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  1. s.cheeks

    What gender is my Shubunkin??

    Hello all,, Does anyone know of a way to determine the gender of a fish by methods other than color, pattern, finnage or size? See, the thing is, I have 2 shubunkins, and i bought them almost a year ago. their "birthday" is december 14th, which is the day i bought them from the store. Be sure to...
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    Possible to change the substrate?

    I'm new to the whole saltwater tank hobby (if thats what you want to call it) and i am in the process of getting a salt water tank (ugh now i have 4 fish tanks in my room? lol) i just wanted to ask if you guys and girls don't find it odd for me to be asking questions for a freshwater tank on a...
  3. s.cheeks

    How much do your fish eat?

    That's alot of money to spend on fish food. my fish are PIGS! (well i guess i should give them a break, since they are 6-7 inches long) My Shubunkins killed off a 4 oz. can of fish pellets in a month. But then again, that only costs about 2-3 bucks at wal-mart hehe
  4. s.cheeks

    terometer

    I wouldn't use a sticker thermometer, mostly because if it decides to quit working one day for some odd reason, they are a royal pain getting off (especially if it had been on an old fish tank which has been sitting around for a few years! i had to use a brillo to scrape the thing off!) I use a...
  5. s.cheeks

    Getting off to a bad start

    Wow, that sucks to have your tank break like that. But it is good that it is being replaced at no charge to you. Hope everyhting works out well for you and please do post some pics of your new tank (that hopefully wont break again)
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    Possible to change the substrate?

    Thanks for all of your posts! But i should of mentioned this before, the tank with the green gravel in it is one of my freshwater tanks and not my salt tank. I have had the tank set up wih the green gravel in it for about a year and i think it was a bad choice for a color since algae likes to...
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    Possible to change the substrate?

    Hello all, Thank for taking time to read this. I have a tank which has green gravel in it. i was thinking of changing it to a diffrent substate for the aquarium floor, but i do not know if i could do that without harming the biological system of the tank. Is it possible to change it and add...
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