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General Planted Tank Discussion
05-20-2010, 07:22 PM
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RO/DI water and planted tanks
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790
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Erloas
The problem with the waste water, and why they...
The problem with the waste water, and why they say you can't use it, is because it has everything that was removed from the regular tap water, just at a lot higher concentration.
If you waste 20g...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
05-20-2010, 07:18 PM
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Help! My plants are dissolving!
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1,091
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Erloas
You could run a mix of tap and RO water and not...
You could run a mix of tap and RO water and not have to use any other chemicals to bring hardness of the water up a little bit.
Water doesn't really "like" being very pure, it is most stable when...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
05-20-2010, 01:01 AM
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Red plants going green
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835
Posted By
Erloas
Well I'll give a bit of anecdotal evidence. ...
Well I'll give a bit of anecdotal evidence.
I've got some sunset hygro that that was pretty much completely green, almost no red on it at all. A week or two ago I took some trimmings to my moms and...
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The Lounge & Introductions
05-18-2010, 07:08 PM
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Improving PC gaming performance
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464
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Erloas
Its not even a question, it is the integrated...
Its not even a question, it is the integrated video card. There really isn't anything you can do about it in terms of upgrading, you just have to get a new computer for gaming. Since you already...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
05-12-2010, 01:54 AM
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A few question regarding taking things from lake/stream.
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571
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Erloas
potassium permangante possible? As for...
potassium permangante possible?
As for taking stuff from the wilderness... its not illegal. You might find a few national parks where they don't let you, but mostly to keep people from destroying...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
05-02-2010, 11:52 PM
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Foster and Smith, CK code w/ Seachem
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2,367
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Erloas
Thats too bad about the XP3... I was going to...
Thats too bad about the XP3... I was going to pick up another one, but now I'll have to go through all of the canister filters again and see which one seems best for the price now. I knew it was too...
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The Lounge & Introductions
05-02-2010, 02:59 AM
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Need help with Ubuntu please
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Posted By
Erloas
I assume you have another working computer, all...
I assume you have another working computer, all you really need to do is download a copy of Ubuntu and you should be able to reinstall it yourself. No need to take it to someone else to do it. Dell...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-30-2010, 03:26 PM
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Time to Plant PH too high
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348
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Erloas
pH makes very little difference to most things. ...
pH makes very little difference to most things. A few fish are fairly sensitive to pH, but I don't think most plants are. Besides, the change from 6.4 to 7.0 isn't that huge. As long as you don't...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-26-2010, 03:57 PM
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You Don't Do That, Do You?
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796
Posted By
Erloas
Eh, if you pay attention you'll notice there are...
Eh, if you pay attention you'll notice there are a lot of implied words in the way english is actually spoken. They're words everyone knows should be there but are just left out because everyone...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-23-2010, 07:15 PM
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Whats the best gravel/soil for plants?
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680
Posted By
Erloas
I've heard good things about ADA aquasoil as...
I've heard good things about ADA aquasoil as well. However I've also heard that a lot of things will work and in the end there isn't much of a difference between them. The ada stuff has more...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-23-2010, 02:42 PM
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Our information is being used for marketing
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14,961
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Erloas
Do you happen to use the same user name on...
Do you happen to use the same user name on facebook? Its not hard to write a script for a bot to scour a website for information... that is after all what every single search engine does. It picks...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-22-2010, 06:54 PM
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4
Should I be concerned?
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196
Posted By
Erloas
If you've cycle the tank correctly you will never...
If you've cycle the tank correctly you will never see any ammonia or nitrite spike, thats kind of the point of the fishless cycle.
If you are heavily planted you don't even need to do the fishless...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-22-2010, 06:45 PM
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22
What kind of water do you use? RO?
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553
Posted By
Erloas
You can use RO water, but for the vast majority...
You can use RO water, but for the vast majority of people, regular tap water works just fine.
Personally I wouldn't go through the additional hassle and cost of an RO unit unless there was a...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-22-2010, 02:07 PM
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Transmission going...
Views:
895
Posted By
Erloas
One thing with insurance, have you checked with...
One thing with insurance, have you checked with local insurance companies instead of directly with the major companies? The small companies provide insurance through a lot of the big companies, they...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-22-2010, 03:32 AM
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Transmission going...
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895
Posted By
Erloas
Well anything older then about 2002 is going to...
Well anything older then about 2002 is going to be hard to find from someplace you can get decent financing with.
Its probably better to go into a bank and see what you can qualify for for a loan...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-21-2010, 06:01 PM
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24
Transmission going...
Views:
895
Posted By
Erloas
Well the thing about this list is that it will...
Well the thing about this list is that it will change based on the year of cars you are looking at. Clearly Toyota isn't nearly as perfect as some people thought for instance. Nissan also had some...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-20-2010, 03:12 PM
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NPK, CSM+B for regular/potted plants
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316
Posted By
Erloas
I just use my water from my water changes to...
I just use my water from my water changes to water my plants. I figure the whole point of EI is that you have more then is being used, so there should be some left over. I take the first bucket I...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-12-2010, 09:09 PM
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47
Poll:
How do you view your job?
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1,624
Posted By
Erloas
Its a nice idea, but its really hard to do. For...
Its a nice idea, but its really hard to do. For one, jobs pay more relative to how hard it is to get people to do them. So if you have a job a lot of people would really like doing they general...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-12-2010, 08:37 PM
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47
Poll:
How do you view your job?
Views:
1,624
Posted By
Erloas
I would say 1. My job pays well, is fairly easy...
I would say 1. My job pays well, is fairly easy overall, but isn't really that exciting. It only kind of has to do with what I went to college for, and I'm sure there are more interesting jobs I...
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Photography
04-12-2010, 01:57 PM
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34
What is a good camera?
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1,604
Posted By
Erloas
I've got a canon powershot (don't know exactly...
I've got a canon powershot (don't know exactly which version off-hand, its about 1-2 years old) that was in the $100-150 range. It does a pretty good job, but for any close range pictures you really...
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Fish
04-11-2010, 02:18 PM
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5
Stocking Ideas for 50g
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532
Posted By
Erloas
Harlequins are bigger then what you were wanting?...
Harlequins are bigger then what you were wanting? They are pretty small fish, smaller then the peppered cories by a bit and probably about the same size as your amano shrimp.
I really like my...
Forum:
Fish
04-09-2010, 02:27 PM
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17
Female bettas in the community
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1,158
Posted By
Erloas
Both my parents and I have community tanks with...
Both my parents and I have community tanks with ammano and male bettas and there is no issue there. But of course the ammano are about as big as the betta.
I don't think a female betta would have...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-09-2010, 02:18 PM
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5
swimming pool for a planted tank:)
Views:
453
Posted By
Erloas
Well the issue with the swimming pool is there is...
Well the issue with the swimming pool is there is no good way to limit your light. I've seen a few swimming pools that are really good at growing algae, so I'm sure they could grow some plants as...
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The Lounge & Introductions
04-08-2010, 07:00 PM
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17
Poll:
120 Gallon for a 50 in Plasma?
Views:
1,013
Posted By
Erloas
Not sure any more, but I know plasmas have more...
Not sure any more, but I know plasmas have more issues with aging then LCDs. And if it were me, living where I live now, I would trade right away. Mostly because I live at 6000 feet and plasmas...
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General Planted Tank Discussion
04-08-2010, 01:46 PM
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22
help my new discus arent looking good
Views:
1,086
Posted By
Erloas
Drip acclimation is where you have a small hose...
Drip acclimation is where you have a small hose siphoning from the tank that is mostly closed off so the water just slowly drips from the tank into the fish's existing water. That way the water they...
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