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    hP issues

    Paul replied to Joe V's topic in General Discussion

    Put more live plants in there and if you have a hob or canister filter throw some crushed coral in a filter bag and drop it in the filter to add some buffering. The plants will actually help stabilize your parameters.
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    I’ve got Silvertips. Nice fish. The males are a real deep orange/red but they’re neurotic, flying all over the tank nonstop. Your tank will never be short on action with Silvertips in it.
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    If your asking about deliveries from CoOp yes I got orders delivered on Saturday.
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    I have the Ziss filter in a 40 breeder paired with a Penguin 275 Pro. The Ziss is basically for biological filtration and the 275 handles the mechanical part. If you’re concerned about flow and dead spots and aren’t worried about spending a few bucks go with the canister. You can put the intake and return on opposite ends of the tank which keeps everything moving.
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    Ditto that. I’m running Aquatop,Aqueon, and Eheim heaters and they’re all hooked up to Inkbird controllers.
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    Good thinking man.
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    Dwarf Waterlily and guppy grass will work. Anacharis over wintered well in my Koi/Goldfish ponds in NJ.
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    My Apistogramma tank is a 20 long. It's got a Penguin 175 Pro and a sponge for filtration on opposite ends of the tank. There’s enough water circulation so there’s no dead spots in the tank.
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    If your heater is adjustable push the temp up to 85/86F for a few days. Ich doesn’t deal with high water temps very well. Do this with whatever treatment you plan on using. Good luck.
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    What size tank are you talking about here?
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    You can’t go wrong with either of them. I keep both. The 1st pix is of my 40 breeder with my colony of Kribs along with Corys, Von Rio Tetras and Brilliant Rasboras. The 2nd pix is of my 20 long it houses 5 Apistogramma nijsseni with some Neon & Silvertip Tetras as well as a couple of Corys and Otto’s. So they work well in a community setup. The thing that both of these tanks share is their proportions longer than tall which gives these two dwarf cichlids the length they’ll use for swimming. I’ve got Nannacara anomola in a 29 and they really only use the bottom 1/3 of the tank. Good luck your tank repair and fish selection.
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    I’ve kept them on gravel and on eco-complete substrate with no issues. Give them a couple of apisto caves to choose from with some plant cover and you’ll be good to go. Just an FYI while these guys are peaceful for the most part they’re still cichlids and can punch above their weight when they need to and like most cichlids they’re smart. Good luck.
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    The biggest benefits are when there’s a time change (DST/STD) or if there’s a power outage the timers automatically reset to the correct time. Also if you have to override your schedule and turn your lights on/off the schedule will automatically resume without you having to crawl around on the floor to get at the timer.I have 5 tanks and all the lights as well as the dreaded Green Killing Machine UV sterilizer are on WiFi timers..
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    Putting these WiFi timers on aquarium lights is about as good as the invention of sliced bread.
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    Good job @Robin.
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    So you can’t find anything either that disproves the claims that the currently available UV lights do what the manufacturers are making. If I read something with credible evidence that said that these were a waste of electricity I’d pull it out of my tank faster than you could say UV.
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    @Jeremy B just to confirm you did post this correct? The Ultraviolet Lamp emits a germicidal ray which alters or disrupts the DNA or RNA of single celled organ-isms such as algae, bacteria and protozoa. By properly implementing an Aqua Ultraviolet System in-line, these organisms can be eradicated effectivelywithout any harmful residuals.
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    I think you just confirmed what I said earlier. Thanks for finding this.
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    Like I said earlier I didn’t find anything that could refute the claims made about the effectiveness of UV sterilization in aquariums. The advances in technology available to this hobby now are light years ahead of what was available when this study was conducted. Believe me I know I was keeping fish then.
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    Thanks for this but you couldn’t find anything more current? This study may have been relevant in the early 80’s but there’s 40 years separating this study from current tech. Think of it as comparing a car from the 80’s and a current model. Newer cars are more powerful and efficient than anything that could of been produced in the 80’s. Isn’t 99.9% kill rate considered sterilized?
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    @Jeremy B You're talking apple and oranges here. Both of these articles are about the use of UV in other applications. Our aquariums are neither sewage treatment plants (the EPA article) or operating rooms (CDC article). Although the CDC article did say this "Bacteria and viruses are more easily killed by UV light than are bacterial spores". The point of my comments are that I did not find a single source that said the aquarium UV sterilization lights don't do what the manufacturers said they do which is kill algae and pathogens of fish that are in the water column. How the UV sterilizer produces that result is irrelevant to most hobbyists. If you can find an article on aquarium UV sterilizers that say otherwise please share it with us.
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    @Ken BurkeI wasn’t looking to get in an argument and I’m sorry if it looks that way. After I was called out on my first reply I thought maybe I missed something when I researched UV sterilizers before I bought the unit I now use so I spent over an hour (I was sitting on the beach) reading articles ,avoiding anything posted by a manufacturer, on aquarium VU sterilization and they all essentially said the same thing. Which I posted. Granted it was a long time ago but I did major in Biology in college so I have some idea what sterilization entails. Again I’m sorry if this got out of hand.
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    We're not talking about disinfection here we're talking about sterilization. Sterilization is distinct from disinfection, sanitization, and pasteurization, in that those methods reduce rather than eliminate all forms of life and biological agents present. After sterilization, an object is referred to as being sterile or aseptic.
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    Look I'm not looking to argue with you about this but this is the information that's out there. I've even found scientific reports that say the same thing just a lot wordier. If you have an issue with the information I posted you can start with these people. They had the most succinct description of how UV sterilization works. https://livingartaquatics.com/how-will-a-uv-sterilizer-benefit-my-home-aquarium/ The accepted definition of sterilize as it pertains to this discussion is ster·i·li·za·tion /ˌsterələˈzāSH(ə)n,ˌsterəˌlīˈzāSH(ə)n/ noun the process of making something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms. "disinfection and sterilization of surgical equipment"
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    As I said earlier everything I've read on the subject says the result of UV sterilization is the the death of the irradiated organism. This explanation sums it up the best. A UV sterilizer is a component of your filtration system. You place it last in your filtration line, after your mechanical filter. Water then flows through the sterilizer and is exposed to ultraviolet light. The light sterilizes the water. This kills parasites, viruses, and algae, as well as any other microorganisms in the water. It works by irradiating these microorganisms with light at a wavelength that mutates their DNA. This mutation makes them unable to reproduce. As a result, the growth and spread of infections are halted. Since it affects only free-floating microorganisms in the water that passes through the device, you don’t need to worry about your livestock. So at the end of the day free swimming pathogens are dead and no longer a threat to your fish after they pass through the sterilizer and that's all most fish keepers care about.
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