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  1. And the Shell Dwellers are here! They seem to be really enjoying their tank πŸ˜„
  2. Yes it is actually working rather well! I have two media bags with it inside the tank. I already have Ammonia and Nitrite spikes and the nitrates are slowly building up too. Cycle is def in process!
  3. Nice looking thank! And thanks for info! πŸ˜„
  4. Nice setup! I should try this out (my previous culture crashed), same weather for the most part here!
  5. Hello! Hope you are all well. I wanted to see if anyone had any experience doing this? I set up a tank and dont have any fish in it yet. It wont be a planted tank, but decided to throw in a saucer and a filter bag with some UNS Controsoil in it as a source of ammonia. I had some extra lying around. Not sure if this is going to work for a full cycle, but thought it may be a nice starter for now and I am already reading some ammonia spikes 24 hours later. Has anyone done this before?
  6. Was reading an article on HOB filters and saw Cory get a shoutout! Quote from article: Interesting read if anyone likes that type of stuff! I had a bad experience recently with a canister filter almost completely emptying out a 20 gallon tank on my floor (completely was my fault #usererror) and am a bit scared of it flooding my room and ruining my new floors when I'm not home, so doing some reading! πŸ˜„
  7. He watched Little Mermaid once, and now he’s posing on that rock πŸ˜‚
  8. Haha love that, super cute. They sound super engaging
  9. Hii! Yes definitely. I have a bunch of hardscape, just not sure which to use yet! πŸ˜„ Once I chuck in the aragonite ill try a few things out to see which vibe Im feeling. And that's too cute with the Multis multiplying. I am thinking I will go the multi route myself too.
  10. Love all these! I want a puffer eventually. Thinking something larger than a pea puffer but not too large, cuz there's only so much room! Haha, one day!
  11. Hi! Thank you. And I do really like the UNS tanks. The silicone work is really quite nice and barely noticeable. They do the diagonal corner cuts and the glass is super clear. They are a bit cost prohibitive at times though, especially the larger sizes πŸ˜„ I like the aesthetics of them, and since they are in my bedroom I want it all to look nice, so I do spend a bit more. After going to the big box stores to see the cheaper Aqueon tanks I couldnt do it, haha. The silicone work was a nightmare! Looked so messy! A nice in-between I found that has some nice silicone work would be the Aquarium Masters brand. I bought their 20-gallon long for my shell dweller tank. They only have black rims, so I ended up spray painting the rims to white. They use black silicone to fuze the glass together and they do it fairly clean πŸ™‚ I have a LFS that sells their tanks. (The 20 gal long costed me $85 -- though I'd imagine the nano sizes would be much cheaper. In retrospect, the 19 gallon UNS version rimless tank that has slightly different dimensions is $154.99) Thank you! I am learning as I go πŸ˜„ Also, really love the photo of your tank! One day I'll do a larger planted one!
  12. Hey all! Happy to be here! Love all the information I am getting from the site and youtube! I am a bay area native, living in the San Jose area of California! I have 3 tanks right now, with a 4th one that I've been prepping to start soon! I love to focus on live plants and creating a great aquascape. I tried the c02 route once and I wasn't a super fan of it, so I think I'll be doing low tech moving forward, but we'll see! πŸ™‚ Tank 1: Fluval Spec V (modded it by adding a 20" Finnex Planted+) (5 gallons) 6 chilli rasboras, 1 scarlet badis, 2 spiked nerites and a bunch of hitchhiker bladder snails! (I also had 2 micro crabs in there, but, havent seen them since they were added in, woops! haha) Tank 2: UNS 5N - Shrimp Tank! (4 gallons) 7 red cherry shrimp, 2 nerite snails Tank 3: UNS 30C - Betta Palace! (7 gallon cube) 1 crowntail betta (will probably get him a snail friend too. He's a shrimp hunter so not sure if he'll like other fish. He used to flare at the nerite snail I had with him in there whenever the snail would be on the front glass, but I love him.) These are my tanks! I am in the process of setting up a shell dweller tank in the next few weeks. And then have one more project tank, which I am thinking will be a beautiful planted tank with some white clouds (already have some great pieces of driftwood picked out) -- but that will be further down the line πŸ™‚ Hope you are all well!
  13. Hey all! Super excited to start my journey with some shell dwellers. Definitely need to shout out Zenzo for always talking about them! I wanted the tank to match the aesthetic of my room. I purchased a 20 gal long from my LFS made by Aquarium Masters. I ended up taping everything up and spray painting the rim white, which turned out really nice! Have the shells all ready and will be adding the aragonite sand soon to start up the project! Super excited! Think I'll be doing some Multis! Though the Gold Ocellatus's are super cute too.
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