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  1. Paul
    I blame Covid. I happen to be a Certified Master Gardener and when all the Covid restrictions were established here in NC I needed a way to maintain that certification. The County Extension Office I work out of directed us to YouTube and all the horticulture videos that were available to maintain certification. While checking out the available videos some tropical fish videos started popping up in the recommendations . It's been down hill ever since! 😉🤣
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    I don’t think you’ll get many responses because this is a fresh water group.
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    If you want to use just a sponge filter I don’t see why not. I run the Ziss filter and a hob on my 40. I get good circulation throughout the tank.
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    You can reduce evaporation with tight fitting lids. Your water change schedule is going to be the biggest driver of water consumption. Plants will help reduce the need for water changes but that will depend on your stocking levels.
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    Water your potted plants/veggie patch.
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    If you’re looking to save a couple of bucks and are willing to spend some time rinsing out the gravel Quickcrete pea gravel should do the job for you. I don’t use sand in any of my tanks (personal preference) and all my corys (6 different species) are fat, happy and have all their barbels. All the tanks photos are of my tanks.
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    Got a Puffer?
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    You can use the bulk heads with a canister if you don’t want to deal with the sump. If the tank holds water for the next couple of days you should be good to go.
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    You’ll have as many issues with an under gravel filter as you will with a sponge filter which is pretty close to zero.
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    If you are not a fish, how can you tell if the fish are happy?  Chinese proverb. 

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    Certified Mbuna proof.
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    The rest of my suggestions will all work with Rams.
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    If I didn’t have lids on my tanks all the water would evaporate within a few days thanks to the forced air HVAC in my house.
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    If you're looking for a fish that will use the top of the tank I'd leave Rams off the list. They definitely like hanging out in the bottom of the tank. Have you thought about Dwarf Gouramis? They tend to use the top third of the tank most of the time.Pencil Fish will also use the upper parts of the tank as well. My last suggestion would be Platys as the use the whole tank but would work well with the dimensions of this tank.
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    Some people say you can put apistos on sand only. All my apistos are on gravel and and are breeding so maybe my fish don’t know any better.
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    There’s 1168 watching the stream with a lot of questions and comments flying in so I don’t know if Cory will pick up many more questions from here.
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    The tank that needs the least maintenance is my 120 Discus tank. My wife and I had to go out of town last summer for the better part of 6 weeks. So that meant no water changes and feeding once a day at best. While all my tanks survived the 120 came through with flying colors. I attribute it to the fact it’s a large established planted tank .
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    Krib fry

    Paul posted a topic in Fish Breeding

    Mama taking the kids for a swim.
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    Patience
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    The community I live in is known for it's canals (glorified storm drains). Before aerators were put in them the water column was stratified with a substantive anaerobic extremely low pH bottom level with a large build up of dead plant material and poor visibility. Since the installation the water clarity has greatly improved, the stratification of the water column is gone as is the deep level of dead plants add to it more normal pH and increased wildlife.
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    My wife really likes the fish but the only tank she sees all the time is the Discus tank which is on the main level of the house. The rest of my tanks are up in the FROG (Family Room Over the Garage) and since she doesn't go up there much new tanks just show up there. There's a 20L & a 10 siting in the attic (another place she doesn't go to) waiting to be set up. Hey two of my hobbies (Fish Keeping & Gardening) keep me home the third one Brewpub crawls(Day Drinking) with the boys not so much.
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    I’m setting up a 10 gallon for some smaller fish and I’m considering using an under gravel filter to maximize swimming area. I used one when I was a kid on a 20 gallon with good success. Any thoughts?
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    Either will do well with that setup. Add some rock work or apisto caves for them to set up shop and you should have some happy dwarf cichlids
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    I run two filters in my 20L but only 1 of them is a sponge the other is a Penguin 175 pro hob. I like having the hob for mechanical/polishing filtration. The combination provides good flow throughout the tank and very clear water.
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