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    I would think 10 minutes in full boiling water is more than enough. I would say 5 minutes is fine as well. The only problem I have had with cholla wood is that it took a decent amount of boiling time to actually get it to sink. I think it took about 30 minutes?
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    I have not tried that before, but theoretically I don't see why it wouldn't work. As long as the rhizome is exposed I've never had a problem with anubias. Even just jamming it into small crevices between rocks has worked for me.
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    I've done both and I didn't notice a difference of any benefits or any detriments. I would just go with how you think it looks in the tank. If you don't like the long roots all over the place I would trim them down and allow the new roots to grab a hold of whatever is around it. If they're not too long I'd just leave them be.
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    That is a very pretty betta you picked out!
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    That is awesome. Congratulations on getting your dream tank going! The rainbow shiners are beautiful. I definitely have an itch to keep them or another native species. Did you source them locally or online?
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    Wow great shot of those tiny little things.
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    @Aubrey That's very interesting. I must admit I wasn't aware that there were 2 different variants of the MTS. I am only familiar with the stripey looking one, because those are the only ones I have had. I have to say all you guys do an amazing job of taking pictures.
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    I love mine. Really leaves very little water in the container it's in.
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    I don't think it's a malaysian trumpet snail as well, but it looks really similar. Whatever the heck it is I think I want one. Lol.
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    Hello! I'm hanging in there. Hope you're all good. Welcome!
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    I feel your pain!
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    That pretty much sums up guppies. Lol. I'm sure my guppies are dropping right now as I comment about them out of spite.
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    Honestly, I don't think you have anything to worry about then. Your water chemistry won't change at all. Alot of people use aragonite for keeping african cichlids, because they like hard, high pH water. So, I don't believe it's harmful in any way. We don't have that problem unlike those soft, low pH suckers. Lol. Just kidding. I actually do wish I had softer water at times.
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    Once I wanted to move an entire guppy population from one tank to a bigger tank. I think there were at least 50 of them in there. Well container after container I started to move them to their new home. As the number of them remaining started to dwindle I started dropping the water level down more and more so they'd be easier to catch. Finally I got to the point where I thought there was one left but she was too good at hiding. I decided to leave the tank alone and waited about 20 minutes until she came out. When I get back to the tank there are 10 females and 1 male swimming around in about 3 inches of water. How the heck that many hid from me is beyond me. I was shocked. I was wearing a head lamp too so I could see better into the bushy plant areas. So yes. Yes, I do believe our small creations of nature have portals in them.
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    I've had anacharis in hard, high pH water before and it does pretty well. Never had a pea puffer before, but I've read they adjust well to it. The problem I would think is dependent on your water parameters. If you have hard, high pH water, the aragonite will do nothing. If you have soft, low pH water it will raise it. I would return the aragonite if it's the latter if it was me.
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    I think I agree with that. I only really try to get algae off the plants. Everywhere else I don't touch it.
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    Sorry for you it's not ready to feed, but ready to be transfered to a growout tank.
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    I remember Jimmy did a video on his youtube channel (Jimmy Gimbal) with Dean about brine shrimp. I think the title was something like "Best Fish Food." Dean shows how he strains brine shrimp out of his hatchery to feed his fish. He wasn't using a Ziss Hatchery, but the principle is the same. Basically he drains the water (with the brine of course) from the hatchery into a cup. Then he pours the cup into a sieve (you can use your brine shrimp net). Then using water from the faucet he transfers the brine from the sieve back into the cup. Now the brine is in fresh water in a cup ready to feed.
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    The crayfish looks so darn cool!
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    Welcome back from your hiatus! I was torn between the Pearl Gourami and the Electric Blue, but Cory convinced me that the Acara is indeed the better choice. 😛 Good luck on whatever you decide to get..
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    She better reply Aquarium Co-Op Easy Fry Food. Lol. Just kidding. 😛
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    I'd try to siphon them all out with some tubing into a big bucket.
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    I would definitely say save your money and don't buy any kind of liquid co2. If you got a case of bottles for free, I'd still say not to use it since you're not pulling your hair out from algae issues. If you really want to boost plant growth co2 gas is the only way to go, no matter which way you plan to diffuse it.
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    I've been using excel for maybe around 5 months now. I originally got it as an algae inhibitor (I know, I suck at balancing a tank). I'd rather solve things naturally, but I just couldn't get a handle on the algae on a couple of tanks. As an algae inhibitor I find it doesn't really work on ALL algae. Black beard, heck yes. Hair algae, no ma'am. Any growth attributed to the excel I would take as a bonus. Reviews were so 50/50. Anyway, just in my experience, it doesn't provide any sort of boost to plant growth at all. I used to run a passive co2 system and that definitely did a better job. I can't even imagine what co2 injection would do. I mean I've seen results on youtube, but they must do a ton of trimming every week. So, just speaking from my experience, co2 gas works great for the plants. Liquid co2 does not.
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    Welcome! Hope you learn a lot here. I could use some tips on beautifying my tank as well. :)
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