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I'm a cheap skater, so I'm always looking for the budget version of pretty much anything. Sometimes it's worth the extra money though. And the ACO stuff is about the best price around for the stuff that Cory makes. His Easy Tabs are a dang steal compared to some brands.
I can still use the DIY tabs for some stuff. They work great when they do work. And I spent less on 500 DIY tabs than I did on 2 blue shrimp. So it's not like it's a waste.
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Ya know, I actually just went ahead and ordered some more easy tabs. My brain legit melts when science is happening around me. I'm a very good visual artist, but I don't science good. The easy tabs are just so effective that I decided DIY isn't worth the savings this time.
Not a sponsor.😉
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Sorry, yeah. I've been trying the Plus version. I always forget to specify that.
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I made some Osmocote root tabs but I don't think they're working quite right. I've found that even after adding several, my root feeders don't necessarily perk up. Sometimes they kinda do, and sometimes there's just nothing. (although, sometimes they just explode)
I think the problem is the gelatin capsules I got. They're getting squishy, but I don't think they're breaking down and releasing the Osmocote beads. Is that possible? I put a couple in a bucket of water, and they got big, then deflated, but stayed more or less wrapped around the Osmocote. Have any of you had that experience?
I got the XPRS Nutra Capsules Express Pure Gelatin caps. Do you guys have any suggestions for caps that have worked well for you?
Maybe I'm totally wrong. Could be that I just need to add way more. But the ACO Easy Root Tabs worked great for me with the same dosing.
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I'm a relative novice, so I don't know all the really weird stuff, but first thing I thought of was a shrimp colony, because the tank couldn't be more perfect. But I'm going through a shrimp phase, and you may already have thousands.
You can breed Rams in a 10, right? But your plants might not be right for them high-temp German Blues.
I'd wanna breed some cool nanos. Like Celestial Rasboras or something.
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Really?!
But, yeah. I guess they're predators. I had one that starved to death because it couldn't catch flake food. I wouldn't have thought of them being able to catch alive foods.
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I mean, somebody has to be at the bottom of the food chain...
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On 6/26/2022 at 7:37 AM, ccc24 said:
Super cheap option - a betta.
I didn't even think of that! Great idea.
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Ooh, I like the octopus idea. I usually just get water on top of my floating plants.
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Yaas! Love it!
I love the bolbitis. That's one of my favorites, but I can't get it to grow.
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I did this with a T-Valve. I'm not sure if that's actually what they're called. But you know what I mean.
That way you can bleed off the extra pressure without hurting the pump.
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I freakin love Purigen too. But, that's the only non-inert media I've used. Except for charcoal sometimes.
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Have any of you kept or seen great examples of big tanks with tiny fish? I've been thinking about something like a 75 or 125 with, like 1,000 CPDs or something like that. (Wouldn't have to be CPDs)
I'm wondering what kind of planting would work well too. I feel like giant swords would be the wrong scale for the little fishies.
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Yeah, their appearance under the light is what I'm in to. I have some reds that're so hi-grade you can't even hardly tell they're red. I like the ones that're just a little bit translucent so they look like bright colors without having to move lights around.
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I have that white round Nicrew One, but it's got different branding. I got it second hand, but it's quite noisy. Different branding and second hand though.
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I freaking love Bolivian Rams. Ooh, maybe I could get them to breed in there!
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I have a 30ish gallon tank where I store my plant trimmings, and I put a handful of guppies in there. Now, of course, I have 1 billion babies.
What's something I could get that'll be enjoyable, pretty, and will limit the population? I'd still like to have some guppies, but I want to slow down the population increase.
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Blue dream, blue velvet, something like that. They're not terribly picky at these stores. But the shrimp were only $3.79. So that's a safer bet for me untill I really get the hang of it.
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I bought some blue neos from a big box store to start a colony. I know BBSs aren't the best, but I wanted budget shrimp to get the hang of it.
I think there are a couple blacks in there though. I thought maybe they were just such high grade blue that they were, like, navy. But I'm pretty sure they're black.
I'm not super precious about my shrimp, so I don't mind experimenting. But I don't want it to be a waste either. Do you think black will mix with blue okay? Maybe make darker blue or something? Or are they just going to come out wild?
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I've got a 50' Python and it's usually really great. But it's stopped sucking out water in water-sucking mode.
I'm not sure what's wrong with it. It'll fill like a boss. But I just can't get it to drain in the sink.
Do you guys have that problem? How do I trouble shoot it?
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You know how with real small tanks the water can be less stable and more touchy than with big tanks. Could you connect, like, four 10gal tanks side by side with, like, piping. And then run that water down to a sump?
I thought it'd be cool to have the four 10s on a rack above a 40 breeder (About the same dimensions). And connect them all together sump style. Then you'd have all the benefit of the big water column but still have the cuteness of the nano tanks.
Is that possible? Anybody done it?
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I your experience, how small of a hole will the clown Kilis jump through? Like, realistically. I've got a DIY polycarbonate lid with a square ish hole cut for the air tubing and heater cord, just barely bigger than the cord. Do you think they'd jump through something like that? Or is it more like if there used to be a HOB and it's not patched up?
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I got 6 little clown Kilis and they're super neat. I can't see much of them in the tank though.
I've got them in a heavily planted, rimmed 20 gallon. With 10 green neon tetras and a cherry shrimp colony.
If you were going to set up a tank around clown Kilis, what would you do? What size tank, what kind of plants, what would be the tank mates?
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But I could be on a wire. With a weighted sensor or whatever.
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How to mod weird Top Fin tank
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I got a Top Fin Split Angle Waterfall tank at a thrift store for a few bucks. It's pretty cute, but not really very practical. I'm currently starting a shrimp colony in it.
I was thinking about cutting out the slanted divider. Is that possible? Or easy? Have any of you done that?
I might just cut some holes instead. It's another surface for the shrimp to graze.
https://images.app.goo.gl/4vCiKg7RVq7dm6h8A