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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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12 minutes ago, Daniel said:
@Paul I think the problem with the text and the video is that you are posting the video over in the files section and I don't think files section knows what to do with video. Something about files of that type not being supported.
YouTube works great for video. @Lizzie Block has a good post on doing just this.
I would love to see the behavior of the Von Rios!
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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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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.
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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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39 minutes ago, tolstoy21 said:
I have something similar to what @Daniel has setup in terms of line in and gravity out.
I have the luxury of having a basement so I set up stuff right underneath my tank.
I stage water in a brute can where i heat it and circulate it with some crushed coral to buffer the Ph. (My water has zero Ph).
This stages water that can be pumped into my aquarium via the WiFi outlet that i trigger on with a phone app. However, before I do this, I need to adjust two ball vales in my aquarium cabinet to allow water to be directed up into into the tank, and prevent it from dumping direct into the sump. Basically, the water is forced up the same return lines that the aquarium pump uses.
So this is semi-manual. But allows me to change 40 gallons in a few minutes after I turn off the aquarium pump, turn two ball valves and trigger a phone app.
My new, fully automated way of doing things is to just use a drip line on a solenoid to always drip a certain amount into the aquarium on a scheduled basis (seen below).
But I still keep that ability to stage water in case I need to do a larger water change.
Below is how this is plumbed into the room, and tank, behind my aquarium.
Now what happen is when the water is pumped from the basement into the tank, the excess floods and overflows into the sump. But I have a bulkhead in the sump that allows the the excess water to drain down the waste line (this eventually finds its way into a slop sink in my basement).
Below is how I add water now, routinely, via a drip emitter on a solenoid/timer. This is easier because it's now fully automated, and the extra water I drip in eventually forces some to trickle out of the sump and down the waste line.
Is all of this overkill? Totally! 150% overkill. Probably 200%.
As a guideline, when I set up the tank I plumbed it more how one normally plumbs a reef setup, but I did this intentionally to keep the display tank clear of all equipment (wife's request -- no ugly stuff in the tank please!), and so I could use my sump and return lines exactly like I have setup above.
Also, when I set up my 125g, I told myself it would have to be automated because i was tired messing around with pythons slung down the hallway, java moss clogging the bathroom skin, and/or carrying buckets that I slopped everywhere (and so was the family!).
The thing also anticipates the next larger aquarium in the same spot later in life!
Additionally, this system is plumbed into a breeding rack in the basement that does drip changes there, but drains out in a different way. But that's a whole different post.
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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45 minutes ago, Streetwise said:
I am happy with my sponge filters, but I want to try a hang-on-back filter for fun. I am very picky about design, and any visible aquarium technology has to be symmetrical or at least left/right balanced, (like with a canister, uptake on one side, centered spray bar, heater on the other side). Besides the massive Marineland units, this seems to be the only symmetrical HOB filter.
Has anyone used one of these?
Thanks!
Im not familiar with this particular hob. What size tank are you thinking of putting it on? It looks small.
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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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On 10/24/2020 at 8:33 AM, McNubbin said:
I just got a dynaflo 150 with a 15 gallon tank I bought recently. Pure 80s nostalgia right there.
I was thinking of setting it up with some lava rocks. However, after a test.run I found it to be a bit to loud. The inlet tube is getting a bit dry rotted too. It does work though, and only need to dump a couple cups of water into it to get it primed and running. I am a big fan of the 3 r's though, so I may look into reusing it somehow.
That’s down right high tech compared to the one I used.
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1 hour ago, Robin said:
So you clean the hatchery, put new water in and add in the left overs. Do you also add in more eggs?
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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14 hours ago, Daniel said:
And it was a real bear to get the siphon going in the first place. You had to hold the siphon tube underwater to get the air out. Then put your thumb over one end and get it into the filter box without an air bubble sneaking in. Oi Vey!
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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Some of the larger Rasboras like Red Spot, Brilliants or even Rainbowfish will work in that tank.
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10 minutes ago, ADMWNDSR83 said:
A few of the videos I've watched on YouTube said that Otos would get eaten by angels. Others have said they're great tank mates. I never know who to believe lol.
I keep Ottos in all my tanks.
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@Maggie sponge filter’s strong suit is biological filtration while mechanical filtration is a distant second. I have Marineland filters and not one of them has carbon in them. I get rid of the carbon and keep the frame to hold a polishing pad and a coarse sponge in position. With this setup the hob handles the bulk of the mechanical filtration and assists with the bio filtration.
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WIFI Timers
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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.