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From:toronto
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 07-20-2003 12:31 AM            

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Hello I am getting a new tank and I have no clue how I want to set it up so I was wondering if anybody out there has a picture of anytanks if you can sent the pic to me here or to my email adress at stone_6_9@hotmail.com. Also I was wondering how often I should do a full water change and rock cleaning for my 33 gallon piranha aquarium please up thank you.

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From:Overdarainbow
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 07-20-2003 01:27 PM         

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I only do a full water change about once a year.

Get a second opinion though because Im no expert.

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From:ohio
Registered: May 2003

posted 07-20-2003 05:42 PM         

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you should do a full water change about every 6 months

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posted 07-21-2003 04:37 AM         

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For what it's worth. Besides my normal routine maintainence every 6 months I remove all of the plants and rocks and clean them. While they are out of the tank I stir up the gravel and run an outside diatom filter. I repeat this step several times until the water is clear when I stir up the gravel. I then do a 50% water change and use Novaqua to buffer the PH and remove chlorine. I also follow this procedure whenever I am having a bacterial problem. I NEVER change 100% of the water unless I am having a bacterial problem that can't be controlled any other way. Remember when you change 100% of the water your tank will recycle, more than likely causing the loss of some fish. By the way I'm no expert either.

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From:canada
Registered: May 2003

posted 07-21-2003 10:24 AM            

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about once a month i clean the gravel using a gravel vacuum doing every inch of of the tank, doing a 25% chage at the same time.
then out in some stress coat when i add the new water

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