Daniel
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I know mulm and algae can look unsightly, but overall they make the biology of the aquarium better by harboring bacteria and helping with the overall 'metabolism' of the tank.
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I thought about messaging, but this forum is such a great place. I'll trust whatever judgement the admins make.
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26 minutes ago, bm3aquatic said:
Daniel,
Would you recommend a tall tank or one with more length with a Angel/Rams combination?
I like longer tanks because it give more opportunity for distance, meaning more opportunity for plants or other aquascaping to break up sight lines. With fish like humans, out of sight is out of mind. Angels themselves are deep fish, which argues for a deeper tank, but if I could only pick one, I would choose longer.
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I use rocks gathered from the creek behind my house in all my aquariums. The selection is really good and the price is right.
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5 hours ago, Bill Smith said:
Do you shine a light at it form below or something to separate the shrimp from the eggs? There's always that waiting period...
I made a Youtube Channel and posted a video just for you Bill:
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1 hour ago, Green Thumb Aquariums said:
Do we not need to concern ourselves with the grain size of the salt? I'm asking because the article uses tablespoons instead of a measure that is independent of grain size like grams.
Doesn't seem like the kind of treatment where grain size would matter. If you used the same tablespoon at Levels 1, 2, and 3 then the relative ratio of each treatment would be consistent.
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It works! I just bought some EasyGreen.
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I don't remember seeing the Shop tab after Browse and Activity yesterday. Cool!
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28 minutes ago, RovingGinger said:
....Only the naughty guppies would ever join them.
Oh! @RovingGinger I just spewed coffee on to my computer monitor!🤣
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If it were me and I had a 29 gallon, I would do a trio of rams with a school of smallish tetras and skip the lone angelfish. Angelfish are social creatures and just one could be lonely (or not, it might thrive being boss of its 29 gallon world).
Or just do multiple angelfish in the 29 gallon tank. If the angelfish pair off their breeding behavior is fascinating. They can be very good parents and watching them shepherd the little school of babies around is a once in a life time experience. Sometimes baby angelfish will pick a the sides of their parents similar to the way baby discus feed.
You can bond with an angelfish in a way you never could with a tetra 🙂. But a nice school of neons or cardinals shoaling back forth is pretty sweet too!
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My favorite way on both fish is to get juveniles. I would get at least 6 of each if possible. That way they grow up in your tank and eating your food. This makes for happy healthy fish. Eventually pairs begin to form and territories are set up. At that point you will have to remove the less dominant non paired fish and re-home them but the remaining fish will be a joy to behold.
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I have had that combination and it worked fine. When breeding happens Rams and Angels can get protective of the nest site but wouldn't that be cool if breeding happened?
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Random angelfish greeting this morning!
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World class photography. What is the secret of getting that rich black background while keeping the subject illuminated in the foreground?
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21 hours ago, Bill Smith said:
In the evening after work...
Bill, you work? I thought your job was contributing good content to this forum! 🙂
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14 hours ago, Robin said:
...At least until the co-op gets the new brine shrimp hatchery's back in stock and then I'll fit live food in there a couple days a week
There is no perfect way to feed your fish...except for maybe baby brine shrimp. Hopefully the Ziss Brine Shrimp Hatchery from the Co-op will arrive soon. Your fish will thank you for it.
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1 hour ago, FishTankBarn said:
I am converting some of it to Amazon alexa plugs for the voice control but I am still playing keeping the apex running as well.
Apparently Amazon Alexa can directly control the Apex controller now. I haven't tried it yet, as it seemed like gilding the lily so to speak.
Me: "Alexa! Raised the temperature in the baby discus tank to 90 degrees Fahrenheit!"
Alexa: "Raising the temperature in the baby discus tank to 190 degrees Fahrenheit, starting now."
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Totally,
Walk over, pullout rigid air tube, dump into sink, rinse cone, refill water, add a little less than 2 tablespoons marine salt, add 1/8 teaspoon eggs and done. 1 minute or so usually.
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4 minutes ago, Bill Smith said:
Where do you get those cones?
I think I got them from Brine Shrimp Direct. They might be called Imhoff cones?
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One of my all time favorites is the the 1936 version of the "The Complete Aquarium Book The Care and Breeding of Goldfish and Tropical Fishes" by William T. Innes. I think I picked up my copy from ABE books for $20. (Just now checked ABE and this book runs from $19.96 - $50 depending condition).
It is amazing how little has changed in the last 86 years!
The illustrations are gorgeous!
The section on fish food is still up to date in the summer of 2020. Pretty much every section in this book is still up to date.
Don't let @Cory see this but he has a rant called "A Word for the Pet Store Man"
"Let us regard the pet store man 'more in sorrow than in anger.'" LMAO
From the inner cover, who wouldn't want this tank?
Angelfish, goldfish, killifish, zebra danios, Harlequin Rasboras, blackbanded sunfish, Jungle Val, Cambomba, and Anacharis. Nothing really ever changes.
Just think, no heater, no cannister filter, no LED lights, and no internet to tell you that you are doing it wrong!
All in the deep dark part of the Depression.
Maybe especially because it was the deep dark part of the Great Depression. Like now when the world seems chaotic and stressed, your little aquatic world was/is a refuge from the outside unpleasant realities.
It is not just nostalgia though, if you can get your hands on one, the information in the book holds up very nicely because the plants and the animals haven't changed.
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I always consider it a bonus when I get little critters living in the tank. Most the time it:
- It is a sign of a diverse established system
- Something else cool to watch
- Potential fry food
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I have been using this setup for the last 13 years.
I dump the oldest of the 3 cones everyday and then setup a fresh batch. That way I always have brine shrimp in one of 3 categories.
- Too old
- Too young
- Just right!
If I was starting now I would probably go with the Ziss hatchery.
@Bill Smith's hatchery setup above is absolutely mind boggling!
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Like @Streetwise I got an Apex system because technology like this definitely adds fun to this hobby.
Thanks Jason for starting this topic. This technology is amazingly versatile and I don't use 10% of what this system can do. This shows the value of this forum as I know who to ask if I want to try something new or if I want what see what another freshwater user is doing.
I have the full Apex Classic that I purchased in 2015. At that time I was trying to breed Heckel discus and needed the PM2 module to monitor conductivity. It would be easy to get water into the Power Bar so I mounted everything to a board. This also allowed for better cable management.
It is also pretty cool that the Energy Bar 8 measures and displays power consumption.As far as calibrating ORP for freshwater, I don't care about the precise value. I am really just monitoring ranges, trends and large variances from those trends.
Back in 2015, the Apex system was useful for controlling lights, but now lights have their own controls so I don't use it for that anymore.
My most used probes are pH and temperature. I have 2 of each. One set is permanent stationed in a magnetic probe rack in my baby discus tank and the other set I move around to other tanks within reach of the probe cables. Like @Streetwise I also limit heaters to a specific range.
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Wink, so called because as a feral kitten he was chewed on by a coyote and lost an eye. He has always had trouble drinking water because he can't judge where the surface of the water is. Wink's solution is drink out of my angelfish tank. He jumps up on top and slaps at the water with one of his paws. Satisfied that he knows where the water is he finally can take his drink.
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Mulm and algae
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When you see Ivan Mikolji's videos of cardinal tetras and apistogramma in their natural habitat, it looks like what your tank looks like. I especially like the fallen and decaying leaves!