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  1. nabokovfan87
    I would try to get a 40B in a pinch or preferably a 75G tank if possible. I hope things work out and I hope that they do a lot better with real care in your and your wife's hands! Keep us posted. Looking forward to seeing a good ending to the story.
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    If you can get it within 1/8" at worst case, with 1/2 the tank full, then I believe you'll be ok. It is a 75G tank, quite a bit of weight going to the floor, but like you mentioned it's not nearly as bad as the other video. If you need to you can use shims on the floor. I would just be aware of having the pad on the top of the stand to do a few things. On my 75 I just use a cut up yoga mat. You can use a toolbox liner as well, similar material. I use it to keep the random drops of water on the pad and not the wood. Depending on how you do things you will have some water get underneath it if you have a big spill. With a rimmed tank, you just don't want to use something so thick that it's going to put pressure on the bottom panel (or have any chance to touch it) like styrafoam would. At worst case all the pad is doing is protecting the stand, but at best case it evens out some inconsistencies or screwheads that might pop a tank. King of Diy had a tank pop because he had a little pebble get under the pad. 😞 Just be sure to level the stand itself, then verify the level of the tank. Getting that in one direction and reducing that torsional load is your best bed. If you need to add some legs in the middle of the stand, it wouldn't be a bad idea. This is the one I have. (6 legs total)
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    Welcome to the forum! I equate PSO to a gigantic weed, lol. It grows without too much hassle and can easily take over. I have seen this version of pogostemon, but never kept it. This one might fit the bill. You can see the PSO right behind the PSE in this one too! Depending on what kind of a look you're going for, I would say just a big chunk of moss works as well. Attach it to a good size piece of hardscape and it'll be a very amazing "bush" shape that you can trim or let it get pretty long.
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    A lot of the bottles specify around 5x the normal dose to treat it. It sucks to see the city using water not meant for humans to be around shipped to the house for the sake of trying to drink it and cook with it. Lots to say about that.... 😞 . Hopefully things improve. I know whole home filters is something we've been looking into for the issues we are seeing now with tap water. Sparkletts/arrowhead just aren't an option anymore given the needs we have.
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    Totally! That dorsal fin is so unique, so specific. It's hard to match. I was watching a video, I'll link it below. I believe it mentioned how hammerheads are one of the newest sharks in terms of evolution. I learned a few new things about sharks today (which is hard to do, but I love that). The video was specifically about eye placement in predators vs. prey and how hammerheads are so unique. Very interesting stuff.
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    Square shape, so I would lean towards being pregnant. You can also see the black area as well (gravid spot) Different species, but this is where I learned about the shape of it being an indicator: I hope things end up ok. Reading the story above... 😞 very disheartened now.
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    @brandonnaturally Very cool stuff. Is it possible to see what these look like underwater as well? Not sure if you plan to add them to tanks to show them off! 😉
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    For #2 can you show a photo? How far off is it in terms of stacks of paper or something? I would think that when it was constructed it may have shifted or may no longer be level in a pretty bad spot. (I sent a video via DM of a similar tank failure) Depending if the tank is on something, a pad, etc. to help balance the load along the length of the tank, I can't really say right now that I would trust the stand. The other question I have is whether this is a 4 leg (one on each corner) or 6-8 leg stand? Is the middle of the stand loading the floor? Welcome to the forums, also!!!
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    Red-Tailed black shark vs. Pocket shark vs. greenland shark *Totally the same* Bonus, one of my favorites: Grey Nurse Shark
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    @sankaz For clarity, I don't have any low iron tanks. That being said, I absolutely understand the difference and logic behind having one. When it comes to iron in the glass you sort of have to think of it as aesthetics at it's finest detail. How "white" do you want the white paint on the wall or how "clear" do you want the windows to be. If the plan is to have something like a peninsula tank, an artist style aquascaped tank, or to have something that you will personally enjoy more (i.e. rimless, etc.) and that is worth the price to you, then I would recommend it. If something like bowfront tanks, small amounts of distortion, rims, algae on the glass, etc. do not bother you, then it's something where I would not recommend it. The other consideration here is the strength of the glass itself. What is the tensile strength of the glass with or without the iron present? What is the iron actually doing? One also tends to have a green hue to it. I am certain this picture is exaggerated, but it's similar to what you'll see. If you're looking at the tank perfectly straight on, it's like very subtle if at all even noticeable. When you're off angle a little bit it will be more clear to you. The final factor in terms of glass quality is overall construction quality. How clean are the seams? Does that matter to you? That's the ultimate question.... do this aesthetics matter to you? It might make more sense to just find a higher quality aquarium in lieu of one specifically just for a certain type of glass. There's a lot of options out there. Which is nice!
