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    You can put a net or other foam filter material over the siphon tube, that's the easiest. Some people build a custom siphon out of PVC for this reason. Here is a photo of one I made from 1/2" pvc spare parts. The foam is the Aquarium Coop small pre-filter.
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    Yea I can't complain though. Our water is crazy soft and has almost zero to sometimes actually zero chlorine. Perfect for soft water fish. NYC is known to have the "Champaign of tap water", and I am not making that up, it's an actual saying. Buying bottle watered instead of drinking from the tap here is a silly waste of money.
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    I am working on something similar but I am going to run it through a thermostatic mixing valve first. Our cold water in the winter time can get really, really, cold out of the tap.
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    Before, unless of course I forget then after. Here in NYC our water is so good they barely put in chlorine in so I have very little risk. Sometime it is actually at zero. I used to premix in a garbage can to make sure them temp was right, it was declorinated and I added Equilibrium. Eventually I decided that effort wasn't worth it.
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    Nice. Where did you get the trays you're using?
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    Yes I agree. My plan is to use either a low profile strainer behind a maten filter or a regular strainer with an A.C. small fter sping on it lime this.
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    I am getting ready to start my fishroom build in the house we moved into about a year ago. In all honesty it is for now really going to be a rack and it is in the laundry room but I am putting in a lot of the infrastructure and have plans on how it will expand in the future. to start off I have shot a video on a custom overflow solution that was designed and suggested to my by @Dean’s Fishroom. It's an exciting option that will make servicing my 10 gallons super easy. I'll be following this post in the thread with photos of the current space, drafted plans of the rack and systems and then progress on the build.
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    This may be how I convince the wife for me to have a year round small pond.
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    I know you're a Mikrogeophagus ramirezi expert but I am also a huge fan of Bolivian Rams, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus, and hope to breed them this year. I'd love to see you breed some to learn any pointers.
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    It doesn't bother me but I like your solution. I also have them running in the laundry room so who cares. I do think they are the best of the different boxes on the market.
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    Looks great and welcome!
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    I know people have had good success with Japanese Rice Fish too. They are harder to find but there are breeders out there selling them. Plus they are easy to breed.
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    I thought about that except I only move frog-bit from the upper pond to the lower pond. Maybe the kids did though. I feel a bit like I'm in the fish Twilight Zone.
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    I put the small goldfish fry in a 10g and their fine. Now there is a new mystery. Looking in the upper pond that is Endlers only I saw something way too big. I put in a big net to take a scoop and found 2 more goldfish fry that are three times as large as the other. Question is, how the heck did they get up there?
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    Japan’s King of Carp Breeds Mega Expensive Koi Fish Video Link: https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/the-king-of-koi-fish "Kentaro Sakai is a champion breeder of nishikigoi carp aka koi fish. Just last year, one sold at an auction for an astounding amount of money— nearly $2 million USD. Sakai’s carp are prized by wealthy collectors for their vivid colors, distinct patterns and glossy skin. Sakai invites us to his fish farm in Hiroshima, Japan, to see how he raises these fish, who lead pretty pampered lives in his care."
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    So this happened. I have two stacked container ponds, one 15g with endlers above a 40g with three goldfish, 2 common and 1 oranda. I know, I know about mixing types. Let's just say it was a convolution of my three young kids, a carnival, 3 prizes, 1 death and 1 replacement trip to the aquarium shop and basically all out of my control. I go to start a water change in the ponds today and see lots of small fish in the goldfish pond and figure some endler fry were washed in during the rain last night. I start scooping them out and among them was clearly a goldfish fry. Ultimately I saw 7 was able to catch 6. They are all about 1 inch long so that makes them at least a few weeks or a month right? Here's my dilemma. I can set up a 10g today but it is somewhat of a hassle or I could put them back and wish them good luck. They have survived this long. My real dilemma is letting the kids get attached to what will probably be cull level olive drab common goldfish. Anyone have an opinion or advice? All are welcome. Thanks in advance! Here are the ponds and the endler(?) fry. These are endlers and not goldfish right?
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    I also have a classic I've run for years on a 55. They do not leak at all and are far more bullet proof that other types. That said I agree it might not be the right solution for your 20g. If there is a compeling reason, such as I really, really want a spray bar then go for it. Otherwise I'd look at an Aquaclear or spong filter.
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    I'll be interested to see how it goes. Keep an eye on evaporation.
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    How retro! I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
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    Welcome aboard!
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    Welcome aboard!
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    It's no big deal. Think of it as extra mulm.
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    Welcome aboard.
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    @stephenp20 I agree. In fact you can often have the lumber cut for you at the store if you have your cut list. Then all you need is a drill which every home should have anyway. You don't need to pay a lot for one that can do the job. As to position in the house an outside wall is good in that it is 100% certain to be load bering. However what you really want to know is which direction the floor joists are running under the floor. You want the joists to be 90 degrees to the wall so the weight is distributed across more joists. Do you have a basement or crawl space to look?
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    Absolutely not. Check out @Tazawa Tanks YouTube video on how he fixed up his fish room doing exactly that.
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