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  1. ChefConfit
    That looks awesome! Keep developing it in sure plenty of people would want guppies like that! Myself included!
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    I'm planning on using a mixture of sand with some crushed coral. I may do a dirt layer underneath depending on what I decide to plant.
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    @lefty o is probably right. There should be enough BB on the other surfaces to prevent a cycle crash, but I'd run them both at the same time for a few days just to be sure
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    @Corywill the new Playlist make the member videos accessible on the roku YouTube app? I haven't been able to find a way to watch them on my TV and that's how I watch 99% of the YouTube I watch. I know you don't control how YouTube works so you may not have an answer, or even be aware that they aren't accessible on roku.
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    The versa tops are generally pretty good. They have a plastic panel across the back that can be cut to fit all your equipment.
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    Softening water is relatively easy (get a jug of RODI water and cut your tap water with it. It's an added expense but not nearly as bad as having soft water and trying to make it hard.
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    2-3 months should be long enough just make sure you are seeing babies before you add fish for the best chance of success.
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    Anyone know if there is a printable version of the tetra easy strip color chart? My label got stuck together and now the only part you can read is nitrates. That's the most important one, but it's annoying that I can't check the rest of my parameters. I tried looking around online but didn't find anything.
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    @DarthRevan the sponge filters are very easy to clean just take it out while doing a water change take off the sponge and swish it around in the old tank water and give it a few squeezes. The coop ones are green except for the black sponge so they are very easy to hide. Mine is hidden by the hardscape except for the uplift tube which is green and blends in with plants. They provide a surprising amount of flow and it should be plenty for your tank, but gentleenough for the betta. It's not just about size with the shrimp because a betta will still go after a full grown cherry shrimp. Make sure they are reproducing reliably and have a ton of places to hid that the betta can't access so that any lost to the betta are replaced. I would let the shrimp establish by themselves for at least a month or two before adding anything, because even whatever small schooling fish you settle on will go after the baby shrimp. The most important part of Maki g a set up like this work is getting the shrimp colony well established before adding anything else.
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    Personally I wouldn't do shrimp with bettas. It might work, but that's a big might. I get a colony to establish in a peaceful community tank so I can imagine throwing a predator in there and it going well. If you do it plant extremely heavy and let them establish themselves for a few generations before introducing the betta. As for filtration. The tricky part of a 20 long is getting good flow throughout the tank. I'd probably do 2 sponge filters. One on each side. You can probably run them off 1 nano air pump. The sponge filter is also safer than a HOB for both shrimp and bettas, but a prefilter sponge will make a HOB just as safe.
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    I sold 17 juvenile corydoras paleatus. On the phone I told them I had at least 12, but it was very difficult to get an accurate count in the grow out tank since they were very energetic. I go in for food or chemicals at least once a month and have purchased shrimp a few times, but I haven't bought fish there in over 15 years(it is where all my fish came from as a kid). They just never seem to have what I'm looking for. I'm planning on stopping in on my next day off to see how they did. And hopefully will be dropping of another 12+ in a month or so.
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    Mine don't even last 5 minutes before they completely disintegrate. Mine where purchased maybe 6 months ago.
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    Yea I know some don't buy them at all that's why I called before I went just to check. With the price I guess I just got lucky. I mean I know they will sell it for at least double what they paid me but I was honestly expecting half what they offered.
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    Sold 17 juvenile corydoras paleatus to my LFS. It was my first time selling fish and I got twice what I was expecting in cash without negotiating so I'm feeling pretty awesome right now.
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    Tried selling online a few time only to have posts removed for not using punctuation the way they wanted or having buyers fall off the face of the earth. So I called up my LFS today just to check if they bought fish from hobbyists. They asked a few questions (species size and whatnot) then told me a price range they usually offer. Brought them right over and got more than I was initially expecting in cash with no negotiation. It was a pretty awesome experience. Update: stopped in today to check how the fish I sold them were doing and there were only 3 left! They sold 14 since Monday! The owner was extremely happy with them and said they will take any fish I have in the future. I asked if there's anything they have trouble getting that they'd like me to try breeding and they are having trouble getting small angelfish. Apparently only larger ones are getting imported. So I might be setting up the 20 high sitting in my basement soon.
