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On 10/23/2021 at 8:29 PM, Patrick_G said:
I haven’t heard from @Daniel in months. Anyone know if he’s ok?
I am okay! But I haven't been on the forum hardly at all recently. I am getting all the beehives ready for winter and that eats up all of my time. I will have more time for the fish and the forum when the weather turns cold. I appreciate that I was worried about.🙂
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On 10/9/2021 at 6:57 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
@Danieljust placed an order with Eastern Aquatics so I’m excited to get started. @eatyourpeasjust cleaned up my 2.5 g tank I was using for infusoria culture and it’ll be home to 2/3 of the worms. I’ll put the other 1/3 in my cracked flex.
I hope you (and your fish) like the blackworms. Mosquito larva and blackworms are the my fishes favorites.
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I got the the Best of Show female betta at auction at the 2001 International Betta Congress Yearly Convention for $200. Cheers erupted in the room when the hammer went down.
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I think Seriously Fish has a very comprehensive database. I use it frequently.
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On 9/17/2021 at 4:37 PM, Streetwise said:
@Daniel, did you have a different career before beekeeping?
I had company that advised Hospitals on new regulations. No where near as satisfying as beekeeping. The old job paid better, but with Beekeeping I cannot wait to get up in the morning and go to work.
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On 9/17/2021 at 10:51 AM, Eyad Jamus said:
Im actually quite fascinated by your experiment. Can't wait for the updates and pics.
I have been totally absorbed in my honey bee business this fall. When things slow down a little, I will update with some pictures.
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@Hobbit the forum is better place because you are here.
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On 8/31/2021 at 4:50 PM, BenA said:
So how a good one should be looked?
Anything is possible so even the one in the original post could still sprout a leaf and make a valiant come back. But a healthy banana plant should have green bananas and at least a few leaves.
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Rip banana plant. 😑
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Even your aquarium plants are subject to predation from cats. My cats will pull them out of the aquarium.
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I think @Lowells Fish Lab has got it right, looks like seed shrimp to me too.
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On 8/27/2021 at 9:29 AM, GameCzar said:
I think they are specifically trying to eliminate vitriol about current politics. In the historical context it's generally a lot more peaceful.
@GameCzar Yeah that's is mostly it. Politics is a little hard to define, but I know it when I see it. Once, there was an oddly political argument about moss balls (pre Zebra Mussels) that turned ugly, with some name calling. Posts were edited and someone got banned before the thread was locked. There once was a nasty discussion of earthquake zoning codes resulting in cross words and hurt feelings.
People have very strong feelings about filtration methods, so it doesn't take much to push a discussion over the edge,and much less when you throw a little politics into it.
The primary guideline is to be kind and helpful. If everyone follows that, there aren't too many problems.
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I like Finnex.
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On 8/23/2021 at 10:38 PM, TankofFish said:
I read where @Daniel keeps two angel fish at temps in the low 70 degree water but he is not trying to breed them yet. I'm only asking cause if I get to much fighting going on with mine, some may be moved to tanks that the water temp is between 73 to 75 degrees.
Hmmmm, might just be a good reason to invest in another 100 gallon tank🤔
Cool temperatures and sparse feeding will definitely suppress breeding. The fish will be happy enough, but not so happy as to breed much.
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@Lizzie Block had a good post on this:
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I think @Bev C is West Virginaneer. 🙂
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July 11, 2020, I was looking for some information on lighting and found Cory's video's. He was refreshingly straight forward, and I ended up ordering plants from the Aquarium Co-Op the next day July 12.
Two days later on July 14, 2020 I get an email with an invitation to the new forum, so I joined as the 17th public member.
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On 8/19/2021 at 1:50 PM, Hobbit said:
@Daniel do you have any wavemakers or anything to create flow in this tank? I had trouble getting enough oxygen in my 55g when I was trying to go full Walstad. (Asking here since sponge and other filters provide flow as well as filtration)
Good point, filters provide flow which is a good thing. Here is what is under the tank. An inline heater (because I have discus) and a really nice Iwaki pump which is 7 years old, totally silent, and provides a lot of flow (think the max is 10 gallon per minute):
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On 8/19/2021 at 12:30 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said:
I have no doubt that what @Daniel says is correct about surface area in large tanks. Although, I will add the caveat that it looks like a pretty low stocking rate he's got going in there (please correct me if my assumptions from the photos are incorrect).
@OnlyGenusCaps points out something really important, which is keeping a fairly low stocking rate makes for a forgiving system. I can be a spectacularly lazy fish keeper. I need an aquarium that doesn't need me. Those weeks and months that I am passionate about fish are great for the fish, but what happens when I am distracted by some other interest and not much gets done in the fishroom? An aquarium that ran like a high performance sports car driving across a tight rope would work fine for me for a month or two until I got distracted and then it would crash and burn. Of course I would soon regret this, but I have done this enough times to know that at least for an aquarium in the livingroom, it needs to be able to run on autopilot. 🙂
For several years I had a school of angelfish in this tank. This was my wife's favorite setup ever. Drop some Tetra flakes in occasionally and....that's it.
The thing that always bothered me about the inch a gallon rule for stocking an aquarium was that the premise was something like "what is the maximum amount of fish I can put in an aquarium". If I had written the rule, it would have been backwards, something like "what is the minimum amount fish that will give you joy".
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You can go without any normal filtration if the tank is big enough. I haven't used any filter in my 8 foot 500 gallon for the last 14 years. You could call it "The tank is the sump".
Initially the tank had a lot of plants so I guess you say the plants were the filter, except
then 7 years ago I switched over to hardscape only, so maybe the plants weren't as important as I first thought. My current theory is there is enough surface area for all the good bacteria to live in an on, so maybe all that surface area and associated bacteria perform the biological filtration.
So what is added if the water pump pushes water through a sponge or a canister? In a smaller aquariums sponge filters or canister filters make a significant difference in biological filtration. But for the same reason I don't put sponge or canister filters in my outdoor pools I don't put filters in my big aquarium as they play very minor parts compared to what the rest of a large system does regards to biological filtration.
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On 8/19/2021 at 9:25 AM, Stephen Zawacki said:
Do you guys have any websites that sell these cats.
It would violate forum guidelines for other posters to answer this. Check AquaBid and see what is offered there. It is often a good place to find unusual fish.
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The average lifespan of a plecos is 10 to 15 years. Are these going into the same tank as the Apistogramma?
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I have collected maybe a dozen species of aquarium plant in the wild, and except for the floating ones like hornwort, all were rooted in 'muck'. I prefer sand for its aesthetic qualities, but at the least in wild most plants seems prefer gooey, slimy, greasy muck.
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@Logan_C Here is how to upload photos in your posts on the forum:
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There are parallels between beekeeping and fish keeping, but I keep way more records with my beekeeping than I do with fish. 🙂