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    Is butter a condiment?

    in Off Topic General

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    14 hours ago, Daniel said:

    Even after all of this discussion the question of butter's condimental status seems to be an unresolved paradox.

    image.png.e7ef69c52f52f18847009b7d9f6d8a06.pngIt looks like the Black Hole Information Paradox may be resolved before this one is.

    I think what the poll has resolved (and the OED backs up) is the versatility of butter. Is it a condiment? Yes. Is it lubricant? In a tight spot, yes. Butter makes everything better. Just ask Betty. She went back to the store to replace bitter butter because she didn’t want to make her batter bitter. 

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    Water chemistry question with a tiny rant about Wonder Shells and a shout-out to the new Aquarium Co-Op test strips

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I understand that KH is desired to buffer swings of pH. I have none in my water. Thanks to the new test strips (200 for less than $17!), I feel like I can afford to test more often. And because it tests for chlorine, I like testing my tap water for it. I have only one small tank and so I keep enough water in gallon jugs hoping the chlorine will evaporate when it comes time for water changes. It usually does.

    I tested one of the jugs just now, curious about chlorine. I thought to have my husband eyeball the test, because I struggle with the GH blue/purple colors. He confirmed what I thought it said.

    Week old tap water:

    Nitrate between 0-10 ppm

    Nitrite 0 ppm

    GH 25 ppm

    KH 0 ppm

    pH 6.4

    Chlorine 0 ppm

    My tank sometimes registers even lower pH, 0 KH and super hard water, thanks to Wonder Shells and my shaky understanding of chemistry. (Attaching a photo of current water parameters, as read by ACO test strip.)

    I have low pH loving fish, so it isn't terribly problematic … or is it? I didn't understand that the Wonder Shells was just a calcium raising product and was a bit gob-smacked by what it did to my GH and what it didn't do to my KH. I am a tad frustrated by the lack of an ingredient list on the package but also my lack of understanding.

    The tank always tested high in nitrates when I was using the API tests—or rather, I always suspected it did as the degrees of orangeness was hard for me to read. Likewise, the API KH test kit always befuddled me, as I was never sure what the yellow was supposed to look like. My water would turn from a very pale blue to a very pale yellow in two to three drops. I don't own an API test for GH. I bought the KH test at the local big box. They didn't have a GH test and now I can't seem to find just the GH test. (My title didn't have room for itemizing the whine.)

    I have added quite a few plants and my nitrates don't seem to test as high as they once did, so I am trying not to do as many water changes. But I sometimes see a fish flashing against the plants. Am I wrong to worry? Besides a slow creep downwards, I don't think my pH is drastically swinging.

    I do have crushed coral, but I only just read that it takes more than I have been using. Why can't I just dose with a pinch of baking soda? I've looked at the akaline buffers out there. It sounds like it is essentially that, researched and measured and to be used as directed.

    As for the photo, the colors look pretty true to what I am seeing in real life, except the nitrate is a tad blown out. I'd say it was between 25-50 ppm.

    Thanks for any and all advice or assurances. 🙂

     

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    Signature as Context

    in Forum Announcements

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    This thread has been featured in the Aquarium Co-Op email. Ironically, though, if one clicks the link without being signed in, everyone’s signature is not visible. 
     

    Great 🧵 tho’. It was worth logging in to see what everyone was talking about. 🙂

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    Aquarium hobby hacks

    in General Discussion

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    31 minutes ago, anewbie said:

    For short tanks a turkey blaster is useful for moving frys or sucking up excess food on bare glass/plastic bottoms.

    I am tempted to try a turkey baster on snail eggs. Why do pest snails have to perpetuate the stereotype???

    Curious about allelopathy

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    I first learned about it with my magnolia tree in the backyard. I don’t remember exactly how I found out about it, but perhaps I googled why things didn’t grow under magnolia trees. (The answer being there’s a substance in the leaves that retards the growth of other plants.) 

    And then I saw one of Cory’s live streams where somebody kept spamming the chat with his question, What about allelopathy?

    Since then, I have seen descriptions of plants mention this characteristic, dwarf sagittaria, for instance. 

    So my question is, should this be a worry? I keep going back to the spammer’s refrain, What about allelopathy? Will dwarf sagitarria hurt my anubias?

     

    5 gallon metaframe aquarium

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Celly Rasbora
    typo

    @DanielI tested a magnet on my 15 gallon Metaframe and only found a slight magnetic pull on the top portion near a rivet. My 5 gallon knock-off is sitting outside on a table waiting for my attention. It hasn't found it yet.

    Also, just wanted to throw out there, that the Metaframe is branded with the name etched into the metal on one of the bottom corners; the other is not. That said, the pics you are showing look like mine. It could be that the brand was only used for a small period of time. Also, mine does not have a slate bottom, which suggests it is newer or perhaps refurbished. I don't know the story.

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