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    Tank stand - think this’ll work?

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    2 hours ago, pedrofisk said:

    @stephenp20

    I agree. In fact you can often have the lumber cut for you at the store if you have your cut list. Then all you need is a drill which every home should have anyway. You don't need to pay a lot for one that can do the job.

    As to position in the house an outside wall is good in that it is 100% certain to be load bering. However what you really want to know is which direction the floor joists are running under the floor. You want the joists to be 90 degrees to the wall so the weight is distributed across more joists. Do you have a basement or crawl space to look?

    If you decide to have the 2x4s cut for you the best option is to have it done at a lumber yard as opposed to a big box store (Home Depot or Lowes). You have a much better chance of getting someone who gets the cuts right.

    Discus tending the brood

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    So I have a pair of Discus (Red Cover & a very Blue Cobalt) playing house on the filter intake in my 120 gallon display (Discus) tank. They’ve claimed that side of the tank as their own and are doing a very good job of keeping the rest of the inhabitants away. Unfortunately I don’t have an unoccupied tank to put them in right now. Keeping my fingers crossed they can do the good parent thing until I can free up a tank.

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    Rinsing Brine Shrimp

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    On 8/7/2020 at 4:16 PM, Dean’s Fishroom said:

    Is 30 seconds of rinsing going to going to kill you? I rinse mine, I have great breeding and fry rearing success, but as they say, your mileage may vary. It's a choice you have to make. . .

    When I actually figured it out more closely and yes that sieve is more than 40 years old. Here's an image of the new one I have first time ever out of the box. Note it was a product of West Germany, do you remember the wall between East and West Germany? Oh, and they cost $4.00 each.

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    They still cost $4.00 each I bought them after I saw your Brine Shrimp 🦐 101 video.

     

    Dying Cory's

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    9 hours ago, Cory said:

    I can only speak from my experience, when collecting corydoras in the amazon rainforest, I personally never found water that was that low in pH. Most corydoras were at 6.8 to 7 from what we were testing and catching. If your corydoras aren't wild, they are likely bred a much higher pH closer to 7.2 at farms. Everyone's experience will be different of course. 

    Thanks for your input Cory.

    Dying Cory's

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    7 hours ago, Cory said:

    a Ph of 6.0 is very low, at that level it can start burning the skin of some fish. I personally never want my tanks to be below 7.0 ph. I would start by buffering up the water if I was looking to solve this problem in my aquariums. 

    Cory I know it’s low but all my tanks are running at 6.0 pH (It’s what comes out of the tap) but the only tank where the cory’s, and only the cory’s, are dying is the 29. The low pH of my tap water is why I keep fish (primarily South American) that come from acidic waters.

    Dying Cory's

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    I have a well established tank (29 gal) with stable parameters pH 6.0, N3 0, N2 0, and Am .25. All the other fish in this tank are doing great. I had a group of Panda Cory's in there for well over a year all's good until abut 6 weeks ago when I found them all dead when I went to feed the tanks. Once I removed all the dead Cory's I treated the tank with General Cure (I followed the treatment procedure). Waited a month all the other fish are still doing great. I even transferred some of the fish into another tank with Cory's in it with no losses. So I get another group of Cory's quarantine them for a couple of weeks then put them in the 29 gallon where all the fish are doing great. I go to feed the tanks the following morning and the Cory's in that tank are all dead. I did notice some bruising on the bodies behind the gills. I don't have this issue in any of my other tanks with basically identical parameters. Any thoughts?

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