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    Cycling process of 29 gal.

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    1 minute ago, Fish Folk said:

    Your cycle is progressing along nicely. Notice that your Ammonia is light green, while your Nitrites are maroon (high) -- that indicates that the biological cycle has begun. Nitrate is building up, going from orange towards the deeper hue. Give yourself enough time for the Nitrate to build up, and you'll be golden.

    For what it's worth, at this point in a cycle, adding a bottle of something like Dr. Tim's beneficial bacteria boost . . . or some similar biological boost / additive from Fritz will often push you over the top, and ready you for fish. (But don't tell the Internet I said this 😅) 

    I do love those little bottles.

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    Suggestions for a new light

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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!

    Gravel question

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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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    29 Gallon Endlers

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    7 minutes ago, Dawn T said:

    Woohoo! Mysteriously vanishing cory #6 reappeared with his schoolmates this morning! I thought for sure he was a goner, since I've only seen the school alternate between 4 and 5 individuals since I added them to the tank about 3 weeks ago. But all 6 are present and accounted for!

    Also, seeing more shrimp molts, and the girls are so big! Love watching them. Most are cherries, but there are a few oddballs in there, since I got a mixed color batch last time to include. So every now and then, one of those different colored ones put in an appearance, which is cool.

    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?

    What do you use to cover/strain your overflows to keep fish out of the drain?

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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?

    Moving with aquariums, any advice?

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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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    Building a Fishroom with Fishdude

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    1 hour ago, Littlefish said:

    Jealous.   Florida has no basements, so definitely room for fewer tanks for a couple with children, and no dedicated fishroom.  Good luck with the remodel.  The ceiling painted charcoal coming down the wall a foot would look greatand hide the janky.

    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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    Building a Fishroom with Fishdude

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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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    Little cories!

    in Fish Breeding

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    2 minutes ago, Frankie said:

    Good ideas Dude. I’ll keep all this in mind got a local store that will trade some fish for  some corydoras I’ve got a 4 in Pleco and 3 in Chinese algae eater and a ton of good lookin fancy guppies should be a good start!!

    Nice, good luck Frankie! Let us know when you get some cories going.

    Little cories!

    in Fish Breeding

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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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