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  1. Daniel
    I last kept saltwater fish back in the 1970s so my experience is a little stale. If it were me if would start with a couple clownfish (and nothing else) as these are fairly hardy. If you want to be successful, go slowly. It will take while to learn the in and outs of the testing, making salt water, etc. related to keeping a saltwater tank. And while you are on the steep early learning curve, the greater the number of pets you subject to your learning, the greater the chance one or more will suffer (and foul the aquarium). If I remember correctly, @FishTankBarn used to breed clownfish and might have some useful insights?
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    I bet there are cool native plants in Indiana waters. I’ll do some research and let you know if I find anything.
  3. Daniel
    Fish only? Any live rock?
  4. Daniel
    I am an optimist so I think...Yes!
  5. Daniel
    I let lights run because I just wanted to see how long everything would last. Still no power, but no problem. The brine shrimp is still bubbling away on a single USB Nano pump
  6. Daniel
    They would be if I had any...2 out 14 have sponge filters. 1 heater. None of the rest have heaters or filters.
  7. Daniel
    I just realized it is in Northeast Arkansas. 🙂
  8. Daniel
    It is in NWA near Osceola and it is where my parent grew up.
  9. Daniel
    @quirkylemon103 and @Aubrey do you all know where Wilson, Arkansas is?
  10. Daniel
    Both dead now. One lasted 90 minutes, and the other lasted 2 and 1/2 hours. Experiment was a success! (Sort of like the doctor joke: The surgery was a success! But the patient died.)
  11. Daniel
    On the good side, now your tank is seasoned(ish).
  12. Daniel
    USB nano pumps save the day! Brine shrimp cones bubbling away!
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    That big storm that is moving across the East coast is moving hard through our area right now. Power went out again at 11:22 am. The 2200 Va was at 78% and the 3000 Va was 91%. So one more opportunity for an experiment. I have figured out what I really care about....Brine shrimp! I am about to move the cones over to where I can run USB nano air pumps. I didn't even think about the BBS yesterday, but the power outage didn't kill it.
  14. Daniel
    I have a breeding colony of wild-type green swordtails in my infusoria/green water tank. They eat a lot and poop a lot and help keep the water green.
  15. Daniel
    Symmetrical fish!...Wait...what are symmetrical fish?
  16. Daniel
    Where were you getting your information on CO2 back in 2011? Tom Barr?
  17. Daniel
    This is what the 2008 big aquarium pictured above looked like on January 1, 2011 when it had angelfish in it. This is a cute multi-generational scene where a couple of juvenile angelfish are stealing newly laid eggs.
  18. Daniel
    I bet on a phone people my not notice the 'little stinkers' sneaking in but they are totally obvious on a big screen. And the multiple generations is an indicator of something...maybe another seasoned tank time indicator...something like: If your tank has multiple generations of a species of fish living in it, it might be seasoned.
  19. Daniel
    I just ordered this book: It's publication date is 2019
  20. Daniel
    Any thoughts on going brackish with these (not there is anything wrong with that 😉).
  21. Daniel
    I think I remember that book, what is the title?
  22. Daniel
    What a beautiful set of notes! I like how it includes fish names.
  23. Daniel
    I think @Fishoutawater has identified the weak point in aquarium heaters. It is the bi-metal thermostat (this is the least expensive form of thermostatic control and therefore the most popular). Heater failures usually happen when the electrical contacts actuated by the bi-metal elements fuse after a certain number of on/off cycles. So, if your heater goes on and off all the time you will likely experience a significantly shorter lifetime. It is one reason to choose heater with 'lesser' wattage than the traditional recommendation. Why? Because then the heater will spend much more time just being on instead of turning on and off constantly. I totally get the logic @Ruud suggest about heater wattage and if it were the heating element failing then a bigger heater would be the way to go.
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    That is an interesting point that got me thinking. I keep honey bees and they can't see red either. Honey bees can be trained to make choices for nectar rewards and they treat red and gray as the same color. But @Taylor Blake and @WhitecloudDynasty keep and breed rainbow shiners and rainbow shiner males turn a vivid red while breeding. That implies at least some fish can see red. After a little further Googling I found this Cornell professor who says Goldfish have cones in their retina for detecting red light. Cornell Center for Materials Research - Do fish see in color? WWW.CCMR.CORNELL.EDU There is not just a single answer to this question since not all fish have been tested for color vision. However, the common goldfish certainly sees in... He goes on to say that this doesn't mean goldfish can see red light, just that it needs to be tested. Thanks @TomO for mentioning this, I love questions like this.
  25. Daniel
    Looks wonderful! Nice use of driftwood too.
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