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Substrate of crushed coral. Toss in some minerals from marine salt or wonder shells, Stick to water changes of like 30% once a month and you should be good.
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On 3/23/2023 at 1:02 PM, CJs Aquatics said:
Thank you @Cory, I’ve never chased parameters I just recently thought perhaps I should take a closer look as I have suspicions things were shifting a bit and causing various things to be negatively effected. I feel a bit better now actually I appreciate you, I’ll just do more maintenance and that should help with stability.
There's probably bigger gains in water cirulation, filter media, foods you feed, light schedule etc. 😉
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I would do nothing. Optimizing water is like optimizing your silverware drawer. I guess it accomplishes something... but often times it won't make a difference in your life.
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Here is the presentation I did on tubs today 😉
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International Benefits are a challenge. Its no secret that people in the USA where our main business get a few more perks. That being said there are some other benefits. Like you can download the shrimp posters from our members only item section on the website after you sync. I've given away shirts and hats and such in Germany and the Netherlands at events to members. Same would happen when I do a show in Canada.
We hope that over time we find more ways to do international benefits. That being said it is difficult but that doesn't mean we don't try to think of new ways to make it worth your while outside of the speakers.
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I recommend using sponge filters. Most first time summer tubbers are sad at the end of the season when they didn't make any babies, cause their water pumps were eating them.
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I myself also only ever treat the full dose. If a disease could be treated with less medication in the water, that would be the normal dose. The type of scales a fish has doesn't affect the potency of meds in my experience.
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I use 55 watt UV sterilizers on My 800 gallon and Elmer's tanks. I also just installed these on our warehouse sumps as well. Them seem reliable enough, priced well I feel and you can find the replacement bulbs easily enough. https://www.amazon.com/Jebao-STU-Stainless-Steel-Clarifier/dp/B0115MS7RY/ref=sr_1_24?crid=2LM2SLGNWS2N8&keywords=pond+uv+sterilizer&qid=1679343256&sprefix=pond+uv+sterilize%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-24&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840
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This is like shampoo bottles, lotion bottles etc. There will be product at the tip of it. You can dissolve it in water, this can be your aquarium. You could shake out the excess after pumping etc. I find a quick soak once every few months is the easiest?
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How are you harvesting out of the jug? I may have to start up some daphnia myself. I haven't really played with them since I moved to this house and I have no chlorine in my water. It seems a shame to not try and work on it
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I think the trick on these ponds to prevent the bowing in the middle of the long sides. Outdoors you use Rebar through all the boards a few feet into the ground. Inside, I'm not sure what you'll use to keep it from doing that.
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Yep, they're Jurupari.
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Some fish definitely perfer flow. Careful though as a dog who likes to swim in a swimming pool can only do it a few hours per day. Make sure there are plenty of slow spots in the tank for the fish to rest.
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Thank you for continuing to post your favorites 😉
I have booked a trip to China to film the markets and a farm tour. I also booked 3 weeks in Europe to go film as well. Also I'll work on releasing some more Lizzie aquascaping content 😉
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You remembered correctly. I was supposed to go to one. I don't have anything planned for October yet, but I will be in Europe in August 😉
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Yeah, as of like 2-3 weeks ago, they were cleared to come back into the country with the farms we buy from. Previous attempts had failed. So we can get back to using moss balls 😉
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Should be a-ok to use em together.
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Looks awesome. I think Bowls are underrepresented. A bowl done well always looks awesome.
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I'd probably go with 100 watt heater myself. I like having smaller heaters as if they fail I have more time to catch it. I also think 100 watts with a glass top will probably do the job for ya. I wouldn't put anything under the tank, usually that hurts hardwood floors by trapping water, where wood to wood dries out better in my experience.
As for the aquaclear, I'd say with the smaller HoB, as you're going with a sponge filter as well. I think you won't get much improvement out of the larger HoB unless you decide to go with fish that love very fast moving currents down the road.
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I'm going to make this simple. There are multiple people in this thread that are fighting with each other. I can solve this by banning people if I need to.
A correct response would be: I'd try maybe some Malaysian trumpet snails, or corydoras, maybe some loaches. You could try a red lizard catfish, and others will chime in with more suggestions. Just a btw I found it easier to keep my tiger barbs in a larger tank long term. (speak from your experience, not from what they should do.)
Easy as that. They can come back with more questions or ask for more help. I know I can keep 11 tiger barbs in a 10 gallon tank with tankmates for probably their entire life, with auto water change, live foods. Heck I believe I could spawn them as well. We don't know if this is a 1 day setup,a 10 year setup, if they have 100 years of experience or they are just a troll. But it is our jobs to treat each as someone genuinely looking for help with their question asked. I don't see anywhere it was asked if 10 gallons was enough for 11 tiger barbs.
I've locked this thread and will be on the lookout for anymore behavior like this.
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The bulbs are nutrients storage, they get consumed while establishing roots, if not enough nutrients or buried too deep they rot. I think this is a case of planting them and letting the roots establish. Do you have tweezers? These should be easy to plant with a set of tweezers.
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I'd bring the bulb up so it's 50% in the substrate and 50% below. A tank shot might provide a better overall look. Perhaps the plant is being shaded from the light a bit. Are you supplementing the plant with good tabs as it's a heavy root feeder to replenish the nutrients in the bulb.
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On 3/5/2023 at 10:15 AM, Squirrely Dan said:
I recently got a co op CO2 regulator and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I have the regulator hooked up to a freshly filled 5lb CO2 cylinder.
I get everything set perfect so it's running at about 2 bubbles per second, and a few hours later, I check it and the CO2 quits flowing all together.
The right gauge still reads about 750psi, and the left gauge slowly goes from 35psi to zero after a few hours. Then no more CO2 will flow, no matter how far I turn the regulator knob in.
Double checking that you have the solenoid still plugged in. I assume you do, but incase you don't, co2 only flows when the solenoid has power. Shoot us an email shipping@aquariumcoop.com and we can trouble shoot a bit more and send out another if we don't identify what the problem is.
I want livebearers so BAD but I have soft water.
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I've used 1 teaspoon per 20 gallons after water changes with success.