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    Python water changer alternative

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    12 hours ago, B1gJ4k3 said:

    I loved the idea of the Python when I first saw it, but using it in practice seemed to waste a ton of water. For water changes, I basically built my own Python "hook" from a couple bucks worth of PVC and vinyl tubing from Home Depot and use buckets to take out and water my lawn. For filling, I use a Lee's version of the Python Super Pump hooked up to a coiled plastic garden house that I had lying around. I built another PVC "hook" for filling that I screw on the end of that which hangs on the tank as I fill it. The whole thing cost me maybe $20 (with the exception of the garden hose that I already had)

    You could try buying a long vinyl tube for siphoning water out to your lawn so you don’t have to deal with buckets. I hate buckets. 

    What’s the scariest moment in your fish keeping experience?

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    So I have an aquarist fail, but I’m sharing this out of my amazement. I received 6 black schultzei corys in the mail today. All alive. Acclimated them to temp and went to do the plop and drop. I put them in the tank and they all scurry like normal. I come back an hour later and can only find 5. I’m looking everywhere and can’t find the last one. I deal with my kids and get dinner started and I’m like I know I saw 6 in the bag, where is that last guy. 
     

    I throughly check the tank and only see 5, so I go to the trash and look at the bags they came in, and I was expecting a dead fish that I didn’t see when emptying the bags, well THIS LITTLE DUDE WAS STUCK UNDER THE TAPED EDGES TO MAKE THE BAG SQUARE.  And there was a little bit of water, but he was ALIVE. I couldn’t believe it because it had been 3 hours at this point since I put them in the tank. I hurried and put him in the tank and he did fine, it’s now been 3 hours since he was out in the tank and he is still breathing and moving around. I will monitor. 
     

    i feel terrible about this. I should have caught it. The only thing I can think of as to why he is still alive is because corys can absorb oxygen through their gut. 
     

    it’s either that story, or when I was losing my red tuxedo koi colony to something that I couldn’t figure out. Meds and everything wouldn’t save them. So I put a sick momma in a breeder box and hoped she made it long enough to give birth. She did and then died a few days later and now I still have that colony of guppies. 

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    New 20 gallon stocking

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    8 hours ago, 2Corinthians57 said:

    Ok, so reading all of this (correct me if I’m wrong) I am now thinking this:
    -4 male guppies
    -2 honey gouramis 
    -6-8 panda cories
    Would that be ok? I will do more research on keeping pairs of gouramis, but what should I put in first? I was thinking guppies, then gourami, and pandas.
    I have a cascade 80 filter (120 volts).

    My honey Gouramis are male and female and the male can be a little of a turd when he wants to breed and the female is out of his league. 

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    Question, can the tanks have that gap in the blocks?

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    8 minutes ago, Cory said:

    I think there a lot of factors that could cause it to go one way or another. I'll say this. I'd do that setup without hesitating. However you could have the back blocks on a tack strip, or something else going on etc and it could fail. But on principle, it should work.

    I cut out the carpet since it’s in my laundry room and I really don’t care. It was cheap stick on anyways. And I made sure the tanks were sitting level. I just want to be cautious before I fill them and start cycling to get season tank time. 

    Stealth Aquatics Basic Fish Room

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    So I have an aquarist fail, but I’m sharing this out of my amazement. I received 6 black schultzei corys in the mail today. All alive. Acclimated them to temp and went to do the plop and drop. I put them in the tank and they all scurry like normal. I come back an hour later and can only find 5. I’m looking everywhere and can’t find the last one. I deal with my kids and get dinner started and I’m like I know I saw 6 in the bag, where is that last guy. 
     

    I throughly check the tank and only see 5, so I go to the trash and look at the bags they came in, and I was expecting a dead fish that I didn’t see when emptying the bags, well THIS LITTLE DUDE WAS SRUCK UNDER THE TAPED EDGES TO MAKE THE BAG SQUARE.  And there was a little bit of water, but he was ALIVE. I couldn’t believe it because it had been 3 hours at this point since I put them in the tank. I hurried and put him in the tank and he did fine, it’s now been 3 hours since he was out in the tank and he is still breathing and moving around. I will monitor. 
     

    i feel terrible about this. I should have caught it. The only thing I can think of as to why he is still alive is because corys can absorb oxygen through their gut. 
     

    I wish corys were more distinct because I will keep this guy forever. He is the smallest of the bunch and a huge fighter. 

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    Stealth Aquatics Basic Fish Room

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    It’s not an auto water change system, but I connected a drain to my washer drain so I don’t have to carry buckets everywhere full of mulm over the carpet and I can drain directly from siphon to that drain. For the tanks that are lower I plan on just pumping the water to the drain for water changes 

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    Breeding German rams in Hard water?

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    30 minutes ago, Lowells Fish Lab said:

    It's about the same for me. Coop test strip reads a bit higher for hardness than my liquid tests and that's where my knowledge ends! I just say try it. Get those rams, love them, make many babies.

    Baby rams are funny, It's the most fun I've ever had with breeding.

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    Yeah I’ll have to try. I’m really getting into the whole breeding game and I just wanna do it right. 

    Breeding German rams in Hard water?

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    20 minutes ago, Lowells Fish Lab said:

    Just my opinion but I don't think you need to worry too much. TDS doesn't measure just hardness, it measures all dissolved solids. If you really want to know what your hardness is like you might try a test designed specifically for it. API does gH and kH liquid water tests and the coop test strips will do those tests too. Most of all though, I just wouldn't worry about it much unless you really think your water is liquid rock. Most of the time fish can adapt to different but non-extreme hardness parameters. 

    Yeah that’s where I get confused. The coop test strip says 300 my api says anywhere from 7-10 for degrees hardness. Those two are very different. 

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