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What good things are happening in your tanks?
Tanked replied to FriendlyLoach's topic in General Discussion
The surviving 30 month old Jungle Val runners are still dime sized, but they are alive. The single 3 month old Italian Val has about 8 runners averaging 2-3" tall. The string/hair and black beard algae is finally gone -
Currently: Bloodfin Tetras and SAEs Dream tank: a large school of Cardinal Tetras in a well planted tank
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A large pebble superglued to the bulb should keep it down until it roots in.
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Perhaps some inspiration or motivation...
Tanked replied to FrozenFins's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
Watching the Tropica and other videos is what convinced me to a make another attempt at a planted tank, and eventually led me here.- 3 replies
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What algae eater is best for my tank??
Tanked replied to BettasAreSuperior's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
I have 4 nerites and legions of trumpet snails that might be contributing. But the SAEs are doing most of the work and the pleco is helping. -
What I am doing wrong?
Tanked replied to BettasAreSuperior's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
20 fish, 2 snails, 3 pumps of fertilizer weekly, and some plants. This sounds like my low tech setup. The advice that I got here that worked for me, was to stop the liquid ferts for a few weeks, and in my case increase the light to 8 hours and add faster growing plants. Later on I began adding one pump per week. It is a slow process. As some of the others have said, make one change at a time or you may not be able to identify the problem. -
Clean and inspect the impeller inside the powerhead. Make sure that the blades and rubber cup bearings are intact.
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I can almost understand why @Brandy's 17 yr. old buys hardscape: Marketing. It's hard to find what I consider safe interesting stuff near me, but it isn't impossible. The crazy part for me is why someone: pays big money for the perfect rock or branch, calculates the perfect placement in the tank, and covers them with so many plants that you can barely see them!
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What's your dream aquarium product that doesn’t exist?
Tanked replied to pedrofisk's topic in General Discussion
FishCam A small, Cheap submersible WiFi camera that can be viewed on any computer without special apps, subscriptions, the cloud, sd cards... essentially a CCTV I currently use an old FOSCAM. It does the job, but it is low resolution, the dedicated viewer is terrible, and being on the outside of the tank it picks up the IR light and every other reflection from the room.- 729 replies
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If your goal is to settle out debris, than you might try powerheads on the UGF if you aren't using them already.
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Welcome. Your time here will be well spent.
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Tinfoil Barb. In my case it is Red Tail Tinfoil Barbs TFB is how they show up in my notes.
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What makes me happy: Seeing another sunrise makes me happy! Everything except water changes and algae. The planted tank makes me happiest because there is a lot going on, and things are always changing. The TFBs because they are the largest, and partly because they react favorably to my presence in the room.
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Let common sense be your guide. If you can maintain the water quality with more fish, go for it. You probably don't like living in cramped conditions, neither do the fish. They need space to swim, chase, school, be alone, hide...
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Dumbest thing you've done with your aquarium....
Tanked replied to morphy1701's topic in General Discussion
The second dumbest thing I've done is not realizing that I am trying to grow plants in tanks stocked with omnivores. The dumbest thing so far, was last summer when I threw a towel over one end of the aquarium to block reflections on the fishcam. When I noticed water dripping into the basement workroom, I ran upstairs to find a corner of the towel had fallen into the tank, and was now siphoning water out of the tank onto the floor.- 13 replies
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My pin-holed Anubias seemed to want something that the easy green wasn't providing. A root tab with a slightly higher potassium content seems to have eliminated the problem.
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Spot treating with 3% Hydrogen Peroxide can also be effective. Turning off the pumps and filters and treating just before the lights go out will get better results.
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Water changes and how they effect an established tank.
Tanked replied to William_'s topic in General Discussion
That many water changes will hurt your back before they hurt the fish. Don't chase the numbers. As long as your readings remain in the safe range, the fish will adapt. I would suggest a 10-20% water change once or twice a week and see where the numbers settle. If you haven't done it yet, some plants like Hornwort, guppy grass or other fast growing floaters will help use up some of the excess nitrates. -
I would think that a heater on both ends would be a better idea. "efficient" involves a lot of variables It is more efficient to heat the water closest to it's final destination. There is the added benefit of two heaters backing each other up, and the security of seeing those little glowing eyes from anywhere in the room telling you that the heaters are working.
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Incessantly count fish. Anyone else? 🤷🏽♀️
Tanked replied to Theresa_M's topic in General Discussion
Floating plants in two thirds of the tank make it hard to count the fish . When I really want to do a census, I wait until nightfall. My lights are set turn on/off 5 minutes apart. The fish will usually migrate to the lit part of the tank. A few specks of food almost guaranties anything that swims will show up. Taking a cellphone picture allows me to catch the fast ones.- 36 replies
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Just realized that I repeated almost everything @RockMongler said. Sorry
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Like so many people have said here, it is a matter of balance. It is also about control and $$$ The fish and plants look better in natural sunlight, but sunlight duration and intensity is unpredictable where many of us live. Artificial light allows us to control duration, intensity, spectrum etc. It also allows us to put an aquarium anywhere. I have a tank on the east and west walls that get direct sun in the morning and evening. The only noticeable difference between the sunlit tanks and the tanks in the other rooms is a slight rise in temperature at these times.
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My blue light only function was marketed as "moonlight". It is interesting to a point, but seemed to project individual beams of light that highlighted the smallest particulates not seen in daylight.
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What's your dream aquarium product that doesn’t exist?
Tanked replied to pedrofisk's topic in General Discussion
Thinking along those lines, They do make "wet pickup tools" (squegees) for the shop vac. It should not be too hard to epoxy a plug into the large end and drill the proper size holes. Alternatively pool vac tools might be an option.- 729 replies
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Incessantly count fish. Anyone else? 🤷🏽♀️
Tanked replied to Theresa_M's topic in General Discussion
Sounds like a plan. My four missing Danios will live forever!- 36 replies
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