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Yes I just hook it up as needed. Here is a better picture of it all setup ready to take the tap end to the tank or to a collection bucket, depending on which tank I am putting water into. It takes about 1 minute to set everything up, not difficult at all. With that, @Daniel has a much better setup, but I just don't have a place to store that much water for that kind of setup (but I will in my next home). Also I was going to do a permanent install in the laundry room and my wife wasn't thrilled about that, so I figured I would do this instead and find something else to make her made (just kidding, I don't purposely find stuff to make her mad, I just do it without thinking about it 😂)

Did what I could with the iPhone, but I was having problems getting the camera to focus on the fish and not the surrounding plants and substrate.

I purchased a kit off eBay. Nothing fancy, but after testing my water out of the tap I realized my PH was crazy high from the start. This allows me to get the water to a known level and adjust from there. The PPM from the tap is ~120, coming out of the RO kit it is about ~2. I keep everything in this extra cooler I had laying around so I can roll it where I need.

That is our favorite aquarium. We were going to try and go this year, but other things came up😡. When we lived in Florida, only a short drive from many other nice aquariums taking a long weekend to go to the Georgia Aquarium is where we still went.

I love the sparkling gourami's, I just added eight of them to one of my tanks. The blue eyes are amazing to watch.

Anyone know what this white growth is on this airline? It is a very young tank, and the growth isn't on the same tubing on any other tank I have. Thanks for the help.

It says that the 50% offer is in stores only, soil they have them in stock near you and its not far away, it seems like a great deal.

Well I did not do this today, but I did do this the other day. I purchased a RO kit, nothing fancy or expensive. I then put it inside a cooler I had laying around. It super handy because it has wheels, making semi-portable to I put it back in the garage when I am done. I still refining the setup, but as of now I am getting decent RO water.

I've never had this happen to me, but because of the lack of reliability for most heaters I have slowly been removing them from my tanks. In fact I currently only have one with a heater, and planning on removing it in the next few days.

So my local Pet Store had a sale on Fluvial Accent aquariums for $99. I told my daughter I would buy her a tank if she got good grades in school, so I went ahead and picked one up and am storing it at my friends so she doesn't know I already got her the tank. Then..... I was giving it some thought and decided it was a great deal and would like one as well, so I ended up with two Fluvial Accent tanks. And then..... my buddy decided he needed one. His truck left with three of these tanks. If you are near/around the Mobile, Al area B&B is having the sale. I personally love this store, even though their plant selection is usually lacking, but that's where Aquarium Co Op comes into my life.

Thank you, I am still narrowing what fish I am going to put in it, but besides shrimp & snails, I am looking at moving my Hillstream Loaches into this tank, looking at a Stiphodon Loach, and then also looking at a bunch of Longfin White Clouds.

I just got done watching your video a few days ago about using the pipette to apply spot treatment. It has only been a couple days now with no noticeable difference, but today I am going to do another treatment and cut my lights to being on for only a few hours. Its a balancing act because you don't want to hurt anything else in the tank.

Welcome to the forum. I grew up spending a ton of time in your area, in fact my mother once lived in a home that is now where Dillon Reservoir and my Grandfather helped build the dam. Do you find any specific challenges with your tank at that altitude?

Thank you Cory, and also what an amazing turnaround time from you guys. I placed my order last night, you guys had me a tracking number just after lunch my time today.

Here is Part 3 of my latest 60 gallon project. For anyone who is interested take a look at Part 1, 2, and an idea/feedback thread for everything before this. Part 1 , Part 2 Idea/feedback So once I got most of the large pieces of hardscape done I filled the tank with water. This is for several reasons, first I wanted to make sure none of the wood was going to move, I knew it still wanted to float, so this was a little bit of a test run. Next this also let me soak the wood a little more to get some of the tannins out. Lastly it also me see what some of the rocks and wood looked like underwater, something that is difficult to do when everything is dry. Ignore that piece that is floating in the right corner, it is a piece that is soaking for something else and I was just make use of the water in the tank. I also used Plasti Dip on the filter tubes and such. This should let them blend in a little more, plus the old ones were good, just discolored a bit. I also ordered a large Pre Filter Sponge from Aquarium Co Op to throw in the intake. This morning I drained the tank. You can see the discoloration after only a few days of soaking. started using some black substrate I had for a few areas that I did not think would be seen at all. I figured this would save on the other substrate since since I was not sure how much I was going to use. Note all the extra stones on the floor. I have a ton of stuff my wife is ready for me to get out of her kitchen, so I have been a little "motivated" to get this project moving. Here is a close up of the right corner. I did the whole tank this way before putting down the sand and other misc. small rocks. This is a picture of me getting the sand down. Ignore the light placement, they were there so I would stop hitting them with my arm while putting the substrate. I got a little further after this picture was taken, but I need to wait on the plants before I go any further. I placed an order from two places (One being aquarium Co Op) last night. Also, all the sand and smaller rocks you see I went and got myself. It took a little bit of hiking and exploring around the local streams, I almost drowned one time when I fell into the water and got swept down river (I may make a post about that in more detail later), but over all because so many items on this project were either found or refurbished, it has made this project really enjoyable. A special thanks to @Daniel for his positive words and suggestions, and also special thank you to @Jessica.for her photo editing to help me imagine better placement of the hardscape.