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    interfering in Wlamart fish sales

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by Ingo

    One inch of Freshwater fish per gallon of water is accurate but goldfish have a much higher metabolism. For all goldfish the rule is 7 gallons per inch of fish. Yes, even more than salt. And I certainly don't want to offend anyone here BUT, using fish to cycle a tank is murder, even a "feeder" gold fish. A life is a life (no, I don't go to church).

    It's more humane to just pee in the tank once a day for a week (and no I am not kidding), the ammonia in your urine will cycle your tank.

    I feel people in stores should be taught correctly when they misinform customers.

    Help / Advice on Aquascaping

    in New to the Hobby

    In the back under all the rock i have a shelf of lighting crate like you see in the LFS. Then the base rock above that is tied with plastic ties. Then the rocks on top are aranged lose so that I can move them if needed. Has worked well for me for over ten yeasrs in this aquarium.

    Ingo

    Aquarium Center

    in Vendor Experience

    Right away you should tell us what is wrong. not just 2 thumbs down. Not very helpful. I have been going there since 1986 and only had a problem once with customer service.

    And what do you mean by only 15 minutes away? Away from what? That store, your house?

    I live in Dale City and have not heard of Exotic Aquatics.

    Thanks.

    Ingo

    MH vs. T5

    in General Discussion

    You guys need to stop comparing lights, etc. with Germany. I am confused here in the US. I am German living here in Virginia. In Germany I had MH, here I tried something else. Whenever I visit and talk to my reef buddies in germany I see the same division of MH and T-5

    any reason not to decapitate aitapsia?

    in General Discussion

    Welcome to H E L L ! Got them too. It is my understanding that when cut they will just multiply. For seven years I had a copperband butterfly and no aiptasia. When he died they came back with a vengence. I bought another copperband but unfortunately it died after four days. Now I have one more butterfly, see how he will do.

    MH vs. T5

    in General Discussion

    For years I have been running power compacts on on side of my aquarium and VHO's on the other.

    I have not been happy with the power compactsd performance, price and longevity. For the past three months I have been looking and learning about other lights then finally decided to go with metal halides.

    Looking at all the input here now I am not so sure anymore. I seem to favor T-5's now?

    Call me confused.

    Left frozen food out overnight

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by Ingo

    There is a formula out there for this by a man named Murphy.

     

    If the cost of tank inhabitants exceedes the cost of replacing the food, toss the food. If the the inverse is true go ahead and feed the tank. :wink:

     

    Sorry, I couldnt help myself....Murphy usually plays a big role in anything I do.

     

    John

    Good one.Murphy has no algae either. We are suffocating in it

    Fragging Zoanthids

    in Propagation and Breeding

    Bob,

    When you add a reply scroll down on the reply page until you see "File Attachments".

    Click on the "browse" and your computers pix files should open, click on the pix of your choice and it should

    go into "file attachments" then click on the right "Add this attachment"

    if that does not work then resize your picture.

    Ingo

    Water change technique

    in General Discussion

    I run a garden hose from the Aquarium to the shower. Gravity feed works fine. My make up water is sitting higher than the sump. gravity feed with a one inch hose.

    30 gallon water change in about 15- 20 minutes with little or no hands on.

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