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Been thinking a lot about this myself. Thinking about a "pass through power station". I could plug in my fish room to the pass through and in the event of an outage it would still power everything for about 2 days. Then if the power didn't come back on for 24hrs i could buy a generator and...

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I couldn't live life without them. I hook mine up to the hose in my front yard and the "waste water" irrigates my grass. For my display tank and a couple others I refill with tap but my water (according to my API test kit) comes out of the tap at 20ppm nitrates. I have an RODI unit that I mix...

I dunno what part of the world you're in but here in the U.S. I use almost exclusively Facebook market place, Craigslist or offer up. You can find used tanks with a lot more bang for your buck that might also include filtration, lights etc etc.. That being said you might go look at a few tanks...

Bigger tank easier to control water parameters and more options. Invest in a python to make your life easier instead of siphoning water through a hose into a bucket to clean your tank like the old days lol https://www.amazon.com/25-Foot-Python-Aquarium-Maintenance/dp/B000255NXC Clown loaches...

You might want to think about adding a sponge filter/bag of seachem matrix/HOB filter to your existing tank and letting it seed so you can start a hospital tank or even your next tank in the future. Just adds a bit of insurance. I deal with a few people I trust that take great care of their...

What's the exception (you said almost all fish)? We need to study that asap😜

This one had me and my daughter fairly upset 😂😂 This guy needs to rethink his fish tank maintenance routine...

LOL this is great and scary as hell. I too like you have always carried a bit of skepticism regarding exactly how healthy fish really are at your local LFS (or even at home) as im no fish Dr😂. My opinion is usually by the time we see the signs whatever is going on is fairly advanced. I spend...

Overstocked tanks need great filtration, more water changes and meticulous maintenance. If you dont have all 3 of these dont bother as it's not fair to the fish. Personally those fish are all fairly small and you're in a 55g aquarium I think you'd be just fine. That being said are you...

Piece of advice if you plan on starting more tanks to speed up that process. Grab some Seachem Matrix and bags to hold it and insert a couple in to each of your tanks now so they have an active bio-load to jump start the tanks you want to start in the future. The longer it stays in the tanks...

I would add to this by using stability and prime every day for the 1st 7 days. I always keep extra media (mostly matrix in big bags in my display tank) just in case I want to start a new tank or even a QT. I've never had a problem using seasoned media (2 months or older) and stability/prime...

I feel worse about animals passing than people 99% of the time. Maybe I'm wrong for that but I couldn't be more honest. Sorry for your loss

This gentleman does it a bit different but same idea. He takes his plants/rocks etc out and sprays them.

I've used hydrogen peroxide in the past when I've had out of control algae blooms. You do a water change to as much as is needed to get the water below the level of the algae then you lightly spray hydrogen peroxide on it and let it sit for 5 minutes. It does a fine job and in small quantities...

Theres a few things you can do. 1) rearrange your tank. Literally move everything and totally redesign it. This has worked for me numerous times with angels and plecos. 2) make sure you have enough caves for all the plecos to have their own homes. I've noticed a few times when my plecos...

My main display tank with some more of my pleco friends I'm terrible with videos and pictures so I'll make an apology this one time as a longterm disclaimer lol

Well it's time Think most of us are here gathered together in one way or another because we all have a peaked curiosity about fish. Some of us started our journeys at and tender young age and others found tropical fish interest later on down the road. My start came at 8 years old. My Dad had...

Wow, ive never heard of that before. Learn something new everyday. I've had these guys going on 12 years and haven't had any fish deaths aside from the normal reasons. True story, I lost 7 archer fish, 5 plecos and 6-8 5"+ roselines after I did tank maintenance. I unplugged my wave makers...

You don't often hear about clowns being aggressive or killing other fish. My watermelon runs the tank, when he moves so do all the other fish. The only other fish in my tank that is more terrifying to all the others is my L018 and hes about 3.5" lol. Idk why but that little guy is mean...