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April 29th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Guess Who's Back?
Yeah...me!
I haven't been on in AGES. I've been busy with stuff in real life and finally it has calmed down and I want to get back into my hobby. I have a Dwarf Gourami, Pearl Gourami, 3 Glowlight Tetras, 3 Bronze Corys, and a BN Pleco. I was wondering if I should add anymore? I want to...my tank isn't really lively. I'm also saving up for a new light hood system and after that I'm going to add live plants. But I still need some ideas on decoration. I just have a piece of driftwood and some rock caves beside it but it looks pretty bland to me. Any way, or techniques, I can make the tank look natural? I am probably going to get another piece of wood because the wood piece I have is already pretty small.
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I have an idea that I don't know if it will work. Is PCV pipes ok for aquariums? 'Cause I was thinking of putting some in the gravel you know, to make instant tunnels for the Corys to go around and/or sleep in. Would this work? If not, is there some other non-toxic material I could do the same with?
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April 29th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Welcome back! I think you'd have room for a few more corys maybe.  If it's been cleaned under hot water and dried, I think some new PVC pipe would be good. |
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April 29th, 2008
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Welcome back Oblivion,
Pvc pipe sounds like a good idea.
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April 29th, 2008
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Welcome back, was wondering where you were
After cleaning PVC pipe is great for tanks. You can even make it look different by covering it with aquarium safe silicon and rolling it in gravel or sand.
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April 29th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
Welcome back, was wondering where you were
After cleaning PVC pipe is great for tanks. You can even make it look different by covering it with aquarium safe silicon and rolling it in gravel or sand.
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Alright! Sounds cool. Is there any easy way to take out gravel and change it to sand? 'Cause if that's too hard for me, I might just put some sand here and there...mainly by the plants, so the Corys can dig around. Where can I get such sand?
I think I might get 2 extra Glowlights and maybe another or possibly two Corys? Sound good? |
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April 29th, 2008
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ID master
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Who's back? I don't get it.  Welcome back.
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April 29th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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i tried putting sand in just spots for the cories to play in, but they loved it so much, that they mixed it all in with the gravel after a month.
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April 30th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rileyrk190
i tried putting sand in just spots for the cories to play in, but they loved it so much, that they mixed it all in with the gravel after a month.
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Really? Sounds great then. Where can I get aquarium-safe sand? |
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May 1st, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oblivion
Really? Sounds great then. Where can I get aquarium-safe sand?
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Pool filter sand is the easiest(it doesn't have to be rinsed). Any place that has supplies for pools will have it.
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May 2nd, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oblivion
Really? Sounds great then. Where can I get aquarium-safe sand?
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I bought it at Lowes in a bag. I believe it was meant for plants? I boiled then added it after it cooled. If you add it to an existing tank, i found putting it in a completely clean zip lock bag, then getting it close to the bottom and releasing, makes the water less cloudy. |
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May 4th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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I think I am going to slope my gravel from left to right, placing my driftwood and rocks at the bottom of the slope and putting sand there; then I'm going to put the plants in the background. Hopefully it will work out good and look pleasing.
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May 4th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Welcome back! You should post some pics when you finish everything |
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May 6th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Thanks =)
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