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From:SA
Registered: Oct 2003

posted 10-22-2003 01:37 AM         

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I am busy with my tanks cycle, so I got a filter with charcole which circulates the water, but I had problems with keeping the filter in the water, so what i did was I took little stones from the garder, washed them off and put them ontop of the filter, will these stones do anything "bad" to the water?

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From:St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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posted 10-22-2003 10:05 AM         

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you should boil them first just to make sure there isn't anything on/in them that well hurt your fish

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posted 10-22-2003 07:17 PM         

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You should be o.k. but keep in mind that some rocks/stones will effect the ph. Example: limestone,shells. Maybe you could attatch your filter with suction cups. What kind is it?

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From:SA
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posted 10-22-2003 11:00 PM         

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It is a small little charcole(if that is how you spell it) filter that sits in the corner. The stones is like litte pebbles.
What else can I add to the water that won't change the PH?

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From:arlington,TX u.s.a.
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posted 10-23-2003 08:10 PM         

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are you using aquaclear filters? because mine do that too and my solution has also been stones.That is a major flaw in their design, sometimes when mine floats up like thar it also leaks everywhere!

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posted 10-23-2003 10:57 PM         

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Yes exactly the same is happening to me, just another thing, why isn't my neons that I have in my thank that is in it's 3rd day of cyling dieing? I also had them a previous tank with another fish that died because I did have any bacteria ect..

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From: Indy
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posted 10-24-2003 07:14 PM         

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Neons are not a good fish to cycle a tank. You need to cycle your tanks with a fish that is more hardy.

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