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  1. Huh. I love the second suggestion. I have the flow on the canister filter dialed down as far as it will go. Splitter! This is the first truly problem solving solution I’ve found anywhere on the internet! Thank you!
  2. Is there a way to reduce water pressure output on a lily pipe so it doesn't blow fish from one end of the tank to the other? The fish don't seem to mid it - especially my albino corys that spend the day being blown about like they're on a water park ride.
  3. I have a black racer Nerite snail that goes on a walk-about at least 3 times a week. He's found a way to push the plastic piece of the lid that is used to cut spaces for peripherals and off he goes. I check around the base of the aquarium 3-5 times a day. I always find him in the same spot - in the back, stuck to the bottom of the glass. I gently slide him up, drop him back in the tank and withing minutes, he's sliding around again.
  4. I know the feeling! I got a 15 gallon tank going about a year and a half ago. It looked great for a few weeks. Then I noticed it was developing this fuzzy brown thing. I went away for a long weekend and when I got back, the entire tank was covered in the stuff. So of course, I totally freaked out about it. I did a water change and also picked off as much of it as I could. Then I googled, what is brown growth on plants and learned it was just harmless diatoms. I’d like to say that from then on, I would ask questions first before doing anything to the tank but it took some time and several more freakouts to learn that lesson.
  5. I didn’t know Amazon Swords flowered. I was away for almost two weeks and when I got home, I noticed stems growing from my anubias and sword. 10 days later, they look like this. The Pleco loves grazing on the flower.
  6. It looks like brown algae, which isn’t really algae. They’re diatoms. Is this a relatively new setup? Diatoms aren’t harmful and after a few water changes they usually go away.
  7. Thank you! Now I know what to look for.
  8. How do you know when they’ve hatched? I realize this is probably a stupid question but as this is my first time hatching baby brine shrimp, I’m not sure what the hatchings look like. I’m seeing a lot of tiny brown eggs swirling around. I started with a very small batch - 1/8th of a teaspoon. I would have used less water but the heater isn’t long enough so I had to go with nearly 2 liters. It’s been running for nearly 24 hours.
  9. I'll have to channel my inner neat freak.
  10. Yeah, that makes total sense. I only have 2 tanks so I won't be hatching large quantities, just small batches, part of which I'll feed live and then freeze the rest.
  11. I’m so glad I asked questions before trying this out for the first time. Great tips! And now I’m back to my original thought - seems simpler to just go with the rigid airline tube connected to the pump than using the airstone. Do you use a regular shrimp net or one of those nylon food grade nets with a specific micron number (100 - 400)?
  12. Thanks, I think I’ll go with this as well. And thanks for the thread - very helpful!
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