Wingman12r

Sun-sun canister I've had been running on my 55g tank for the past 5 years sprung a leak. Luckily the leak had quite literally started as I walked into my fish room as I only had a 4" water spot to cleanup. Around the same time I purchased the large Intake Sponge from the co-op. Turns out that intake sponge is exactly the size of a small and medium co-op when stacked. In a hurry I cut a hole into the top of the sponge and put it around the guts of the sponge filter then hooked it up to a USB air pump. A week later and I've had zero change water parameters. Thank goodness I've been wanting to get rid of that canister for a long while but was always worried about losing the cycle.

Imo they will probably be fine. You won't likely have the absolute best hatch rate. I spent a lot of time on the Great Salt Lake and have seen where many brine shrimp are harvested. They go through heat and cold cycles, drought ect. then still remain viable.

I think the position the pump is used in also makes a difference. The ones I hang seem the last longer than the ones I have set on a shelf.

I've been waiting for another one to die so I can open her up and diagnose. Then run a test with a pre-lubricacted one.

Yes, about once a week I will make a full batch of BBS in the Ziss hatchery. I'll then freeze the extras in These ice trays. Then daily through out the week I thaw a couple of cubes and feed the fish room.

Could be a leach. They tend to have a slinky like locomotion.

I'm currently in my 3rd iteration of fish keeping. In the late 90s when I was in middle school, my dad bought a 55 gallon we stocked it with Angels, Red tail shark, neon tetras, danios, common pleco, albino corys. We had to give it away when we moved from Utah to Texas in Dec 1999. Then in 03-04 my dad was given a used 55 with a stand, light and an aquaclear filter. It just happened that a girl I liked in High School worked at a PetSmart. So to make an excuse to go talk to her I decided to start up the fish tank. I murdered so many fish in that poor tank. I overstocked an un-cycled tank with, neon tetras, danios, a couple of angels, a couple of Bala sharks, a clown knife, common pleco. Sometime later after the tank had stabilized I was given a Tinfoil Barb. He proceeded to kill everything other than the pleco. After I met my wife and moved across Texas my dad kept that tank going for several more years. After I bought my house in 07 my wife and I thought it would be cool for her 3 kids to have guppy tank. We got a Walmart 55 gallon tank and stand kit and filled it with mutt guppies and platys. We had a great time with the breeding and babies. That tank is still set up and currently houses my Xenotoca Lyonsi Rio Tamazula. Now my grandkids come over and get the same excitement thier mother did with the same tank.

I feed the live BBS once then I freeze the rest in these ice trays. The rest of the week I have a small cube into a tank or thaw and feed with a dropper.

Run both for a couple of weeks, if possible turn the flow down on the first filter. Even better would be to put the sponge inside the first filter and slowly remove the old media.

Bringing up an old post, but I saw this Reddit post. Pic #7 is a freshwater flounder called a Hogchoker. @Doc AquaticJust in case you hadn't learned anything more.

https://apnews.com/article/science-lifestyle-mexico-environment-and-nature-pollution-09868cffb55101a851f7a6294f12d3e1 A cool article I saw about Goodeieds successfully reintroduced into the wild. The researcher mentioned in the article Omar Dominguez is someone I've asked Zenzo to look into as a possible YouTube membership speaker.

Cinder blocks and 2x4s make for very cheap and modular racking system. The 6" wide blocks are what I use. For lights 5000k-6500k led shop lights can be found for less than $20, can light multiple tanks and grow plants as well. I tried the polycarbonate lids, but they need to be cut straight. I cut them with a box cutter on the floor and they didn't fit well so I became frustrated and bought the glass lids. The corners I cut for the airline were also death traps for my endlers so use hot glue to plug the holes. Unless you need 80°f+ temps IMO heaters are not really needed but keep one on hand for treating diseases. The space you have is somewhat limited. Looks like a pair of 20 longs one over the other or a 20l below with 2 15s or 20hs up top, maybe just a single 55 or 4 10g. What I did was plan out my wall on graph paper at one square = one inch. Remember that you need to have access above the tanks for maintenance 8 inches bare minimum. You can look up tank sizes online and plan it out from there. One you get your plan together you can start to aquire the materials as your budget allows while keeping and eye out for deals.

It's called guppy grass for a reason. Once it takes off you will be tossing hand fulls of.it every couple of weeks. Anachris will yield similar results.

@SevThe Lyonsi are definitely fry eaters. If I don't pull the fry I'll be lucky to have 1 or 2 make it. They are overall larger in size especially the males. Again I don't really have good pictures.

@SevThe Doadrioi are super simple to keep. I keep them in a 20h, sponge filter, no heater and dwarf water lettuce. I find that they are not fry eaters, at feeding time the fry come out and eat with the adults. I don't really have any good pics so I took the top pic during the morning check up. About 2 weeks ago I dirted and planted their tank. In the second picture the left tank is the old set up.

As part of the poeciliidae family like guppies, Molly's, platys ect I suspect that they will readily breed. Mosquito fish are also known to having a voracious appetite, not only for mosquito larvae but most kinds of aquatic insects and invertebrates. So keeping live foods readily available may be key to ensuring the fry don't become prey.

The BB lives on the surface of the filter, substrate and decorations not so much in the mulm. When ever possible I try to add a handful of substrate to the new aquarium.

While I haven't kept the Skiffia, I do currently have Xenotoca Lyonsi Rio Tamazula and Xenotoca Doadrioi. I find the young females first few drops will be just a couple of fry. Then as she grows in size her drops will increase ~ 8-10. When she reaches her full size that's about when they will stop breeding. However im not sure if it's the older males not allowing the younger males to breed or females just not willing.

White Cloud mountain minnows are supposed to be fairly easy to breed.

I've kind of had a similar experience with my city tap water. I think it's because they use chloramine, which contains ammonia. My tap water I've seen as high as 8.xx but in the tank it's settles to 7.6-7.8. I've never had it become an issue.

Seachem Safe. An 8oz bottle treats 60,000 gallons.

Also another thing to consider is the wasted water just draining

The length of hose also makes a difference. When I had the tank ~20' from the faucet I had no issues, now that I moved the tank into the other room I bought a longer hose to reach about 50' and now I get about 1/2 the suction. If you don't need the full length of hose you may find shortening it will improve your situation.

I used to use vinegar eels for live feeding, but I recently received a micro/banana worm culture free along with some pygmy sunfish. IMO the micro worms are way easier to work with. I used the instant mashed potato method from one of Cory's videos and have very little smell.

I've seen many use a 1LPH per filter as a guide. The air flow won't really change with the filter size but aquarium depth will have a affect.