[10 Gallon with Anoxic Filtration]

On 8/9/2021 at 7:57 PM, Gideyon said:

One tremendous weakness in Novak's videos is that they're incredibly long and occasionally he'll add a different thing about anoxic filtration.    So I can't find the video in which he suggested this, nor why. It wasn't a requirement.  I took a lot of mental notes but the why to this I can't remember.  I have this vague memory of him saying it decreases oxygenation even more. 

 

Yeah Dr Novak does have a way of rambling on. His videos could be shorter.

He does say that this system can take a while to get to its full potential. Just seems to me by cutting off the flow would be counter productive as far as growing bacteria goes.

I most certainly could be wrong but I can't remember him saying anything about it.

If you do happen to find it please let me know as I must have missed it.

[10 Gallon with Anoxic Filtration]

On 8/9/2021 at 7:03 PM, Gideyon said:

Thanks for the link.  I'll have to read it more closely when I get a chance. But you're right, that is the simplest way I've seen explaining it.   

I don't know if this will answer your questions or not....

The substrate is a baked clay, and will have laterite (iron source) mixed in on the lower inch of it. That combination helps with nitrification from what I understand. Again, I don't get the science of it, but the clay provides some kind of electrical charge that helps with the filtering. 

The air for the airlift will only be on about 16 hours a day.  And even when it is on, it'll be at a low rate.  The airlift tube is only on the right side.  The water by the right plate will move faster than the left.  I'm thinking the left side will have more of the anaerobic conditions (low oxygen) than the right.   It'll have no movement at night.   

What is the reasoning for running the airlift for only 16 hours per day? I must have missed that point.

[10 Gallon with Anoxic Filtration]

@Gideyon Dr Novak has also mentioned using that black weed barrier clothe when using a finer substrate.

That said the nylon you are using should work. Good luck.

[Cat Fish, GBRs]

I think Dean says to keep GBR at about 84 degrees and a few degrees higher when spawning.

[Hello]

Greetings Timmy

[Stand weight]

Should be just fine. Concrete blocks hold up whole houses, so an aquarium should be no problem.

[Hello everyone!]

Greetings

[Peru Fish Collecting Trip 2021]

Looks like fun.

[Why are my stems rotting]

I have never kept that plant, but it is common for plants to die back or melt when first put in to a tank.

I would give it some time and it will probably bounce back.

[Under gravel filter and planted tank]

For the root feeding plants with a UGF, you need to slow the flow through the UGF way down.

Way down. 

[Maximum fish per gallon?]

Do shrimp go by the one inch rule?

[95 Gallon Hex Project]

Nice, I love the blue rams.

[Maximum fish per gallon?]

I will just add, don't over feed your fish.

Fish act hungry all the time, they are not. A Hungry fish is a healthy fish.

[Easy-to-Start Siphons?]

I use one with the squeeze bulb on it. Squeeze it about 3 times and it is siphoning.

Cheap and nothing to break.

[Just a quick HELLO!]

Greetings

[10 Gallon with Anoxic Filtration]

I watch almost anything Dr Novak puts out.

This will be interesting to watch.

Good luck

[Black Dust Algae?]

On 8/5/2021 at 4:04 PM, Mmiller2001 said:

Lower light intensity. Increase water changes. Remove excessive organics.  Dose a liquid carbon to temporarily remove the ugly.

Resource for algae.

https://www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/algae-control

Some really good reading at that link. Thanks for posting that.

[Red Root Floaters]

I had some frogbit shipped to me. He put it in a heat seal baggy with a bit of water and heat sealed it shut. Then wrapped it in a paper towel. Then a small box.

[Unknown flaky fish disease that appears and kills quickly]

I would check with your water company and see if they have a water quality report.

You may even want to take a sample somewhere and have it tested.

If my local water killed my fish that quickly, I would be afraid to drink it or even bathe in it.

Sorry about your fish.

[Duckweed]

On 8/4/2021 at 12:57 PM, CalmedByFish said:

 

Do I sound like it's driving me nuts? Mm hm. 

Maybe just a little bit. 🤣

[First planted tank showcase/journal (29 gallon)]

Looks good so far. Good luck with it.

[14 Gallon Cube, FINALLY!]

@Odd Duck I like the way you did the wood. It looks like it grew there.

Looking good.

[Wonder Woman Themyscira 14g cube]

On 8/3/2021 at 11:42 PM, Daedalus said:

Put a Lego Wonder Woman in that plane

I like that idea.

[When your LFS marks the fish wrong it makes one giggle....]

I was just in one of our local pet stores the other day. A big chain but not as big as some.

They had a tank of Bolivian Rams or so that was what the sign said. There were about 12 or so fish in there.

About 7 or 8 of these so called Bolivian Rams were clearly German Blue Rams.

I asked the kid working there if they were all Bolivians. He said yes.

Oh well.

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Big fan of hers.