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  1. Jimfish98
    Two things got me in. Didn't have pets as a kid and moved away from home for college and the only pets they would allow were pets that could be contained in a 10g tank or less. It was my limitation but I really enjoyed it. Stuck with 10g until I bought the house and jumped to 50, then 75, and now 130g. My only real limitation now is my wife lol. The other thing that got me in was not about tanks, but koi ponds. When we had our last kid I wanted a tattoo that was representative of the family. Last name is Fisher so fish worked and opted for Koi. Out on the road for work and stopped by a pond shop to see some up front before the tattoo and I sat there for a half hour watching the fish in the pond. Every bit of stress was gone and that is big for me as stress gets my MS going. I had that visit in November, tattoo in December, and started building my pond that springs. 2000g, self cleaning, and pure joy for a decade. Shut it down last fall as my heart is not doing well and couldn't put the energy in it anymore. Shell is there, will start it up some day down the road.
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    College wise I went to and will bleed black and gold for life as a UCF fan. NFL I stayed out of for years until UCF started having players drafted. Followed the Jags a bit when Bortles was drafted and hit and miss on following them. While they were doing bad this last couple years I was watching the Seahawks as the Griffen twins from UCF were there. Both are gone so will split a little time watching Miami with one twin there and Tua taking the helm. Will also watch the Bills to see what Gabe Davis does.
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    Had converted my tank from Reef to FW months ago and been making the old lights work, but not well. The new lights came in today so out with the old, in with the new.
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    Started yesterday with a water change. The replacement CO2 diffusor came and I went to install that. The glass U shape piece from the old one snapped in half picking it up. Gladly got rid of it and now have my bazooka diffuser in. Some serious microbubbles getting pushed around now.
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    For me my 130g seems like a good size, but I could honestly go much bigger if space allowed for it. Would love something like a Waterbox Peninsula used to divide two rooms where each side had its own feel to it. Would stick to cold water here for ease. As for mine if I ever did up the tank fully I see myself with black substrate, small fish, amano shrimp, freshwater gobies, snails, SAE. Not sure what I would use for carpet but maybe some Monte. I can see two large wood pieces in my mind, maybe a piece or two of dragon stone to help prop them in a position I like. Small branches with a variety of moss plants mixed in like flame, christmas, etc. Attach a few Epiphytes to the wood like anubus attached on the back side, joints between branches getting bucephalandra or similar. Background some Java Fern, Scarlet, Westeria, etc. Some Wendtii near the front sides. Definitely some Pogostemon Helferi in there somewhere. I can picture it better than I can build it though lol.
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    @Cory I would take small and healthy any day of the week. Went elsewhere for plants this last week due to availability for the first time and ended up throwing away two tissue cultures without planting them. All of my moss nearly DOA, bucephalandra packed bare root and dry. I can grow something small but I can't grow half dead or dead.
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    Unfortunately today is sucking a bit. Working at my desk and heard a loud pop and heard glass hit glass. CO2 stopped coming out of the diffuser. Took a minute but found the 13 day old diffuser blew off its bottom. Two ordered on Amazon but delays are up there on shipping so I am going to have to call around all of Orlando to see who has one I may be able to get before early Sept.
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    Ha, I will run out of tank real estate first.
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    My aquarium came with a few brand stickers. Goldfish dealer sent a few. Every order with Cory comes with one. I have been adding them all to the inside of the doors on my tank stand and curious if anyone knows of a place selling packs of them. Would love to cover every inch with similar realistic fish stickers.
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    Floridian who has a pool, had a pond, here are my thoughts...drop this client. I have seen people try and convert this stuff for koi and others and 9/10 fail. Those that succeed go to bigger measures but always have had filtration. Those that skip filters fall in line with the failures as eventually it becomes a bit of a toxic pit killing inhabitants or the city/county flag it and start issuing fines. This is of course beyond the insane amount of noise that he is going to hear from Cuban Tree Frogs once they move in and start mating. The successful ones either full convert to pond with filters, or cap existing plumbing and build a smaller pond within the pond by infilling it with gravel and liners to reduce the size. Costs are up there and far more than just keeping the pool running for 5-10 years.
