteningly smart fish and one needs to keep them entertained for them to do well. I would suggest a dwarf aquatic frog. They are pretty cool. Just make sure you don't get a clawed African frog. Look the same when little, one turns into a giant!

I don't know if you have a planted tank, if not I would get some plants in there, also a light to support the plant. Something like a naja grass is a good nitrate eater that does not need soil to root. Also I recommend moving the heater to the same chamber as the return pump.

Very nice. I'll be placing an order soon

My oldest one has had condensation in it for several years. It's got to be 10 years old now. Still works like the day I bought it.

I run a pro 2075. In use for about a year now and I've had to buy a new impeller for 50 bucks (old one cracked inside the housing during a power brown-out) and a new hose mount piece (50 bucks again). New it was amazing and fantastic and sparkly ... Then it started building air pressure inside it whenever I did maintenance and tried to restart it. I've had to add a double tap (80 bucks) to the return line to allow air to get out thus keeping the siphon alive when re-starting the filter. When its operational it does a fantastic job. I have a hard time filling it with media there's so much room, and it flows very well. When it needs something my wallet screams like a little girl.

If I'm not mistaken the bottom glass in a water aquarium is tempered. Much more expensive yes, but way stronger.

For myself, I've made the switch away from hob's to... Well anything else! Internal, canister, sponge they're all better and quieter than hob's and you'll never see one choking on air after a power outage.

The last thing you want is an aquarium worth of water to explode onto your floor.

Hello aa people's. Just wondering if anyone out there has used a plant food supplement from seapora. I read very good things about it online, but I cannot find anywhere an ingredient list. I want to use it in a tank with inverts and so if it contains copper it's a no go for me. If anyone has the product, could you take a look at the label and get back to me? Thanks

Sil industries sells a 50lb bag of nice beach colored sand for 8 bucks.

Letting the water age causes it to release much of its dissolved co2. This happens over a short period of time whether it ages in your bucket or your tank. As the co2 is released the ph changes, sometimes by a lot. The way to check to see if you need to age water is this; Fill a glass of water and test its ph right away. Right it down. Let it sit 24 hours then test that same glass of water again. If the ph change is small then you don't need to age water. If its around a change of 1 point that's a big change for your fish to endure (twice) with each water change you do.

I recommend renting a u-haul... For about 40 bucks you'll get the truck you need. Recruit some friends and feed em pizza. Everything done for under a hundred smackers... Just my opinion I suppose.

A problem I see is your not vaccing the gravel.... An incomprehensible amount of organic waste accumulates in there in a very short time... Yes gravel is a home to beneficial bacteria so cleaning it too well is a problem but, you will never clean it well enough to kill your bb without exposing it to chlorine or other chemicals. Vac that crap! And vac it good... Better yet, eliminate it altogether .... With discus it is impossible to keep the tank clean enough with gravel in it....bare bottom or no discus as an example. Just saying.

Spixies don't get along we'll with other snails. Go get safe guard, it's a dog de-wormer and it worked wonders in my 10gal dwarf shrimp tank. I still have nuisance snails in there. The safe guard got rid of hydra and planaria worms, but left the snails, shrimp, and plants in perfect condition.

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I use Purigen with my discus. I can say that it does a fantastic job of absorbing organic waste in water. Purigen holds onto particles of organic material (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate mainly) leaving the water very clean. It does not, nor does any product replace water changes however. Since starting with purigen in my canister (I also run filter floss and always have) my water has had a noticable clarity improvement and now my Wet kids are always in the mood for lovin... (Very clean water is almost all it takes for discus to spawn) I Do not use carbon, as rumurs are that it can cause Hole in the head for south american cichlids. It's very expensive, but it is a quality product.

In my opinion; I'm thinking that a 5w would give enough light at a low ceiling such as a 1 gallon, would be okay for 1 low light plant. At least worth a try. Trying to think of places that might carry a stronger light that would fit the socket I come up with appliance places, specialty/contractor electrical stores... Good luck

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My guess would be they will be fine. If you feel you must do something, a water change will introduce air into the water. Of coarse you need to match your parameters etc, but you already know that part.