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I have a tank that I half way tore down because my fish passed away from what I think was velvet. Right now it has live plants in it. I want to sanitize the tank and set it up again. I have no idea how to sterilize the plants. I don't think simpily rinsing them will remove any parasites. Please help me.

For all the other things in the tank I rinsed them with scalding hot water and let them air dry. Is this enough?

I have to make you our hello cheer but I'm stuck. I just need a couple more lines to finish it off.

We are Tornadoes

And we say hello to you

We’re the TCHS

We’re the gold, white, and blue

So step back

And get ready

For the storm to arrive

...

Any ideas?

I have my standing back tuck, but I'm working on perfecting it now. It's pretty high. Once I have a clean, solid tuck would I be able to try a pike? How exactly do you do a pike? I know it's like a straight leg tuck, but I think it would be hard not tucking.

I can do a back handspring but my legs are bent instead of straight. It makes them look really ugly, especially when I do series. I thought maybe I don't push off with my toes enough so I can't straighten my legs. Any advice or drills I could do to fix this problem would be much appreciated.

My BHS looks kind of like this

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I want it to look like this

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I don't mind paying the $75 for the actual shoes but I was wondering what website offered the cheapest shipping.

Right now I hold each of my splits for 2 minutes. I have my right splits and I just did my left splits tonight and my center splits are a work in progress. Should I continue to hold them for 2 minutes each, or should I go longer? I don't want to over do it and hurt any of my muscles, so what's a safe amount of time to hold them? Also, how long should I hold my bridge to improve my back flexibility?

I'm trying out for All-Star cheer for the first time at the end of April. I really want to be a flyer. I can do everything but a bow and arrow but I'm really close to getting it (I'll have it by tryouts). I have decent balance, but it could improve. My questions are:

1. I stand on one foot and jump in a square 10 times and then switch feet, jump rope, and use a flyer balance board to help strengthen my ankles. What other exercises can I do?

2. Would a newbie All-Star cheerleader even get the chance to fly, or do they use the experienced All-Star cheerleaders? I've been a flyer for about 3 years.

I'm wanting to try out for an All-Star cheerleading squad and I have 2 places in mind. One only goes to competitions that are in the state and near-by, and the other one travels all over the country. I was wondering how much more would the traveling squad cost? I know prices vary from gym to gym but is there an estimated cost, or if you're on a traveling all-star team how much do you usually pay? I rounded up the cost of the non-traveling squad to be a little under $3000 a year (I think it was approx. $2700). Even at this price I'm going to have to get a job and find ways to earn money to help my parents pay for it.

I've been a cheerleader ever since I was about 6 or 7, but I was always a sideline cheerleader. I really want to be on a competitive squad. The problem is that the squads I've been on have never required tumbling and I know tumbling is a huge part of competitive cheer. I'm going to take tumbling class this summer but tryouts for competitive cheer are around March/April so I won't have any tumbling besides the basics (cartwheels and round offs and such) by then. Should I still tryout or would I not make it because I can't tumble (even though I would be taking tumbling classes all summer)? Other than tumbling I have good jumps and I can stunt as a flyer (I'm not good at basing and I'm too short to back spot). I really want to make it. I could always try out next year but I don't want to wait that long.

My goal is to have my needle by this summer if that's possible. I can do a scorpion right now and I'm working on getting it higher. I do back bends and walk in and out to stretch my back. What other stretches can I try? Also, is it possible to have a needle in 4-5 months (I stretch every day)?

I'm flexible enough to do a chin chin but when I let go of my foot it slips out of my chin. How do I get it to stay?

I've never cross stitched in my life, but I found something threads and what not to do it with so I though I'd give it a try. I don't like any of the free patterns online. I want to use a picture of my fish. How can I make it into a grid pattern? I have Paint Shop Pro 9. Will that work?

I can't decide which dress I like best between these 3 dresses. If it helps, I'm 5'2", dark brunette, and pale skin.

http://www.thepromdresses.com/images/products/mori...

http://www.findmyhomecomingdress.com/images/10_fli...

http://www.simplydresses.com/_img/PRODUCTS/320/Pro...

I think I've lost any balance that I once had. Our cheer camp starts soon and I want to try and get my balance back. I don't know what happened to it. What can I do to better my balance? I know some people say standing with one leg on a chair will help, but I've tried that and it's totally different than being in the air on one leg. Is there anything else I can try?

I can't hold my scorpion for more than a few seconds. I'm a flyer in cheerleading, and I really want to be able to do it in the air. I can't do that until I can do it on the floor. How can I be more balanced while I'm doing it?

I've had my cat for 7 years and she's never been scared of stroms until this year. Now, when there's a strom, she'll run to me with her tail tucked underneath her, meowing very loudly. Why is she all of a sudden scared of stroms?

I was wondering who scored the highest. How high have you scored? My highest is 59,164.

I've been wanting to set up a small, 5 gallon, shrimp tank. I already have 8 tanks (I'll have 10 in about a month, not including the shrimp tank), and I'm running out of space for tanks in my small house. I was thinking about putting the tank on top of my piano. We recently painted the piano. I'm worried if I set the tank on the top, when I remove the tank, it will leave a ring where it was sitting. I'm also worried it might leak on the piano and ruin it. Has anyone had tanks on pianos before? Did you have any trouble?

Does anyone here breed and show bettas? I'll be going to a betta show in June, and I hope to pick up some nice breeding stock. Then, I would like to breed them and enter the young bettas in shows (That is, if they are show quality). I'm hoping to buy some dragon halfmoon plakats, and if I can find them, some purple copper halfmoons.

So, has anyone ever entered their bettas in shows?

In the next couple days I should be receiving a trio of Japanese blue swordtail guppies. I'm not exactly sure how much I want to sell their fry for though. The trio cost me $20 but I don't know if I want to sell them for the same price. Any suggestions?

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