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I’m sad to say it, but if it were me, I’d be afraid to use it. Argh, so close!

Send him to the "doghouse", which may happen to now be transparent, and sized at 72x18x23,

If you treat the new tap water in a separate container with prime and add the water to the main tank afterwards, yes. If you do a 5g water change and use a 5g bucket for a water change and use water conditioner there before adding to the tank, dose the 5g in the bucket, not for the tank volume. Otherwise, if you add the prime and new water directly to the tank, you directly dose the amount for the whole tank volume, not just for the changed water part. https://www.seachem.com/prime.php

I wasn't sure whether it made more sense to put in Experiments or Journals, but here we go... Did anyone else become mesmerized by the new Neocaridina color form showcased a couple months ago in a post Cory made on YouTube with a video linked to Chris Lukhaup's video about the "Koi Sunburst" Neocaridina davidi shrimp? Well, I, for one, was hooked. Since I live in Europe, and these shrimp had already been imported to Germany, buying them and shipping them into Spain was super easy. I just had to free up some tank space, decide on my budget, and find a time they were in stock. Finally, about 10 days ago, I made the leap and ordered a group of 15. All 15 arrived today in perfect condition, and, let me tell you, these shrimp are top-notch and the company was terrific to work with. I'm beyond excited to have these little gems in one of my tanks. They are highly variable, but all very attractive and photos & video from Chris L are representative of the strain. My photos will be added below. Currently they are in a nano tank with some Heterandria formosa juveniles and a juvenile teacup platy (the last of my group that all died in late winter😢). My plan is to move back the killifish & platy back to my 10 gallon Hf colony and split the shrimp into two groups between two tanks. At least one of the female shrimp even arrived berried, so I am already excited for the possibility of shrimplets in the near future. I am thrilled to see the vibrant colors & patterns these Koi Sunburst shrimp produce. I’ll try to keep y’all posted.

I wouldn't recommend using that tank

im not so worried about the left edge there with the silicone, but more the right hand side where the chip is splintering out. i would be very leery of that tank.

I have 7 of these and they are great. They do clog. If you have an air compressor, the quick and easy is to use a barbed fitting on your air nozzle, attach a 3 or 4 inch aquarium airline hose between the nozzle and the collar. I use 50-60 psi and it is cleared; flow is back to new. Be sure to pinch the airline at the collar as it will blow off due to the pressure. Happy Fish Keeping, Gary

Browsing through Pet Bazaar. Mom & pop shop. Many snakes! And amphibians. Snowball pleco Tigerhead pleco Peppermint? Camo Pacman Frog

You can do that. Personally, I dose for the whole volume of the tank when I do a water change regardless of the amount of water I’m changing. My thought is that cities can flush lines and perform other changes without notice, so by dosing for the whole tank I give myself a bit of a buffer against those unknowns. Prime and Complete are safe up to 5x, and I’ve never had an issue dosing for the whole tank volume.

Until recently I rented out the basement as storage space. Our house was larger than Hubby and I needed. Storage tenant is leaving.They stopped paying rent so space available now. So I decided my fishroom-s needed to go downstairs to make it easier on me. Currently they are two converted spare bedrooms. One room still partly what used to be my dressing room. It’s now dual dressing room that is not working well as a dressing room and a squished in fishroom. When I put out my tote for water changes and bucket I siphon out used water there is no room to walk. It’s a step careful and try not to trip situation. I get water by running a hose through the house from the kitchen and used water goes out the window or to the bathroom down the hall. I store my buckets in my bathtub because I’m out of room. Very inconvenient and requires moving them every day to shower. Working in my rooms means everything I’m currently using for whatever fry hatch setup sits on the floor in front of tanks. I bought rolling shelves but they don’t roll over the throw rugs I use in front of each tank to protect the carpet. The house is split level so rooms are above the garage on the second floor. The basement is actually the first floor. This is the basement. 13’ x 26’ plenty of room. 😃 My Hubby ❤️ and friends from Smallworld Aquatics are helping me. One is a contractor. The challenges The room hits 44 in the winter. The HVAC was not installed correctly by the houses first owners. It was an attempt at finishing the unfinished basement. The foundation stone stick uncovered 3 inches into the room and works like ice packs. The garage is not insulated and drafty. We run a heater in the garage over winter to keep the pipes from freezing (they froze and burst one year) The only plumbing down there is hooked to the washer. No faucet available. No drain other than closed sewer line the washer is hooked into. 3 plugs wired to a circuit containing mainly outlets outside, in the garage. And my laundry room. Not usable in capacity for 20 plus tanks. I bought the electrical supplies to run more sockets my breaker box has room for more breakers. I bought the flex duct but they were out of boots the size I needed. Gup is learning to HVAC 😲 Hubby bought the paint and flooring. He also helped me get the first coat on. The insulation board will be delivered Saturday to cover the exposed foundation concrete This party has officially started 🥳 Flooring, utility sink and beautiful island Hubby surprised me with ❤️

