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    RIGHT, good point- with the windows in my house, it would be a 20 gallon most likely, but if i can convince who i’m living with for the next few years, I’m going to do a 40 breeder gallon for it. Temperature range would be anywhere from 74°-84° F, but probably mid to high 70s. The fish I was potentially thinking of for it would be ones that will already pick at and eat algae, to help slow the growth a little, and also dont care too much about the actual substrate so that the filter foam is viable.
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    Hi all! I’m in the middle of lightly toying with an idea right now- a scape that uses filter foam as the substrate and hardscape and caves, and for the plants, have hair algae growing on the sponge... if anything will be compatible in that setup, that is. tbh, i ABSOLUTELY want the centerpiece to be a vampire shrimp. tons of algae and their spores in the water? that sounds perfect for a filter feeder! but, idk how likely it is for its legs to get tangled and stuck, since that can happen with neocaridinas apparently. If i decide to do a schooling fish, that likes both the warm temps and flow as a vampire shrimp, i worry about them becoming tangled and stuck if neos can do that. Any suggestions on potentially suitable fish for this idea?
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    Leaves already look healthier! new growth, too!
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    Discord user Gricket being big brained across TWO of my threads!!
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    Kinda related to this topic, since its about box filters: People have mentioned modern ones being really cheaply built, as well as a bit ugly. I’m thinking about buying a box filter, and idk if I can mention the brand name here? But they’re making it out of black food grade polypropylene, and I wanna know yalls takes on it.
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    Barely 10 AM and things have been really productive! I got my oil changed, my cars air filter switched out, and a back windshield wiper to replace my missing one! Then I got Fish Stuff (including a more appropriately sized bin for my purposes) at Home Depot, plus a few clippings of mini monstera (WITH PERMISSION OF EMPLOYEES!!) to start growing. I think I’m gonna rearrange my room today so I can get more natural light at my desk. I had fun at home depot, though, I talked to an employee for like 30 minutes about fish stuff.
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    Alright, got some mini monstera today! Currently growing it in the back of my matten filter till it grows tougher leaves and a root system, then I’ll submerge it. It was incorrectly labeled at the store, lol. I also bought some aluminum screen- Both for the eventual moss wall of my 20 long, and to attempt growing terrestrial mosses on it in my Experiment Bin. I’ll drill holes into the lid (its clear, yay!), both so I can feed airline tubing through, and so that I can use it as Quarantine for fish. Currently, I’m cycling a sponge filter for it by stuffing it in the back of the goldfish’s matten filter.
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    (Context: the two seem very similar in behavior when it comes to communities)
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    I do indeed have a spare bin!! I’ll also be putting in all the non-puffers before the pea gang. These guys are just sounding more and more like bettas that can chill with others of the same species the more I learn lol.
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    Hey, this is a SUPER interesting read. I have a 20 Long I want to make into a pea puffer tank, one male and multiple females, and my plan is to have a lot of driftwood and a lot of plants, even if it is just species only. I’m currently considering the possibility of making it a community tank. My current thought is having a nice carpet of dwarf sag for snails and potential babies of all species to hide, and kuhli loaches and/or neon tetras in there. I’m a little worried regarding the kuhli loaches and flow, but I could make a real long cave area in the back with a pump to give them that... I want to gather opinions, so- what do yall think!
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    Plants in the tank lookin good! Hi, one kinda newbie to another!
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    Got that warning for the mods, huh :P I'm doing a little more digging and it sounds like plants that do better in often flooded areas (or for our case, completely submerged), are ones already native to wet areas, and ones with good taproots. Hardy plants are an OBVIOUS choice for beginning these types of experiments. Ferns may be a good candidate, with a lot of them growing near pond edges, as well as bulletproof things like dandelions and Pothos, plus houseplants that can be grown and propagated in water like Monstera, Chinese Evergreen, Lucky Bamboo, and so on. Local collected plants and moss by rivers and ponds may have a better chance at acclimating, but with that there's risks of parasites and stuff, so it's risky to do in a stocked tank.
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    Girl help its 2:30 am and i cant sleep

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    I wish you the best of luck!!! Also, your pangos are SO cute and round. I love them.
