StephenP2003

Too many to pick just one to photograph

Community tank on my laptop. Got a guppy sticker coming in my shipment this week. But my laptop is getting old. I wonder how well these stickers detach and transfer.

Co2 injected 40 breeder, lily leaves getting big.

That looks awesome! Great job. I definitely want to do something like this for my next tank (don't tell my wife there's a "next tank")

I like that the number one rule is to act like a decent human. I can't think of a single other forum that doesn't foster toxicity in some way, either through ego-driven moderators or an overall lack of moderation.

I have a different light on practically every tank. So the betta tank is actually a fluval spec 16-gallon, using the stock fluval LED it comes with. I have it on a nicrew dimmer/timer, which allows me to start it really dim in the morning, full blast during the day, then step down again to dim right before lights-out. I would agree it looks super lush, and I don't really know why. The cabomba replaced the hygrophila and is doing much better. The pearl weed releases oxygen all day long, and the chain sword is multiplying. There is a fair amount of hair algae in there, but it's well hidden by the plants. The endler tank is running a fluval aquasky. Totally unnecessary because it's a low light tank, very short half-intensity peak period. My big tank, and my living room tank are both using Fluval 3.0s. My big tank is having diatom issues that made the dwarf sag look awful, but is otherwise moving in the right direction. It's a 24-inch tall tank, so the single fluval 3.0 is not going to deliver high light to everything. My living room tank suffered for a couple months because the root feeders were not getting enough nutrients. In the past 3 weeks, I started injecting CO2 and it has noticeably improved since my October 2 update. October 2: 3 weeks of CO2: I need to get better at duplicating lighting for these sort of comparison shots, but you can see the dwarf sagg has gone nuts, the lily leaves are massive, the crypts are growing (I even removed two of them because it was getting crowded), and the vals are filling out. I trimmed the red sword leaves significantly because they weren't doing well before the CO2. The rest of my tanks are running various models of Nicrew lights, all using the same kind of dimmer/timer. No complaints there. They all function well as low to medium lighting, and they're cheap. I have a CO2art regulator and a 20lb cylinder on order, and it's going on the big tank this week. I wish I could find a place to loan me one of those expensive par meters. I feel like it would give me some good insight as to why some tanks are doing better than others. I have a ridiculous number of variables across all the tanks -- different types of active substrates, inert substrates, different models of lighting, different fertilization regimen for the highly stocked tanks vs. low light tanks vs. medium light tanks, etc.

I never quarantined until March of this year, when I bought a few gorgeous guppies to add new blood to my colony, and whatever infection they arrived with ended up wiping out 75% of my 40G guppy tank before I could stop it with the proper antibiotic. My first tank when I got back into fishkeeping last year was pretty overstocked. 40G with 6 australian rainbows, 6 dwarf rainbows, 2 angels, 1 dwarf gourami, 6 bronze corydoras, 9 rosy tetras, and 4 SAEs. After some losses and rehomings, it's minus 1 Aus. rainbow (in-tank injury), 2 corys (died shortly after purchase), 6 of the tetra (columnaris got them this year), and all SAEs (relocated).

Anyone use one of those gimbals? Moment sells one that looks nice, but plenty of others on the market as well in the $80-100 range. I just wonder if they make any difference for filming something like an aquarium. Phones have decent image stabilization nowadays, but I could see the value in one for high-action stuff.

Is this all male endlers? If not, what's the m:f ratio? Go 1:2 and nature will handle the behavior.

Ok, that's it. Corydoras envy has taken control. As soon as my current purchase is out of quarantine, I'm turning that tank into a honeymoon suite and the pandas are checking in.

I only hatch a tsp with 3 tanks to feed, so I typically strain them and feed straight from the sieve. That bottle is a good idea though for a lot of tanks. I actually have one of those bottles, which I use to fill my water cooling system in my pc.

Careful, they can't be trusted. Mine were having a meeting the other night, planning a coup I'm sure.

Yes, or super green. I think super green is more ideal since it's meant for obligate herbivores.

Mine eat community plus, bottom scratcher, and soilent green.

Maybe instant-diagnosis. Like "this rainbow fish has xyz strain of this gram negative bacterial infection" or "this crypt needs 50% more iron" or "this guppy wants food" or "this guppy also wants food."

My julii are always acting like they're spawning, but I never see any eggs. Not that there'd be eggs for very long with a tank full of tetras and rainbowfish.

I thought I'd gotten better at identifying plants, but I'm stumped. Java fern or buce on the left? Could be pearl weed on the right, or a piece of ludwigia thats just in need of more light..

Never thought I'd enjoy a poo video, but here we are.

Can anyone comment on the ziss moving bed filter? Specifically, I'd like to know if its bio filtration would be significantly superior to a medium co-op sponge filter. I'm already running a HOB but looking to help boost the bacteria potential in my pleco grow out tank. Also, many of the complaints seem to be about noise. Is it just a matter of ensuring appropriate airflow to fix the noise?

what filter could you run that could support a 400+ I'd probably do a couple of fluval fx canisters. One with nothing but bio media and another with mechanical filter media.

Look into hatching baby brine shrimp. That's unequivocally the best food for them.

I'd be interested in the details. That seems like a lot more money than I would've expected. I get filtration, lighting, stock, etc. gets pricy, but is there a size threshold where the cost of the actual tank skyrockets? Was playing around with custom aquarium configurator a while back, and I think I remember a exponential increase after a certain height (which affects thickness of the glass). I think the universally accepted cheap method is plywood with 1 view panel. Still going to spend a good bit on that view panel, wood, and epoxy sealant.

Make it green and retail it for $28.34.

Just throwing out the obvious here, but... live fish! More high tech plants, too, but I understand why they don't stock those -- customer service nightmare.

Ah, definitely missed that video, thank you for clarifying. Makes sense now that I hear it -- achieving that nitrate level from an all-in-one means you're chock full of the other nutrients too. I have always followed the dosing instructions on the bottle for most of my tanks, somewhere between twice and three times a week, depending on bioload (you can get a lot of macros from fish food and poop already).