So I just picked up a 125 off Facebook. I am a completely impulsive and impatient person, but I want to do this one right. First things first, I need to build a stand with very basic skills at carpentry. I've got 16 - 96" 2x6 pressure treated lumber, and just need to get some plywood. I'm thinking something nicer in plywood since it will be in my living room. I've got most the occupants thought out 6x apistogramma nijsseni "panda" 6-8 x super red/long fin albino bristlenose, person in my club has ancistrus "Rio Ucayali" might use these just to keep it more biotopie. 10 gold laser corydora 50-75 cardinal tetras I want to do a blackwater scape with some amazon swords and maybe some anubias, they are really grown onto the wood I have. I also want to use a lot of terrestrial plants out of the top. How do I keep the plants secured out the top. I already have burle marx philodendrom, monstera, pothos, and wandering... do I need to just make sure wood sticks out of tank? I live in the Seattle area and out of tap I'd around 6.5 most of the time. I'm thinking of doing blackwater with just a crap-ton of crushed coral in the filter. I will be using a fx6 and maybe a fx4. Mostly because I have both. How do you determine how much botanical to add. And if you start without fish can you just load the tank up? This is my first journal and value any input. I want to encourage colony type breeding while also doing it only for the joy of it.

Keep calm and don't panic Structurally meaning will the silicon hold the panels together, the tank should be fine. The biggest worry, is there a hairline crack which will grow over time. However the tank may leak and clearly that is a problem. The issue is, it will be difficult to patch up as silicone will not adhere to cured silicone. But if you were already going to reseal it, no worries about the old silicone. I would reseal the tank with black silicone. Go to your local Grainger and buy some 1" aluminum angle stock. Silicone this on the outside corner of the tank, I would do both front corners. Paint it the same color as the wood trim. On the inside, add extra silicone around the chip area. I would embed some fiberglass drywall tape into the silicone. Then cut a small piece of the aluminum and stick into the corner chip area. Cover it with more silicone. If you tape it off to get clean lines and use black silicone, it should look OK. After you repaired the tank, find a place where it cannot cause any damage and fill it up. Let it set for a month or two. Don't give up, you may be able to salvage this tank! Come on, you "repaired my hydronic heat system that could actually explode my house", you can fix this tank! This is an old school tank, adding corner frames kind of fits the tank. On sumps, I show you mine if you do the same 🙂 I am not an expert on sump, if I was I would not have to keep rebuilding them 🙂 But I can help on what not to do with sumps. I will post a video of this sump running tomorrow. You can do this!!!

I would trash that tank. I would absolutely not use it. Years ago I had a chip on the edge of a 60 or 70 gallon tank (Don't remember). That tank held water for a year or so, until one winter night at about 1am. I heard a crash and the sound of water running. I got up to see a crack going from the "chip" all the way down to the bottom of the tank. The pressure of the water pushed the water out of the tank and all over the floor. Unless you want something like this to happen to you, then I wouldn't use it. My guess in my case, it was heat and cool cycles on the glass, even tiny heat cycles (water changes and temps in the house). Over time a small crack formed and then one night, the pressure of the tank spread it across the tank all the way to the bottom. Consider it the same as your windshield on your car. Get a stone chip in the window, don't get it fixed. Eventually moisture will get into it or the wind blowing against it will cause it to spread.

My teenager just suggested flex tape. 😅 Teenager quote: "It can literally patch a hole in a boat while it is sinking I don't see why it wouldn't fix an aquarium". Kids these days. Don't worry, I am not going to flex tape it.

Honestly, it could hold water reliably for the next 20 years. Or it might blow out in 15 minutes. I wouldn't put it somewhere that a blowout would do extensive damage.

You can drill into anything with the right drills for your drill driver.

I have no idea what a glass panel would cost these days considering the price of everything else. But it wouldn't be impossible to put a new panel in. If it's used and of the vintage of faux wood trim (my 125 is that vintage), you should probably reseal it anyway.

