tekjunkie28

I filled it with water. I had a 75 from deep blue while running this as the sump. Sadly the 75 cracked while in storage. The RO tipped over and hit just right so I trashed it.

I have had a Deep Blue professional 30 gallon? 33 gallon? long... Yea idk gallon it is. I was used as a "sump" for my reef tank for a few years. It hasn't had water in it since 2012 or 2011. Its been sitting in the garage since then. It looks fine and the silicon feels find. Its black silicon and slightly faded but the tank has been sitting under a shelf for 10+ years out of the sun, only exposed to cold temps and warm temps. Is this tank still good? Glass is all fine.

I have had all sized and currently I have a 40 breeder and the wife has a 10g. I have another 10 gallon at work. I have had up to 75 gallon and TBH a 75 gallon is small. My next tank is going to be a very large island tank once I get new carpet and re-drywall the den/basement. My wife wants her cichlids back so I’ll do that. I’m thinking 220 acrylic but I just need to do the measurements. I’m not sure it will be that big though. I’m thinking something 6 foot long but 3 feet deep. Have a ridge of rock and caves in the middle.

The date is on the bottle for legal reasons. The food likely when bad long ago unless it was absolutely air tight.

Well dang. I don’t remember my amanos looking like that. I had them about a year ago before I knew that mollies were murders. They looks more clear but with the lines down the side like you see on google images.

Is this shrimp safe? I think it looks like a neocardinia but sold as a amano. All my amanos I got a few weeks ago jumped ship so this is all I got left. I’m acclimating new Amanos from Aqua Huns now.

A heater is a Heater. They will always fail. Just run 2 heaters and have 1 setup so its set a little below the other heater. Make SURE that you get 2 heaters that are small enough that 1 heater alone CAN NOT heat the tank to the desired temperature. If I had a heater fail in the off position I couldnt care less. I didnt run heaters on any tank until recently, except for my reef tank. A 100 watt heat is a 100 watt heater as long as it puts out its rated wattage then there is not going to be one more or less efficient then the other. ANY type of electric heat is 100% efficient. 1,000 watts is 3412.14 BTUs no matter what "type" of electric element is used.

I like the course sponges. I used to have the fine sponges but Ive never found them to polish the water better. If you go long enough without cleaning a course sponge filter then it will become a fine sponge filter.

huh... I/ve never cleaned anything in the quarantine tank LOL. Oh well.

I got a few of those guys. They came in from my ember tetras from PetSmart. They are only in my quarantine tank. I like them but I sucked most out when I did a water chanfe this week. Haven't changed water in months either. Nothing really kills them either. They are always happy and moving.

I would do 1 per 10 gallons if you have a lot of food available for them. I have 1 in my 40 and it's still too clean somim moving him next time I see him.

I ran both a check valve AND the ziss bubbler. I don't think the check valve was the issue as those check vavles are WAY less restrictive then others I had. I think the ziss bubblers are to blame. I think tightening down on the felt too much causes the failure. I also don't think running these 24/7 was an intended thing. This seems great for transportation of fish but I wouldn't run one 24/7. I have ran one and it died. I smacked it around and it's dead. I think they are great little pumps but we are using them incorrectly by asking for 24/7 use.

10V doesn't mean anything. I can and have touched thousands of volts and it only tickled. Yet 120V at the outlet can easily kill you ( north American outlets are the most dangerous). There needs to be an amperage there to be able to kill.

Thanks. They were sold as SAE so I will be returning them.

Are they worth anything? As in do they even do anything?