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I'm learning the hard way too. I bought a 500' roll of the silicone tube and it seems like 2-3Xs a week I'm reattaching it to one of my moving bed filters. It's annoying

I wish I was "cursed" :rofl: You have offered me quite a bit of knowledge Chris. When one door closes others open and even though you don't feel like you can keep up with breeding these days you can still contribute in helping the rest of us achieve success. I'm in debt for all the time...

I have one now. All the fish in the tank I have it in are big with the exception of 2 smaller plecos around 3.5". He gets on fine and isn't a problem. When he was smaller he used to think he was a clown loach and try and swim with them following in their antics. Nowadays he just cruises...

Order regular vinyl from Amazon it's cheaper. Anything aquarium specific is always gonna have an "up-charge". I ordered some Matt black vinyl from Amazon. It's a pain to peel off the film and even more of a pain to put it on by yourself but in the end it worth it.

They have tanks that fit through doorways at 28" wide. Fairly convenient for space saving. My drums are on a walkway on the side of the house between the house and a brickwall so they can't be seen. I want those tanks asap but whole home generator has to be my first priority right now

If you ran a booster you could buy a 200g per day unit and you'd be set. I store my water in 5 55g drums. I started out with 3 but it wasn't enough and I had to essentially run my rodi unit everyday. Now I'm looking into 2 400g storage tanks plumbed together with a valve between and...

Agreed. I know a few people who are using boosters to get the gallons per day that the specs on their rodi units claim. I have great water pressure so I'm getting quite a bit more than what I'm supposed to get. My TDS ranges from about 1-3. I would guess I'm producing 125-150g a day

You must be gutted, sorry this happened. Agree with Colin, clean your filters in removed tank water. I always remove about 3.5-4 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket of my tank water when I'm doing a water change to clean filters with. Also a heater controller is a good idea especially with a tank...

I got mine for $70 and I linked it in this thread

Not really a fan of anything outside of black or blue. I think black with white sand pops the best but I think blue accentuates fish color better with good lighting and plants. For breeders I use black vinyl on the back and sides. Vinyl is better for water vs paper and is also easy to take...

What kind did you get and how much was it with installation?

Feeling lucky. 30 year old 15 amp circuit breaker that operates my fishroom went bad today. I had just finished doing water changes and checking fry when I went to watch the Dodger game with my Dad. It was probably an hour to hour and a half that I was in there watching the game. I walked...

If you're doing it for money purposes down the road simple and easy is the best. Less obstructions in the tank, bare bottom, high filtration etc..trying to catch fish in a tank that has tons of plants, rocks and whatever else can be infuriating and if you do go with tons of plants more than...

Transfer the fish to a 5 gallon bucket. The substrate and filter will have most of the good bacteria. Drain the tank and take everything home. Set the tank up and add dechlorinator. Add water back and try to match the temp it was before disassembling the tank to move it. Add fish back along...

As much as you change water they should be fine lol

Just do this and you'll be fine. I have used this on multiple new tanks and never lost any fish. Thousands of dollars in fish. Unpopular opinion on this site I'm sure but it works and it works well. You don't need a cycled tank using this method and your tank will cycle doing this. Only...

I'd be upset if people "irrigated" on me too:rofl:

I bought this one as well. My TDS is 0-3 depending on how it feels that day. This unit will last me more than 6 months before having to replace filters because I only use it to make fish water. I plug it into my garden hose outside and fill up 55g barrels. I did a ton of research and some...

Congrats @Magnum Man

The footprint for good bacteria is so much bigger with a matten. You can hide your heater and any other media you want to put behind the matten. You can have substrate up against the matten and you don't have to remove the substrate to clean it. You can use a spatula and pull the substrate...

Freshwaterexotics: They were great, very dialed in on how and when they would ship their fish. Packaging was excellent and all my fish arrived within 20hrs and above 70⁰. I've ordered from them twice. I've had fish die after they were in my tank from both batches after a few weeks but they...

Really respect what you're doing and the character it shows! There's a few different ways to handle things like this, the choices you have made and the smile on your face are gonna do nothing but give others hope and encouragement. Huntingtons disease runs in my family. When my brother got...

Wasn't the tank fairly new? Changing that much water that often will make it harder for the tank to cycle

Sorry Magnum, I'm laughing with you :rofl:

Beautiful. What plants are in the tank? Are you low tech, no C02? I've been thinking of adding plants in a few of the pleco tanks but not sure what can handle that heat without melting

In that case I wouldn't even attempt it. Angels are too unpredictable

Soon as I saw the title..

Stop it right now! I don't need anymore fish:rofl::rofl:

Sent you a DM

Was this from discus madness?

Nitrate looks to be about 50ish Nitrite looks to be 5 which isn't good What's the ammonia level at? Is this a brand new tank? Did you cycle it before you added the fish?

That's pretty neat! Have you witnessed them eating fungus directly off of another fish? Sounds like a freshwater remora

Are you testing your water? What are the results?

My condolences that's absolutely awful. I'll say some prayers for Byron. F#$% Cancer!

Do you have a tank the juveniles can retreat to if introductions don't go well? If so why not give it a shot?

Youre not overstocked, just do weekly water changes, keep up on filter maintenance and don't overfeed and you'll be fine.

Every time I've added smaller angels with adults it's ended badly. I've always had to remove the little angels and than my big angels were upset for a few days. I've tried it 4-5Xs and never been successful but that could also purely be my set of adult angels. When the juveniles grew out I...

@TwoTankAmin Fish arrived alive and healthy! First tank is getting some seggsy time again. Male and female shacked up (trapping) in the cave I zoomed in on. 236 fry in the 2nd tank, 173s in the 3rd tank and 236 SW's in the last tank Waiting on some vinyl to come so I can black out the back...