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  1. Fishdude
    I do love those little bottles.
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    Okay so I had a lot of trouble with my cheaper lights just being way too bright in my smaller 10g tanks and algae was a problem. I even had a hand-me-down Nicrew light that I wanted to use but that was so bright I risked having an algae farm. One of my cheapo solutions? I actually blocked some of the light by putting a piece of foam between the light and the glass hood of the tank. This ONLY works with LED lights because they run cool, but I found it cut down on the intensity of the light and allowed my plants to thrive without too much algae growth. Bonus plug here for the ACO coarse sponge pad because it does let some light through, and I was able to use extras from when I bought a pad to place in HOB filters. This is by no means an elegant solution, but for me it actually worked!
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    Jumping in at the tail end of this, but one thing to consider is your budget and the depth of the substrate you plan to have. I really like eco complete but for the sake of dollars and efficiency I've started doing mixed substrate with a combination of Eco complete and pool filter sand. Everytime I'm at the hardware store I can find an opened and half-off bag of pool filter sand, 40 to 50 pounds of it, for like $6. I don't know your budget but I've found that was a big help so that I could put more money into lighting. Similar thing with a tank I set up at my kid's school - it was a 75 and I got pool filter sand so that I could afford to order a Fluval Planted 3.0 light. Just depends on budget and priorities. Glad to see someone linked the short video of the riverbed with sharp rocks - I've found my cories do fine with just about anything.
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    100 feet of plastic tubing for my drain lines. I'll do an update with all of the parts I've bought and how I'll assemble the overflow drains (hint: it's basically a version of what @Cory has done in his videos) in case y'all feel like being crafty and spending a lot on parts.
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    Glad to hear about the reappearance of the cory, they're good at hiding when they don't want to be found. Are they getting enough food down there at the bottom?
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    I almost bought a group of these not long ago. I'm waiting until I move to redo a community tank, but this is interesting. I'll let you know if I get any and whether I see aggression.
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    I had to go back and re-read the rules just to be sure I was in compliance. It's been touch and go but so far I seem to be in the clear!
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    Hah, so noted Cory! I'd say when it comes to the number of orders I've placed from the Co-op (and have plans to place in the next month and a half) that you really have no competition for my business.
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    This is just...wow. I'm in awe and I have some pretty big plants as well. I've done a few dirted tanks but I always find they're so hard to clean - do you have that issue?
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    Gracias!
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    I've finally gotten together the right parts for the back end of my overflow drain system (I repeated what @Cory did in his old fishroom build videos). I'll show all the parts and such and assembly in my fishroom build blog. But now I need to address the internal portion of the overflow. I have a 1" bulkhead with a slip fitting, I suspect I'll use a 3/4" elbow or 1" street elbow pointed upward. What drain covers or designs (even diy) have you seen or tried to reduce noise and keep the fish in the tank during water changes?
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    That really stinks, always sorry to hear about that especially in such a beautiful tank.
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    I'm doing the same thing my man. Moving into a house in a few months and have 10ish tanks that need to make their way over. Easier for me because the house is my father's and he lives about 5 minutes away so there's lots of overlap, but it's still a big juggling act for sure. Best of luck!
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    This lighting scheme is ridiculous and cool.
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    Thaaaat is a good idea actually. My wife had the idea of a dark blue paint on this back wall but I'll definitely consider a darker paint color before putting any shelving into place. We'll be working more today, hopefully able to play around with shelving this week.
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    So the first step of getting things cleared out has finally begun. The corner of the laundry room here had an old teal countertop in it that we believe was part of the original kitchen. That's now awaiting a truck to haul it away. Off to the right is our utility sink that will be updated to connect to a hose sometime in the next few weeks. My dad plans to waterproof the corner of the brick there as water once came through the walls before they repaired the sewer lines and changed the flow of rainwater several years ago. The drain pipe will run along this back wall and into the adjacent room (actually it'll become one room because we're removing the wall between them). Overflows should arrive today and then I get to piece together PVC parts and drill some glass! I'll provide another update later this week with that step.
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    I like my job as a professor at Penn State. Also enjoy board games, D&D, and computer games with my local friends. And of course family stuff with my wife and my two kids.
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    I actually combined a mix of dried foods in a small tupperware container and drop those in for my minnows.
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    Those plants look perfect! I am envious of your grass there it's so green. Nice tank!
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    Nice, good luck Frankie! Let us know when you get some cories going.
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    The best part about raising little corydoras is that in planted and established tanks with established sponge filters, they really don't require the level of care to raise that you see in some videos. I had about 6 of them escape my net into the 20 gallon tank and I'm now seeing them bigger and swimming around, presumably eating the mulm and softened food I leave for some snails. There's a lot of good plant material in there as well. The little guys in the breeder net are doing well and the ones down below hiding in the wood and plants are just as big. Nothing special done (although I do still add some Hikari first bites each day just to be sure). I don't have a brine shrimp hatchery going but these little fry are doing just fine!
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    You're all welcome to store aquariums at my house
  23. Fishdude
    Oooo cuttin' it close there.
  24. Fishdude
    This site is completely overwhelming.
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    These are really interesting designs - this is stuff you made with a 3d printer? How long did it take to make them?
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