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  1. Frank
    I was thinking about an undergravel filter, with the outlet connected to overflow plumbing, then down to an ordinary sump.
  2. Frank
    This probably isn't the answer that you're looking for, but O-rings are standard hardware items. Measure the cross sectional thickness of the ring, and its diameter, and you can find something that'll work
  3. Frank
    I haven't yet had my first birth in the aquarium. Right now, I'm happy that my otocinclus have discovered the front glass panel.
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    Is My New Shrimp OK?

    Frank replied to Frank's topic in Diseases

    Thanks! I don't know what it's doing. To me, it looks like it's trying to kick them off. That could be fanning.
  5. Frank
    I can't tell if those are eggs or some parasite. The little shrimp is doing all it can to get rid of them.
  6. Frank
    Yes. That would be useful info. A picture, with nothing to provide a sense of scale, is less useful. Without context, labeling a plant "midground" is useless. Is it midground in a standard 55 gallon aquarium? In the outdoor gardening world, plants are sold with size descriptors. They are also subject to light, climate, nutrient vagaries and variants. Growers will provide info like: typically 8 to 12 feet tall by 4 to 6 feet wide after ten years. Normally, that is shortened to: 8 to 12 feet tall by 4 to 6 feet wide.
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    I see it as being a barrier to entry. Is it difficult to list a size to which a particular plant typically grows? I'll see a plant that I like. It's listed as being a midground plant. Then, I have to search three, four, or five websites before finding out that it grows six to ten inches tall. That's a background plant, for me. Next it's on to the next "background" plant listed for sale. Search three, four, or five websites. Then, the next plant. Search websites... Why can't the size be listed in the description? Let me decide where it goes.
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    Why, oh why, are plants categorized into foreground, midground, background, and/or carpeting? In my tank, dwarf chain sword is a midground plant. I've seen plants promoted as midground that would be hanging halfway down the outside of my aquarium. What is the standard height tank, that is used, for these standard categorizations?
  9. Frank
    Do they just stick, or is some sort of adhesive used?
  10. Frank
    I started with the idea of having an indoor water garden. A one and a half gallon glass jar ran for a week. Then, I wanted more... I dumped everything: the rock, the gravel, what plants I could salvage, and the water into a fifteen gallon tank. After a week, I started adding fish. Over the next week, the stocking built up to thirteen ember tetras, three otocinclus, and eleven shrimp. As near as I can read the results of the API Master Test Kit, the ammonia and nitrite levels went from undetectable, to detectable (estimated at 0.1 - 0.2 ppm) for both, and now back to undetectable. The total time passed, since starting up the jar garden, is one full month. Would it now be safe to add in seven celestial pearl danios?
  11. Frank
    I would certainly not want to be able to slip any piece of paper anywhere between the tank bottom and its support.
  12. Frank
    This is my first attempt at a root tab insertion tool. It works well enough, but some thinner walled stainless tubing would be better.
  13. Frank
    There wasn't a small enough gravel vac, so I made this. I found that it pulls green hair algae off of the plants, too.
  14. Frank
    I've made my decision on this. When I get my 50 gallon tank, I'm getting two 100watt heaters. If it's not enough, I'll add the 50watt heater that I already have. If that's not enough, I'll get another 100watt heater. I don't trust them. If one fails. The temperature won't go nuts on me.
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    Hello! I'm new here and haven't yet figured out how this forum runs. If this is the wrong place, I hope for your forbearance. I cared for fish as a teenager, then my work took me around the country and the world. Now, some forty-five years later, I'm retired and have fish again (is that a record?). Would someone please identify this for me? The main body is about 1/4" tall.
  17. Frank
    I taped foam cored poster board to the back of my tank; using clear packing tape. It'll be easier to remove if I decide to change it.
  18. Frank
    Here are the settings that I'm using, so far, on my newly set up fifteen gallon (24" x 12" x 12") tank. I just scaled the preset "PRO" color balance. I"ve had the 24" light for only a few days, so it's too soon to report any results.
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