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will enter your system (mainly through the air). By using some, a mix, or all the methods mentioned above for introducing and boosting beneficial bacterial growth, you will realize a progression, growth of bacterial populations that will result in an increase at first of ammonia, then compounds called nitrites (made by bacteria converting, adding oxygen to ammonia), then in turn nitrates (made from further adding oxygen to the nitrites by another group of bacteria). This process of converting ammonia to nitrite to nitrate is termed nitrification. It is the principal way aquari

If "Brand B" does not perform quite as well, but is affordable, always in stock, is well supported by the manufacturer and can be sold for a respectable profit, many more retailers will choose to carry it. Remember that this is a business, first and foremost. If your store is run by a hobbyist and carries all of the latest high end equipment and is a hang out for all of the local a

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Some of the basic elements that should come to mind for big systems include: Filtration, Lighting, Dcor, and Husbandry. Providing adequate biological filtration is surely the most daunting of the aforementioned. Aquarists familiar with pond-keeping and aquatic gardening are at a decided advantage here. The cultivation of nitrifying faculties for a large marine bioload is fundamentally not unlike keeping koi and other pond species. One

They are fairly small but powerful for their size and they come with a wide variety of accessory parts to fulfill any special attachment needs. The suction cup option for holding these pumps in place does not work very well. They tend to lose their hold after awhile, but this problem is not unique to Aquarium Systems pumps, and is true of most pumps (and he

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julesangel posted a reply:

hi guys...
since you all wrote that....

ive cycled water, tested ph again ..tried nearly everthing you al suggested(thanks by the way)

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Common Cichlid Diseases
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Need help with DIY Moonlights
I'm looking for ideas to put moonlights in my 30 gallon Eclipse system hood. Where you guys get your Moonlights from, I check Canadian Tire & HD, they don't have it and BA and e-bay costing a lot. Any ideas how to make them or places to get them from. Thanks!.