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  1. Paul
    You’re going to be doing a lot more maintenance if you remove the canister.
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    You need to use multiple sponges to cover that size tank. I'm going to say at least 4 will do it.
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    You just have to love how these things work. They automatically adjusted to Standard Time last night, they reset to the current time if the power goes out and you can control them remotely with your cell phone. Well worth the price.
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    @AtomCatMatt Whatever you choose keep in mind there's not a lot of vertical space in this tank. That's why it works really well with fish that have similar needs as dwarf cichlids. A couple other things about this tank. You may have to cut down filter tubes so they'll fit. Also watch what you use for lighting, I had a Finnex Stingray 2 on this and it was way too powerful (I think the fish needed shades) so I swapped it for another less powerful light that I could adjust the brightness. Good luck.
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    It really depends on the fish you plan on keeping. Some fish like Angels will tend to use the vertical space while Rainbows will use the horizontal space more. Just my 2cents.
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    When I added the video the text was deleted. So I’ll try again. There’s about a dozen Von Rios in this tank and I’ve never seen the behaviors you describe.
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    40 gallon Kribs
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    40 gallon Krib tank.

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    Panda Corys, Kribs, Von Rio Tetras, Brilliant Rasboras
  10. Paul
    I’m breeding Apistogramma nijsenni in a 20L
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    In roughly a year my water source will be changing. Right now the water is drawn out of the Cape Fear River. It comes out of the tap at around 6.8pH and soft. The ph will drop to 6 and stays there (I use aragonite in the filters to get me back in the 6.8 neighborhood). What’s coming down the pike from the water co. is RO drawn from the aquifer. Right now there’s no indication from the water co. on what the chemistry of the water will be all I can assume is it’s going to be softer than what comes out of the tap now.
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    Congrats @Dawn Dare. Enjoy.
  13. Paul
    I have Aquatop heaters in most of my tanks but I also have Aqueon Pro, and Eheim Jagger heaters as well. I have Inkbird controllers on all my tanks.
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    That’s quite the engineering project.
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    This is a pretty good option too and a lot less complicated. Also no buckets required.I use the 50ft model. I have a 120 on one side of my house with the rest of my tanks on the opposite side of the house upstairs in the FROG (Family Room over Garage). Works like a charm.
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    Dots in Brunswick County. They’re growing in the canals in my community.
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    40 gallon Kribs

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    40 gallon community tank
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    Im not familiar with this particular hob. What size tank are you thinking of putting it on? It looks small.
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    40 gallon Kribs I like how this tank is maturing.
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    I was cleaning out the Eheim Pro 3 on the discus tank today. If you’re not familiar with this canister there are 4 trays in the stack with the top one having the coarse sponge. I’ve got all the trays in the slop sink to clean the pads so as I clean them the trays go back in the canister. I get to the top tray pull out the coarse sponge and clean it before I put it back into the tray I rinse the gunk out of it and what’s flapping around in the bottom of the sink a pair of Sterbai Cory fry. They must of got sucked in when I took the intake sponge off to clean it early last week.
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    That’s down right high tech compared to the one I used.
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    No, I rinse out the hatchery. Any left over BBS which is usually about 1/2 of what I hatched goes back in the hatchery with the air running for a 2nd feeding later that day. Never mix eggs with hatched BBS.
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    If you have the Ziss BBS hatchery it comes with a pipette. It works great. I run the hatched BBS trough a sieve pour them into a cup and feed the tanks using the pipette. Left over BBS go back in the now clean hatchery for a second feeding.
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    I remember mine came with a cap on a stick so you wouldn’t have use your thumb. The only problem with it was the cap was a tight fit so it was a little bit of struggle to get it off and of course air would get in and you had to start over again. The thumb method was a lot easier.
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    Back in the Stone Age when I started in the hobby the filter of choice was the DynaFlo. The inflow (which just hung in the tank)worked by siphon. Whenever the larger fish got a little frisky they’d move the intake enough to break the siphon and with that no filtration. Ah the good old days.
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