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    @Jennifer V, I had to watch TENET more than half a dozen times, and read about it, to really understand the whole thing. I'm still finding new details.
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    I just expanded my informal experiment. I put two small leaves in each of my zero-tech windowsill shrimp tanks. I will have to wait until daylight for photos now.
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    @HardeepTheLondoner, don't forget that the English invented the term soccer, from Association Football! It was nice to see a personal shoutout from the press today. 😉 "Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his team to become more streetwise if they want to stay in this season's Premier League title race." I'm looking forward to seeing the debut of Amad Diallo.
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    Beautiful photo! I love the extensive wood and plants, and the use of shadows. Your Betta is serene.
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    Neocaridina are legal in Vermont. We are close to Maine. I like to keep up with my state regulations via official sites and co-operatives. https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/lakes-ponds/aquatic-invasives/laws-and-regs https://www.vtinvasives.org Now I know that my state even has a section on private ponds: https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/lakes-ponds/private-ponds
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    This was the thread about food where I posted about consolidating:
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    Those photos should help with identification. I’m away from my computer for proper research, but I bet someone will name it shortly!
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    A few months ago, I consolidated all my food into several containers based on size and style. This has really simplified feeding choices for me.
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    Can you take a photo with the filter off?
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    The smallest section is approximately 1 1/8 inches, while the next section is approximately 1.5 inches. I hope this helps!
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    To be clear, I only have four 5 gallon buckets, not including my reef salt. The other white ones are 2 gallons, and the clear ones are even smaller (for fry checks). The small white buckets are easier up and down stairs, and to carry in pairs. Most of my work in buckets is about managing Duckweed, while saving snails, and returning shrimp fry. Of those three utility buckets, the one on the left has Maple leaves and snails. The middle one has wood, Anubias, mulm-loaded foam pulled from my windowsill tanks, and rubber plants growing out from cuttings. The bucket on the right is for water top-offs. This thread explains why I have a bucket of leaves:
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    I worked on my bucket list today. I got a new five gallon bucket dedicated to my screen sorters. I also consolidated all of my spare Duckweed into a bucket for Sam the turtle. I cleaned out more buckets. I filled two more top-off buckets to off-gas chlorine. I upgraded my utility buckets with a new five gallon, and my other spare light, and properly-routed all of the air and power.
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    For your bio-load, with lots of plants, you would probably be fine with a pair of sponge filters. This was a slim hang-on-back filter that I tested, and liked, if you choose to go that route: I just measured, and you would need about two inches of clearance behind the tank to fit this particular model.
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    Is it possible that you made a change in the room lighting, and you might now be casting a shadow into the tank when you approach?
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    @poulsboler, Make sure that you are using the matching app for your light. You want FluvalSmart for the Plant 3.0. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fluvalsmart/id1179249357
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    If you like history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island
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    @Betsy, when I was researching Tesla Valves, I did see a lot of electrical engineering metaphors. I know there are forum members who could provide comparisons.
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    Tesla Valve: The end of that video is a bit robotic.
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    I like bladder snails in every tank. They are small, and their population is a visual metric for feeding.
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    Physics: I don't know the details about measuring flow, but you could try experiments with airline tubing, and/or water tubing.
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    This is a nice pile of mulm. It was probably collected there because of where I poured-in top-off water. This is a an organic soil tank, so some of this could have come from my last addition of plants, but I don't tend to make a mess anymore, except by choice. I actually think most of it comes from the wood in my tank, especially with snails, shrimp, Otocinclus, and most of all, my Yoyo Loach eating away at it to build-out his fortress of solitude.
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    Physics: Light PAR meter and inverse-square law.
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    I actually thought about that name, but Falcor looks more like a dog-dragon than a cat-dragon. The pronunciation is the same except for the leading letter. Valcour is an island on Lake Champlain that was one of my favorite sailing destinations as a kid, where we would go snorkeling, explore the island, grill some burgers. Valcour was a stray who kept coming by my apartment a few years ago. He was skinny and scarred-up a bit, so I earned his trust, took him in, got him neutered, checked out, and he became my best buddy to get through hard times together. I think of it with a second meaning, if it was spelled Valcoeur: Valiant Heart. Cheers
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