Congo puffers

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supersean wrote:Ll I started cycleing my Tank and going to put clown loach or zebra danios
:scared:
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eieio why did you use that icon and not clown loach i messed up i mean black kuhli loach and how do i fix my tank the sand made it cloudy
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supersean wrote:eieio why did you use that icon and not clown loach i messed up i mean black kuhli loach
are you using live fish to cycle that tank?
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supersean wrote: how do i fix my tank the sand made it cloudy
Time, and water changes. You could run your filter with some filter floss in it
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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yea and what about the cloudy tank
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did you wash the sand?
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i didnt wash out the sand and i put in some api water clarifiers i mean sand
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then its going to be a while, do some water changes
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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you messed up a clown loach and didn't wash the sand? :?
you didn't wash out the sand and you put in some api waterclarifiers you mean sand? :?
have you bought any fish yet?

to all: does anyone else have a clue to what is going on here? :shock:
as for the Congo Puffer, i'm :scared:
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eieio wrote:you messed up a clown loach and didn't wash the sand? :?
you didn't wash out the sand and you put in some api waterclarifiers you mean sand? :?
have you bought any fish yet?

to all: does anyone else have a clue to what is going on here? :shock:
as for the Congo Puffer, i'm :scared:
i didnt know i had to wash out the sand i put some api water clarifier in to make it not cloudy and i mess up on the clown loach thing ment black kuhli loach hope i cleared t out and it will probably be a long time till congo puffers will be in stock and on my last post i messed up and said i didnt wash the tank when i ment sand and at the end put the sand
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Sean, Not meant as an insult but just so we know what we're working with here, how old are you? Is English a 2nd language for you?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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I'm 14 and englishh was my second language
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xrayjeeper83 wrote:i like pool filter sand better the play sand
Why?
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pool filter sand has bigger grains which keeps it from compacting as bad, and i like the color better. It was only 10bucks for a 50lb bag
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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