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KMX
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 | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid  12/3/2009, 10:27 am | |
| ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it? | |
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philuponthepho
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Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:28 am | |
| - KMX wrote:
- ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?
Eww nice? Like the holey rock is fugly? lol. | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 492
Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:41 am | |
| - KMX wrote:
- ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?
Going to put the rock in the water later today...just letting it get as much sun as possible.... | |
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KMX
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Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:42 am | |
| not eww as in gross. Eww as in nice. I like. | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 492
Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:43 am | |
| Just walked past the tank and the water is starting to cloud up on my....wonder if its part of cycle or if something else is happening | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 492
Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:45 am | |
| - philuponthepho wrote:
- KMX wrote:
- ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?
Eww nice? Like the holey rock is fugly? lol. lol | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts : 6531
Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:48 am | |
| it could be from the rock. sometimes they off gas or are kind of powdery and dissolve in the water quickly if they were not clean properly. this is rare and should last long.
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:52 am | |
| - Holey Rock of Texas wrote:
- it could be from the rock. sometimes they off gas or are kind of powdery and disolve in the water quickly. this is rare and should last long.
Thats what caused mine to turn UBER cloudy. I'm doing 50% water changes for the next week b/c the site is so ghastly. I would a microcloth like Fern suggested but I couldn't find any at petstore. | |
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KMX
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Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:54 am | |
| Did you wash the gravel and holey rock off? The holey rock can be pretty dirty at times. | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 492
Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:55 am | |
| - philuponthepho wrote:
- Holey Rock of Texas wrote:
- it could be from the rock. sometimes they off gas or are kind of powdery and disolve in the water quickly. this is rare and should last long.
Thats what caused mine to turn UBER cloudy. I'm doing 50% water changes for the next week b/c the site is so ghastly. I would a microcloth like Fern suggested but I couldn't find any at petstore. the only rock that has been added is the black rocks from the pet store | |
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:56 am | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:56 am | |
| i thought you have some holey rock in there? | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
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Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:57 am | |
| - KMX wrote:
- Did you wash the gravel and holey rock off? The holey rock can be pretty dirty at times.
The gravel was washed and the holey rock that is posted above is not in the tank yet.....however i did soak it in a bleach/water solution for exactly 2 weeks and then pressure washed it 2 different times | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 492
Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 10:58 am | |
| - Holey Rock of Texas wrote:
- i thought you have some holey rock in there?
those two pieces are very clean....I have had them for about 6 years now and were in my other tank | |
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philuponthepho
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Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:00 am | |
| That's what I did too. Scrubbing it with a toothbrush makde it cleaner but it dissolved it fairly quicker | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts : 6531
Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:02 am | |
| hmmm. i suggest a water change then. how is your filteration? | |
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KMX
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Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:02 am | |
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:03 am | |
| Very good filters w/new carbon every week. Im doubling the filter recommendation. | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts : 6531
Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:04 am | |
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:05 am | |
| I'm talking about mine. But I think I interrupted cichlid manias.  | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts : 6531
Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:06 am | |
| o lol. i thought some how you too were sharring the tank sor something. lol | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts : 6531
Location : Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish: : shellys
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:07 am | |
| wow you change the carbon every week. that is a real pain i am sure . | |
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:15 am | |
| - Holey Rock of Texas wrote:
- wow you change the carbon every week. that is a real pain i am sure .
Takes 2 seconds?? All I do id take out the box thingy and dump it out and reaplce it and wash it. Literally, I can do it within a minute. | |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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philuponthepho
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Posts : 1059
Location : Arlington
Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:21 am | |
| Walmart. $5 for one of those jugs. There's not alot of carbon in my other tanks so it lasts me a month. | |
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Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
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Location : Fort Hood, Tx 76544
| | Subject: Re: 75g Cichlid 12/3/2009, 11:27 am | |
| its all good......I just am lost as to what the hell is going on.....never happened before | |
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