Jurrian Hering
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I just recently purchased a new fluval 3.0 from the scratch and dent members tab on the Coops website. Now that I’ve set it up it makes a high pitch whine noise when the light is dimmed. I have it at 30% intensity for now. I notice when I don’t dim it the noise isn’t as loud.
Is this normal or is it broken?
Thanks!
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As the title says I’m curious everyone’s thoughts on tissue cultures. Not a very popular thing here in the states but the few times I’ve tried them I’ve never had success. What do y’all think about them?
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From my understanding it’s the same plant octopus is just the common name for Pogostemon Stellatus. And it definitely doesn’t need co2. I’ve played with it many times all in low light set ups and it grows like crazy!
hope this helps!
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Personally I’ve never kept them so I can’t say for sure but I would think for only two that could probably work fine. I’d probably get a ten and put more in it because more is always better imo haha. But I would think two in a five should be fine.
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I think I’d go with either option 1 or 3. 1 would look incredible with a big group of Bolivians and angels. I’ve done that combo before and it looked awesome!
3 would be really interesting Ive always wanted to see what a group of 100+ Pygmy corys would look like haha! Could also add another large school of something and make it densely planted.
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Last night I had a dream where I was a Cory cat and just going about my little Cory life. Was very relaxing HA!
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I've been at the Coop when they have fed Murphy frozen clams so I would assume it would be fine for the Fahaka. If it has never really eaten anything like that I'd bet, you could thaw them at first and eventually just feed them frozen.
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You could also do a layer of basic black gravel if you don't like sand. will work just as well.
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On 12/7/2022 at 8:30 PM, Niz said:
I have two large swords in my 90, I could pull one of those out and replant another smaller one in the 90. I am not set on Val, just thought with a 30" tall tank the Val would be able to grow to the top. Also thought of the shellies digging it which is why the hard scape I have the piece from the left side sticking out. Plan is to try to plant it behind that and hopefully it will stay in place. My LFS is really excited about this too, they said they would keep an eye out for the fish I am looking for and could bring some in early as well. Will definitely keep you updated. Plan is to get the hard scape done by Christmas and set the tank up at the end of January. I am traveling for work on and off for the first three weeks of Jan so I don't want to be gone and have any issues. Earlier this week I put the the biomedia for the FX4 sitting in bags in the bottom of my 90 to get the bacteria jump started plus some in the filters. If all goes well I will be instant cycled and with everything going mid Feb.
Sounds awesome! looking forward to seeing updates.
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On 12/7/2022 at 5:25 AM, Niz said:
My neighbor gave me about 100+lbs of holey rock. I have been researching Lake Tanganyika for the past few days and heality leaning toward a Lake Tanganyika community tank. Shellies on the bottom, build up rock piles on each side of the tank for Julidochromis for one side, Chalinochromis for the other, 1-2 Xenotilapia Ochrogenys or Enantiopus for the bottom and either Cyprichromis, Neolamprologus or Cyathopharynx for free swimmers at the top.
Sandy bottom with shells, rock formations up both sides, Jungle val growing up the middle as a divider of the rocks. 3-4" of sand, rocks are about 21" tall so that would put the top of the rocks about 24" off the bottom at the peak and leave 6" from the top of the tank for free swimmers.
That sounds like a dream tank for me personally! The val is a good idea to break the tank up the only thing is it will be difficult to get it to really take root in the sand with the shellies digging. could maybe plant the val in its pot and give it a while to get established before adding the shellies to give yourself the best chance at it staying put. I would personally instead of val (similar to the MD video i linked below) add a bunch of anubius, large swords, and or some java fern instead. However, there are a million ways to do it and if you do val (or even if you dont) make sure to keep this thread updated with the progress I'd love to see it!
On 12/7/2022 at 7:31 AM, NOLANANO said:MD fish tanks did a tanganyika tank a year or two ago with pretty much that same mix of fish. His tank was larger(I think) but you could use that to get some ideas. In a later video he talks about what worked and what didn’t for that tank.
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Hi! 56 would be huge for guppies so in all honesty you could probably put as many as you want in there. (I had a 20H with an endler breeding project in it and had about 60ish adults in it when I broke it down with no issues). As far as filtration a sponge is Great the Coop sponge would be great. Depending how many fish you are thinking to put in it it may change how big/how many to put in it. I would probably put two 40G sponge filters in but I like to heavily stock my tanks so I need a little more.
As far as the cycling goes everyone does it different but I like to set it up and plant it. Then either put used filter media in it or get some fritz turbo start. The. I’ll let it sit for a week or so then slowly start adding fish while testing the water to make sure everything stays under control.
hope this helped a little!! Have a blessed day.
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On 12/2/2022 at 10:30 AM, NOLANANO said:
Yeah, I wouldn't touch that 90. It looks great.