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    I figured it was recent, awesome stuff. Best of luck!
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    Very very very very typical behavior. It's usually a sign of a few things, all of them good. -Playing in the flow (my pandas do this pretty much 24/7 all day long), happens a lot with corydoras -Looking around for food -Breeding Behavior -Following the others that are playing in the flow (shoaling behavior) Here's one of my black Corys doing the same thing You can also see who is doing it, look for eggs held in the fins. Ken your photo is awesome! How are yours doing?
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    You can usually fit sponge behind it.
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    I would do a big water change and dose when nitrates are under ~5. I cannot confirm, but I believe no.
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    @Crash_2011 Welcome to the forum. I would start here with this video. There's a few methods presented in this one that might explain what you're going through. In order to decipher what's going on we need to determine a few things. Do you have a way to test your water?
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    It is good for a very wide range of fish. After you add wood you'll probably sit in the 7.2-7.4 range, which is great. If you add something like seiryu stone it would buffer the water slightly, or aragonite sand (crushed coral as well), would put you in the 8.0+ range and into african cichlid territory.
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    Easy Green! I do my changes on Sunday (sometimes I clean the HoB on Wednesday. I try to test both days, usually before I dose just to keep an eye on what's going on. The tank has very small (and few) fish compared to most tanks. Only 5 Corydoras, 2 Plecos, 4-5 Otos, and amano shrimp. So my nitrates usually go from 0 ---> 5-10 ppm per week based on what I am feeding. My other tank that has a lot more fish will usually get to the 25-30 ppm range when I test it.
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    Fish tend to eat what is available. I just mean, I have seen betta's eat flake foods a ton. The spirulina is good to help keep their guts clean, like feeding pea protein or brine shrimp. There's a pretty infamous episode of river monsters on the topic when it comes to a fish that was designed to eat a specific shaped seeds and nuts that dropped from the trees. Once that food was gone, they went after a different kind of food with a similar shape. The episode is on Pacu.
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    A lot of fish can't or won't eat hair algae but the short diatoms (before they grow into hairs) and plate style algae are easier for fish and shrimp to graze on. Depending on what type of algae you're keeping, it'll start short, spread across the glass, then it'll start to "grow in" and get long hairs. Stuff like this: After a while it gets like this... then gets some "hairs" on it.
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    California water. I am having algae issues after the move based on a variety of reasons. My assumption is.... they are lingering issues because of what the city is doing to the water. I have had PH/KH swings, GH swings, and "randomly" have had some nitrate / algae bloom issues.
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    Sweet! One day we'll just have a 6.5-7.5 test! Lol. It's always tricky when it gets in that range you're in and having to verify between the two tests.
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    Long term, I do. If things get pretty long I scrape it. I would say scrape it at least once every 1-3 months. Once the algae gets hard fish won't eat it. I try to leave the side / back glass (as long as it's not hair algae). For now. Try to manually remove everything, at least once a week.
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    well.... this sucks. Explains a lot. Confirms some things. But this sucks. by "confirms some things" I'm referring to the algae issues in my tanks 😞 related: https://kernvalleysun.com/stories/590397920-kern-county-public-health-issues-advisory-for-lake-isabella-algal-blooms
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    Reverse Respiration should. I would still treat, QT the plants, then go ahead and move them. Do you have the post on this that you can share? I was considering getting some.
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    Good to know. Do you happen to have moss as well?
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