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    Is colored gravel turning my water grey?

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    On 9/27/2021 at 10:09 PM, TangoKitty said:

    I like color! and so I bought the black and neon color mix gravel (often sold for Glofish), but there's more black and purple than any other color in it. I'm wondering if this grey water could be the result of the dye used bleeding into the water? Does anyone have knowledge of that?

    I've got a similar mix of gravel, black and purple GLO fish gravel, in my oldest tank and I've never had this problem. I wouldn't completely rule the gravel out but I'd look for other causes first.

    What music are you listening to these days?

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    On 9/18/2021 at 7:55 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said:

    I was trying to figure out what the intersection of @Dwayne Brown's excellent history thread and this thread would be.  I these this song would cover that (though I am not sure Jackson Crawford would approve of the singer's pronunciation - I think the singer's Latin ones are much better for that):

     

    This seems like as good a reason to bring up Heilung as any.

     

     

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    Quarantine Tank - Substrate???

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    The manager at my LFS, said he didn't like bare bottoms ,even in QT tanks, because he's seen fish be stressed out by them. Fish don't understand the reflections they're seeing on the bottom of the tank after all.

    Since his advice of a minimal substrate to break up the mirror effect runs counter to the advice I see on here I decided to split the difference and line the bottom of my QT tank with Indian almond leaves. 

    I only made this change a few days ago, and have no idea if I'll keep it, but in the short term I'm happy with it.

     

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    29 gallon Glofish Tank questions

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    On 8/3/2021 at 10:09 AM, Kathy F said:

    I am putting this tank together for my disabled 16 year old son who is visually impaired (bilateral optic nerve colobomas).   I have been looking at glo lights however they have terrible reviews.   Would the glo fish and decor glow under regular blue lights (like a reg tank light but on night setting)?  I need things to be bright, gaudy, high contrast with lots of movement to help him see what is happening.   In the past, he has enjoyed his 10 gallon male guppy tank but the guppies are going to retired to be my 40 breeder community tank so he can have his glotank with in view of his bed.   I'm open to suggestions the only thing that is certain is it will be a 29 gallon tank (space is tight and the tank & stand have already been purchased).   The fish he has shown interest in so far are the silver mollies, albino corydoras and the green glo tetras.  Since he wants the corydoras, I'm thinking of using 20/40 blasting sand.   I think the sand will be easier on them then the normal glofish type gravel.  Thoughts on a corydora friendly substrate that will work in a glotank?    

    Hi there!

    I've kept Glofish ™️ for almost a decade. I initially used the "official" light that came with that tank kit before switching over to a nicrew light with a blue LED "moonlight" option. As far as I'm concerned I'm getting the same quality Glo experience with the nicrew light. I was only able to check it with the fish since I don't have any GLO decor anymore. However, I have a suspicion that blue LEDs are pretty standard hardware. I've never had any reason to believe official GLO lights were anything other than regular blue LEDs.

    I'd be very picky about buying any GLO light decor, even official stuff, if you can't see how it works look under a blue LED. On the positive side I've had a lot of luck with regular glow in the dark decorations.

     

    I hope that helps!

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    Compatibility

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    I've successfully kept red cherry shrimp with tetra Glofish. As long as there are plenty of places to hide they should be fine, I never observed and tetra Glofish going out of their way to hunt down a shrimp.

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    The GloFish “Controversy”

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    I've kept Glofish™️ for almost 10 years, exclusively the Glo danios and tetras. In a very real sense they're the fish that got me into the hobby as an adult. While I'm starting to branch out into other fish now, there's probably always going to be a school of GloTetras in one of my tanks. 

    My frustrations with these fish have more to do with the corporate greed that surrounds them than anything to do with their nature. The blue LED that makes these fish look their best also makes it impossible to grow plants other than anubias. This leads sterile looking tanks full of artificial Glofish™️ branded decorations, maintained by water treatments and carbon filtration. While Glofish™️ got me into the hobby they also burnt me out because of how creatively unfulfilling I found them.

    Part of me will always appreciate how much color they can add to a tank, part of me will always get a kick out of their garish and artificial nature, but it felt so good to get rid of that blue LED and get some plants going.

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