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    I've been telecommuting for 13 years and have been watching Youtube for everything fish, house, computer, etc related during down times. Came across the channel a number of years ago when Cory was setting up the garage with cinder blocks and such and first thing that came to my mind was "Damn I wish I had a basement to set something like that up"...been watching since.
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    I think a good chunk of the hobby in the beginning is finding the vendors you want to use and support. I recommend finding the Facebook page for a local club and they may know of dealers good on shipping, have stuff they are selling, or know of an LFS that can be your go to place.
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    Looking at plants online this evening trying to figure out what to get and where to get it from. Every vendor seems to have common stuff, then a small section of stuff others don't carry. Might turn into 2-3 shipping charges to get everything.
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    For me that smell when cleaning your substrate is a call to go bare bottom. Cleaned gravel out of a few tanks and saw the signs of needing to move away from it. The first time I helped someone remove rocks from the bottom of their koi pond, I said no more. The amount of waste and bacteria hiding in those builds up and is just a nightmare waiting to happen for some folks. I compare it to a septic tank in hiding. Bare bottom has limitations but worth it IMHO.
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    Converted a large reef tank to FW and have opted to keep the lights for now rather than drop hundreds on more. Any recommended light settings with the spectrum I have?
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    Grew up in the Finger Lakes area and spent every weekend I could out fishing. Trout, Bass, Carp, Catfish, anything I could get on a hook. Moved to FL 23 years ago and after a few gators swimming a bit to close I haven't done much since. I did go out and do some Black Tip Shark fishing a number of years ago and that was fun but exhausting. Nothing like snapping a pole in half. Now we occasionally head out to Disney and fish their stocked ponds.
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    Big tanks at greater than 10g? I am sitting here with a 130g and think if I had the space I would go much larger. At some point will bring my 2000g pond back, may dig out another foot or so depth first to jump the gallons up.
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    I wish I had 64sqft available, so in my mind he's already ahead of me. If I lived where you could have a basement, then maybe a fish room for me some day but until then FL slab life it is.
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    Took some time the last few days to work on the tank and try and get rid of some BBA. Working towards killing it all but it's never a fast process and slight adjustments until you get it right. Added CO2 Friday as Carbon dozing wasn't helping. Yesterday I pulled all of the easy planters and plants (bare bottom tank) and did a HP dip on them to knock it back while the CO2 hopefully helps as well as cutting down light intensity a bit more. Today though picked up a pair of SAE to hopefully snack on what is left and keep the tank clear. Went ahead and did a big water change on it as well. Will let it all run a week and see how it goes and adjust more if needed.
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    I have a bare bottom tank so using a handful of easy planters which all look alike. I would like to cover most as much as possible to break down the repetitive look. Two of them I have attached some Anubis to the side but have more planters to dress up without the addition being so large the main plants are hidden. Any recommendations for what I can glue to the rock and will grow on it? So far I have come up with the following possible options. Java and/or Christmas Moss, Dwarf Baby Tears, Riccia Fluitans, Monte Carlo, and Staurogyne Repens.
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    Today was installing CO2. Had the diffuser, air line, valve, etc here just needed the tank. Ran up to Airgas to get 2 5lb Aluminum tanks. Figure with their hours ending before my workday ends and not open on weekends, best to get a back up tank so I have time to fill one when the other is running. Fairly easy to get in and running and set it up on a smart wifi plug to set on and off times on it. Will likely need to turn it up a little as tester after 7 hours is still blueish. Will turn it up slightly in the morning so I can watch it. Hoping to feed the plants and cut back on algae a little.
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    My request would start with @Cory adjusting the easy planters. Different shapes, ones that hold two planters, a log version. Maybe an app that you can could select your plant type, take a picture, and it tells you what is wrong with it from too much light, not enough light, low iron levels, etc.
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    Prepping the tank for CO2. I like a clean set up with everything in the stand so took a cabinet full of wires, power blocks, etc and redid it all so the power blocks are mounted and cords controlled and up at the top of the cabinet. Plenty of room for the CO2 tank now. Waiting to fill the tank this weekend but in the mean time added some freshwater goby and amino shrimp to the tank.
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    Used to be a Mod/Admin on a Koi forum and even had to flag you once. I don't envy anyone doing similar roles on forums. No matter what you say or do, someone is ticked off. You end up doing what creates the least amount of drama, hassle, and/or legal worries.
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    Won't touch it, the blade is too blunt.
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