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    You need a little piece of airline tubing to connect the airstone to the inside of the top filter mount:
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    Welcome to the forum and congrats on beating the C!
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    Keep going and you will have your Poison Ivy costume for Halloween!
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    Daniel, if you ever need another probe holder, I like these magnetic ones, which come in two sizes: Innovative Marine AUQA Gadget CustomCradle WWW.MARINEDEPOT.COM Innovative Marine AUQA Gadget CustomCradle AUQA Gadget CustomCradle XL Introducing the...
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    What is this beauty?
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    If you have hard water, tannins are good. I use wood in every tank, and the tannin color stain is natural.
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    Thank you @Taylor Blake! The setup is improvised, but I bet we could pull off a tub setup in a different location. I had a student ask what I was working on today. He spotted shedded scales, which I had not witnessed.
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    I will add something from my UPS experience. I tried to help out a local restaurant when they lost power from a storm. I went home and grabbed my UPS, about two blocks away. I turned it off. When I tried to turn it back on under battery-power alone, it would not start. I had to walk through a downpour to the fire department, a block away, and they let me plug in to turn it on. Then I was able to deliver the unit back to the restaurant so they could close all their tickets. TLDR: Never turn off your UPS with the power off.
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    I am going to donate an outlet timer for the basking light. What timing should I use?
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    Based on this, I think it would go at the top:
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    Pictures please!
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    I haven’t kept Rummynose Tetras, or Harlequin Rasboras, but I have the other two. However, I get the most active schooling behavior from Bloodfin Tetras. They will swim figures of eight around, over, and under the wood in my Askoll 20.
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    I would like the option to stay logged-in, please.
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    Thanks @Frankiethepuffer! I will go pull out some more water. Edit: Done.
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    This is a terrible picture, but this is the first time that I have spotted my Killifish together. I was busy breaking down the canister when they emerged from the plants. I'll take a better shot later. I am hoping that when I switch to sponge filters, I will get to see more of the fish in this tank.
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    I went home for lunch, and saw a nice brown box from the Co-Op, which means the sponge filters for my 16 bow have arrived. I broke down the Eheim Classic 150 from the bowfront, and brought it and my canister safety tote to the library. I disassembled the rock pile and built a sturdier version on the other side of the tank. I setup the canister, and then did a bunch of cleaning with just a net, since we couldn't find the gravel vac. I spotted a cherry shrimp that must have come in as a baby on one of my Duckweed deliveries. I'm not sure it was moving, though. I'll have to go look again. There was a lot of mess hidden in the old rock pile, so the tank is still pretty cloudy; more work needs to be done. I knew anecdotally that turtles are dirty, but now I know firsthand. It was like breaking down an under-gravel tank. I would still appreciate any tips people have about turtle-keeping. Are there any plants that work well with turtles? Should we consider any tank-mates? It is fun being a newbie again!
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    I found a few articles online. One had this graphic:
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    I have been trying to help out with a turtle tank in one of our libraries. Yesterday, I donated a hang-on-back filter that came with a recent aquarium, and raised the water level to allow it to work, as well as the height of the sunning station. I built up the rock pile so the turtle could still rest out of water. This morning, I got a panicked voicemail from the librarian that the turtle was missing. He was later found in the next door maker space, and is back in the tank. I feel terrible, but relieved that he is ok. I don't have any plans to keep turtles myself, but I would appreciate any advice for how I could help out with this tank. Here are some photos from before this recent drama. Sam has one of those large Fluval internal filters, which I also cleaned yesterday, and I am thinking of donating my Eheim Classic 150 to this tank to help with filtering. I have been bringing in Duckweed, and will probably also bring in some Salvinia. Thanks (The thumbnail is a plastic turtle that I was pranked with by a colleague after telling the story.)
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    If you can't wade in too deep, look at the wind patterns, and there will be a shore that collects plants. Let us know what you find!
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    These were some plants and creatures I found on the shores of Lake Champlain a couple of weeks ago. Some are not native.
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    Congratulations! The yellow are nice because you can see them so easily, contrasting with all the green.
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    This guy is disqualified:
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    I just placed an order, so I will report back when I get it. I have a bunch of spare AquaClear foam around, in various sizes, so I bet I already have a pair that would fit. I am such a nerd about symmetry that I had to do two window tanks, one with all the gear on the left, and another with all the gear on the right. I would be ok with asymmetrical HOBs, if they came in left-handed and right-handed varieties, so they could be installed as matching pairs. I'm the kind of person you would ask to help setup a surround sound system. Fortunately, my preferences for hardware do not apply to hardscape, or plants. That is where I enjoy the chaos, emergent growth, and surprises. I do prefer symmetrical fish.
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    I would just be testing it for fun on something 20 gallons or smaller. I don't need it, but it looks cool, and satisfies my aesthetic standards, so I want to try it, unless I hear some bad feedback about it. I would like to see how loud it is, what kind of flow it produces, and what can be done in the media chambers.
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