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    Advice to yourself

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    Since I already see the advice to learn first and take action second...

    I'll add that if you wouldn't love having a specific species as your ONLY species, you're not going to love having it as one among many either. Many water critters either live a long time, or breed perpetually. If you wouldn't love it as your only species of water pet, don't get it.

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    CARE Forum Anniversary

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    It'd be rather appropriate to do a dunking booth - maybe using the 800 gallon. Every employee and moderator in the water! 

    I had no idea the forum was so young. It's impressively well-run. Kudos to everyone involved in making it happen. You're doing an exceptional job. 

     

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    How to Temporarily Consolidate Tanks?

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    On 4/3/2021 at 8:48 PM, Angelfishlover said:

    aqueon... Guarantee 

    FYI. I looked it up. The warranty is not real - it's nothing but a legality. If anything at all were to be wrong with the 55 I buy, I'm required to mail it (how?), and on my own dime, back to their company. At which point they decide whether they want to do anything about it. I can't imagine anyone doing that - and I bet they can't either. 

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    How to Temporarily Consolidate Tanks?

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    @Fish Folk and @Angelfishlover, I'd love to just buy a new one.

    Here's the catch. We have one brand to choose from around here, and they do a terrible job with the silicone - and sometimes the seams too. If I bought a new one, it's likely it would require half a day of driving around to different stores looking for a tank with good seams. Then IF I found one to buy, I'd still probably have to re-silicone it before use. 

    It's not impossible that I'd find a good one, but very unlikely. I'm really torn as to what to do. I've even wondered if I should buy 2 20 gallons to put side-by-side on the 55's stand, strictly because re-siliconing a 20 isn't as hard. I'm super frustrated. 

    How to Temporarily Consolidate Tanks?

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    Just thinking ahead. Maybe some of you have experience with this.

    I have a 55 and a 20. The 55 needs emptied and re-siliconed. (The silicone has growing algae pockets between it and the glass.) My only fish are 1 grown angel, and some endlers. They'll fit okay in the 20 for a while. I'm okay with the endler fry being angel candy.

    I'm hoping I can wait until the weather is warm enough to put the 55's plants in a makeshift pond outside. If not, I'll do the pond inside. 

    So that takes care of fish and plants well enough. But how about the 55's bacteria? The main media it grows on are gravel, and sponges in the HOB. 

    How do you suppose I could keep the bacteria alive on the gravel and filter sponges? 

    I'm open to other ideas too. Although I've successfully re-siliconed a 20, it was very hard for my unremarkable biceps, and I assume a 55 is going to take a lot more muscle and speed. 

    What would YOU put in a 2.3 gallon tank?

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    Agree about the frogs. I have 1 in a 5 gallon, and it's barely big enough. 

    I too was thinking least killifish, but male endlers are about the same size, more colorful, and easier to find (to buy).

    If I got a betta, I might opt for a female just so there's more room for the fish's fins. 

    Definitely at least one snail. 

    Might be cool if your fish(es) could have fresh food like baby snails or baby shrimp. 

    My first microfauna!

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    I've been trying to identify the critters based on your suggestions. My eyes (and phone camera) absolutely won't focus - super frustrating. 

    I was planning to put fish in this tank in about a week, so I at least need to make sure it's safe to do so.

    I am able to see that none of the critters are taking interest in a clump of ramshorn snail eggs. That should be a good sign that nothing is parasitic, right? 

    The myths and legends of anaerobic bacteria

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    15 hours ago, Will Billy said:

    Hmm, floating plants crashing nitrate levels. Very interesting. I shall look into this more. 

    I also just learned this a couple weeks ago and started researching. The result is that I've added hornwort, watersprite, and pennywort. One thing I didn't consider was the hilarious aesthetics. Hornwort looks like I chopped up a Christmas tree and threw it in an aquarium, and watersprite looks like I bought too much parsley and didn't know what else to do with it. Pennywort, on the other hand, looks like lily pads. 

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    MULM question

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    1 hour ago, DShelton said:

    Mulm is indeed 'good' it is a haven for beneficial bacteria, paramecium, etc.

    That's the first time I've heard "paramecium" outside of The Princess Bride. Haha!

    So if mulm is good, why in the world do we vacuum gravel? 

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    My first microfauna!

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    Can you help me figure out what they are? There seems to be 2 tiny species, but my eyes won't focus on them.

    One seems to be a white worm, not even a millimeter long. I found 3, all on the glass. They move very slowly, but I can tell that they curve back and forth.

    The other is dozens of white specks, barely bigger than flour. I can tell they're more oblong than round. They can swim, and seem to move through the water similarly to the jerky motions of baby brine. Most are on the glass, Though I can tell they move across the glass pretty quickly, I can't see any details about how they're doing it. 

    (In the last few days, I've received plants from 2 places, and snails from another. I assume these critters came on plants.)

    I've been wanting microfauna, so I'm pretty excited. Can you tell me what they're likely to be? And is there anything I should know to help me keep their populations alive?

    Hello! Intro and a Question

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    36 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

     

    My question for y’all is what would you recommend to someone buying betta from Aquabid for the first time? (In terms of treating them, feeding them the first time after their trip, etc). 

    Do I ask the seller if they’re treated ahead of time before they arrive to me?

    Freely ask questions of the seller. I'd also suggest looking them up on the net to see what info you can find. It'd be great if you can find reviews from other people who have bought from that seller. 

    As for feeding them, I'd just say to let them get used to the light and the temp change first. Maybe an hour? 

     

    Hi! Intro and question

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    15 hours ago, Morpheus said:

     

    @CalmedByFishI took your advice and made a table of the critters with their temp, ph, and hardness preferences.  I'm going to target 76-77 degrees for the temp and 7.0 for the ph. 

    I've also heard that ADF can be hard to feed in a community tank.  What if I fed them in a breeder box?

     

    I'm glad that helped.

    Something I just learned is to let your tap water sit out a day, then test its pH. It's hard to move the pH much, so it's best to aim for fish that are cool with whatever pH is coming out of the tap. 

    For the ADF, unfortunately, I'm betting the answer is no. From what I understand, people who are serious about their frogs keep them in a species-only tank. That's what I've always done, and even so, it's really hard to make sure they're getting enough food. Though they're cute, they're so difficult that I'm sure I won't get another. I only have one left, and she'll have to be my last.

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