Easy now you have a new project replace the piece of glass and replace the silicone.

Came here to say this. I’ve used some old tanks many, many times before, but I wouldn’t use that one, sad to say. 😢

Final update just to close out this topic. I did the last Ich treatment on April 6, so it's been a bit over a week. One more of the tetras wound up passing, leaving just one that I moved to a new tank because it seemed incredibly stressed (hiding all the time, not eating, etc), but seems to be a bit better on it's own for the time being. The corys and betta are doing great! The fin damage the corys had is mostly gone and they are so enjoyable to watch playing around the tank :) Thanks to everyone for your help!

One thing you could do is take a sample of your tank and tap water to a local fish store along with both your test kits they usually have a machine for testing. My store did this for free. My api master kit was the same as theirs my api test stripes ph was way off I put it in the trash. The time on the api master nitrate test is important along with the shake. Here is a good youtube on how to do it.

Got the heater. Big box store this time due to convenience/location. This!! Made me happy. See what the bucket says? This is progress from what we usually see. Right @xXInkedPhoenixX? #babysteps And then just for fun, I took pictures for @Guppysnail And then this creepy guy/gal! Whoa!

I'll second the window theory. The olive oil photo appears to show a window across the room from the aquarium. The algae doesn't require direct sun, just bright natural light. I have the same issue in one small corner of one of my tanks. That corner gets a few minutes of bright indirect light each morning.

Thanks, I needed that but I don't think this fight is worth it. Right now I am just trying to steer things in a way I can end up happy in the aftermath.

Your first shrimplets are super fun! Wait until you see one that’s as big as an eyelash. Super fun! Congrats!

Funny I just took one yesterday. I'm pretty sure this is a male.

That would make sense. The API test obviously seems more precise I just can’t believe there’s such a huge difference lol. Would the API test be reading high for some reason or is the test likely accurate? Now I feel like I can’t use the test strips😂the stress! Haha

I find the same thing with the ACO test strips. I basically never get a nitrate reading on those, but the API test always registers nitrates. Anywhere between 10 and 80 based on the tank. Based on the fact that my tanks are well seasoned (been running for 4 years), I KNOW I have nitrates, I have tons of plants in my tanks, AND I dose fertilizer I personally trust the API test when it comes to nitrates.

I've gone down the rabbit hole of airlift pump injectors. I really like them over airstones Here's a brief on summary of my research so far The two main groups are radial injector and axial injector. Radial injectors are like the easy flow and and swiss tropical jet lifter. A bunch of holes that pump air in a radial pattern. Great flow in middle of tube Axial injectors i think are like jetlifter mk2 (its says no holes on their website so that makes me think it has to be axial). Axial injectors have no holes but are a pipe over another pipe. Great flow at pipe water interface and helps shear viscous friction Both axial and radial have similar performance but the axial may be less prone to clogging. Some people actual combine them in a dual injector setup to get the advantages of both Im currently working on one called an annular venturi injector Basically a axial injector that necks down to form a venturi. Supposedly this is the best of both worlds from the research papers i found. Should have some 3d printed parts this week to test.

Well, the syringe with airline tubing is the way to go! Here’s what I’ve done: -Pull the air collar out -Soak in a cup of vinegar -Hook up the airline tubing and draw the syringe back. It will create a vacuum and pull vinegar through the collar -Push HARD on the syringe -Repeat a couple of times -Move the air collar to a cup of water and repeat to rinse out the vinegar. If you pull the collar out of the water with the syringe full of water and push, you can see the jets of water. They all meet in the middle of the collar and collide. Pretty cool to see how it works with the assistance of water. -Pull the syringe out of the cup of water. Repeat with air a couple of times to flush the collar. -Rinse with water. -Reinstall. So glad I saw this suggestion! Super quick, and I’m confident the collar is fully clear. Update: I’ve gone around and done all my air collars and they’re like the day I took them out of the box! SO GLAD I saw the syringe and airline suggestion. Worked like a dream!

Caught this little large mouth bass with a net in my back yard! Currently about 1 inch long and have him in my 5 gal tank. (BTW, his name is Boomy) Here's a video of him on my youtube channel JS Fish Tanks Any feeding ideas? I tried frozen blood worms but he wasn't interested. I dont think hes big enough for feeder guppys yet.

4 to 6 weeks useally @Gideyon. I would buy some all in one ferts from AC.

