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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMtLdE5Zq-8 I've killed at least 14 of the 'top 5 easy plants', so I can definitely relate.

At this point, you could place a new cartridge in the proper slot and leave the old cartridge in the filter box for a few days- week. The blue screen has bacteria on it, and your sponge filter is working for you, so you are good. Your HOB's biggest function is mechanical filtration, referred to as polishing the water. Rings and such are for bacteria. You can add them to provide more surface area for the bacteria, but they don't do much for removing fine particulates. Filter sponges will do both. Filter Floss/Poly fil from the craft store will help polish the water. I'm not sure about the "micro bubbles", post a picture if you can.

Nerites are explorers. Yours might be looking for food or just wandering. Mine have been in, on, and under the HOB, but otherwise haven't ventured above the rim. They can and will spend days above the waterline. I know very little about snails, so I have wondered : Do aquatic snails loose some of their ability to stick to a surface when they leave the damp, humid, aquarium environment?

I have a group of six. Their activity varies with the time of day. One or two of them will swim with the big fish occasionally or at feeding time, but they mostly stay close to cover.

A slotted spoon was actually my first thought, until I got distracted and started wondering how to do larger areas. Maybe you can design a shell rake. I would also investigate a 'spider', or kitchen skimmer used for skimming debris from soups and adding and removing food from fryers. The shells I'm dealing with are about the size of the tip of your pen.

I have to run with the Aquatics Specialist on this one. She erred on the side of caution. First, the title may be nothing more than a word on the name tag. Her skill/experience level may or may not be on par with yours. She also has to deal with customers whose experience levels range from zero-decades every day. Was your aquarium ready for 12 pygmy cories? Probably, but what if you were wrong?

I agree with all of the suggestions above. It is not the tank size, but most likely something about the room lighting or placement of the aquarium in the new location that has them spooked. Light, shadows, and room traffic are just some of the possibilities. Explanation: When my Barb tank was moved into a corner to make room for another tank on the same wall, the TFBs began to spend a lot more time on the narrow side of the tank that was now near the blank wall. They will line up as a group and stare at their reflections in the glass. Six fish become twelve fish at night. This behavior began only at night, and only after the tank was moved. I haven't seen this behavior in the daylight. Will they come up to feed? Activity in all of my tanks changes according to time of day and whether or not I am in the room. If there are times of the day when the room is not in use for long periods, I would carefully peek around the corner, (or use a fishcam as I do) to see if their behavior has changed.

My 75 has a UGF that covers about 90% of the tank, with 2 risers and powerheads. The powerheads provide water movement and aeration throughout. The tank also has a Marineland Emperor 400 HOB. Either filter is adequate by itself. It is a ridiculous amount of filtration, but the HOB was a gift, so I was required to use it.

I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. I have hundreds of bladder snail shells in my gravel substrate. They aren't noticeable until I gravel vac, and then it looks a little like snow tumbling in the tube. The syphon isn't strong enough to pull them out of the tank. I'm guessing that my water is so hard that it takes the shells forever for them to dissolve. For my problem, I'm considering a much shorter tube, If your shells are larger, what about a cat litter scoop?

If you run with the pea gravel idea, shop around and take a water bottle or shop on a rainy day. Different stores source their gravel from different vendors, resulting in different colors. There will almost always be a damaged bag, and a little water will tell you what it will look like in the aquarium. There may also be a healthy discount on a damaged bag. You might also look into horticultural sand. This will be a coarse sand, but smaller than gravel.

It was! Much like your photo, It was the only time that I did not have to line up nose to butt in a long line or do circles in a ring somewhere.

