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Hi everyone, I'm basically looking for a good hob filter for my 20g that is currently cycling with a sponge filter. I was heavily considering one of the Marineland wide filters rated for 20g, but I think I'd like to overfilter slightly for safety's sake. Are there any other decent 20-40g hobs that are cheap, roomy, and customizable like the Marineland 20g?
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On 9/18/2023 at 6:46 AM, _Eric_ said:
I know you solved issue at hand but keep in mind that if you look to do pure RO in the future it will not have chlorine but it can change your PH. How much it changes will depend on your current water makeup but big ph swings can kill your fish if they are large enough.
Yup, I understand that, was only using it because of the emergency on hand. I use tap water with prime, and added crushed coral, as adf's like higher PH.
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Thankfully have not lost any stock due to this, fish that had a bit of red gills are looking great now, also dosed seachem stress guard.
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On 9/16/2023 at 9:45 AM, Guppysnail said:
I’m sorry you are having issues. Boiling water at a rapid boil for 15 minutes will remove the chlorine. I would do 30 minutes just to be safe.
On 9/16/2023 at 8:50 AM, TOtrees said:What size tank are you having problems with? How high is ammonia?
Asking so I can get a sense of how much water needs changing, which would affect what path I choose or recommend.
On 9/16/2023 at 8:38 AM, Tanked said:RO water is nothing but pure water. I use it for equipment that would otherwise require regular cleaning to remove mineral buildup. As @Flumpweesel said, bottled drinking water could be used. You could also age your tapwater for a few days with an air stone or boil it for 20 minutes.
On 9/16/2023 at 7:57 AM, Flumpweesel said:I've never used RO water but my understanding is that it often needs minerals adding, obvious we are working with what you have here so I would suggest doing minimal water changes just to manage the spike rather than a large change to prevent your parameters going all over the place.
Hopefully people who you use RO normally will chime in soon
Cheap bottled drinking water is often recommended
Hey there, thanks to everyone that chimed in, I ended up doing a small 15% wc in my 5 gallon tank with the RO water until a local pet shop opened up, scrounged up some car change and grabbed a tiny bottle of Prime. Crisis averted.....for now.
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Chlorine test strips on a multi strip are showing no chlorine as well. I think I pretty much have to try it at this point, I will report back once they've had some time to sit.
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Here's the water source parameter page for the city, it looks like it only lists chlorine and not chloramine. Am I correct in assuming that as long as I aerate/evaporate the chlorine out, I should be good?
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Hi there, broke as hell until next week and noticed an ammonia spike in one of my tanks. Normally I use Prime or Aqua Essentials for wcs, but all I've got available currently is an RO system. Can I use the RO water warmed to room temp for this emergency? I tested the RO with chlorine strips, was showing 0 chlorine.
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Moved the previous ghost shrimp and kuhlis over to the community tank, got a pair of ADFs. One hides generally, the other is all over checking stuff out. I've had them for about 2 weeks now, they both seem to be eating, but one is a tad skinny. I'm afraid of overfeeding considering the volume of the tank. What is the absolute best way to ensure that they get food? I've been tweezerfeeding them small bits of freeze dried tubifex and they both appear to eat it when placed in front of them.
Really enjoying these little guys though, goofy behavior and personalities.
On 9/10/2023 at 10:28 PM, cr0wley said:Moved the previous ghost shrimp and kuhlis over to the community tank, got a pair of ADFs. One hides generally, the other is all over checking stuff out. I've had them for about 2 weeks now, they both seem to be eating, but one is a tad skinny. I'm afraid of overfeeding considering the volume of the tank. What is the absolute best way to ensure that they get food? I've been tweezerfeeding them small bits of freeze dried tubifex and they both appear to eat it when placed in front of them.
Really enjoying these little guys though, goofy behavior and personalities.
Also planning on superglueing some mesh over the light gap in the tank lid, as you can see right now I just have cardboard laid across the gap.
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On 9/6/2023 at 12:55 PM, dasaltemelosguy said:
60 years ago, my best friend (both of us then pre-teens), called me excitedly to tell me “There’s a new Stones album out!”
He called this morning with the identical message.
The circa 80-year-old rockers who formed The Rolling Stones 61 years ago can, incredibly enough, still fill football stadiums. Love them or hate them, it has to be one of the most amazing success stories in entertainment history.
And the new album out which came two hours ago ain’t bad either:
It's a very Rolling Stones thing to request the star of the video to be 1/8 their age lmao.
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I've been on a thrashy kick lately. Have been listening to a lot of Megadeth, Slayer, and Vektor lately. Also have been listening to a bit of Pantera and The Butthole Surfers.
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On 8/30/2023 at 12:05 PM, anewbie said:
khuli will bury themselves if the substrate is soft and fine (something they prefer); also khuli are one fish you do not want in an immature aquarium and are very sensitive to ammonia. Having said all of this there is no way to answer your question - but will comment that khuli have very little mass and over-feeding even if you vacuum is always bad.
All of the other kuhlis and the ghost shrimp I moved over to the 10g have been doing just fine. I'm really perplexed by what could have happened. I sifted through all of the substrate and found a dead shrimp, but absolutely no sign or skeleton of the 4th kuhli. The aquarium isn't very immature, its been running for about 6 months with just snails in it.
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On 8/30/2023 at 8:14 AM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:
It seems SOMETHING might've died in the tank. Yes it's entirely possible the Kuhli is the culprit. Do you feed the tank heavily (just trying to eliminate a food caused spike). I would look a little harder to see if you can find the Kuhli- it's possible the shirmp/snails could have eaten some but ammonia spike hints that there may be pieces left...
