The Lone Aquarist

Awesome links. Thank you! Yeah

I’m curious if there is a plant we could grow with leaves out of the water, or semi immersed that people have noticed is aromatic? I listened to an L.R. Bretz live stream recently where he mentioned Brazilian Pennywart(?) as being aromatic, maybe. 🙂

Dosed my hospital tank with erythromycin and minocycline (Maracyn and Maracyn 2). I have a Klein's butterfly fish that had signs of Lympho as well as cloudy. She's already been through a round of the two antibiotics and is doing great but oddly, two weeks later in a recovery tank she started to show signs of cloudy eye again. I was going to move her into the hospital tank today but decided not to. As I was about to net her I noticed her left eye was looking less opaque. Under guidance from a vet we're just going to wait out a couple days and see if the eye looks better tomorrow. If it's still cloudy over the weekend I might move her into the hospital QT. I have her on a diet of vitamin soaked frozen food, specifically LRS Reef Frenzy which is a really clean food loaded with probiotics. So I have this hospital tank running... but no fish and I used up 6 packets of antibiotics. Oh well. So if anyone is curious about saltwater fish keeping, I shot this yesterday for the vet:

So tonight my daughter and I installed the air pump and lines for her 3 gallon nanos. 🙂 Here are pics of the Nano aquariums on either side of her vivarium. Left aquarium: Right aquarium: Here are close ups of the lids I built for my daughter’s setup: and here we installed the air lines because we were concerned of the sealed tops. The single usb air pump runs both: From the air pump it goes to a check valve then to a y splitter going to both aquariums. The air lines are running to the back of the tanks:

So tonight my daughter and I installed the air lines. Here are pics of the Nano aquariums on either side of her vivarium. Left aquarium: Right aquarium: Here are close ups of the lids I built for my daughter’s setup: and here we installed the air lines because we were concerned of the sealed tops. The single usb air pump runs both: From the air pump it goes to a check valve then to a y splitter going to both aquariums. The air lines are running to the back of the tanks:

Strong magnetically mounted sponge air filters. I know there are some 3D printing sources that provide the frame but to have this in a wholesale kit that I could purchase from Aquariumcoop.com would be awesome.

Thank you every one for your feedback. Since i have my own RODI system and its just part of my husbandry workflow with three= ~100 gallon water tanks (the float switches are lower in the tank to prevent flooding) we have found it easier to generate 2 five gallon Carboys dosed with Equilibrium & soda ash for alk and keep them air tight and at temp -- similar to how I keep my saltwater ready in the tanks for water changes or QT needs. We have been dosing 0.2mls of EasyGreen once a week in each tank. So far the plants are appear to be doing well. QUESTION: I have made some acrylic lids -- because we lost fish to jumping. I am wondering if gas exchange is decreased too much if a lid that is built to fit and overlap the glass rim, which causes a very clean but sealed fit -- please note the back 1/8th of the nanos are exposed AIO system compartments and those are not covered so are exposed to the air --- and the falling water coming out from return is exposed as well. I want to add bubblers in one of the AIO chambers. So far, the fish seem ok and no one looks like they're gasping at the surface and parameters seem good. I think the plants from coop jump started the cycling -- I did add in Seachem Stability the first two weeks in small doses. I'll add pictures soon. Thank you again. Cheers!

Is there a re-mineralization product that freshwater enthusiasts use as a standard go to?

Thank you @JettsPapa and @CT_ — in our area of Orange County our water has chloramines — I could make water that bypasses my DI sections. if I was to remineralize what products or components are you using? cheers!

Hi. I'm new to freshwater but been in the aquarium hobby for many years. My daughters wanted to set up a small nano aquarium. I have the aquarium just setup and running with RODI water -- that is what I use for my saltwater displays -- but with freshwater, do I cycle the tank with plants and starter bacteria, or is it more common to add starter bacteria and in time add in plants and fish when the tanks shows no nitrites and ammonia? And can shrimp be used in lieu of fish at the start of a new aquarium? Thank you for any advice. Cheers!