Trailblazur

What size did they max out at 🤷🏼‍♂️

Ok thanks… guess I’ll have to do a YouTube search for c02 reactors lol 😂

Was finally thinking about adding the COOP regulator and cO2 to my planted aquarium. I’m a complete noob to c02 as far as that goes tho. It’s a 220 gallon 8’ ft tank. What do I need to consider as far as diffuser placement to maximize effectiveness🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🙏 Or I suppose I could run it through my sump for better circulation 🤔🤔🤔 I’ve only seen videos that show the small in tank diffuser, which I can’t imagine working as intended in my size tank OR an in-line diffuser for a canister, but I’m not really looking to add a canister to my sump lol I have two return pumps in my last return chamber in the sump and they push up to two return loc lines (one on each end of the tank) They are both at water level right now to help break the surface tension and so there wouldn’t be a potential humongous water back siphon into the sump. So not sure how to make this work lol. Thanks for any tips🙏🙏🙏

Any tips on the best way to attack this stuff growing on my Val🤷🏼‍♂️🙏🤔

How do you suck out all the air 🤔

Are leveling mats recommended for large acrylic aquariums? If so, which kind would be best🤔 Thanks🙏

Oh yeah, Aqua Huna has been great

Thanks!!! I’ve done lots of large water changes. No purigen are carbon though. I will go ahead and do that today. I don’t have any snails unfortunately:/

THX… I added responses to the quote above.

Thanks for sharing!! I can add a pic tomorrow. GH/KH is 7deg The recommend slowly letting the bag get up to room temp if need be. Then floating the bag to match aquarium temp. Then they advise to put them into a container w the water and add 50% off that amount of water from the aquarium for 20 minutes and then do that once more. I tried that once, then also tried the drip acclimation like in the video you posted. Both times they all died within a few hours 😕

Has anyone ordered shrimp from Aquahuna? I’ve tried neocaridina twice from them and followed the acclimation instructions to a tee and still lose them 🤦🏼‍♂️ I think the coop orders from them and I’ve ordered fish in the past with no issue. i can’t figure this out though 😕

I know Cory says he doesn’t go by the industry standard when sizing heaters for an aquarium. What rule of thumb do y’all use when deciding on heater size?

Gotcha. well I guess I won’t necessarily get a dip in KH seeing as my tap has barely any detectable KH🤔🤷🏼‍♂️ I raise the GH w Equilibrium to about 3 degrees for the plants.

What is causing the KH/GH fluctuations and what do you do to combat that?

That’s perfect and exactly what I was looking at lol. Thanks what are your water parameters and temperature?

Is it possible to get the water parameters to where Platies and Cardinals can thrive together?🤔🤔🤔

Thanks so much!!!

WOW, that’s a huge fluctuation. The fish don’t mind that huh, lol.

For folks that have soft water fish aquariums, like 6.5ph, 0-2 GH/KH, is there concern for PH fluctuation 🤷🏼‍♂️ If so, how is that managed without raising the water hardness outside of the fish’s recommended soft water water parameters⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

Thanks mate 🙏

Does anyone remember the name of the gravel/sand that Cory recommends?

That’s correct

It’s fake

No, nothing of the sort that you mentioned. I’m assuming the Imagitarium sand from Petco is inert 🤔 I do top off only mostly.

True. It doesn’t change at all in my quarantine tanks though 🤔 Not sure about Equilibrium and KH. THANK YOU!