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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
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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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3 minutes ago, HardeepTheLondoner said:
It looks berried to me. Is it fanning the eggs? Cherry Shrimp, when berried do this very often to keep the eggs aerated (I think). I definitely know they keep fanning them until they hatch, which is usually 30 days after becoming berried.
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.
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I can't tell if those are eggs or some parasite. The little shrimp is doing all it can to get rid of them.
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8 hours ago, Cory said:
I responded to Frank's email. However there is no good matrix for what plants grow to. It depends on light, nutrients, cultured variant and what size tank to know where a plant would go. Even the suggestion above me stating to look at a website that states the size of a plant. At 50cm their claimed max this is 19.6 inches. Well this picture below shows they can grow even larger. While I haven't measured all the largest amazon swords I've come across, I feel I've seen some creeping up on 3 feet in height.
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?
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2 minutes ago, Andy's Fish Den said:
Pretty much any of the freeze dried cubes can be stuck to the glass. I've done it with blackworms, tubifex and brine shrimp cubes
Do they just stick, or is some sort of adhesive used?
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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?
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I would certainly not want to be able to slip any piece of paper anywhere between the tank bottom and its support.
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This is my first attempt at a root tab insertion tool. It works well enough, but some thinner walled stainless tubing would be better.
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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.
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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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24 minutes ago, Emika_B said:
If it's molt, I'll keep it in there. If it's some kind of critter, I don't know...
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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.
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On 1/1/2021 at 1:11 AM, HenryC said:
Hi guys, I've always wanted a dedicated angelfish tank and I think it's time I get one! The 55g seems ok for them, I'm planning to put 6-8 golden marbled angelfish. I want them to stand out really good so I will be painting the background black, and adding a black substrate.
Do you guys have any dedicated angelfish tanks? I would love to get ideas from you, if you could post a photo that would be great!. I cannot decide which substrate to get, I'm looking at CaribSea Ecocomplete and Fluval Stratum. It seems stratum might be a bit better and more nutritious, but I am not a big fan of the spherical shaped grain, I like the more natural, rough, rocky look of the ecocomplete. Any commentary?
Thanks! Happy new year!
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.
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- 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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Has Anyone Done This?
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I was thinking about an undergravel filter, with the outlet connected to overflow plumbing, then down to an ordinary sump.