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    I didn’t actually read the books myself- I just followed what foo the flowerhorn does. God I should read them though. I did it for my 2.5 gal EBI shrimo tank, and plants and shrimp FLOURISHED in there. I’m only breaking it down because i can move the sheimp into a larger home!
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    Haha, thank you!! I’m looking into investigating things regarding other terrestrial plants growing completely submerged- I definitely wanna try Monstera but like, only ONE. Those are big big boys. Another one I want to attempt but succeed at this time is terrestrial moss! i feel like it’d have a super cool unique look that could be done as a carpet.
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    Lol, no worries on the questions!! So, I’ll answer in order: Dirt Time Actually, it’s shockingly easy! Part of the reason I have dirted tanks is because the poop just becomes part of the dirt, so I only target vac poop off of plants or in trouble spots. I even have MTS in there, and they don’t adversely effect things at all! They actually helped the success of my 40 gal, i think, helping root out air pockets! As for the one about the 40 gal- probably 2 inches max? That was what i figured would be a good depth, but then, because it was my first time trying the walstad method, I went ape with the sand because I was worried about the dirt expanding too much. Matten filters I did not put down a divider! The reason why is because it’s basically 90% biological filtration- Thats why the mat’s so stinking big! The mat can definitely catch stuff that you can suck off later with a hose, though. But, I didn’t put down a divider because I figured it would be good bacteria food! For the second question, there really isn’t any other way that I, personally, know of. There probably is but I’m bad at math. It seems as if lower flow is best for them, so the bacteria can get at stuff better! I would totally recommend these for any planted tank, and double that if its a walstad tank- The combo has been INCREDIBLY stable for me, even with 3 goldfish pooping up a storm in the 40! Links to some Matten Filter info! Swisstropicals Fish2water Seriouslyfish
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    Hi all, so- Something that's fascinated me from the very start of my fish journey, is how aquarium plants can have immersed vs emmersed growth. I've successfully grown Pothos completely underwater, and before that, I attempted (but failed) to grow terrestrial moss underwater. I'm wondering if there's any techniques to identify which plants would do best submerged! I know that probably hardy plants that like a lot of water would be best candidates, and plants that can be found growing near water, and maaaaybe plants that grow via cuttings or runners? It would be a safe bet to check out what grows in the local ponds and rivers, but I'm Wary of taking anything from there, yknow? I don't want to get in trouble, after all. I'm also wondering, how would you help acclimate something TO being submerged?
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    Hi!! Hopefully I can manage to avoid making this TOO much of a rehash of my about page- but, hi everyone, my name's Linebeck (they/he pronouns for me, thank youuu)! I'm located in south Texas, and I'm starting community college in the fall! I'm planning to get credits to transfer to TX State for their Aquatic Biology degree, and then I want to pursue certificates and a career in environmental health and safety. I've been in the hobby for about a year and a half at this point- I wasn't actually very interested in fishkeeping for a while, even after I started, I just saw the poor care my sister was giving to her betta, that didn't have a name yet (I named him Totodile) and refused to let it live a miserable life. He died recently, after the freeze, and so did the ember tetras collectively named Red Basculin. But on the bright side!!! Most of my neocaridina shrimp and all of my goldfish and white cloud mountain minnows survived! Which is a good segue into introducing them! I still haven't named the Shrimp Collective, but I recently moved them into the 10 gal from their fluval Ebi. This setup of plants is REALLY new, and has to grow in, still, because I made so many of the small bushy plants closer to the front (I do not remember what they are at All :'] ) from a few bigger ones. I'm going to be adding chili rasbora once everything grows in, and it'll be a display tank in my mom's office! And in my 40 gal, I have 3 ranchu goldfish! A dark brown-gold female named Feebas, a white male with an orange tail named Seel, and another male with more mottled coloring of orange and black and white with one completely black eye named Goldeen (sidenote: Should I look for more female goldfish to add with them? I worry about them stressing out Feebas with their chasing). I also have a small school of white cloud mountain minnows collectively named Blue Basculin! I also have a TON of pothos in there, growing completely submerged! All of the pothos you see in there were propagated from 3 plants! Both of these tanks use matten filters and have dirt beneath their cap of planted substrate and sand respectively! Anyway- I'm really excited to be a part of this community!
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