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Hi folks,
Im thinking of linking my three 5 gallon tanks using U syphons with a self starting Syphon running into a 5 gallon drum with a small return pump (hope that makes sense)
Has anyone successfully done something similar and can provide tips or pictures??
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On 2/24/2022 at 12:09 AM, lefty o said:
dont run bleach through it. besides being bas for anything fish related, bleach will do a number on o-rings, and seals. i would run warm water, and vinegar through it. put the vinegar/water in a 5 gallon bucket with the intake/output, turn it on and let it clean itself for a few hours.
Sounds like a plan
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Thanks for the responses @Flumpweesel@Guppysnail.
The sponges are for the prefilter and are specially shaped and a bit spendy which is why I'd rather clean and keep them if possible.
On 2/23/2022 at 11:02 PM, Griznatch said:Bad time of year for it, but direct sunlight does wonders for killing bacteria. That'll only help if it's a bacterial thing that's making it smell bad however.
Haven't seen the sun for about 4 months lol
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So.....I may have inadvertently left a canister filter full of water after I'd swapped it out for sponge filters.
Finally got round to cleaning it today and it smells really bad.
Cleaned and silicon greased the filter and that's all good but the sponge and media still smells really bad.
Other than bleach is there any other options for removing the smell as the idea of safely rinsing the bleach scares me a little
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Thanks @Guppysnail very useful, I'm thinking now I won't need that many stalks in my 65 gallon community tank
On 1/31/2022 at 10:02 PM, KittenFishMom said:I have found turnips gobble nitrates very fast. Here is a photo of a turnip in an HOB and a floating turnip, "The SS Turnip" float is clear, and the outriggers are clear shipping pillows. Not for the display tank, but if you put it in overnight, your nitrates will drop a lot.
Now there's something I would never have thought of.
Not sure I can convince my better half of the aesthetics tho 😁
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Hi folks,
Currently have hornwort floating which as you know is an awesome nitrate cleaner but it is a decent amount of work to prevent it blocking too much light for the other plants
My tank has corner cutouts for canister filter piping and I'm wondering if a couple of pieces of lucky bamboo in each cutout will have a similar effect on nitrate?
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Apologies if this is already posted but here's my qt protocol which may be useful for those of us who can't use the co-op trio
I have used the first three together with no issues to shrimp, snails and plants but full disclosure I haven't tried ndx as a combined medication
eSHa 2000 (fungus, finrot & bacterial treatment), Ethacridine lactate, Copper sulphate, Proflavine hemisulphate
eSHa Exit (anti whitespot treatment) Ethacridine lactate, Malachite green, Methylene blue
eSHa gdex (against skin flukes, gill flukes & tapeworms), Praziquantel
eSHa-ndx (against parasitic nematodes),
Levamisole hydrochloride, Sodium metabisulphite, Methyl parahydroxybenzoate -
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On 1/14/2022 at 3:51 PM, tolstoy21 said:
Thank god for the below, cause I have a tank full of these!
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, one of mine definitely has a carnivorous look about it when my fingers are in the tank!!!
I use chain mail gloves for sharks to be on the safe side
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So the loaches are in qt along with some emerald dwarf Rasbora fry as I didn't have another tank.
So far they've completely ignored the repashy and just live on the sponge filter.
My guess is they're just feasting on the live BBS I'm feeding the fry.
The Cory's in the display went mental for the solient green tho so not a complete failure 😁
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Thanks @Fish Folk very useful.
I think I'll stick with a. pH of 7 to start with and take the hardness down to the 3 to 5 range and see what happens.
I guess I can always throw some Indian almond leaves in if they don't spawn.
The advantage of chili's being even in my 5 gallon the bioload will be so low water changes will be few and far between so it should be stable
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Hi folks, next fish I want to breed are my little chili's.
My tanks run at pH 7 and hardness of 6 to 8.
I can easily bring the hardness down as I blend RO with my tap.
My question is do I need to lower pH or will they breed at 7?
