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    @Tiffers27 I would switch the two. They don’t make a ton of flow, your low flow fish should be fine. There will still be plenty of space in the tank with low water movement. But you can try it briefly and switch back if they appear stressed.
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    @Tiffers27 Are you using the holes output piece or the other one? The holes output thing really didn’t put out enough water. Try swapping those. The sponge looks clean enough to let water through easily.
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    @Tiffers27 that’s my guess. Do you have anything blocking the outlet? You could also pull out the outlet covers that shape the water and see if it pours out faster with a larger hole. What I do is put some sponge cut to fit over top of the outlets and change them when the water level gets high.
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    @Tiffers27 my guess is that you’ve overfilled the media rack and the water has nowhere else to go. Or it is full of waste.
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    @anewbie oh, I see. Okay! It’s pretty new. About five months old or so - designed for discus. I have two that have been in there for about two weeks, so I ordered up four more. Very excited to see what happens. I’ll put one up this week.
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    @Streetwiseoh, I gotcha! I don’t take many pictures of my tanks, unfortunately. I’ll see what I can do when I have a little more free time.
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    @Streetwise I’d be happy to give you some more info. What all would you like to see?
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    Hey guys! Just wanted to toss in my two cents. I have two of these 110s on my 75, and I think they’re probably the best HOB filters I’ve ever used. Regarding the “protein skimmer” it’s definitely just a surface skimmer, I completely agree. It is helpful in catching duckweed and some excess food if I go a little crazy. Regarding the tops leaking, I personally don’t use the tops at all and have terrestrial plants in there to help with nutrient export. And man, it’s fantastic for that. I clean the sponge and use the front compartment for filter pads. I buy the large pads from the coop and just cut them to size - they work great. I have a photo of my whole tank, but I’d be happy to share more in-depth photos of the filter itself if y’all want some! Be well!
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    Hey Friends! I'm working on a presentation for my Ichthyology class about Cichlids, and I can't really find any photos of Cichlids in their natural habitat in SA or CA. I found some good ones from the reef lakes in Africa, but everything on the new world cichlids is from an aquarium perspective. If you have some, and wouldn't mind me sharing to a class of about 5, I would really appreciate it! Thanks and happy fishkeeping!
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    Yeah, that’s what I have in every tank now. I just threw out my last junker heater off Amazon and finally got my last tank on the eheim. Ranging from 150-50 W. But my frustration with them lies in the fact that they’re all calibrated differently - at least that’s been my experience. Much less plug and play than others, maybe because they have that extra calibration layer. the reason I actually posted this in the first place is because I just replaced that junker with an Eheim (it was over heating - surprise) and the Eheim was dramatically under heating out of the box, so I had to play with it for a couple days. In that ‘replacement’ situation, it’s not as user friendly, I find. You can’t go to the store to buy one and replace it putting the settings in the same place, even if you’re replacing another Eheim.
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    Hey Irene! I don’t think I’ve used a fluval heater, but I generally have stayed away from them after a few bad experiences with some of their other stuff. But, maybe I’ll have to give it a shot! I’ll take a peek and see if I can find that video, too. Thanks! Not a video - the article you linked! Haha whoops! Thanks!
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    Hope to hear more about this! I haven’t done a ton of work with the fluval, but I have had bad experience with their products in the past. Do you think you’ll be making a video on heaters again in the near future?
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    I've tried a few different heaters, and all of them seem to have issues with inconsistencies, failure, etc... I typically use eheim now, but as they're getting more difficult to get, I was wondering what others find to be the best heater around. Thanks!
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    Sure! Anything in particular you’d like to hear more about? I worked in about 23 parks across the Southeast region, which is 7 states, although it changes a lot haha. Mostly dealing with herbicides, some saw work, and typically ailanthus altissima, ligustrum spp., and some other common ones. Happy to go into whatever detail you’re interested in!
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    Sounds great! I can do that haha.
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    Thanks for the ideas guys! Wasn't sure how the loaches would do with the corys. Good to know it should be cool!
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    I have a tank with endlers, corys and a couple bristlenose that is just absolutely over run with ramshorn. Usually I pull them out to feed to my pea puffer tank, but I am just overwhelmed with them at the moment. Does anyone know of a good snail-eater that would live comfortably with the other fish already in the tank? It's pretty heavily planted with Val and some water wisteria. A good snail cleanup solution would be good too. I don't necessarily need to eradicate them or anything, just reduce population numbers. Thanks in advance!
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    I have had to deal with camallanus worms a few times, so now I have both Expel-P and Levamisole HCL on hand at all times. I think that the worms have come from feeding blackworms, so after avoiding that for a while I haven't seen them, but it's always good to be prepared. Echoing @Streetwise, this is a thread I'd really like to learn from. I do think keeping some of these meds on hand at all times is a good idea, if you have a few tanks. It's probably not worth it if you have one tank, or aren't actively breeding or regularly buying or selling fish.
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    I dosed a little less than it suggested and it worked out fine. No damage to the plants.
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    Oh, thanks for the better pictures! It does look very similar to what I was experiencing. Do a few days of Maracyn and let me know how it goes. You may want to add some salt too?
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    Yeah, I’m not sure! If it is the same thing and the antibiotics resolve it, then that’ll be great and help affirm my thoughts. Do you have any better photos?
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    Hey Pat! Hard to say if it’s the same thing or not! What are your water parameters? Do any have any fins deteriorating? Or any other symptoms? Mine seemed like it was on them, not making its way beneath their skin. What I did was basically a small treatment of salt, added crushed coral, and did several water changes. Medication wise, I used melafix and pimafix for 1 week, then did five treatments with an antibiotic (amoxicillin). By the time the antibiotic was finished, it had cleared up more or less. Now, I don’t see anything remaining, aside from tail fins still regrowing. Hopefully they recover from whatever it is! I think I determined mine wasn’t columnaris, but it’s kinda hard to identify exactly what is wrong without some of the later term issues popping up. Columnaris also has varieties to it, as well, which only makes it harder. Good luck! Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help 🙂
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    Just a quick update on these guys, in case anyone is interested! The corys seem to be healing after the amoxicillin treatment. I don't see any of the spots on them anymore, and the one whose tail had been decaying has grown quite a bit back. They've been more shy than typical these past couple days, so I haven't been able to get any good pictures of them, but I will once they're back to normal. I'm still not completely sure what was going on, but I think it's relatively safe to say it was a bacterial infection of some kind, since the amoxicillin seemingly worked. Although, it could have been a slow repair process after raising the gh and ph. Hopefully it doesn't return now that the treatment has stopped. I'll update with some photos when I can! Thanks!
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    It's relatively easy to build a stand, or rack, but without tools or space it can be kinda hard to do so. I have some of my aquariums on Kallax stands from ikea, some on dressers, some on metal aquarium stands, it just kinda depends on their size and the available space. I only have two tanks bigger than 20 gallons, and they are on stands designed for the weight. If your floors aren't right on a concrete slab, I think it's probably best to keep the weight well distributed. I wouldn't stack more than, say, three 20 gallons on top of each other. If you have a concrete slab, then that number is definitely different. I think it's also a little better to keep more weight near corners of the house, because there is a little more support there. I'm not sure of the math, but this has been my experience and what I typically do. I know some of the garage stands, like this, describe how much weight they can hold. With the wire shelves, I think most people put some kind of plywood or other base over the wire to better secure them, too.
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    Heya! I’m also in VA, near Richmond though. Are you closer to Norfolk? Some friends and I have started a small little fish group at our favorite store and we meet up every week to trade plant cuttings, fry if we have them, and talk fish.
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