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    The salt is a possibility, but honestly I'm stumped. Hopefully someone else has some insight.
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    @OrangeBulk if I'm understanding this correctly the problem is that you are actually draining your hot water heater enough that is begins refilling. Then the water temp drops because the hot water isn't fully heated? Is that the issue? If so how large of a water change do you usually do? How large is the tank?
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    Sorry for the rough time you and your family are experiencing, but glad to hear things are getting better! How are you doing the quarantine? In a separate tank or in the main tank? Are you feeding during quarantine? If in a separate tank is it fully cycled? What are your water parameters? How do you acclimate them? Guppies are usually pretty hardy so unless something is glaringly wrong in the answers to those questions I'd be tempted to say try a different source. If you're not drip acclimating them it's possible they're experiencing shock from a drastic change in parameters, but I can't imagine a local store has parameters that are that different from yours. Ask your LFS about their water and how they treat it to see if there's any huge difference between theirs and yours.
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    So when I first got my Crinum I actually got 2 and planted them on either side of my tank and one took off while the other died in a matter of weeks. Couldn't understand it until I watched a YouTube video (that I won't link to because it's someone who sells plants) that went over the Crinums natural environment in Cameroon. They are native to fast flowing streams and their leaves trail out in the current. That's when I realized the one that took off was directly under my HOB outlet and the one that died was in the area of my tank with the least water movement. I'd say try moving it to a spot with higher flow. It doesn't need to be laid flat by the flow, but all the leaves should be constantly swaying.
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    Finally got it! It's in rough shape but it's been sitting on their shelf for like 3 months. The last crypt I got from a big box store was in about as bad shape and it's now covering 2 tanks so here's hoping! It's hard to make out in the pic, but the older growth is definitely pink, and the newer growth (I'm assuming growth that happened in the cup) is green. Can't believe how cheap it was compared to some of the places I've seen recently.
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    Your tank isn't overstocked imo. As a lot of other people have said just keep an eye on the betta. They may get territorial and rough up your other fish. Keep an eye on both the betta and the platies fins for signs of nipping. I'd say they are the most likely to not get along. None of those fish are schooling fish. Cories shoal (live in large groups but don't school) so they like being in groups at least 5or6 is usually recommended, but many people keep them in smaller numbers with no problems. Also once the tank is fully cycled there's no need to continue adding bacteria. The bacteria colonizes the surfaces in your aquarium and once it covers everything any bacteria you add won't survive. I'd just make sure you have a container capable of being used as a hospital tank if a problem pops up down the line and aquarium salt and/or meds.
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    The big thing with shrimp is making sure they don't get sucked into the filter. Either a sponge filter or prefilter sponge on the intake of a HOB will do the trick. Not sure what the intake looks like on the flu so but a prefilter sponge will fit on the aqueon. My ideal setup for shrimp would be a sponge filter and crushed coral mixed into the substrate with tons of plants.
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    The easiest plants are going to be rhizome and stem plants because they can pull all their nutrients from the water. I'd get a few varieties of stem plant for the background then a couple anubias and/or Java Fern to attach to hardscape. When you want to expand I'd try a crypt with some root tabs in one of the front corners and just propagate it. Whatever you chose to get easy green is the easiest fertilizer to start with.
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    Awesome! A few months ago mine started spawning without me trying to make them. I had 1 survive naturally in the tank and about 40 from eggs I pulled from the tank. I'd say that guy is at least a month old. Mine never colored up like their parents until at least 1 month old some didn't color up fully till 2 months.
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    Hope you guys (and your fish) have a great holiday! Looking forward to posts about all your new stuff!
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