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  1. It's understandable to be wary of large aquariums. Water damage is not pretty. And the risk is never 0%. When asking, if asking, maybe describe it as not large. This is even true, I think; 100l would probably be considered medium. 🙂 (I wouldn't ask, but be set to remove it fast and humbly in case of complaint.)
  2. Thank you! I wonder if it happened thanks to borderline overgrown tank status, it could kind of brace itself on the tangle of mostly Rotala rotundifolia. It may also have tried really hard to get to the light, again because of the coverage. Or it was simply about time 🙂 but it seems to me they aren't rigid enough to stand tall above water without some scaffolding...
  3. Bacopa caroliniana (if memory serves me) breached the surface and treated me to a flower.
  4. I have the heater hidden in a separate space, vertical, with deliberate circulation. I agree that horizontal near the bottom makes the most sense, and I agree that if circulation is... at all, it'll be fine regardless.
  5. Maybe! I think I have no further ID contribution than as seen on page5. ^^
  6. Rebuilding the filtering, I am using a longer tube. To make it less ugly, I glued coir to it.
  7. I have an "Eheim 100" on a stone slab on foam in a cupboard, not quiet enough for me. I think the similar "200" has two outlets.
  8. Well, once it's over it's nothing to be upset about. Primarily I just want to be a little eccentric or unexpected. 😛 Sometimes I can actually trick myself into enjoying things that ain't terrific. Sometimes. One lives. Unfortunately, I can't reach the guy who gave me them (he thought it was all MTS!). Them getting stuck, that must suck. Bad luck.
  9. I was in bed and heard a noise, I assumed it was my daughter coming home, though she didn't answer my "hello". Well, maybe she had to go to the bathroom urgently, or perhaps it was the neighbors being noisy. A little too loud to be from next door really, and maybe the sound of splashing water, neighbors be crazy? But I really had to go and have a look around. My ingenious filter thing had slipped, and maybe 20 gallons of water had squirted onto the floor! Suspicious steaming from the electrical stuff! Such fun, so inspiring 😃 I didnt think this would happen, but I should have taken into consideration that it might. Mostly taken care of now, all is well.
  10. Yeah, it's a bit overgrown, but I like it a little wild. Extremely low effort, hehe. It is a bit strange; my hornwort was doing fine but not fantastic, not growing too long before the other end began looking tired. Then this madness. I didn't knowingly change anything. Still quite low fertilization. I haven't checked in on chemistry for ages. Nitrates has always been way lower than people tend to find desirable. Epiphytes seem fine but stay small, stem plants and crypts kind of thriving. The one thing that did change, maybe or maybe not related, is that circulation pumps started acting up so I added the device described above. Cheers!
  11. Excellent, actual numbers 👌 Not feasable for "inline" manual water change at hobbyist budget then.
  12. I guess there is a risk that the gunk in the old substrate rots if it's trapped under new substrate and circulation stops.
  13. They sure are! Them wifes.
  14. I do buckets, though not weekly. While I don't have chlorine, I'd rather not use tap warm-water. (I don't trust plants to prevent copper build-up, in particular.) Now, I only have shrimp and snails, but to be a good guy I don't like to refill with too cold water, so I add some water from a kettle to the cold water bucket. [Chlorine (but not chloramine) can be removed simply by "airing" the water, no? Surely there are clever ways to speed the dissipation up. /google google/ ah, UV light!]
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