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I'm really glad to see the Black Diamond is working for you, and that other people are using it. I bought 2 damaged bags for $1.00 years ago but never used because I was told it would cut the fish. Now I might rethink that project.
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@Kara C The room looks great. You need some fish for that ceiling projector.
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On 12/2/2020 at 10:50 AM, H.K.Luterman said:
Interesting! Do you think it could be because you have the rhizome buried? Maybe its being stunted from inadequate water flow.
Lovely looking tank! I love your elodea looking stuff, makes me miss having some (my bichirs kept bulldozing through it and making a mess).The rhizomes are actually about an inch above the substrate. The root systems have held onto some of the gravel from an earlier transplant. You might be onto something with water flow. The side mounted HOB filter guarantees flow across the 29 gallon tank. The taller Anubia is next to the intake.
I found an earlier photo with the plants side by side. It occurred to me that the stunted plants had received a peroxide dip for BBA. That may be a contributor.
The Anacharis was supposed to hide the lift tube on the right side but like your birchirs, my pleco continued to plow through it. I ended up gluing it to a rock behind the tube. I regretted the purchase until it tripled in volume, and put out dozens of long vertical roots across the tank. Now its a keeper.
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Thanks @H.K.Luterman @Brandy From left to right, The Anubia in the left corner is the youngest of the Anubia. The Anubia in front of the Java fern is the parent plant. The plant on the far right is the first cutting. In the earliest version of this tank, the right side was dimmer. The parent plant and cutting maintained a a smaller much rounder leaf. I originally thought that was where the "petite" came from.
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Your tank looks real good. What are the surface plants?
Anubia Nana Petite is the first and only plant that I haven't killed. Have you ever noticed any of your Anubia changing leaf shape or size, dependent on their placement in the tank?
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26 minutes ago, Alesha said:
I don't have a power head. I do have the small pump that originally came with this tank, but I've not been able to find it to see if I can duplicate @Aubrey's clever hack.
I have no idea how well, or if it will work, but if you have the floss and the time, put it in your gravel vac tube or use @Aubreys filter on the end of the syphon hose. Be mindful that you will have to be very careful when putting the water back.
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I have so many interests that I have self diagnosed as having AAHD.
I find it interesting how many common interests exist here so far. I don’t have a cello or a guitar, because my harmonica fits inside my backpack. My kayak is my floating camera platform. I like to tinker and I am a doubting Daniel, so my reading consists mostly of researching the internet.
My primary interests are the ones that provide an artistic outlet and actually allow me to control the time and expense required: Learning, nature, Bonsai, plants in general, and of course the fish.
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Somebody said it: UGFs only got a bad rap because there are no additional parts to buy. I've been using the same UGF with a powerhead and 2" of medium gravel for decades. I've only had to replace the impeller in the power head. Maintenance is little more than a gravel vac. If you want to clean deeper, you can insert the siphon into the lift tube during water changes. The fish prefer that. The best part for me is: if you have a major substrate disturbance, the UGF has a much larger surface area for polishing the water.
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I think you are on to something with the larger tubing. I guess I'm going to Ace.
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On 10/19/2020 at 10:09 PM, Ikantspell4 said:
What other stuff can I do. I've murdered lots of plants and feel like these are heading that way. Anyone more experienced than me have advice?
May they rest in pieces. I've been killing plants for 2+ years, and I still haven't figured it out. A few months back @Candiactually suggested that I come here. ...and buy faster growing plants. In my case, I can't keep the nitrates down, and, plants are starving. but the BBA and filamentous algae are thriving.
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Still recovering from my first stay at home Thanksgiving. I spent too much time here, made a scratch apple pie, played with the fish, baked a scratch loaf of bread, swapped out the substrate in the nano tank, baked a ham... Around 10:00 I realized that I had not actually had dinner, so I popped the cork on a bottle of wine, made a ham sandwich and had a slice of pie.. It was great. I hope all of you had a great stress free holiday also.
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I use the Skewer method.
The next time you change the wipers on your car/truck, remove the stainless steel stiffener from the old wiper blade. Bend a hook for the tank rim, Poke the skewer through a pre-drilled wine cork If you or your mechanic has a long enough wiper, you can plant one end into the substrate.
Bending a small hook on the end will keep old food from sliding off and give you another tool for fishing out debris elsewhere. They cannot rust or sink, but some of the stiffeners have barbs on the end so be careful.