I fed heavily last week, vacuum gravelled it up and did a few wcs. I moved all of the critters out to my 10g for now, looked through the substrate and under everything and could not find a body. Going to let the tank just go for a week or two to process the excess and then move them back over.
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Hi there, a couple of weeks ago I got some ghost shrimp and a 4 kuhlis for my 5 gallon. I haven't seen the 4th kuhli in a few days, and today woke up to a bit of a stinky tank and an ammonia spike. Is it very possible that it could've died under the substrate or have been eaten by the shrimp/snails after death? I'm a bit puzzled by this. I've read that kuhlis can disappear for a while, but the ammonia spike leads me to believe that something happened.
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On 8/20/2023 at 11:12 AM, SugarBassJoe said:
I have a similar shelf that I use primarily for food and supply storage, but I do have a 4G nano tank on it. I know this isn't anything close to a 40G but that being said, it wasn't the frame that caused me concern but the particle board shelving. After a while I noticed the water line in the tank started sloping towards the center. I ended up doubling the boards and it solved the issue. I believe it will work without much issue, but i would either double up the shelves, or better yet, get a thicker solid board to place the tank on.
Side note - Watched many tour videos of Master Breeder Dean's fish room and it appears he uses a lot of this type of shelving, but if you look closely, the boards he has on there are noticeably thick.
Ah, I was under the understanding that with larger tanks like the 40g breeder, that the weight is all distributed to the frame. If you look at the closeups of the shelving,
timestamped, you see that the actual supports for the shelf is on the edges and corners.
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Hi there, so I recently realized that I have enough space in my room to accommodate 2x 40g breeders. I was looking around and heard that a few people have had success with Home Depot-esque industrial storage shelves. I came across this online; https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hirsh-Industries-36-W-x-18-D-x-60-H-4-Shelf-Iron-Horse-Freestanding-Shelves-Black-and-Gray/182662914?from=/search and noticed that this shelf looks more durable due to the multiple layers of steel on the arms, versus cheaper units with only 1 layer of steel on the arms. Does anyone have experience with something like this? If so, please chime in.
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On 7/8/2023 at 11:45 PM, Galabar said:
Missed that. 🙂
Nps!
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On 7/8/2023 at 11:37 PM, Galabar said:
In the meantime, you can use Prime to tie up that ammonia. It will complex with it, turning it less/non-harmful to your tank inhabitants. However, it can still be consumed by your biological filtration. You can test and re-dose every 24 hours.
Yes, I've mentioned in the posts that I've been using API Aqua Complete which is their Prime.
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On 7/8/2023 at 7:55 PM, JimOp said:
Ammonia of 1.0 is dangerously high. Ammonia and Nitrates are both very toxic.
Of course lol.
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On 7/8/2023 at 7:44 PM, JimOp said:
I would continue water changes especially with ammonia levels elevated.
Yup, I plan on it. Since my nitrites are zero this time it looks like its starting to come around. I have some bottled bacteria that should be delivered Monday for a final kickstart.
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Current params are 6.4 ph, 0.5-1.0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 20-30 nitrates. It looks like its starting to swing around.
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I'll get current tests up later tonight, have been insanely busy and distracted. I did notice that it looks like a bacterial bloom in the tank, is that a good thing now?
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On 7/7/2023 at 8:46 PM, JimOp said:
I would not worry too much about cause, it isn't as important as recognising an issue and fixing it. Your tank should be on the road to recovery. The water changes should have made a pretty decent dent in nitrites and nitrates by now. So please post updated water test results.
Gotcha. Thanks guys.
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On 7/7/2023 at 7:21 AM, JimOp said:
I doubt it is old tank syndrome. You seem to be well on top of your regular maintenance and water changes. You even keep a log of your water tests. Old tank syndrome is typically from lack of tank maintenance. It is a gradual lowering of water quality so slow the fish climatize to it and not affect fish in the tank, but it will kill new fish you try to add. Ignore the fish death as being part of the problem. You would see a massive ammonia spike first and it would not continue to fowl a tank after the large number of water changes you have done. Big PH swings alone can kill fish and beneficial bacteria. Acidic water can strip fish slim coats and can also burn their gills.
At a basic level a cycle look sorta like this:- You feed fish
- fish poop
- poop breaks down and turns into ammonia (snail poop included)
- one form of bacteria converts ammonia to nitrites
- Another form of bacteria converts nitrites to nitrates
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Nitrate is then converted to nitrogen gas by denitrifying bacteria, some Nitrate is used by plants.
Water changes also help remove Poop, nitrate and nitrite and are important when things are not balanced
Do you have an updated water test, take it a couple hours after a water change? Please provide all values even if zero.
About the snails, If it where my tank I would reduce the snail count to a max 10 getting rid of as many babies as I can find. But, as you can see their are differing opinions on snails.
My guess is one or a combo of both the substrate and/or aquarium rocks as being the issue. You could test some of the rocks as a previous poster suggested. Just because the stones came from an aquarium company doesn't mean they are safe.What I realized is that I had gotten complacent with the tank after it had been set up for a while. I slowed way down on wcs, was doing mostly topoffs, and not gravel vaccing once the aquarium became fully established. I know I messed up by not maintaining wcs and cleaning teh debris of nitrites/nitrates.
Are these detritus worms?
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At first I thought that a fan had blown some animal hair in, upon closer inspection they wiggle around here and there. I THINK that they're detritus worms, could anyone confirm/give advice on dealing with them? I know they're not harmful, I believe that they popped up because of moving some planted substrate over from an established tank to this newer one.