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  1. Daniel
    Many of my aquariums clearly are not level and it would better if they were, but over the last couple of decades of keeping wonkily leveled aquariums, none have leaked or broken (fingers crossed). I get it close, put water in the tank and move on.
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    @Aubrey just posted an absolutely fabulous file which is the 1936 catalog and pricelist of Beldt's Aquarium, here:
  3. Daniel
    My understanding of the salicylate test is that the first step involves the conversion of ammonia to monochloroamine by the addition of chlorine. In the API test I have always assumed that is what the first eight drops in bottle #1 are. According Seachem Prime is - Ingredients: Proprietary aqueous solution of complexed hydrosulfite salts.(which is not Sodium thiosulfate).
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    @ShellFire Might be saying that it would nice to have a seperate DIY Forum in which DIY topics could be posted? Something 'Fish Breeding' or 'Diseases', but 'DIY'. I know when search the diy tag I get at least 66 posts.
  5. Daniel
    Never hurts to get new heaters and it never hurts to control the heaters with an independent heater controller.
  6. Daniel
    I assume you are using the API Freshwater Master Test Kit? The ammonia test in the API test kit tests for total ammonia using the salicylate test. Seachem warns that use of Seachem will give false reading on ammonia test taken within 24 hours of using Seachem Prime.
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    I am currently using 50 watt heaters to heat three 40 gallon breeder aquariums in 69 °F room. The lights on each aquarium contribute about 1 °F per light. The heaters manage to bring the aquarium up another ~5 °F. So ultimately I end up with aquariums that average about 77 °F. Here is the last week of temperature on one of the aquariums. Yesterday was cold where I live and the heaters were only able to reach about 75 °F. My preference is to use under powered heaters as heaters can potentially stick in the on position and if the heater has too many watts, this is potentially fatal to your aquariums inhabitants.
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    I had not heard of that. And it is random cool stuff, thank you!
  9. Daniel
    I think this post is what prompted @Lizzie Block to create her wonderful series of 'how tos'
  10. Daniel
    I got mine from Memphis Net and Twine (as I type this I realize that this rhymes).
  11. Daniel
    The good news is that you are half right! Your snail is a she, but being hemaphroditic Shelly is also part Shelton too 🙂.
  12. Daniel
    Wave pumps are used to increase flow in a reef tank. Because corals and other stony invertebrates are immobile (like plants) they need strong currents to bring them such things as food, oxygen, and nutrients, as well as carrying away their waste products. Discus on the other hand need just the opposite. Their natural habitat is the still waters underneath overhanging branches at riverbanks or shorelines. I would think twice about putting a wave pump in an aquarium containing discus.
  13. Daniel
    Finding biological diversity in our little ecosystems is not only one of the pleasures of keeping an aquarium, it is also the warning sign of a very healthy aquarium albeit one without a top predator in the food chain. As @Brandy just suggested, adding a fish will result in a very happy well fed fish. Sometimes we strive for something as biologically pure as a golf course and have to suffer when a wildflower meadow breaks out in our putting greens and fairways. It is tempting to break out the herbicides and kill everything, but I would resist that temptation.
  14. Daniel
    Look cool will eat algae or left over food (helps cycle the flow of energy and food in your aquatic ecosystem) snail poop feeds the infusoria that my tiniest baby feed eat
  15. Daniel
    What kind of lights do you have? @Streetwise uses something called a 'Siesta' to schedule his lights do be off for certain time periods during the day.
  16. Daniel
    I have only had this going for a couple months but so far I really like the way the sun shines in.
  17. Daniel
    I just measured one my aquariums and by its outside dimensions it is a 58 gallon aquarium and by its inside dimensions it will hold 50 gallons of water. One of the chains has a 150 gallon aquarium 24"L x 48"W x 30"H with stand for for $800. Google '150 gallon aquarium'.
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    Both of the big national chains sell 150s and stands.
  19. Daniel
    My formula is 2 level tablespoons of Instant Ocean Reef salt to 1 liter of tap water. My temp ~70 °F and I use very strong aeration. The shrimp begin to hatch at about the 24 hour mark and continue to hatch for about 12 more hours after that. I start a cone every 12 hours so that there is just hatched fresh shrimp in the morning and evening. I like the shrimp best when it has just hatched.
  20. Daniel
    Once they get going, after they pair up and after they get over eating the first few batches of eggs they will spawn all the time. Maybe every couple of weeks give or take some. If they have fry this slows them down a little bit. You can make it so it is hard to spawn like putting them in with other adult angels (I have done this), this may or may not stop them. You can separate them (this usually works, but sometimes the female will lay eggs anyway). Or you can sell them (I have done this). If you have a lot of angelfish fry, you should be thinking about how you will grow them, what you will feed them, and what you will do with them once they are saleable size. That is where to vast majority of the work and expense is incurred.
  21. Daniel
    I feed all my fish live food everyday and I haven't noticed any ill effects. When I kept a lot bettas a while back, they got live food everyday without any noticeable ill effects. In the wild fish eat foods provided by their environments and seem to do okay.
  22. Daniel
    I think discus are the largest fish I have ever kept. These have grown from 1/2 inch in July to about 6 inches now. But I am waiting for @Taylor Blake to chime in. I have always wondered how big 'Bubbles' is.
  23. Daniel
    Aeration and movement are important when hatching shrimp. I have had good luck using a cone with a rigid airline tube at the bottom. When I wash the cones between uses, I get soap in them all the time so I don't think soap is an issue. My hatch rate is between 90 and 100%.
  24. Daniel
    I keep and bred discus and angelfish. Angelfish are much easier to be successful with. Both have fish can have issues with eating eggs. Discus are bigger, require larger spaces and feeding them can take a little more effort than angelfish. Discus prefer warmer water than angelfish. Profitability with either will be elusive unless you can get the equipment and food for next to nothing (which is possible). I have had no trouble selling adult angelfish to pet stores for about $5 each. My profit on each of these was -$5 as each fish cost about $10 each to produce. But, you can create an angelfish factory with enough persistence and desire, and if you are a better business person than myself, you might be able to break even.
  25. Daniel
    Many people do gravel vacuum, but I am one of the people who use the mulm as a part of my biofiltration. I can't prove it helps to leave the mulm and debris, but it sure looks like biological gold to me. Plus the last time I looked at mulm under the microscope, among other things, it had tiny baby cherry shrimp in it. I suspect part of the reason for gravel vacuuming is aesthetics (and there is nothing wrong with that).
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