Jeremy B
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Still at zero, I even went out and bought test strips today just to be sure I wasn't messing up the liquid tests. I've had an air stone going since I started the tank. Thanks
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Yeah I've had nitrates. The tanks been up for 4-6 months, was an early covid project. I used cycled media from another tank to jump start this one, and I have a good bit of plants. I'm struggling to keep them fed, mostly stem plants and water lettuce. Thanks for the idea.
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Man I wish I could watch at work, I am forced to just listen in with my bluetooth ear protection... everyone thinks I'm big on safety. Nah, I just like my fish videos.🤣
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Any ideas? still getting random deaths, this is the only tank having issues.
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Deans Fishroom, what's happening
Jeremy B replied to Dean’s Fishroom's topic in Photos, Videos & Journals
Love this setup so much I gotta copy it! I finally found an older 55 gallon with no center brace and am about to order some bins to do what you do, are these the right ones? https://www.containerstore.com/s/kitchen/pantry-organizers/idesign-linus-open-cabinet-organizers/12d?productId=10027637 -
Went to a outdoor club sale... got to sell a bunch of stuff and buy a bunch of fish!
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I do and have used metal racks like the gladiator units. I really like the 2ft wide pallet racks if you can find them for 20Hs, and work for 10s with wasted space in the back. The benefit with the pallet racks is you can get different width shelving to fit your needs. The shelves I use have a rating of 2500lb per shelf, so theres no sag with the tanks installed
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Cory has a video on using cinder blocks and 2x4s to DIY a shelf which I've used in the past, Teds fishroom also has a video on DIY shelving out of 2x4s which I am now using. I have seen a few youtubers use the gladiator racks from homedepot but I'm not a fan of them for fish tanks, love them for random garage and house storage.
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I would do a sump, so many options for media and its so easy to clean/change stuff out. you can drill the sump for auto water change as well. Just make sure you get it squared away so in a power outage you don't overflow the sump.
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Dude congrats on quitting smoking! Treat yo self! (yeah I'm a parks and rec fan 🤣)
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What I've started to do is put some rocks into a container filled with water and giving it lots of light to encourage the growth of algae and plan to put these rocks into the aquarium one at a time. I'll just keep swapping as needed to help feed. I wish I could take credit but I read it somewhere here on these forums.
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Maybe white cloud mountain minnows?
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Hope to see you October 4th for the big tailgate sale! Lots of cool fish have been listed for sale already.
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Good to have you in the hobby! If you are close to NOVA check out Potomac Valley Aquarium Society, Greater Washington Aquatic Plant Association and Capital Cichlid Association, hopefully see you at a club meeting one day! (Also from MD)
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I stumbled across the video with Cory talking about feeding first bites to a filter feeder "3 best beginner shrimp for freshwater aquariums [live stream]" was the video at 46 minutes
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So I was considering ordering these up, how are you liking them?
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How are you all cleaning your nets to keep from transferring diseases from tank to tank? I use this on my SS planting/water change tools as well. First I let my nets completely air dry and then I am using a mixing tub from lowes/homedepot so I can completely submerge my nets. I add ~3 teaspoons of Potassium Permanganate (I just want the water to turn a dark purple) and let sit for ~20 minutes, remove and let completely dry again. I picked this up from a few people in my local aquarium club, join your local club! Of course read up on the dangers of Potassium Permanganate before you handle it. Do not use dechlorinator with this as it will neutralize the Potassium Permanganate quickly.
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Does a Quick disconnect exist for airline tubing?
Jeremy B replied to Stephan Jones's topic in General Discussion
I like this idea, I wonder if you could just glue or epoxy the magnets? -
Sounds to me they just can't reproduce and live out their lives till their death. Also, as pointed out this is a place who SELL UV's, not a paper with sources.
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http://aquaticcommons.org/16352/1/BJFR1.1_001.pdf Page 6 has a graph demonstrating the UV setup did not eliminate all, with a further reduction of using chlorine and UV. unfortunately the paper is more about usage of chlorine and uv combined but even still there wasn't a full reduction of bacteria http://www.animalplanet.com/search/algae/ The UV sterilizer utilizes a germicidal fluorescent lamp that produces light at a wavelength of approximately 254 nanometers (2537 Angstroms). The water with the bacteria/algae passes over the bulb (or around the bulb if a quartz sleeve is used) and is irradiated with this wavelength. As the light penetrates the bacteria/algae, it mutates the DNA (genetic material), preventing growth/multiplication of the organism. These guys sell UV, which I wouldn't hold much weight in due to the sales aspect but they agree: https://www.aquaultraviolet.com/drupal/sites/default/files/instructions/Instructions-Classic-and-Twist-Series-06-25-2015.pdf The Ultraviolet Lamp emits a germicidal ray which alters or disrupts the DNA or RNA of single celled organ-isms such as algae, bacteria and protozoa. By properly implementing an Aqua Ultraviolet System in-line, these organisms can be eradicated effectively without any harmful residuals.
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So can you find me an article with sources that states the opposite? A legit paper not an aquarium blog.
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Floating plant that is easy to care for
Jeremy B replied to Joe V's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
I've had great luck with frogbit, duckweed, salvinia, water lettuce and so far so well with Asian water grass but I've only had it a week or two. Does seem to be growing well. No problems with surface agitation here but I just use sponge filters with fine bubbles. -
https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/6/m006p295.pdf Spotte (1979) reviewed the use of UV radiation in aquatic animal culture. Some pathogens always sur- vive, despite kill rates that sometimes approach 100 % at the contact site. Animals maintained in closed sys- tems thus are subject to possible reinfection from water returning from the sterilizer, the degree of reinfection depending on the virulence and concentration of the pathogen and the immune status of the host. Bullock and Stuckey (1977) studied the effect of UV radiation on bacterial counts of salmonid hatchery water. In some instances, bacteria at the contact site were reduced 99.99 %, but the authors cautioned against placing undue emphasis on the results, because the number of bacteria necessary to transmit disease is difficult to predict. They pointed out that, in their experiments, a 99.99 % kill of a pathogen at a cell density of 104 ml-' would leave only 1.0 ml-'. They concluded that even this low concentration might be adequate to transmit disease during intensive culture if the pathogen is virulent, considering the growth potential of bacteria.
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I mean I really hope that's not the case, I have regular air stones that I couldn't even tell you how old they are... fine bubble patterns too. That to me wouldn't be much of a never clog air stone if I'm cleaning them due to dust every 3 weeks. Now this has only happened once and I'm just hoping its something silly that happened and not dust/calcium buildup. I have been adding drops to my loop so I was thinking late last night maybe it was PVC dust, but I've been drilling and installing those with the pump on to hopefully not have that happen at all. I think I have 14 of these on tanks now and only one has given me an issue so hopefully just a fluke.
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https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/uv.pdf So listed here on the first page it states its just for inactivation https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/disinfection-methods/miscellaneous.html The CDC also only lists UV for disinfection, and not sterilization.