Crenicichla sp. Xingu I AKA Orange pike from Brazil A certain online seller who steenfott regularly makes videos has stocked them before

I'm thinking about some water bugs I see around the pond I got him from

Those shrimp are super cool! I hope you have success with them

Thank you very much !!! I’ll take some new ones soon.

It really only happens at night. I will add a fake lov cause i have it ank it fits

Actually looks like it gets light from the window

I don’t regret buying it. It is good but over kill and if I had to do it again I would probably just get another aquaclear. The good news is that when I upgrade my tank to a bigger size this and the sponge filter I have with still be enough filtration.

Anubias might be able to grow. Not sure about the crypts because I’ve never tried crypts in low light setups. Anubias, buce and moss will be able to grow in low light

I would suggest a few things to make life really easy for you. 1. Have your family setup totes. Just get the ones that are sterilite from target or home Depot and set those up somewhere. Right now in Cali, you don't need a heater, thankfully. You want to have your family setup the tubs with air stones and lids just to get things "moving" 2. Take your filtration media and keep it wet. Put that into an ice chest in bags or however you need to do it to keep it cycled. You can also get a big bottle of something like seachem stability for pretty cheap and use that on hand when you get to those tubs. 3. Bag up your fish, they go in the ice chest as well. 4. Regardless of moving anything else that is all you need to have for your fish themselves to move. You can take your hardscape and you can take plants and that stuff too, but it's not a priority so to speak. 5. You ship the fish or drive them, then you would acclimate them like anything else when they arrive in California. Add in your filter media to the bottom of each of the totes and then just let the fish have the "pond life" for a few weeks. 6. Break down and setup the tanks and move everything you need to. This is where you can replace tanks, merge tanks, and so on if you need to as well. Getting a uhaul or something like that for moving all your stuff would be very helpful and the fish can make that journey with you as well. It's a trek for sure, but it is absolutely possible. If it was me in that scenario, I would ship the fish and have totes like that setup as holding tubs.

Regardless of what we call them, I believe they are an intricate part of why this tank is so alive.

I have a bunch, but when they over populate I just put and algae wafer in for around 15 mins then take it out with all the snails.

Bought my first batch of fish from a partner store C-MACS in Charlotte NC worth the drive to get them will post pictures in my blog thread when lights are on

I went from two to probably over a hundred now. They don't seem to bother anything. Most don't get big for whatever reason. I usually just take a bunch out every time I water change.

Tank maintenance. Oh the joys. Especially when it’s HOB filter maintenance day. All that work to clean the tank… to make it look pristine and crystal clear… only for your freshly maintenanced HOB to kick out a bunch of gunk and send it swirling through the tank when you turn it back on.

You can keep the population in check (and by that I mean slow the rate at which they populate) by reducing how much you are feeding the tank, or at least not increasing the amount you are feeding to compensate for the new residents right now. Ramshorn don’t create a huge bioload. However, you added quite a few. Keep an eye on your water parameters keep the tank clean. The beneficial bacterial will increase as the snails grow, but you’ll want to make sure you don’t have any ammonia spikes initially due to adding so many. You should be ok though.

This makes sense to some extent. It depends on what stage the plant is in at the moment. Aquarium plants are Usually grown with their roots submerged but their leaves out of the water (emersion grown). other plants are grown submerged completely in water. Emersion grown plants are air breathing still, and when submerged they must be converted to submerged leaves . Usually by dying back completely and growing new leaves. By putting the plastic over the tank they’re just converting the tank into a terrarium to conserve moisture. Giving the roots a bit of a chance to develop before attempting full submersion. It gives them a bit more energy to draw upon when converting. Less chance for plant failures. now if you already have fully submerged plants, this will work in reverse and cause the plant to try to re adapt to air growth. Draining energy from them twice, cause then you’re going to resubmerge them again. if you knew what stage they’re in, you could do the terrarium growth. But tissue cultures may already be converted. So that wouldn’t be helpful to you.

I added the mop in to there tank last night. They were very interested in it but their first thought was that it was food. They all took are least one bite at it. There weren't any eggs in the morning and no real signs of spawning behavior. Maybe they haven't fully matured yet. One of my favorite cooking YouTubers recently revealed that he's a fish nerd too and has started doing aquarium related videos. He has one aquarium that's a river bank using insulation foam with a river running across the top. It's really cool because he has vampire crabs on top and it's like a floating island: But I'm tempted to try something similar but I don't have a fully formed idea yet...