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So. I have a tank, with a lid. There's an opening for a HoB and it is not a large opening at all in any way. Sometimes you can find shrimp that climb into the HoB opening and sit in the water where it's fast. Especially if you lose power or partially lose flow, they want to get to a certain spot where there is flow. They can climb cords and just in general, can be pretty sneaky. The craziest one I can tell you is when I saw a shrimp that was 4-5 rooms away, about 75-100 feet away and I woke up to find the poor guy on the tile floor in the kitchen. Sometimes things happen like that. In general, the shrimp won't want to climb out, but it's always a risk. I honestly would tell you not to be concerned if the tank is setup and it's not easy for them to climb out. They are smart, they know they need water. you can use plastic wrap as a lid as well. that's always an option to cover the rear section of the tank.

I can't verify anything said here, but this might be helpful: https://www.myaquariumclub.com/found-wood-whats-safe-to-use-in-an-aquarium-and-how-to-prepare-it-10522.html This website was referenced on another post too, which was trying to help someone identify the wood. https://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/tree-identification/# https://nippyfish.net/2018/11/04/aquarium-wood/

OK so.... this is what I would highly recommend if you have issues. They have them in a gang valve configuration as well as a single metal valve pack. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/4-way-metal-gang-valve You would have the Air pump, that would hook up to a check valve (some pumps already have these internally) then that goes into whatever else you want to hook up. In the example above, you'd go from Air Pump --> Check Valve --> Splitter --> 2x Air Valves --> Airstones x2

Further reading: Part 1: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1434/ML14345A573.pdf Part 2: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253413309_Update_on_exposure_metrics_for_evaluation_of_effects_of_sound_on_fish Part 3: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2008.00134.x

Totally! I have been off/on searching for a black crowntail. I found one one day. It was black with red accents. or pure black another day. Often these days, I see one and go oh sweet, but it turns out to be a dark blue. My favorite color is green, so blue just makes me.... blue. LOL

I was reading through this due to trying to help answer a question in another thread and I found something interesting! It makes perfect sense and it involves sharks, so I'm happy I learned something new today! https://acoustical-consultants.com/built-environment/rail-noise-and-vibration-impact-on-aquarium-sea-life/ I will underline the interesting bit below. I generally try to have my "display tank" in a place where it's out of the way but can be enjoyed away from a lot of people. I can only imagine how something like the noise from a HoB or the noise from other things around the room would affect the fish longer term. I know they are sensitive to loud noises and it does make sense as to why. The interesting thing for me is that I am trying to have the display tank be a breeding tank at this point in time. I did remove some equipment and it's virtually silent now. The loudest piece of equipment is the wifi switches turning on and off through the day. This also means that something like adding a rubber pad or something to muffle vibration on the tank is going to be pretty critical for me. (if someone has something that I can get pre-cut, please share, If not, I'll have to get another yoga mat) I wonder, something like sound proofing a fish room, or isolating the room from loud external noise, how much of an impact that might have for a species that doesn't spawn in high numbers or often. Maybe that is one way to encourage or increase spawning for difficult projects. Something to think about... I'm also looking at my tanks with regards to the type of surface agitation and the noise tied to the size of the bubbles that are produced from the air system. Might be nothing because it isn't "loud enough", but it is a variable for me simply because of something like the ziss bubble bio I enjoy the noise. Removing it recently to a different tank showed me just how loud it really is. ....and just because it's an opportunity to share a cool shark picture. I give you one of my favorites. Another one from Matt Draper. AMAZING photo.

I will second the interest in rotifers. I have heard of them because of my dive down trying to raise up amano shrimp in saltwater conditions but I didn't have the source of food for them. I tried a frozen variety that didn't work, the zoeys survived for a little bit of time, but not enough. It was very likely due to me not feeding enough. I would enjoy trying again when I have a rack. I do have a question though. In terms of food like this, you're breaking down protein and carbohydrate levels, which is the interesting bit for me. What food source would be "highest protein" in the sense of lowest amount of carbohydrates? I don't know if there is something further down the list that you'll dive into that better fits the bill for that question. That's why I ask. Looks like an awesome project. Nice work.

