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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Nah, we already bought. Thank you though!
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    I wasn’t going to use the box filter itself but rather the sponge filter with the box filter’s lift tube with the horizontal “spout”. I would like to have the air take that 90 degree exit path vs straight up the co op tube, to prevent slime from forming on the tank lid. However I think this would entail drilling or melting the plastic because I’d need to find a way for the air to enter the filter as well. I think the piece could easily break if drilled, so I need to brainstorm it a bit.
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    I’m interested because I have the same box filter and was considering doing something similar.
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    2 questions: Why are suction cups so terrible? and Why is silicone so terrible? (By “terrible” I mean “temporary”) 🫤 On more than one occasion the silicone has failed me on Geppetto’s PVC tunnel. It will be great for awhile, then one day the tube will just fall, leaving the suction cup behind on the glass. This most recent repair I skipped the silicone and tried 2 scuba tank o-rings. One is around the stem of the suction cup and takes up space between the stem and the hole in the pvc. The other is inside the pvc tube and hopefully provides a boundary and friction in case the tube should want to slip. Perhaps the higher temp in his tank will cause the orings to expand slightly and perform even better. I guess time will tell. If it doesn’t work I will get him a wall-mounted half coconut shell, because I am anti- zoomed floating log. I had one of those once and it smelled horribly like chemicals! I didn’t use it. It went right in the trash.
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    Ah yes.. those ones. It didn’t go as planned. But I only saw him eat one. The other ones have lots of hides and I think they are using them. But I don’t watch the tank 24/7 so not sure. 🤷🏻‍♀️
  6. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I don’t have any more pure blue dreams; the ones I have have traits that looks like black ink spots. Why do you say “poor wild shrimp”? They are living in paradise!
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The merged tank Also a bladder snail is in there, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    @modified lung what do you make of this?
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    He looks great @Jaspyjasp!
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yep! I remember it!
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Today I combined the wild and blue dream tank. My blue dreams have some not-too-pretty traits now because I failed to cull. I am glad the tanks are combined. The 10g is now full of life and energy. The wilds have always had tons of energy vs the blues, and eat more greedily. Not sure why. I didn’t get every shrimp moved, but most. I spent over an hour. Berried females were moved with care, in such a way that they don’t leave water. The planted plants were moved too. Now I’ve been talking awhile about trying out tankmates for my betta. @Guppysnail suggested adding some wild shrimp. He has lived with 2 wild shrimp for many months, and they’ve zoomed away from him. So, today I added 10. Only males so I don’t have to worry about shrimplets when siphoning. Aaaaaaand now he’s on a murderous rampage.. 😳 I tried to put him in a breeder box to give the shrimps time to learn their new environment. But I had a good 7 degree temp difference so I had to acclimate the shrimps, which I did in a bag. Old skool. Anyway, the shrimps kept getting stuck in the bag when I tried to dump them, so I had to keep adding and pouring water from the bag. In the meantime the breeder box was tipped over and Geppetto was loose. 30 seconds in, one shrimp was swallowed whole. The others are quickly learning. I feel guilty! Although I will say he’s no longer bored-looking, and he’s using every swim through and area of the tank. Also the tank needs cleanup crew for algae. And the last lone shrimp in there now has 9 friends. I had to add this fake plant for the time being because this tank is too hot for hornwort, and the shrimps were zooming upwards sometimes and needed a place to go. Watching this tank is suspenseful now.. there are 3 shrimp hides and a cholla so hopefully they figure that out. Maybe the long time resident shrimp will teach them. I guess I can skip Geppetto’s afternoon feeding now, since he already ate.. 🦐 The Malaysian trumpet snails seem to be doing well in this tank, and I haven’t seen him bother those after the first day they were added. This whole thing was an experiment and a lesson. Can I buy fish for his tank? NO.
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    There’s a fly up there.
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    With the sharp decline of the bladder snails, a film settled on the surface of the jar. I decided to add “a hint” of air. Not sure what the plants will think of this, but I felt it was necessary. Also a routine trim of the dwarf water lettuce roots. They anchor into the sand and cause slight disruption to the substrate when they are pulled. But the roots would choke out the jar otherwise. All roots have to be inspected for snails. I found 2 or 3 and returned them to the jar. They are very easy to miss. There is some hair algae in the jar now. Kind of annoying. I remove it where I can. I have to be gentle so as not to uproot the plants. Lastly, there is a fly up there.
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    I just get it at Petsmart. It’s a pouch that is added to the HOB. If you try it, buy some aquarium salt with it. That is how you “recharge it” when it stops working. It’s not a product that is meant to be measured out, so I am not sure about your dose question.
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I love that bird. Has a great hairdo
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I got video of the pileated woodpecker who came down to a stump yesterday. We usually put seeds around the stump, but maybe he was just after bugs.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Craft mesh. https://a.co/d/0j8vqxh 👍 Here is another lid option <— click depending on what size tank you have @Chili_girl I have 2 of these and really like them.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yes, I have a recipe in my signature line (Snello 1)
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The top shapes looked too much like Squid Games; he was trying not to play.
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    No Planaria is shrimp safe. But this also applies to No Planaria:
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I can only speak to the Hygger 957. I have those on all my tanks. Here is a blog post that may help to determine what you'd need in a plant light. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/how-to-pick-the-best-planted-aquarium-light?_pos=1&_sid=27d47068e&_ss=r @Mmiller2001 or @Seattle_Aquarist may be able to help as well, as they are very good with keeping plants.
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Ahh cool. I used to have auratus. Bought it as a yellow fish. Then it got to breeding age and during the mating dance (my brother and I called it "doing the Yin Yang"), the fish went through several color changes. It was incredible! It ended with purple, and then remained purple for the rest of its life. It had mated with an orange mbuna (red zebra?), not another auratus. The orange one then tended the young, carrying them around in its mouth. Was super cool. Re: the lip locking - Prime Time did a video on this re: Bolivian rams. Same type of behavior. It is territorialism. A pecking order, if you will. Line of sight breaks and hides are a good idea. Here are 2 videos of fish rubbing together. This is mating. You can show it to your friend to see if it looks like the behavior they are observing. From what you describe it sounds like it is. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_uTjqOa7VHpcqpSL7ChH786IcFPIxgn2/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ilv45huWVZEVJa5MBRy1-lt0AQO-eCu6/view?usp=sharing
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The growth rate is astounding. 13 days since adoption.
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The 2 threads were merged together so the whole conversation is here now. 🙂
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Correct. Once it's on, it's on and will continue for the duration. There is no on-off-on cycle that it will perform within the same day. Yes. Manual shutoffs will cause the timer to "forget" the previous settings. You may wish to use a light with a simple on-off switch along with the Kasa Wi-fi Light Timer for more control. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/kasa-wifi-light-timer
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