As for the shell dweller debate I think that people don't usually put tankmates with Shellies because they usually put them in a 40 breeder or something like that where there isn't enough space. In a tank that tall, I think you could do shellies down low and then a top water fish and there would be enough room for everyone. I do have to add that my opinion is based on theory and not actual practice so take it with a grain of salt.
Could do Shellies down below with a big school of Cyprichromis Leptosoma in the top half. Both are tanganyika fish that imo go great together in a big tank!
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On 12/3/2022 at 11:49 AM, plantedtanks1052 said:
I wanted some unique stocking ideas for this 10 gallon. TIA
If this was my tank I would start a breeding colony of cherry Shrimp or maybe try and get a pair of Nannacara Anomala. The nannacara are very understated imo.
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On 11/10/2022 at 7:56 AM, Jazz Pizza said:
Personally, I’ve always preferred ecocomplete simply because I’m lazy and I dig the look. I have a dozen or so panda Cory’s and they seem happy and healthy. However, I’ve always wanted an alternative that wasn’t sand, but was just as comfy for any bottom dwellers. I came across a bag of Activ-Flora and it caught my eye. I decided to use 4 bags of it for a 40 breeder I just obtained. After a week, this has been my experience.
Pro’s:
-It comes in a variety of colors and they all look supremely natural and aesthetically soothing.-It comes in black.
-I purchased the Lake Gems variety and I love it.
-It’s newly planted so I don’t how well it will facilitate growth. It is an array of sizes, my assumption is that it will be just fine. Some easy green and root tabs and it’ll be full in no time.
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- It will cloud your water. My water has been cloudy since set up. I may throw some filter floss around a sponge, but since there are no inhabitants, I don’t mind very much.
I highly recommend it and from a past live stream, @Cory mentioned that it’s what the staff at the store recommends to people. Hope this helps.
That may be a winner i love the look of that variety! Thanks!
On 11/10/2022 at 3:29 AM, Andy's Fish Den said:If you are going planted tank, I will suggest a layer of a planted substrate such as Fluval stratum topped with some pool filter sand. What I have started doing is putting the stratum or whatever plant substrate that you want to use in mesh bags, learned this trick from MD fish tanks, and placing them wherever you plan to have plants and then covering with sand. the plant roots can still get into the mesh bag to reach the nutrients, but you wont have the two substrates mixing, and if you ever decide to change things up, you can just pull the mesh bags out.
I hadn't thought of doing it that way. That could be interesting to try it for sure! thank you!
On 11/10/2022 at 7:05 AM, Schuyler said:Are you planning on doing all one substrate type? Have you considered having an area with sand and another with gravel/aquasoil/etc?
If you end up going with a planted substrate I would recommend capping it with something else. Most of them are pretty lightweight (at least from what I've seen) so the grains will easily be kicked up by corys and they could uproot newly planted stems or just make a mess of any carpeting plants or sandy areas. Even my tiny guppies managed to kick it up and move it around.
If you do decide to mix a planted substrate with sand I would not recommend skipping the bag trick @Andy's Fish Den recommended it your corys may turn your move sandy look into more of a cookies and cream look.
I'm pretty new to the hobby too but my setup sounds pretty similar what you're going for (no CO2, moderately planned, 40 breeder). If you want to check it out, there is a link to it in my signature.
Good luck! Hope you share what you end up doing!
Hmm that's a good point Aswell. Definitely could make a cool aquascape with two different substrates. Thank you for the input and I will definitely be sharing updates as the tank build comes together!
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Hi all!
I am starting to get together supplies for a new 40-gallon breeder tank. The goal is for it to be densely planted and medium-high light, but no CO2. I want to have a big school of Corydoras (not sure which species yet) and several pairs of Bolivian Rams. (Any suggestions on other fish to add would be great!)
My question is about substrate and what would be best for this. In a tank I currently have set up I used Eco Complete and unfortunately noticed that most of my corys barbles have been rubbed off. What in your experience is the best planted substrate for Corydoras? Thinking I may have to use basic gravel and plenty of root tabs.
I am still pretty new to the hobby so would love any advice possible! Thanks!
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Shoot I posted this in the wrong place and cannot figure out how to move it sorry!!
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I'm looking to purchase a Spotted Congo Puffer (Tetraodon Schoutedeni) and in doing some research I've seen some discrepancy in the water parameters that would be best for them. My home water is right around 7.5 pH and is moderately hard. In your experience would this work, or what parameters did you keep them in? Thank you!
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I'm thinking of adding a school of Panda Cory's to the tank as well. With the school of Cory's the Oto's sound like they would work.
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I have a 20H with a pair of Nanacara Anomala and I am starting get a brown diatom algae issue. I like otto's but I am not sure if they will get picked on. Anyone have experience with this combo, or have other suggestions for an algae eating fish other that a Bristlenose that will work?
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I’m trying to breed my Bolivian Rams but not sure how I should set up their tank. They are in a planted 20H.
Fluval 3.0 High Pitch Noise
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Dang was hoping there was some setting I could adjust to make it stop.