I ran 2 Tidal 75s on my tank. I also ran it with one AC110. I would recommend two (AC75s will not work without modifying the rim). just because of the flow balance or side mounting the intake/spraybar to run the length of the tank if you use a canister. I honestly would recommend a canister as long as you commit to cleaning it properly! Sponges work too if you prefer those, I would just have a decent air pump. RTBS enjoy flow in my experience. I've had them on pretty much everything. Even if it's just a bubbler, something for them to play around. They hover a lot, swim through things. Having a scape where you have a lot of different hides/cover is going to be beneficial to reduce the stress of the fish. Because that's their nature, higher flow helps to keep the water moving when it is covered.

Very cool looking betta! I don't know why, it's so difficult to find good, dark, black base color bettas for me.

or houseplants.

No hard feelings at all 😂 ! That's the idea is to talk it through. A 29G has the same footprint as a 20L. You might have to get a second 20L/29G to replace the 10G without a lid? (joking, but just throwing that out there) You could make a lid, so that you don't have the issue. I promise you it's easy and probably a fun project for those around you to help out. I'd recommend lexan as your material of choice. The place where the tank is now in the dining area, is it possible to move it somewhere so it doesn't get moved around when people sit? I don't think anything in the tank will be "happy" there. Shrimp definitely don't care as much as the fish do. Their lateral lines and such make them very sensitive to that. https://www.petmd.com/fish/care/how-fish-sense-world-around-them https://acoustical-consultants.com/built-environment/rail-noise-and-vibration-impact-on-aquarium-sea-life/ The second link is an interesting deep dive into the effects on a larger scale. Some interesting research. OK so.... Guppy tank seems fine, and like a good choice. You definitely have room for more in there. Whatever it is. I won't say overstock the tank or anything like that but you could add something like Amanos to make life a bit easier on maintenance. For the kitchen tank, I think it fits with shrimp, and to answer your concern, yes they can be extremely interesting creatures. So then you have your 5G bow and I would honestly just get a decent light for it and turn it into a nature spot. I don't think it *needs* fish necessarily, but if you did want to add something to it, I would think very, very small fish would be the only option apart from shrimp. The bigger thing for me that you're slightly going up against too is just whatever the scape is going to be. Shrimp generally want some wood in the tank to graze on as well as the plants. Hardscape helps. Guppies will be very tolerant to a lot. You could do low demand like anubias, or something a bit more elegant like micro sword, vallisnaria, etc. if that tank has a light on it.

plastic. fluidized filter use only. Similar to the Ziss bubble bio moving bed media filter. What kind though? What kind of media? I think if you're running a canister I would highly recommend going to pondguru's channel to get tips on how to setup the canister. Input ---> Sponges ---> Media ---> Chemical I generally have "more stable" or better results when I run sponge and the media. I used to run a lot of the aquaclear/fluval media that fits in the AC70. Locally it's what I had around and it "worked". I am running tidal's now so they all came with the matrix and I haven't swapped it out with anything. If I were to ever run anything higher quality I would probably find something that is sintered glass media.

Tank 1 (10G Bow): Empty, planted, high traffic area Tank 2 (20L): Empty, planted?, work Tank 3 (5G Bow): Guppies, planted I think the issues with the table tank might be limited to vibration as well as the shadows. A lot of times it's hard on fish for the noise and the vibration of the doors or floor or whatever it is. I hate digging in the stand to get something because it always bothers the fish so much. You mentioned wanting to have an active tank in the main area. I would almost recommend bringing the 20L home and moving the 10G bow to work and then have corydoras with whatever other fish you wish to have. Endlers, etc. I think Corys are probably one of the most universally enjoyed active fish in the hobby. 5G bow I think you can do well with your shrimp in there that you want to have. As long as it's stable, has the right parameters, it should be good for them. Smaller capacity just means you might experience some issues with parameter swings. The guppies at work I don't like. The only reason for this is because you're going to have a lot over time. It'll be a "fun tank" but I would just hope there is a plan for taking fish home or to a shop to sell or something. I actually would think it makes more sense to have the shrimp at work. You can easily take them home as you need to and they are a much less demanding in terms of care, easier to care for and would do well with weekends off so to speak. I would say they are. My MM never left the top inch of the water surface.

