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That was a great stream! It was nice to see so many forum Nerms!

I don’t keep Angelfish or Discus, and I stopped keeping Bettas, so I removed all of my heaters.

Have you visited the Red Fish Blue Fish store there? It looks cool from videos I saw.

You might enjoy using organic soil and a gravel cap for plants.

All I can say is that as another Gen X person, I trust my personal BS detection.

Meta: What is a filter? Is it a device for removal, digestion, or both? I run modest tanks with and without filters. Sometimes I like filter tech for flow, and aeration, and sometimes for collecting debris for snacks and digestion. My plants and ecosystems do most of the work.

It looks amazing. Shrimp?

What is the minimum size tank for a goldfish to eat duckweed? Asking for a friend.

For anyone doing a search, it is allelopathy.

I enjoy otocinclus, but I only put them in established tanks with plants, algae, and wood, just like neocaridina. I run organic soil tanks. Wood is the slowest sinking food.

@TheDukeAnumber1 has provided amazing engineering and 3D-printing advice on the forum.

Ohio woman pleads guilty to selling invasive crayfish species across 36 states The case is believed to be the first enforcement action of its kind aimed at preventing the advance of the marbled crayfish https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/ohio-woman-marbled-crayfish-invasive-species

@Fish Folk, you are truly a polymath. My previous forum moderator gig was for a pro audio/music production forum. Here is a little soundtrack trivia: Hans Zimmer and Howard Scarr collaborated on a sound set for the u-he Zebra 2 synthesizer, and a modified version of the synth with some custom features. They feature very prominently in The Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises. It is fun to load up the patches and play with them. https://u-he.com/products/soundsets/zebra2-soundsets.html u-he did another cinematic synth sound set collaboration, with Urs Heckmann and Howard Scarr. They designed sounds for composer Johnny Klimek, for a secret movie project. It turned out to be Matrix Resurrections. This was with the u-he Hive 2 synthesizer. https://u-he.com/products/soundsets/hive-soundsets.html# I wonder if anyone here will spot these sounds in other projects.

@Dancing Matt, when I setup that cube, I dropped in about 15 shrimp of various colors and let nature happen. I’m sure it is all documented in my journal with photos.

I have all sorts of wild-type shrimp in my 7.5 jungle. They still have some color variations, but the patterns are what I really enjoy with those. You can tell that camouflage must be beneficial in the wild.

@Ben, I will probably also move in my shy little ember tetras, which I can't even really see in their current jungle cube. I also have bladder snails, ramshorn snails, and I should grab some more otocinclus. I have a couple of 2.5 gallon shrimp tanks, but I want to see the neocaridina take over this 20 gallon!

Shrimp appreciate slow-and-steady, with biofilm and algae.

I’m marinating my oldest tank for shrimp-only. I moved in a few neos from my other tanks. I added another Mopani piece from a bucket that I ran with a sponge filter for a year or two.

I deal with duckweed in all my tanks. I am too busy for it to top my priorities. I tend to try to go after it periodically, but I put so much effort into saving snails and and shrimp fry. I had a tank at my folks’ house, where dwarf water lettuce may have out-competed it. I plan to try that again, as DWL is easier to manage.

They seem optimized for lower temperatures. Could you run a slow feed of cooler water? What kind of breeze do you get for evaporative cooling? Can you offer any shade? If your pond is in-ground, it might have more temperature stability. Rocks might help, if they have a chance to cool off.

I got custom glass from a local window shop, cut and chamfered. It allowed me to skip the hinge and get better coverage for my 16 bow. Two glass pieces, with the light centered.