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    What do you do to maintain a quarantine tank?

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    I have mine (10 gal) with a bare bottom and a sponge filter with snails, when its not being used I raise a daphnia culture in it so that I always have live foods (i have a backup culture as well) - when i need to quarantine fish they get live food straight away and generally motivates them to take on food. Seems to be working well so far i think!

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    Greetings from New Zealand

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    On 2/19/2022 at 6:27 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:

    born in Palmerston North, have family in Hawke's Bay, Auckland and Tauranga. 

    That's cool!! - I used to live on the north island, close to the Hawke's Bay actually, a little further north in a place called Gisborne - I am now in the south island down in a place called Dunedin - we are lucky enough to see the Aurora Australis sometimes!

     

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    Aquarium Re-Build Methods

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    Just wondering if people have re-built tanks and which method they went with to join the glass panes together. I know the standard method of placing the silicone on one surface than placing the edge of the glass on to that silicone is the most common method, however, I have been looking into the silicone injection method as well. 

    Opinion is divided on this it seems, most people seem to think the injection method gives a better bond as there is less contact time with air so it makes a stronger bond. Just wanting to see how many people out there have built tanks that are 200 gallons or more and which method they used

    Here I am!

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    On 2/16/2022 at 9:32 AM, AndreaW said:

    I've already posted and commented, but thought I should formally introduce myself since I'm here to stay. Thanks for this welcoming and happy place to be!

    My name is Andrea. I've kept fish most my life and got my *dream* aquarium when I was a newlywed Probably back around 2002? I don't know. Back then it was film cameras and unless you had the date printed on the corner of the photo, you don't know when it was taken. :classic_tongue: That shows my age... Anyway, it was a 46 gallon bowfront aquarium and it was my pride and joy. I kept 2 fancy goldfish and a pleco in that tank, and when the goldfish dies many many years later, I had various tropical fish including Glass Catfish, Otos, Hillstream Loaches, many different catfish, African Butterfly Fish that often launched across the room during feeding time, and eels. I had a great LFS that had lots of different varieties and while my tank was a messy conglomerate of fish, they all seemed to do well and many even bred in that tank.

    That tank is still funning today, with the original setup, HOB, UG filter with Powerheads, only the second heater, but none of the original fish. It has moved locations twice in that time, most recently downstairs to my son's room because he loves the sound of the running water and he currently has a peculiar pleco in that tank. He kind of took it over but I still maintain it. Crazily enough, I've never had problems with that tank. It seems to go with whatever is in it and the cycle must be rock solid because my parameters stayed steady through the move a couple months ago, and then it even held steady when my sister showed up at my door with a bunch of fish from her tank that survived her heater crash.

    I don't know if I should try to do something different in that tank or just leave it be as it's overstocked but still thriving despite it all.

    I recently got a 10 gallon Betta tank since I found I missed having a fish tank nearby, so I decided to venture back into the hobby and try my hand at live plants and aquascaping. I'm sure I will have a ton of newbie questions for you all, so thank you for your patience and kindness as I venture back into fishkeeping (even though I never really left).

    My 46 gallon Bowfront circa 2003. It was quite a conglomerate of fish at this point. It's almost embarrassing to see now.

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    The 46 gallon when I moved it down to my Son's room. Very little has changed!

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    My new work in progress, a 10 gallon Betta setup for "Cosmo"

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    Some awesome aquariums there!!

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    Greetings from New Zealand

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    On 2/17/2022 at 6:20 PM, Torrey said:

    Welcome!!!

    Yes, New Zealand has been very proactive at protecting water and land from invasive species. 

    Aren't there any native freshwater shrimp or similar?

    A close friend here in NM, USA has dual citizenship. So keeps US pets in the US, and NZ pets in NZ.

    My spouse has relatives in NZ, but they have never met...

    It's on our bucket list, though!

    definitely come visit! it is an amazing place, some really cool places and things to see. there is a native shrimp species but it isn't really colorful. I might see if that might be an option though

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    Greetings from New Zealand

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    Hi everyone,

    Have been following aquarium co-op from the early days - great store and awesome advice and product recommendations as well. I have a few tanks setup at the moment mainly small ones, a 5 gallon pea puffer tank, A 20 gallon community and a 15 gallon rummy nose tetra tank

    I would love to do a shrimp tank one day but unfortunately, there are no shrimp in NZ in the hobby 😞 - will have to eventually get some paperwork sorted to see if i can import some

     

     

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    Any tips for iron sand and magfloat?

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    Hi there,

     

    Just wondering if anyone uses an iron based sand substrate and if you have had issues with the magfloat cleaner collecting the sand as you clean the glass. Over time this builds up and raises the mag float to a point where the blade at the front is no longer effective. Has anyone experienced this and if so are there any tips on cleaning it off and then preventing it from happening?

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