[How do you keep plants alive inbetween tanks?]

On 5/8/2023 at 6:17 PM, Martin said:

I also vote to float the plants, but holy crap look at all that chain sword!  You have a shrimpy paradise in there!  Throw some in!

So the chain sword is going into a 59gal aquarium and the plan is to have red cherry shrimp and red chili rasboras in there. And one large stone.

[How do you keep plants alive inbetween tanks?]

Thanks for the tips!

[How do you keep plants alive inbetween tanks?]

I should have posted a photo of the established tank. It’s literally bursting with the plants.

i think I’ll just them float a “shoebox” plastic bin

[How do you keep plants alive inbetween tanks?]

Context: I have an established tank with a lot of dwarf chain sword and I need to harvest it out. the tank, that this dwarf chainsword will be going in, will not be ready to be planted for another 2 weeks

question: what is a temporary solution to keep the harvested dwarf chainsword alive for two weeks? Tupperware? Light? Water? Ezgreen?

[Has anyone been able to fix an Easy Green bottle pump?]

While i was trying to clean my Easy Green bottle, I accidentally popped the top of the pump.

has anyone been able to get the top back on or should i just go and buy another bottle?

[Dry Goods Counter]

Just want to shout out the Dry Goods Counter!

As the first customer to take advantage of it, I really loved it. 
 

I got my stuff, didn’t have to wait too long to get in the store, AND I didn’t take up another customer’s time in the store with my simple needs.

 

Overall rating: 11/10 - would do again

[Shelves for a good price.]

Costco has similar shelves in the $130-150 range. 
with the way building supplies are priced right now, you would spend more than that on simple 2x4 shelves

[Strange root tab phenomenon]

Yesterday I put three root tabs into the substrate and by the end of the day I noticed something strange.

it looks like the capsules expanded and resurfaced from their places in the substrate.  I tried to capture what I mean in the photo.

is this normal? These were the last root tabs I had in the bag and none of the previous ones did sky things like that.

[Uh, bad Algae?]

I had the exact algae and my amanos took care of it in a week or so

[Supporting tanks only on the short ends]

upon further inspection, it appears that the tank is leaking in the middle. my leading theory is that one of the tank dividers i put in separated the tank walls enough to cause a leak 😞

that part of the tank is the refugium, so i will have to pull all of the substrate out and look for the leak there. 

[Supporting tanks only on the short ends]

Hi everyone,

i made a cart system to be able roll auxiliary tanks in and out from underneath my display tank. Well last night the sump tank started leaking and i think it’s because the 2x4s lengthwise were 1/16 too tall compared to the sides.

my question is - can i support the tanks only on the short ends? I noticed that the aquarium coop store is setup that way, but befoew i commit, I’d like to hear more opinions.

[Cool looking algae. Problem?]

Thank you all! 
i will let the val grow out everywhere and there is val in a section of the sump.

i believe the algae is there because of the easy green i put in when i started it out so eventually the val should take care of the underlying issue once it grows in.

i will chopstick it out since my amanos are still small

[Cool looking algae. Problem?]

Hi everyone,

i have a 50gal tank and a 30gal sump setup with a bunch of val and some shrimp.

i have the lights on for 7 hours per day and it’s a full spectrum LED light. 

It’s a re-setup for this tank with new substrate and two established sponge filters.

The question is - would the amano shrimp be able to take care of all this algae or should i start trimming it? They’re still small - about .5” - 1”.