You have a lot of algae, and it does look like it is on the roots along with the debris. Because of this, it is reasonable that the algae and Duckweed are competing for nutrients. The browning could also be sunburn. It may be just an illusion, but the algae on either end of the aquarium looks healthier. Surface tension is holding the bubbles in the duckweed because that water is not moving on the surface. It could also be from a contaminant, your water conditioner, ammonia, etc. I don't think your water is as stagnant as you think it is. Some of the sideways Duckweed could be trapped in the surface film or actually moved by the water. Your side mounted filter is moving water down and across the tank until it circles around. I don't know if the DW inside the ring is left over from when you installed the ring, or it got blown over or under the ring. Either way it looks good, and I'm a big fan of the side mounted filters. Take all of this with a grain of salt, because it is coming from someone who struggles to grow Duckweed. My best efforts so far are inside a protective ring, behind a floating mass of Hornwort.🦆

I use a Little Giant PES 130-PW. 130 GPH for pumping water back into the aquariums <$40. With the DIY pvc hook and no check valve, it will syphon water out. It is a little slow, but that gives me time to do maintenance, fill buckets ,etc. It won't disturb the gravel substrate in tanks 29-75gl.

Ditto is very photogenic. I had the opportunity to ride on a New Mexico ranch as a teen; I'd love to repeat the experience.

At 4:24 he adds "a little bit of baking powder" to the batter.🤣

My favorite is whichever plant is alive this time next year. I have had mixed results with all of them, but I think Hornwort has proved to be the most interesting. Over time, it has: grown fast enough to be given away and used as fish food. tumbled endlessly in the flow from the HOB formed impressive long root systems formed dense floating island homes for the bladder snails, which in turn became fish food. Suffered a 100% die off

Ah - the quarantine tank maneuver. "I can't risk infesting my tank, but this could take some time" I've used this tactic in a different hobby. It wasn't needed for the aquarium. My friend is teaching me to ride a dirt bike. >I'll be safer if I have a helmet that fits my fat head >I'll be safer if I have my own bike to put under the helmet > 🏍️

There are too many variables to give you a "rough answer". I also think you should begin selling your excess hobby fish from your garage. Do your research, contact other hobbyists and fish clubs to determine what kind of a customer base you really have. Before you invest in: rent, insurance, inventory, equipment and payroll, you need an accountant, tax advisor, and attorney.

I've lost many quarters playing Defender, and so many others that I've forgotten the names. It is ironic that later technology made desktop games a viable option to the point of addiction😵 and then made my favorites unplayable.

The second Eaglet (foreground) hatched late Friday night or early Saturday in time for a Carp Dinner. Clyde is late again, and Bonnie is unhappy.

I'm still using bio-bags and other replaceable filter cartridges. The Tetra Bio-Bags can be rinsed and reused for months or longer. It shouldn't be too hard to adapt them in place of the floss. Because they cannot be separated from the frame, some filter cartridges can be a little bit of a hassle depending on the manufacturer. When my cartridges are finally worn out, I will probably switch to the foam blocks and Bio-Bags or that pad.

This is the process I use. If you still get bleed over, than there is likely a problem with the strips: After dipping, be sure that the strip remains horizontal with the pads facing you. Place the strip flat on a paper towel for the required time. The towel will wick away excess water. How new are your strips? My newest bottle is identical to the previous one; and there is no way to tell age or expiration.

I'm down to 1 snail, so I don't have viable eggs. As mentioned above, Nerites require brackish water to hatch. ...and to raise the plankton sized fry, ...and a transition tank to convert to fresh water. For this reason your snails are probably wild caught. The definition for brackish water tends to vary. You probably need 1 tablespoon of marine salt per gallon. Some other brackish water measurements: Specific gravity of 1.0004-1.0226, .5-30 grams per liter, 500-30,000 ppm. Here is a link to this topic with some instructions from 2021 good luck! https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/7379-nerite-snail-breeding/

If your only purpose is to keep the fish in, than light diffusers 'egg crate' used in ceiling fixtures are easy to cut for <$20. You can add water and feed the critters without removing the lid. Don't buy the shiny chrome version.

The filter is old enough that attempting to remove/adapt the risers may prove fatal. The tank also has a HOB, so the UGF is not actually needed. I just like dual filtration The question arises because I am looking to replace a failing Aquatop, and Aquatop doesn't seem to offer replacement parts on air pumps. In retrospect, while I would like to confirm the volume of air per outlet on the Co-op pump, I already have dual filtration, and I don't really need to double down again. Thanks.