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Feel the surface of the wood or anything that is similar (almond leaves, etc) and it should be similar in color. It could be some "stuff" on the sponges given the color. I had one I had gotten recently that had some flakes from the manufacturing process and it isn't the easiest to remove all of those (it's like a 3d model plastic kit and there's little tabs stuck in some of the pores) It wasn't a sponge filter, but a prefilter. I'm going to say it's wood pulp. And that you had good enough flow to deteriorate it during time in the tub. If no wood.... Then: Could be. Especially if there's no wood /botanicals in the tank to give off something that color. Take the charcoal you had running if you still have it, then shake that off into a specimen container and see if it's similar.

I wonder if he hides when you get close to the tank..... if you treat it like I do my corydoras, if he will relax a bit once you're sitting on a stool for a little bit. He looks content, and I'm sure loves that floating cover.

ah. I just use the pre-bagged purigen

Very beautiful fish. Welcome! We are all here to help you and the family in your journey. There's a ton of great betta keepers on here 🙂

-Flat work surface with a sharp edge on the corner -80 grit sandpaper, preferably in a block form -"fine" grit sandpaper, preferably in a block form -cutting tool, cutting oil -Straight edge or L shaped scale (T-Shape should work easier) -clamps help, but not critical. If you're cutting the glass for the tank, then yes, you need clamps to have it straight while you cut the glass and snap the edge. -cut safe gloves -some sort of mask when sanding and measure like 5 times.... 😂

Just a heads up. Those are very similar to what ACO sells. Slightly different mesh, but it may work for your needs. Be sure to check those ones out too! 🙂 https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-fish-tank-media-filter-bag

Absolutely awesome tank. Well done.

Makes sense. I had a similar issue with the tidal. I posted in there on prepping the surface / adhesion holes, etc. I would use Stainless hooks or something (very small) to thread into the wood and then use those as your anchor for whatever adhesive you use. You could try L-brackets as well. For attachment on the wood it's underwater, rotting, so it's difficult to keep stuff attached. I can't really find a good example of bracket / epoxy method, but here's one that shows off the epoxy holes design. This is from an undersink mounting epoxy attachment bracket design.

I would use silicone and let it cure. I can't say it's permanent, but I've seen some reports of chemical issues with hot glue and I don't think superglue will hold that long term. The wood itself gets the film on it and it's slightly easy to break off the outer layer / glue. I would try to anchor something into the wood to adhere it to. The other option is 3d printed items and suction cups on the glass.

If you haven't seen it, I'll post there here as well. For #1 and 2 the video should have those answers for you as well as the post above. If you're having issues with the tubing, take some hot water from the faucet and dip the tube in for a few minutes. It will become a little bit easier to get that tubing onto the green attachment piece. I actually struggle constantly with the ACO tubing, but that's just a preference thing.

Looks great. Welcome! Do you still have the bowfront?

I have one guess on where it was purchased from..... I would not trust either and ask for a refund / replacement. The photos you have enough are enough to tell me that the item was damaged in shipping. You can run a test if you need to, but long term don't trust it. Meds, if they got soaked, definitely don't use them at all. If it is just the box was crushed, you're ok, but I would expect that if the liquid seeped into the packaging there's a high risk of contamination with some unknown liquid reagent. Totally forgot about this. YEP! Definitely frustrating.

Are you talking about the bag that came with the matrix? I mistakenly had a similar experience. 😞 Ultimately I ended up just using something like the ACO filter media bags they sell, or buying at least 1 of the Tidal series zeolite / carbon / matrix in the size I needed for the sake of having another bag thats a decent size.

😂 Well I guess the little guy earned his name! Maybe there is heat coming off the light? Maybe the lid is so tight that is sucks out the oxygen or something when the light is on? Definitely a strange issue. I would run a test to see.... Next time the light comes on and he's breathing heavily, open the lid and see if that changes behavior in terms of rapid breathing.

It is pretty relevant to have KH along with these results. Because of the ones that are in the 7.4-7.6 range and that's low on that high range PH test, I would recommend retesting those for clarity on the low PH test.

Interesting setup. I'll check out the original thread in the morning. I wanted to mention that for "near silent" air I recommend the ziss air stones or something similar that can be adjusted. They definitely tune things down quite nicely to the point where I constantly had to look over and make sure the power was on. As for the above future idea, I would check out Dean's spraybar design and potentially something like that would work? One inlet on each end sort of a setup. That would also give you the option to have a bar across the top, pumps at the top of each of the uplift tubes into the spray bar. This would also get rid of the cord issue you were trying to work through too.

I can see them now (on my phone) last time I had tried to view them it was just a URL and wasn't loading the image properly. Checking it out now.

If you want to send me photos so I can see what you're having issues with. All of mine have been too short (front to back). Amazon lid: bows because the glass is so thin on a 30" span and the rear trim is a joke. Had to buy adhesive for the handle Top fin lid: not great, but works fine, cheap and you can tell. Too short front to back. Aqueon: "fine" in terms of quality. The issue I had was that the hinge plastic deteriorated after 2-3 months and wasn't a lid anymore. Also, wrong trim piece was with it. Too short. Marineland: not available, same dims as top fin not aqueon Custom lid: cost / not available Make it yourself: last resort.

YEP. I ended up buying the correct piece (it fits thicker glass, 40B trim, basically, and then gluing that to my lid to make it fit with silicone (my aqueon). It's totally dumb that people don't realize what dimensions are for a product designed for this tank. I've bought 4 of them, none fit. 🙂 If you have a glass shop, buy the correct rear piece, buy the hinge, get it cut with thicker glass and off ya go. It's a real weird situation, especially considering how often 29G tanks are sold. I even called aqueon to get the right piece and they said "no, it's right". SO..... there's no hope.

@venzi file issues for me too. can you re-upload the photos?

It was def. a crack. It might not have gone through the pane, but the issue with it was position (right on the edge / corner.

It should be ok because it's a 10G. given that you had a crack, potentially some stress on it, try to check it during the next WC. The tank being unlevel is ok if it's left to right or front to back (or vise versa) but the issue is when you have both and you have twisting forces.

So simple, but so awesome. A few plants.... amazing tank. So much contrast!

I would definitely remove the leaf. Depending on what's going on with the tank, the rest of the plants, the only real concern is trying to figure out if the position of the plant is causing the algae or something else.

absolutely amazing colors in your photos. nice work. Photography work aside, very awesome tank as well! One day..... I will have some discus because I constantly see tanks like this.