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On 1/10/2022 at 3:46 PM, HH Morant said:
Aquariumscience.org has some articles about the subject of beneficial bacteria. I am not sure exactly which article contains this information, but as I recall the author says that, even in a poorly filtered aquarium, 90% of beneficial bacteria is in the filter. This is because the beneficial bacteria need surface area and flow, and generally there is not enough flow in the aquarium to support large numbers of beneficial bacteria. I am not sure if the author cites any studies.
Under-gravel filters and powerheads aimed at the substrate would be exceptions to this rule because they create flow in the substrate.
The flow in the filter is what allows large numbers of beneficial bacteria to live there.
In 2020 I had an experience which makes me think this is correct. I bought a used aquarium with a used substrate, which I kept wet during the move of the aquarium. I thought the seasoned substrate would be enough to have an instantly cycled aquarium. It was not, and I lost some fish.
Interesting, I'll have a read through.
On a slight tangent I turned my filter off in my main display once the plants established and now just rely on air for water movement.
I found no spikes occurred and nitrate went down. I'm guessing the plants are taking up raw ammonia before the bacteria has a chance to convert it
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On 1/10/2022 at 3:27 PM, lefty o said:
anything in the tank with a surface for them to be on, is where they are. about the only thin in an aquarium that has little to no beneficial bacteria is the water itself.
Yep, that's my take on it but I'd love to be able to link that to some science
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First things first... welcome
Second thing... it's not a hobby it's an addiction 😁
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Just curious if anyone has come across any studies on what percentage of bacteria actually live in your filter?
I've had multiple shall we say discussions with people who insist they pretty much all live in your filter.
Now I dare say that in big open aquariums with minimal decor that is more than likely the case but in our planted tanks with a bunch of wood, rock and substrate I highly doubt it.
I'd love to be able to reference an actual study if one exists rather than my own fish room science
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Thanks both, I'll give silent green a try
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Just picked up 3 hillstream loaches that will be going in with my corydoras once out of qt.
Silent green or bottom scratcher for that combo or will either be fine?
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Glad you're feeling better and fish are looking fat and happy
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I tried one of those Hatcher's for a while with limited success. Now I just use a DIY pop bottle and it's much better
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On 12/22/2021 at 11:14 PM, Randy said:
I am still here! Just hibernating for the winter. 🤣
Well I for one appreciate your work young man
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On 12/21/2021 at 4:17 PM, Maggie said:
I'm going to guess emerald dwarf rasbora aka dwarf emerald danios (danio erythromicron) because I had them, and it's hard to tell at that age but that's my guess because they breed alot and seem to miss a lot of fry if there's cover. If they are danios, you'll see the little black spot on the tail fin pretty quickly. Congrats on either one though!
Thanks @Maggie that was my original thinking as I already have a bunch of CPD's and they are obviously very similar in behaviour. It was just the black line that confused me
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On 12/13/2021 at 3:41 AM, Torrey said:
🎶You can dance if you want to,
You can leave your friends behind,
Cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance
They're no friends of mine🎶
Oops.
No filter between fingers and brain😅
I am pretty boring. Pretty much everyone I have ever met with my name has been a relative, and I like that it really isn't a gendered name, so🤷♂️
I didn't really want to bring my gamer name in, so my name it is.
Well that has now well and truly planted an ear worm that won't be going away anytime soon!!!
I've been Mr Gumby ever since I got into Monty python's flying Circus... simple as that
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Latest editions to my community were chili Rasbora and emerald dwarf Rasbora.
They came from the same store and were on a shared sump so they got quarantined together
So the question is who's had babies?
My water is neutral with a bit too much hardness for chili's but now I'm seeing a body stripe start to develop which is confusing me??
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I've been going through the RFT podcasts lately while driving about.
Last night Cory and Joel read out a super chat from some guy who'd started something called the aquarists podcast!
I wonder what happened to that guy??? Hope he stayed in the hobby 😜
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Automatic Syphon
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Essentially yes I'm just sharing water. As they'll be grow out tanks I want to be able to simply change the water in the drum as a quick and easy water change.
I was thinking the U Syphon rather than an overflow in each tank as they're a bit smaller with them only being 5 gallon tanks