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    Best fish food brands

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    90% of my feeding is Xtreme, Krill Flake and 1.5mm Sinking Pellets.

    The other 10% is when I am testing foods we don’t carry.

    For live food I would have to say vinegar eels, although I have only fed them once.  Baby Brine Shrimp would be the easiest that I actually do feed.  I’ve messed with blackworms but wasn’t to fond of having them in the fridge.

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    Podcast Guest Suggestions?

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    13 hours ago, Omega59er said:

    I suggest someone who has single handedly introduced and started hundreds, thousands, maybe even a million people to aquarium keeping; They have never shown their face and we've never heard their voice, so it would be a big first, but I recommend you contact the person who runs the Foo The Flowerhorn YouTube channel.

    Yes, I would love to!  I sent them a message a year ago or so with no response.  Alas, they will remain a mystery...at least to the podcast. 😪

    Travel Filter, Buying Fish Out of Town

    in Photos, Videos & Journals

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    On 10/11/2020 at 2:47 PM, MickS77 said:

    Happy to report I was able to bring back 5 Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbowfish and 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras using this setup. The air pumps worked great on a usb adapter in the car and a battery backup when the car was off. I used small heaters to keep them warm overnight in the hotel. 

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    @MickS77 nice score!  I don't know what it is about using the USB Nano Air Pump - Bucket Combo, but it makes me feel much cooler than it should.  Like today, I get to the warehouse in the morning with my super reds for the retail store, set the bucket outside my office and plug the pump into a wall outlet, and @Robertcan swing by at his leisure and pick them up several hours later.

    Thanks for sharing and looking forward to some pics.

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    Fine Sponge Filter vs Coarse Sponge Filter

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    #TeamCoarse

    My reasons include:

    1. A new Co-Op Coarse Sponge Filter will sink instantly.  Of the dozens I have set up only 1 floated and required a squeeze.  When I first setup my fish room and bought a bunch of generic ones on Amazon I was in a weeks long battle squeezing sponge filters to get them to sink.  If I didn't have lids it would've spurted a good amount of water out of the tank.
    2. Ease of maintenance.  You can sit and squeeze a fine sponge filter for days (exaggeration 😁)  before you feel like you have actually serviced it.

    Ziss bubble bio moving bed filter vs sponge filter

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    2 hours ago, bmiller said:

    Hello everyone! I have a 29 gallon tank that has some plants (new to tank) and 6 zebra danios. When I set the tank up, I used a HOB filter since that's what I was used to. I have some sponge filters on the way and had planned to change to the sponge filters.  I just saw the Ziss bubble bio moving bed filter and am wondering what the benefits of one over the other is? 

    I plan on adding some Cory's, maybe a pleco. Still working on the rest of my "wish list" regarding fish! Any help would be appreciated! Thank you ☺️

    Hi @bmiller, I absolutely love the Ziss Bubble Bed Bio Moving filter in my fish room.  My personal experience is that the ability to handle bio load in a tank is similar to that of a medium or large Aquarium Co-Op sponge filter.  Same # of angelfish fry growing out in same size tanks, on same size water change schedule is what I base this statement on.

    For me, what I love the most is the limited to zero servicing I have to do.  Now, keep in mind this is for my fish room with tanks that don't need to be "display tank" clean.  Normally you would run a ziss filter with the intake sponge installed so that you get water polishing.  I remove this sponge to eliminate the only item that would require servicing.  From there the moving media is constantly tumbling and cleaning itself.

    So the pro here is that I don't service this filters.  Between work, family, and other responsibilities, I look for every bit of time I can save in the fish room while still keeping a healthy and active fish.

    The cons for this are 1) ziss is definitely move expensive than the Co-Op sponge filter, 2) you lose the water polishing you would get from a sponge filter or leaving the ziss intake sponge in place, and 3) the ziss is a bit louder to operate and does require more air to circulate the media.

    Hope my experiences and uses with this filter helps!   

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    1930s historically accurate planted aquarium

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    On 10/7/2020 at 6:12 AM, Joseph Ferdenzi said:

    Great thread you started, Daniel. If you listen to Aquarist Podcast 15, you will hear that I consider the 1930s to be a Golden Era of the aquarium hobby and why. Your project is very doable and you will have healthy fish and plants. I’ll follow with interest.  Joe Ferdenzi 

    Hey, Joe!  Glad to see you made it to the forum and this post.

    @Daniel you really are making me want to find and get a metaframe tank up and running.

    As a shameless plug, here is the episode of the podcast that Joe is referring to.

     

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    Angelfish Spawn

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    7 hours ago, Brian Scott said:

    Hi Randy,

    I enjoy your videos on YouTube very much.  Thanks for taking the time to put them together.  Your latest one with Bob Steenfott was really great.  I'm quite envious of your fishroom!

    At any rate, try going to your local tile store and ask them to cut you slate tile to your preferred size.  I find local mom and pop shops will do this for a very low fee.  In my cases....they are usually more fascinated for what you're using the tile for and often will give scraps away from high-end tile jobs.  There you may find other colors, textures, or thicknesses of tile that may be of interest to you.  I've seen some very detailed breeding setups that were very impressive right down to color-cooordinated breeding slates!!  🙂

    Hope that helps, cheers!

    --Brian

    Awesome!  Thank you for the tip on where I can source this!

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