What are you using now?

Best of luck, let us know!

Do you have a place to use the nano lights? Beyond left to right, how is the coverage you're experiencing with the nanos front to back? A lot of the issues I've had is not with having "enough" light, but not having it where I needed it. (Hopefully that makes sense) I have not had issues with plants that get tall, and I'm realizing why so many people run 2-3 lights on a tank to get the light to depth for larger tanks. Even though everything "looks fine" there's always been weird hit and miss issues in my planted tanks. Anubias I can grow like a weed. PSO too. Val is easy. But, there are some plants that just weren't working and I went down this rabbit hole of having a high tech tank. What I'm trying to have success with now is making the "right" changes and adapting things slowly over time to fix the issues in the past. With that being said, I changed my light from a 24" light to the 36" light on a 30" tank. The real change was going from a just over 20" LED strip to a 30" LED strip. Ultimately I went from 168 LEDs to 252 LEDs. You're talking about going from 63+63 LEDs to 252 LEDs. The real change is geometry of the light. How it functions and interacts with the tank itself. You will have it closer to the water surface (good) and this alone is probably the thing to fix a lot of the issues you're seeing with the moss. You might see the plants doing well show signs of "too much" light as a result as well. Ultimately, I'd start with moving the lights closer the surface. I would try to see what that does and it will give you an idea of how things change moving to the other style of light. If you're lacking coverage in the front to back of the tank, then I do think it makes sense to use the other style light. If you're simply looking to cover another spot better, but everything overall is "fine" by moving the light closer, then I think you can get away with another nano. You'd also be going from 7500K to 6500K lighting. 1000 lumens --> 3300 lumens Had to click off to add it 🙂

I actually had a similar issue with my tank, 29G, due to some dead spots and other issues trying to get enough light at the substrate level. Please check this out: https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/22333-journal-29g-black-venezualan-corydoras-breeding-project/?do=findComment&comment=211695

Like I said, and always seem to repeat whenever you and I do get a chance to talk photosynthesis... SUCH an interesting topic to dive into. I can totally understand why you have taken so much time to learn so much about it. https://www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/light-3pillars/light-wavelength-indepth I found this ^^ Maybe it can be helpful to guide us on the right path, but likely incomplete. There is also a video in this post as well as a study referenced (I'm sure there's more). https://academic.oup.com/pcp/article/50/4/684/1908367

Totally understandable and obviously I think we all want to be providing accurate, thoughtful information. I will try to not reference the video given the concerns. Is there anything that you have from your experience people can point to that shows plant growth based on spectrum? I know it's a common thing that's studied. I just want to point people the right way and have that information for my own lighting adjustments.

Welcome to the forum. Be sure to check out the planted 3.0 light thread! Tons of good stuff in there to help you get it setup.

Totally Agreed. 🙂 I've definitely done that once or twice by accident and scrambled to dump water in.

are you running a canister? As a hobbyist who very much appreciates black/dark substrate, I wonder what your setup is for canister and highly encourage you to run the crushed coral in the canister compared to on the substrate. Even to run powders/buffers compared to a layered substrate.

Eeesh, super interesting. Mine was from the same spot.

Makes sense. Usually they go to the same spot over and over. Maybe that helps you make sure he's doing ok.

Honestly, more stuff casually just setting up tanks like this are the videos I feel like watching this week. I've been searching for more.... I'd love to see an update, but I wanted to highlight this video because right at the end there is a time lapse of the tank. I hear Dean say he sits on the floor and just admires the tank. I'd love an update, "fix it" type of maintenance video, or just to see how the tank is doing these days. How ,uch does your enjoyment of the tank itself push you to care for the tank?