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John58ford
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John's DIY siphon system
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John58ford
John58ford
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John's DIY auto-temp fast/easy fill system
  • John58ford
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12
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442
John58ford
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How To Regenerate Seachem Purigen
  • EricV
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Jake8995
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If you use stress coat + PLEASE read.....
  • Shawnie
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benharmer87
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1-2-3 easy aquarium siphon instructions - video
  • capekate
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25
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g.low
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Water stain and how to fix
  • Celeste1427
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4
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41
MacZ
PlanetRock
Re-cycle tank after being treated? Some fish beat the sickness, some died.
  • PlanetRock
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1
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16
BigManAquatics
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Waste Water Disposal
  • Hush
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12
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249
EddieGWL
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10 Gallon Tank Heavy mineral concentration, solution?
  • newbietetra
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4
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47
RayClem
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How to protect garbage disposal from sand and gravel when using gravel vacuum
  • FishGrampa
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8
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51
PAcanis
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5 Gallon Tank Bleaching Old Tank (5gal)
  • Eelectric
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1
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35
SM1199
KribensisLover1
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Can I use a Python on a 3.5 gallon tank?
  • KribensisLover1
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6
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219
Noroomforshoe
Gotfeesh
Question about Maintenance fish gang...
  • Gotfeesh
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2
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51
Flyfisha
Frailty
How do you clean a tank that has plants in it?
  • Frailty
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4
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86
devsi
Monkeypoint
55 Gallon Tank Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
  • Monkeypoint
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9
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111
86 ssinit
devsi
Topping up an open top tank
  • devsi
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14
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108
mattgirl
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Chip in new tank :(
  • DKness
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9
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81
DKness
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Question: Cleaning glass with plants
  • Zid88
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1
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44
BigManAquatics
Olivia Janae
Question about cleaning
  • Olivia Janae
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1
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44
BigManAquatics
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Smelly, dirty aquarium
  • Logansmith
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11
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136
MacZ
JPH1970
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Monthly Filter Maintenance
  • JPH1970
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28
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315
Blacksheep1
KartoKartofel
Dead betta from dropsy. Do I need to disinfect the tank?
  • KartoKartofel
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4
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60
Noroomforshoe
alexk77
How do you guys vacuum your nano tanks?
  • alexk77
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4
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83
CHJ
Danny002
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Mold in Seachem Prime?
  • Danny002
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9
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314
ForceTen
mrnegi
Please help my ugly tank/Ecocomplete Precipitate question
  • mrnegi
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7
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90
PAcanis
FishOverseer909
How do I vacuum my fish tank with out getting floating plants everywhere
  • FishOverseer909
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3
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81
Chewbacca773
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Juwel Bioflow canister cleaning and the Juwel primo lid
  • cantremember
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0
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32
cantremember
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Rotten egg smell when I gravel vac..
  • Davidh9054
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10
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111
Davidh9054
Arathil
Python smelling plastic
  • Arathil
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4
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80
Arathil
devsi
[UK Specific] Large container to hold water
  • devsi
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5
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64
devsi
airdog44
Using baking soda to raise ph/kh
  • airdog44
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26
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221
airdog44
Cody
Using Garden Hose
  • Cody
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6
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99
CHJ
foxrain4
No Bioload = No Water change?
  • foxrain4
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12
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245
CHJ
MossMark
How to get bleach out of siphon tube?
  • MossMark
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2
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61
RayClem
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Cleaning Aquaclear 20 Filter
  • Amber818
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6
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114
awilkinson871
Rojizo
Aquarium becoming dirty after all my efforts
  • Rojizo
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8
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115
Noroomforshoe
devsi
Water Transfer Pump with UK plug?
  • devsi
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6
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74
devsi
Eaton
Poop in the gravel
  • Eaton
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6
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115
ruud
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Vacuuming substrate before Swapping tanks?
  • RBJL5
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6
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84
RBJL5
Potato1
How do I clean a tank after a fish dies?
  • Potato1
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6
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176
Potato1
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20 Gallon Tank Which python vacuum?
  • HKsai
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2
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102
SotaAquatics
SouthAmericanCichlids
What are Your Strategies to Keep from Stirring Up the Substrate
  • SouthAmericanCichlids
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18
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266
JustAFishServant
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Sand Vacuum Cleaning
  • ErwinVX
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1
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113
Flyfisha
darkcat
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The bigger the tank, the less maintenance?
  • darkcat
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9
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294
ruud
Empathydragon
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How to clean around small snails.
  • Empathydragon
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5
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110
WRWAquarium
Lizzbug
5 Gallon Tank Is it ok to clean an empty tank with lighter fluid?
  • Lizzbug
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24
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285
Lizzbug
Chiasmodon
How do we prevent Hard water stain?
  • Chiasmodon
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5
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109
BigManAquatics
m1kyy
White, cloudy film coating plants and gravel
  • m1kyy
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1
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122
BigManAquatics
NBettas83
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Help Cleaning Filter
  • NBettas83
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6
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175
Jonmott
CoconutTheBetta
How should I clean this sand?
  • CoconutTheBetta
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1
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174
carsonsgjs
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55 Gallon Tank Is a water softener ok?
  • inari
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13
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250
Marlene327
Rojizo
Can I introduce live rocks from river to freshwater aquarium directly?
  • Rojizo
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8
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240
DoubleDutch
1
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Rotted fish food problem
  • 1201td
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17
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199
Lucy
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Cleaning after a breakout of a disease
  • amandaurmann
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4
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182
amandaurmann
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Strange dust like particles in water column
  • dlevesque1
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1
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210
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