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    Yeah, that's basically where I am at. I just came back after only having one tank in the last 20+ years. Back then it was ghost, amano, and rarely one or two other shrimp. Now there are 101 different colors.
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    Inb4 "hey guys, I am getting my 3rd 125gallon tank". 🙂 Welcome to the forums!!!
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    If your water has a very low carbonate hardness, or kH, it will not be able to retain a neutral to high pH very well. If you google kH you will get 1000 articles that go into way more depth about it than I will here, but essentially it sounds like you need to raise the kH of your water. This could mean crushed coral, but there are also products you can add to the water when you do a water change that will buffer the water. I believe that you can even just use baking soda, but I am not familiar with actually using that, so definitely do some research on it before you decide the best way to go.
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    As far as catching fish goes, I have always found the 2 net method to be the easiest. One net as large as you can fit in the tank, usually at least 10", the other smaller, around 6". Set the larger net up in one of the front corners, typically hold it with your non-dominant hand as you will be doing less maneuvering with the large net. Then you use the smaller net to coax the fish to swim into the larger net, and done. One key is to use slow movements, a cautious fish is much easier to catch than a terrified one, plus you don't want to give it a heart attack or accidentally squish it again the glass or something. Of course this gets more difficult the more plants you have in the tank.
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    I think the first question here is "What are you trying to solve by doing this?" The sump filter, if set u with bio balls/bio rings/etc. will be a way better biological filter than the UG ever could.
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    Squeegee79 replied to Duke's topic in General Discussion

    Chunks of cuttle bone would probably work as well, huh?
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    I have never used one myself, but I have not heard anything bad about them. I am sure there are many who can chime in as to their quality.
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    Assuming that the HOB is an appropriate size for the tank and the tank is appropriately stocked, then it should provide enough O2 for your fish. If the tank is going to be very heavily stocked, then you may want to add an airstone...although at that point might as well add a sponge filter.
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    I am far from a pro with this, but I would assume you want about 1" from the tank to the sump, and then match up the return to the size of your pump. All that aside, I feel like you are going to have to have a MASSIVE return pump in order to get it the 13-15' back up to the tank.
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    Yeah, I think it just depends on the definition of "good". I am sure it would not hurt the fish at all to eat it, but unless thing have changed (which they might have) the older food would have little to no nutritional value.
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    I have actually heard different. My old bosses college professor did a lot of work on fish nutrition, and they found that after 6ish months the nutrients in the food start degrading. At 6 to 9 months it's still worth feeding, but that can that you have had in the closet for 2 years is probably no good anymore, even if it hasn't "gone bad" Now, this work was done 25+ years ago, so perhaps food is more stable these days, I can't really speak to that. I would be curious to see if there have been studies done in the last 5ish years on this.
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    Sure, makes sense. I am guessing the company that serves the site for you requires that all code changes go through them so they can wreck your bank account.
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    Very nice, I miss the cardinals now that I am in Washington state.
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    Curious why the mobile version of the forums has a "mark forum as read" button at the bottom, but the desktop version does not have that anywhere unless you back out to the main section and click it there. Would be really nice to have that button on the desktop version.
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    Curious why the mobile version of the forums has a "mark forum as read" button at the bottom, but the desktop version does not have that anywhere unless you back out to the main section and click it there. Would be really nice to have that button on the desktop version.
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    Just speaking from experience....there is no money in it.
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    So, you are correct that many experienced hobbyists will keep their tanks overstocked, often this is because they had fish spawn and are limited on room, or quite often because they are more aggressive fish and it helps curb damage to an individual My rule of thumb for people just getting into the hobby has always been: X² gallons of water, where X is the length of the fish. So, if you are talking about 1" fish, then 1 gallon of water is very reasonable. But if you are trying to find a place to put a 10" Oscar, obviously that isn't going to work very well in a 10 gallon tank. But, if you put it in 10² gallons, or 100 gallons, then that fish will be much happier. And I am not saying that you can only put that one fish in the 100 gallon tank, just that you should probably have close to that much room for that fish. If it had 3 or 4 buddies that it doesn't want to kill, then that is fine.
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    My only concern as was mentioned is the dwarf gourami. They can be bullies sometimes. Perhaps a couple sparkling gouramis instead.
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    Is the filtration all new? If yes, then the tank is going through it's cycle. That is A LOT of fish for a brand new tank. You may find yourself doing 20-30% water changes DAILY until things get cycled and settle down.
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    I don't know for sure, but I would assume no, as this would require constant updating by the staff if it was the fish that are currently in stock. Even a list of "things we might sell" would be difficult, as it would depend on availability from wholesalers. And then of course if their list said that "random fish x" is something that they would sell, 100% guaranteed someone reads that and thinks they mean it is in stock and then drives 2 hours to find out they don't have it and gets upset with them. Sorry to sound negative on the subject....but having worked in pet stores before, a list like this would only end badly. 🙂
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    Have you ever noticed the tetras chasing the guppies? The guppy tails really look like they are getting nipped at, which can cause infections.
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    So, for me it wasn't my aquarium, it was where I worked. Saltwater system on a sump. Was doing a water change, filling the system back up, got distracted by customer, forgot about the water, went to lunch, spent the rest of the day shop vac'ing water and correcting the salinity in the system.
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    So, the best way to treat the symptom...which is the green water, is to use an old school magnum 350 with a diatom filter. Not sure if you can even buy those anymore though.
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    Yep, definitely guppy then. Newly hatched neons are much much smaller.
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    Quickly? Yes. But not extreme. I kept a lot of fish in my early 20s, like 20 years ago. Then life happened. I set up a new 29 gallon tank about a month ago after catching the bug again...and am currently planning a rack in the living room that will hold a 75, 2 20s, and 5 10s. Assuming the floor holds. 😛
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