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    Neptune Apex Aquarium Control

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    I noticed that Felix seems to use a seneye component. I am still doing more research on these products.

    Cory's 2018 video illustrates how long product development takes, compared to marketing. I hope we have a bunch of competition in the aquarium automation and monitoring sector. I want better programming, more interoperability, and better networking. I would love to have little wireless probe hubs that you just plug into power or USB-C chargers.

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    Neptune Apex Aquarium Control

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    It looks like there is a new product line in this sector. They talk about open source, which is encouraging. It measures pH, Ammonia, temperature, water level, LUX, kelvin and PAR. The site indicates a fall release. It was mentioned on a stream tonight so I had to look it up.

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    Neptune Apex Aquarium Control

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    I move my pH and Temperature probes around my tanks periodically. They are currently in my 7.5 gallon, which is where I want to test one of my new Co-Op sponge filters. However, the probes would be directly above the nano sponge filter. Would this affect my readings, and will air collect in the bottom of the pH probe?

    Edit: Never mind, the output is higher than the bottom of the probes.

    Aquarium Co-Op Unboxings

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    Yup. I haven't had problems with any of my orders. I put the plants in my utility tanks for now, and they all look good. I haven't setup the filters yet.

    I was thinking about the white porous plant packaging. Does it have any second-hand uses, like a filter sock or a water polisher, or some household use? I thought I would ask before binning it.

    Enjoy Nature Daily

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    Thanks. That was my iPhone with the Osmo Mobile 3, not the Osmo Pocket. I leave the mini tripod attached to the gimbal.

    Fun fact, Lake Champlain is home to the oldest known coral reefs. I think Isle La Motte, specifically, but there are reefs all around, and we are reminded of them when sailboat racing sometimes. Shouldn't have cut that corner around the island! 😉

    Walstad/similar methodologies - your experience

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    She wrote a comprehensive book on the science of our hobby which I have found to be invaluable. All of my planted tanks and tubs are run with organic soil from a local composter.

    There are many methods to running an aquarium, and your goals may not be the same as the next aquarist, but her methods and science are sound.

    Cheers,

    Jason

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    Streetwise Indoor Aquariums

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    I did a little bit of cleaning in my 16 gallon bowfront aquarium. This is my overgrown community tank. It currently has yellow Neos, Otocinclus, Glowlight Tetras, Leopard Danios, White Clouds, and CPDs, but just a few of each. All the fish are refugees from my 20 gallon, when I impulse bought a Rainbow Shark. I am thinking of adding more inhabitants.

    I think the Glowlight Tetras are the most attractive swimmers of those fish. I feel like I underestimated them.

    This is the only tank where I use a canister filter, an Eheim Classic 150, because I really like the minimal spray-bar and intake, and I like how ultra basic it is. I just run foam, foam, lava rock balls, foam. The canister is kept in a 20 gallon tub under the table, because where there is a canister, there will be water.

    This was a saltwater tank in 2011 when Irene flooded my apartment with four feet of water. I'm glad to be back in the hobby, because I almost quit forever.

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    Subwassertang ideas

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    I have not kept it, but the details of classifying it are interesting. From Wikipedia:

    Süsswassertang (German spelling: Süßwassertang; see ß) is a type of aquarium plant. It was long considered to be a liverwort, which it strongly resembles, but in 2009, a molecular phylogenetic study determined that it is, in fact, a fern gametophyte. Further, it is a species of Lomariopsis.[1] It is closest to Lomariopsis lineata, but may be a new, unnamed species. Many reference sources on the web describe it as L. lineata, but its inclusion in that species has not been validly determined. Efforts to induce the plant to form a sporophyte have failed, which may indicate status as a new species. This plant was first mis-identified as Pellia endiviifolia before the analysis that determined its true status.

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