I use mine to add veggies to the tank at all levels. Cucumber wasn't available so the Barbs refused to pose for an action shot.
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I'm glad to see this topic come up. I've never had a problem with HW shedding until recently. When the HW cloud in my 29 gal. was the predominant surface plant there was almost no shedding. When the Anacharis established itself on the surface, the HW began to suffer.
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Whether you go low tech. or dive deeper, there is a wealth of information here. Welcome.
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16 hours ago, Kirsten said:
I love the combination of fish, water, and plants. It's a beautiful cycle and I'd love to get the balance so good that very little input is needed from me other than food, observation, and paying my electric bill. Don't know if that'll ever be possible, but maybe one day!
Starting with the wealth of information that can be found here, you are closer to a balance than you realize. I'm not intentionally into hydroponics yet, but I'm close. I don't fret about the electric bill anymore because I figure everything is being used twice. The heat and humidity from the aquariums is adding a little something to the indoor environment, and most of those water changes are applied to the 60 houseplants, annuals, herbs and vegetables that I'm keeping in the basement.
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12 hours ago, MaxM said:
I'm finding it interesting how many people got into the hobby because of Covid-19. With all the stress that it is putting on our lives it's interesting how much fish allows us to relax. I never knew.
It's Osmosis that we can see and feel in real time. The fish are calm, so we are calm. No mask required.
I don't think that actual LFSs are suffering too bad. Its a different story for the big box pet shops. While visiting my local fish/pet store a year ago, I noticed that all of the economically priced brands were gone. The store had been bought out by a bigger national chain. As of this month they are both gone. Unlike so many people here, I am fortunate to have 2 LFSs within 20 minutes not including Petsmart. The older grittier store always seems busy.
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I built one of those and the plant kept escaping. Now I know why.
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Thanks for the info on the lot numbers. This might explain why my ammonia is always zero or less.
Were all of the test results weird or just one type of test?
I just measured the ph in my planted tank with an API kit that expired in 2001, one that will expire in 2024, and Tetra test strips. The results (7.2) were close enough that I could not see a difference. I repeated this in the community tank with similar results (6.6) The the test strips came out with lower numbers at 6.8 (planted) and 6.2 (community)
How do you measure your samples?
I realized that there is more water in an API 5ml sample today than there was in 2000. The lines on the vials are in different places!
I also realized that my grocery store medicine doser may not be that accurate.
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The short answer is: because I can have nature, water, and growing things in one package, indoors 24/7/365.
As small children we would incur mom's wrath if we left her sight while shopping. The exception was at F.W. Woolworth's, where we could always be found in the pet dept. staring at rows of shiny Metaframe aquariums full of wonder and a few turtles and alligators.
The hook was set about the same time when I stayed overnight at my older brothers house. He had MTS and I had to sleep in the living room with dozens of Neon tetras glowing in the dim light, and some kind of horrible piston air pump clanking in the darkness.
First came the goldfish bowl than came the 10 gallon for the teenager, the 29 gallon for the young adult , and the 75 gallon for the homeowner.
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If you can live with white, than the HDPE cutting board material my work for you. Or if you can find a fabricator near you, a piece of colored scrap might be available.
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I cleaned the glass on the experimental plant safe zone in my Tinfoil Barb Tank. The Hornwort in the picture was decimated by a peroxide treatment, but well on its way to recovery. A two hours later the largest of the barbs was acting like a a fish on a hook. Some how he had managed to navigate the one inch of clearance between the water surface and the top of the cylinder, and eat most of the plants. Now the 6" fish was trapped in a 6" cylinder. So I guess I also provided a salad bar and rescued a fish.
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On 11/19/2020 at 1:35 AM, Alec2cool said:
The reason for this post, I want a gorgeous Valisnaria forest going on but I'm obviously not doing it right.
Stalled Vallisneria seems to be a common issue. I have the exact same problem but no suggestions. I hoping someone will comment here as to whether some of the Vals may actually have different temperature requirements.
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21 minutes ago, ange said:
felt that freshwater fishkeeping isn't as serious.
Yea, I've been told that "freshwater isn't a real aquarium", and "freshwater fish aren't colorful". Both comments came from someone who no longer has a salt tank.
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If you have a "golden" 2.5 and a well established 5 yr. tank, (size?), would it make sense to include part of that water in your water changes? I'm probably missing something here.
Aquatic Plants
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Same question here, but for Gourami and Silver Dollars, and Tinfoil Barbs