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    The same thing my fish are looking at when they chase invisible things up and down the glass? pretty sure if you posted a GIF that’s what we’d see.
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    I vote for mixing with your current tank. I’ve done this in some tanks when I was low on appropriately sized plants. I’ve also done it in my living room when I wanted plants somewhere they would die 😉
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    Set up the 75 gallon stand, only made two mistakes that required major back tracking so I count that a win. Planted with initial selection of plants, now filling with @irene’s very smart plastic bag trick that I’m hoping will leave all those weak shallow roots embedded.
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    Accidental dupe
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    This thread had some very useful information on ich: https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/526-is-this-ich/
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    I think things like “integrating with X common platform” sound very routine and normal in theory but in reality tend to be incredibly expensive and bug prone to do. $20k sounds like a lot, but in the world of web development it’s really not nutty, it’s 200 hrs of midwestern midrange developer time (I have no clue how Co-Op does dev as a disclaimer). For that price range you are generally taking an existing solution that comes close to meeting your wishlist and building onto it. You see efficiencies because you’re building off an existing code base that is generally supported and upgraded over time just like your computer. However, anything you totally customize or build for your needs isn’t part of that existing code base - it’s totally on you to maintain over time as X platform changes its integration standards or X browser changes how it does Y. People who dive deep into customizing everything right off the bat end up spending unreasonable amounts of money maintaining functionality it turns only a small minority of users care about (or worse, none). Yes, you can outsource to a lower cost region and do everything for less but that will generally cost more in terms of time and knowledge that you have to supply, at least in my experience. This isn’t to undercut the investment at all, I’m just saying for 20k you can’t get FB. It is a ton, ton more of an investment than a normal hobbyist forum. To build something that lasts long term you have to go slow and smart and in iterations OK, that’s the end of the speech I wish I could give every client with too many priorities. For users of things like this who want to help shape it: they will develop the functionality they see people finding workarounds to achieve. We want a newbie FAQ section that links out to the best video? We have that capability right now, it just takes _our_ time and thought and energy. But that is how you build a lasting community.
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    The plants will help with the ammonia and prefer it to nitrites. I think your chances of fully cycling again are just dandy! One thing you could do if you’re concerned is get ammonia absorbing and/or nitrate absorbing material for a HOB filter short term.
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    I struggle with this same issue, although I haven’t seen it actually kill or choke off guppy grass growth. So far I have just given up on clumps of guppy grass and it does grow back fast. The same issue is worse with java moss. Guppy grass just also seems to break whenever you look at it wrong, so I basically accept that any cleaning or tending to guppy grass will inevitably involve replanting a lot of guppy grass pieces. Hoping for a better solution as well!
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    I keep my female cull guppies in with them and they seem to work as dither fish to make the multies a little less shy.
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    Moved the gobies this AM, so far so good as they explore and cling to walls with their little monopods. Technically, all 3 are semi-visible in this shot... And here is a time lapse because let's face it they're not very fast. This might be a dumb question but how would I know if this was too little space? The 10g felt a little large but they were too nippy to add other fish. Should I be watching behavior and nitrates as my primary metrics?
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    I haven't shipped fish but I've bought quite a few online and they've come healthy and alive. I pamper them when they arrive, make sure they get out of the bag as fast as possible, lights off for hours, etc. There is a risk involved, but when I weigh the cost of driving to a LFS in the cities (100+ mile trip, 3 hrs minimum travel) vs. the availability of fish online, it tends to be pretty even because so far the online fish have generally been equal or better quality.
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    Yes, it’s Danny and Johnny as adults. It’s perfect. I just finished watching Letterkenney, which was very fun and very filthy. I also tend to really like a lot of cdramas and kdramas, so I’ve been making the husband rewatch some of my favorites. We started with the 50+ episode classic Ten Miles of Peachtree Forest... proud to say he survived.
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    I feel like pothos is probably one of the best equipped out of most of the grow-in-water plants I know to survive low light situations. It survives most situations. Happily is a different thing though. Lucky bamboo (actually a dracaena) will survive in very slim light. Probably best in a HOB due to the need for all leaves to be emerged. This would be my best bet. I would also consider philodendron but I see a higher fail rate with propagating that in water. I have only grown sweet potato in higher light conditions but the others I’ve grown terrestrially or emerged in fairly low light If you could plant things you could look at maybe some type of fern or other low light happy-damp-roots plant but I’m not sure how much that would help your nitrates compared to a roots-in-water plant.
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    eShakti has some gorgeous ones but I can’t bring myself to spend $25 on a scarf mask when I don’t yet own one of each fish. For kids, I’ve seen advertisement for the Ty animals masks which is brilliant and adorable. I’ve found I prefer the gaiters, my nose does a great job of holding them up and they come in more fun patterns.
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    I have three bumblee gobies (true freshwater) in a 10g... would this be far too small for them? I’d say they’re each a little bigger than a Pygmy Cory and they move in small darts, not a lot of sustained zooming or distance covered. I haven’t noticed much territorialness and am fairly sure all of them might be female. The flow and the vertical space may actually be pluses for them as they like to sit on the walls.
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    Thank you for starting this, I got one of these and am like oh boy.... this is an upgrade from the guppies! Now what do I put in it? When would you use this vs. leaving the eggs in the mouth-brooder's mouth? Would you use it with angelfish eggs, cory eggs, etc - anything that would normally be "lightly fanned"?
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    I picked this guy up for $20 used and have been working on it for a while now. It's finally cycled. What are people putting in these? Part of me wants a nice betta... the other part wants something more unique. My original thought had been panda guppies but they're hard to find around here and I don't really want a pair. Also I am just like, full of guppies already.
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    I’ve had good luck with AquaHuna, Aquabid, and EBay. A friend had good luck with aquatic arts. Based in MN, only ordered in summer.
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    I’ve had good luck with AquaHuna, Aquabid, and EBay. A friend had good luck with aquatic arts. Based in MN, only ordered in summer.
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    I sometimes use Marimo moss balls for the same purpose as a sponge. I don’t think it’s as instantly effective as adding a properly sized and seasoned sponge filter but it seems to be a good way to add some bacteria fast.
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    @Dean’s Fishroom did a video in the coop talking about breeding 3 varieties of fish in a 55. Believe he chose Apistogrammas, sterbai corys, and angels. If your tank is large enough you could try something like that?
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    Same. The bubbler is simultaneously exciting and intimidating; to date I’ve only bred guppies and mollies so this is a cool tool to help push me further in the hobby which I appreciate. but frankly I’m also just really excited about the towels. Good towels of my own that are marked so no one will touch them? Hallelujah!
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    With that kind of variety maybe consider making a few specific biotopes depending on the fish you like?
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    Echoing the spiderwood. For driftwood check Etsy out. Some really great pieces on there.
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    https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJA44J8R/ My little guy has a habit of watching the fish until they lull him to sleep.
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