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I do plan to have a backup pump for the rack but would only like to run 1 for the entire thing. Is there a pump you reccomend that will do that for a reasonable price? I'm looking at the 602gph and 1189gph on amazon and really dont know if either or both are overkill or underkill.

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I'm looking at getting a big air pump to run a rack of tanks sponge filters and I need to know how many cfm I need to run 10 small 10gallon size sponge filters and 2-4 large 55gallon size sponge filters. I'd like to know the requirement for each size so I can decide how much overkill I want for future proofing.

I'm a big fan of the beamworks da 6500 for a low budget light, already had one on my 30 and added the nicrew that's reccomended so often and its utter garbage compared to the beamworks especially considering the small price difference and doesnt add much light compared to the beamworks by itself.

For a 20 tall not sure what plants I'm going to grow in this tank yet, definitely not expanding my co2 system right now and want to stick with the flourescent light I already have so obviously low light low tech plants only. Preferably available on amazon on a budget. Pic of the start of the tank it will be going on for tax, pics of my other tanks just cause I like yall and I like showing my tanks and vicki valencort showed me her boobies and I liked those too lol.

Working on hard scape on a 20 tall, I would love artistic advice and plant and livestock suggestions, want something other than guppies in this one and looking for the scape to be the attention more than the fish.

Classic led+ thats only about 45 on amazon for 30"

Just added another light to my 30 gallon and went with the nicrew based on several recommendations in the past, here is it compared to the beamworks da6500 i already had for it. First picture is both, second is nicrew only, last picture is beamworks only. Nicrew seems much much dimmer than the beamworks and doent actually seem to make it much brighter than just beamworks alone but if my dwarf baby tears finally start carpeting i guess ill know its enough additional to acheive my goal. Anyway if you are poor like me and looking for a budget light i think beamworks is the better buy for a little more money and ive had good results with just it.

I use those cuddlefish wonderbones that are ground up and reconstituted since i need tons of calcium for my shrimp and snails and before i started using it i think my kh was around 8 now its at 13. May be many better options our there but thats just my personal experience.

I think i mis explained what i meant, the part of that conical intake cage that doesnt fit into the tube could be sealed so they cant climb through the gaps. Planning another 10% water change tomorrow. To top off my shrimp deaths lost 2 of the 5 otos i recently got in the last day. Couldnt quartine like normal since they need something more established to feed so hopefully no disease. The body i found had a pretty bloated belly and the other dissapeared. I floated them and added little tank water to their bag every hour or so for about 8 hours before releasing them in the tank since the store told me to transition them slowly, i really need them for string algae control on my plants.

I can stick that down the tube of one of my sponge filters and seal it with silicone if it doesnt stick in the full depth of the cage and have it power it instead of the airstone in it now and not have to worry about baby shrimp right?

Been running co2 in that tank about as long as its had shrimp but i probably dont have it dialed in ideally because i rely on a drop checker as an alarm and just increased the flow rate of co2 until it started turning yellow during the day then backed off until it started getting that lighter green that comes before yellow near the end of the day and called it good.

No idea what powdered c02 is unless it would be crushed dry ice and no i dont use that. Have gas co2 injected via a diffuser with a regulator and 5lb bottle. Do use excel to help control algae but dont count that as c02 .

Sorry i thought i replied right after yall but apparently it was stuck here in the reply box. Are powerheads shrimplet safe or would they be a vacuum/blender? If they are is there a very inexpensive model available on Amazon that is reliable and safe?

Temp varies from one end of the tank to the other but is stable and it only varies a couple degrees from end to end. I forgot to mention the ph at the co2 end is 7.4 but the opposite end was 8.5. They hang out in the hortwort on the left a lot and its right beside the heater and in front of the filter so flake food gets pushed down in hornwort for them. Dont know exact ages, some were mid size and couple adults. Some babies might be getting eaten but i only have guppies, oto cats, and snails with them and im finding bodies not just noticing them missing. What water change regiment would you change too? I was under the impression shrimp prefer stability over frequent changes so i just top off and semi regularly check nitrates and amonia to make sure my fertilizing is still keeping me in what i assume is best range of 10-20ppm and nothing is out of whack.