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livingart

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  1. you could use 10mm i said 12 to give extra safety factor you could silicone in a small triangle in each top corner
  2. best you may be able to do is water changes to give a cleaner environment
  3. if your going rimless on 2 foot deep I'd go to 12mm
  4. might not be a hammer
  5. besides the spelling mistakes i am glad it meets your approval
  6. http://thegab.org/Goldfish/goldfish-nutrition-part-1-the-natural-diet-and-digestive-processes.html
  7. you could try that once it stops dying back it will dry up and be easier to get off
  8. correct, you need to ensure the infection, or what caused the shrivelling of the tail is stopped
  9. the dried section looks similar where that meet the rest of tail is there a redness all the way around tail?
  10. you may need antibiotics to stop spread then let rest shrivel completely their tails are designed to break but can be hard to remove from an animal that is used to handling
  11. a pic would be good to help get a better idea of it is the doctor in the house?
  12. had that happen in a mangrove brackish water set up too much organic matter in the sand that came with their root system
  13. so long as tail is not a bacterial infection from a scrape it may be just left to dry out some questions how did it start? was it looking like a graze to start with? any signs of damage at start of die off? skin ring left after shed constricting tail?
  14. have a look at this it may help if not ask away on here http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=55152&hilit=gecko+tail&start=0
  15. marine DSB minimum depth is 4inch recommended i have 3+inch and it seems to work on tropical and cold system
  16. not only inverts but also microscopic life burrows through and turns over the sand this ensures that the aerobic areas of the DSB are turned over frequently supplying more oxygenated water and nutrients to feed the bacteria in this zone the same process also turns over the sand in the anaerobic areas, which frees the nitrogen gas trapped and allows more nitrate rich/oxygen deprived water to enter the zone for bacteria to feed on
  17. fishless cycle produces an indeterminable amount of bacteria so how do you know how many fish to add to produce enough waste to match the amount of bacteria present in the tank or is it just a case of bung a few in and hope you've got it right if you don't match it up properly will you get a die off in your bacteria instigating another mini cycle
  18. they aren't smart it's just cupboard love
  19. so you are better to cycle with a few fish and water changes then
  20. how are your water parameters and when was your last water change
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