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    Levi’s Mini Fish Room Journal

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    On 11/16/2022 at 2:43 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

    These are the instructions I used, and they work great!  But I can't take the credit. These instructions are from @xXInkedPhoenixX's thread:

    "I have Indian Almond leaves on a subscription order with Amazon. My water changing system for my 5 tanks is as follows: 

    I keep 1 gallon empty water jugs from drinking water- anywhere from 9 to 11 of them (that changes due to them wearing out or if I'm using one for Epsom water etc). 

    I bring to a boil 2-3 full sized IAL leaves in an 8 quart stock pot, once boiling I turn off the burner, put on the lid and steep anywhere from 8-12 hours.

    I then fill each of the 1 gallon jugs with SOME of that tea water (anywhere from 2 to 4 fingers high) then fill the rest of the way with tap water and fritz dechlorinator. 

    I let the jugs sit out 12-24 hours uncapped then cap and use as needed. 

    This lasts me anywhere from a week or 2 depending on my water changes- right now I start to run low within a week due to frequent QT water changes for my four patients along with my resident tank water changes. 

    This is likely way cheaper than buying anything that "contains" the extract. Plus I have leaves on hand all the time if I just need to plop one in a QT or tank for "extra"."

    I have a smaller scale operation going.  I only have two of the 1-gallon jugs.  Any extra dark water that I have boiled I just put it in jars and stuck it in the fridge until I do a water change and free up one of the 1-gallon jugs again. 

    Thank you for sharing! I hadn't seen this idea before, so I will definitely consider using this method. I'm keeping an eye out for a nice group of angels and some sterbai corydoras to get the aquarium started with. Obviously I will have to get the water set up for them first though, so I guess I'll be placing an order for some almond leaves soon.

    Levi’s Mini Fish Room Journal

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    On 11/16/2022 at 1:40 PM, Aiden Carter said:

    I think if you aren’t satisfied with yours a way to improve it you could add more branching structure (ie tall thin plants or spider wood) because there is nothing cooler then seeing your fish peaking out of a Amazon sword or darting in between branches! But it looks very good as it is now especially depending on what part of shouts America you are trying to replicate, you could have 20 Amazon biotope and none of them could represent a different habitat!  

    Thanks for the ideas!! The plan is to add some taller plants and tanins to the water then get some angels and other fish.

    Levi’s Mini Fish Room Journal

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    On 11/16/2022 at 12:34 PM, Joey1991 said:

    I feel your pain, my roommate hates the idea of me having more tanks, took me a few months to get her to agree to the first one, and I'm 30, paying half the rent. She's slowly but surely coming around though.

    That's pretty awesome though, would love to do that in the garage. I bet a small space heater would work for heating the tent, I would imagine you'd have to run a dehumidifier in there as well though.

    Thanks! And the plan is to run a dehumidifier which will double as a heater connected to the temperature contril system.

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    Levi’s Mini Fish Room Journal

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    I have been wanting to set up some sort of a “fish room” for a long time now. Because I’m a teenager and thus don’t have a lot of money or space to build a large room, I decided to build a mini fish room in a 4x8 insulated grow tent. First I had to set up the tent which was quite an ordeal. The only place I had to put it was in the basement which stays at 60 degrees or so in the winter. I hope to still heat the tent itself.

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    Next I moved my 75 gallon into the back of the room against the wall

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    After that I had to start building the rack to hold my other aquariums. 
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    After placing them on the racks all I had to do was fill them up and enjoy!

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    yogurt in tank question

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    I agree with what others have said. With it being such a small amount, I doubt there will be any serious consequences. If you are reallly concerned you could do a partial water change to help dilute what is left in the aquarium.  If you think about all the polution and other things that go into natural waterways, a small amount of yogurt in a 20 shouldn't be the end of the world.

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