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  1. Streetwise
    @H20CultureLabs, you could even consider squeezing out mulm into that tank to feed them. I will admit to dumping mulm into aquariums.
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    @eatyourpeas, I got really good at mixing salt! I could hit 1.022-1.025 pretty easily with practice. If I started a marine tank today, I would be interested in the modern filtration options, and I might dip my toes in coral. I have a couple of Tunze internal filter/skimmer units in storage, waiting for their next job. It is not a project currently on my radar, so I will enjoy living vicariously from your thread! Actually, I do have a marine question: Is there a marine analog to a Walstad aquarium?
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    @H20CultureLabs, that is a brilliant way to use sponge filters with Bucecephalandra! I had some plants root right into foam in one of my old utility tanks.
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    @Odd Duck, that is the plan! I think that it is just as important to share our failure as our success!
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    @Odd Duck, the last photo shows the loading sliding door open, but the actual small feeding door closed. I should have completely closed the large door, and then tuned the small one. I think I can dial it in for the needs of this tank. I just hope everyone laughs at me, without repeating my error!
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    I got a Co-Op order this week with plants, food, and a pair of the new feeders. I started reading the instructions, and then programmed the feeding schedule. I mixed up some food, and then loaded it, and slid the door almost closed. I installed it, and then ran a test feeding on my bow. I was filming it with one hand, and as it rotated, I let out a few choice words as it dumped in a week’s worth of food! I netted out everything I could get to, removed the feeder, and reinstalled my HoB and got it running. I went back to finish reading the instructions, and realized that there was a smaller sliding door for the actual feeding. Doh! The tank is cloudy today, but slowly clearing. I still need to test, and maybe take more action. The Betta is fat now, but everyone seems ok. You can see my mistake right here: I will be testing over an empty bucket before I use it on a tank now!
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    Tell us more about the Lada cars! I have only driven them in video games.
  8. Streetwise
    What are the best vehicles for moving aquariums? Use your own criteria.
  9. Streetwise
    I love these side-topic threads on a hobby forum. Since we are all here because we enjoy keeping aquariums, everything else is just for fun and community.
  10. Streetwise
    I really appreciate seeing a bit of the marine hobby here. I know who I can ask for advice if I re-visit saltwater.
  11. Streetwise
    Enjoy the extra life!
  12. Streetwise
    For some of us, all-wheel-drive is the baseline.
  13. Streetwise
    Young people today have access to so much information, and so many resources! I would get a little bit of advice from local staff, and the occasional magazine, but otherwise I was just winging it. It was only because of well water that I got away with aggressive water-changes on my under-gravel tanks as a kid. The big hack in those days was breaking the glue on UG carbon units so you could just replace the contents. I don’t know if I even saw live plants.
  14. Streetwise
    @Cory often recommends heating the room. Personally, I have tried to pick fish and shrimp to match my local conditions, including my apartment parameters. I have managed to remove all my heaters.
  15. Streetwise
    It is about time that I create a sailing thread. I may merge some posts into this thread. Please don’t quote this or the previous post, as I expect to edit.
  16. Streetwise
    I have also enjoyed coastal sailing in Maine, Marblehead, LIS, Charleston, Key West, and the Caribbean. My dream is to do the Transpac Race from California to Hawaii. My dad did the Marion to Bermuda Race a couple of times when I was small. My mom and I flew out to meet him, and I vaguely remember the white beaches, but having to rinse off in outdoor showers because of oil spills. There are two advantages here: We don’t have to rinse salt off of our boats, and club membership is close to the price of a ski pass. If I was in LIS or Marblehead, I wouldn’t be able to afford it, not on my public school IT salary.
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    We have a few sailors, boaters, kayakers, etc. on the forum, so a thread might be fun. The one with the green Spinnaker is my Viper 640, named Streetwise, and the dinghy is my RS Aero, named Straylight. Lake Champlain has a lot of boating and sailing. My local club is probably 2/3 sailboats, with a large number of cruiser-racers. It is a long lake with lots of racing, cruising destinations, plus decent fishing. You can transit to MTL via the Richelieu River to the north, or to NYC via the Hudson River to the south.
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    I towed a lot with the Tribeca, and it was fine with my 749 lbs boat, but I never tried anything bigger. I got a nice hidden hitch setup for the Legacy to use the same way. Towing is the only thing holding me back from watching the WRX and STi used market. I lost my bug eye WRX in Irene, almost a decade ago now. Vermont also loves Subaru, and we are the home of Vermont SportsCar, technical partner for Subaru Motorsports USA. https://vtcar.com
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    Subaru 3.6R. Mine is the Legacy, mom has the Outback, and I sold my dad the Tribeca.
  20. Streetwise
    It could be biofilm, which is amazing food for shrimp and other grazers.
  21. Streetwise
    I stuff epiphytes into crevices of wood, and tie moss to around wood to itself, rather than using glue or thread.
  22. Streetwise
    My indoor and homestead journals show the story in detail, and my Vermont journal shows some of my collection efforts. Short answer: I keep multiple spare seasoned buckets and tanks.
  23. Streetwise
    You are all a bunch of show-offs! Please continue! 😁
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    I got a plant order for my parents’ tank, but I don’t know when I will make the trip to plant, so all the pots are in a seasoned bucket with a light and a sponge filter. They get to do their plant stuff, and I don’t have to worry about my timeline.
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    I think it especially important for shrimp tanks. You can have a cycled tank that is fish-safe, and chemically safe for shrimp, but they really want a persistent level of biofilm and algae, so that your feeding is almost supplemental, depending on the colony size. On the forum, we often use the terms seasoned, and seasoned tank time (STT). They are not specific metrics, but after a few tanks, you recognize when your aquarium is an ecosystem.
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