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Old 01-09-2008, 06:45 PM   #21
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Thank you sweetpickles. I do love the colors of the bolivian rams. I know the one LFS here doesn't have any, but I will have to check the other two and see what they have. I will be going to them later this week and hopefully get a better idea of what fish I will add to the tank after the cycle.
How often do you do water changes in your 10gal tank? I was thinking that I would probably end up doing about a 20% change once a week.
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Old 01-09-2008, 06:54 PM   #22
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Yea thats about right, maybe 25%. Flame gouramis are great, i just got my first gourami and im not 100% sure what type it is i cant find it on the net? It is a dwarf but its mainly red with neon blue strips, and is kinda pearl white in the face? I mainly just stick with cichlids but i do like the occasional change.
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:01 PM   #23
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Ok so I will do about a 25% change once a week then. Flame gourami is one of types that I was looking at getting. I was also looking at the blue dwarf gourami or one of the dwarfs that has the stripes going up and down on them. If I can find some of the bolivian rams though I'm going to have a tough decision to make

Does your flame gourami look like this? Flame Gourami
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:05 PM   #24
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Well kind of? It has vertical stripes and is kind of speckled neon blue when u get back to the tail fin. Every once in awhile ill see it in one of the 5 pictures above where it shows tanks and all different types of fish.
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:22 PM   #25
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Well just a quick update that got me excited haha. I just checked my tracking number and the estimated delivery date for my supplies is on Saturday. This is earlier then I expected it to get here
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:27 PM   #26
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Sweet! So how long do we have to wait to see a tank with water in it?!?!
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:28 PM   #27
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Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right?
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Well if I get the stuff Saturday then I should have the tank filled with water by Sunday. I have to find plain ammonia though, I went to Walmart today and they didn't have just plain ammonia. If I can find that before the weekend then the tank should have water in it Sunday.
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:35 PM   #29
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Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right?
Well I was planning on using ammonia. Is that the best way to cycle a new tank with no fish or is there another way that I should be doing it?
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:39 PM   #30
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O no, i just thought someone said u could just do it with plants instead. I have no idea how u could cycle it differently unless u have another tank setup somewhere?
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