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I agree with a lot of the other posters the albinoish fish don't really appeal to me, other in my family like them though. Almost every other fish you post I really like. I would have a hard time describing the fish as leucistic especially the female, but I think I see some coloration in the...

I did a very little bit of Kendo in the 80s, wasn't really good, but it was interesting. It hurts enough that you do work on your skills enough to prevent getting hit.

I also looked for it as well and it is not available, reasonably, in NA. But in the continental US you might want to give garnet grit a try. It is hard to get here in Canada, but there are suppliers in the US. I thought alluvial garnet might be a good choice, it is heavy and stays down...

Your comments made me think back to some of the catfish farms I saw when doing work in the Southern Eastern US. While working down there I kept seeing what I thought were sewage pond aerators in the middle of big muddy ponds. I was told these were aerators for catfish farms. I looked up how...

I have used and currently using Seechem Black Florite Sand. It has a number of issues most which have been noted by others above. It is sharp. Examined it under the microscope and it is very angular. Bad for cories It compacts perhaps too well. My plants don't do better in in than normal...

I thought you might be limited to various channels. You might try with it further above the tank but it will be difficult to change the lights blue emphasis.

I am new to raising shrimp so I don't have a suggestion as to the type of shrimp you have but I really like their patterns, they are beautiful.

This light has discrete frequency LEDs in Red(660), Green(520), Blue(450), Blue(470), Violet(420) which covers a pretty broad band of frequencies, some nearing UV these do not provide full spectrum light. It also has two styles of "white" phosphor type LEDs with color temperatures in the...

My very elderly parents are on evacuation alert, they live in South Central BC, if it gets worse I will either drive or fly them to my home, so no real worries. I live on the coast and it was touch and go for conditions but no fires around. Last two mornings we have had "overnight recovery"...

Totally missed the point was looking for the oscars and totally missed the oscars. DUH.

From my perspective they seem to be a pretty reasonable configuration unless you are an expert and know exactly what you want.

No par rating for the Jewel lights but the "Nature" tube of LEDs is at about 6800k, https://www.juwel-aquarium.de/website/Anleitungen/Beleuchtung/LED_Beleuchtung/LED_Tubes/LED_NATURE/ALL_LED_NATURE_Product_Information_Sheet_EU_2019_2015.pdf. The other bulb might be a warmer light.

As far as the Juwel Rio goes that is a pretty common tank in Europe, you might actually get better info by asking about the lights in those tanks from other members of the group. There are some good lights that only have one or two of the items listed, simply because they haven't either...

Summary (TLDR): CRI - How natural the light looks (For you) Color Temperature (K) - Frequency distribution of the light (For the plants) PAR - How much plant usable light is produced (For the plants) To clarify these two values are not measuring the same thing and have no equivalencies. With...

I use broad leaf maple leaves, Acer macrophylum, and Gary oak, Quercus garryana, and Alder cones, Alnus rubra. You should have similar species near you. I pick my leaves in the fall but then let them dry naturally before use. You want them fully cured before putting them into the aquarium.

Good luck, small tanks seem to me to require much more attention. I have tried 10s but haven't much luck, for me 20 long is the smallest tank I have had success with.

My neighbors feed the local predator populations with their attempts to keep chickens. We have a lot of mink and weasels with the occasional racoon, who now scope out the chicken coop on a regular basis.

Some of those look berried. Mine have gone through looking like that recently now I have a number of little ones, finally, swimming around. I will caution that there are some diseases and conditions that can cause the shrimp to get growths in their swimmerets but I don't see that in your...

To keep the glue, super glue as someone mentioned, I would hold the snail updside down and dab the glue onto the eroded areas with the glue on a Q-Tip or something similar. Back in the day 70s/80s we used to use the glue mentioned on our fingers after and during rock climbing. I don't climb...

The snail is pretty bad looking. You might try some type of cyanoacrylate glue on the eroded sections, but that is more of a guess than anything else. You would have to make sure the glue does not enter the mantle cavity at all. They have used this type of glue on people. Don't honestly know...

It would be nice if you did a little post on the process you use to get your plants growing so well. I believe I have been at it longer but never got the results you have.

These guys were super popular 300 mya. Lots of round crinoid stem sections in the limestone around here. Unfortunately, for us fossil collector types you don't find the crinoid heads very often. The way the article is written it makes it seem like the crinoids are really unique but they are...

Agreed on the fussiness, is that a word?. AC filter are very easy to maintain, but their weak point is restarting after shutting down, especially after a water change. I still haven't found an HOB easily obtainable in Canada that works as super well. On paper the Tidals seem not too bad...

Your link just gets me to a page with various rock, and gravel products. But I think you might be talking about the wonder shells or something similar. I am new to adjusting the GH of my water but here are some of my observations. I have one tank that I use a very porous limestone rock to...

You definitely have a steadier hand than I. I can see only minor variation in the cuts. In regard to sand, I am neither for nor against. Currently I have both in my aquariums. In my tests I have found that sand has different properties based on the size distribution from your typical play...

It could be our tank originally used putty, at the time we had it my father was building large aquariums and for those he had a large 45 gallon drum sized chunk of tar (came in a large cardboard canister) that was used to seat the glass in the fiberglass and steel framed tanks he built. The...

There is clearly some effort and thought in your UGF, did you use a drop saw and just cut the saw kerf thickness for the openings. In any case, you did a good job on it. I also like the concept of partial filter plates so that you can make incremental changes. Good luck, I would be interested...

The rarest for me would be an old stainless/chrome frame tank I had for 10s of years, the ones with tar to hold the glass in. Unfortunately it broke during our last move and I can no longer find the frame. If you are comfortable heating tar they are quite easy to replace the glass if need be.

Did not even notice the color change. The site seems to behave as always to me.

Good photos, any of you using CO2? Mine are not doing so well right now, I have a major aphid infestation on my frogbit.

When I got my 407 it didn't read the instructions and placed the gasket where it looked like it should go. I was wrong and the minute I started the system water starting flowing out of the canister. I then found I put the gasket in the wrong location, once I fixed it it ran well. Your...

My fish would eat themselves to death, and I would be broke, SF Bay and Hirkiri are the only brands easily obtainable. Blood worms and brine shrimp only.

I still like typical chlorine bleach for cleaning aquariums. If I am tanking down a tank, I will clean it with a cloth with straight bleach added. You don't need much and it is very effective in dealing with any sort of pathogens you might typically encounter. When I used gravel as a...

I have a lot of jungle vals, don't know them from the variety description 'Gigantea' but they grow leaves up 3m wide and over 2 meters. When I transplant them I put them in below the root top with the sand or gravel just over the bottom of the leaves. Then I gently pull them up so that the...

I remember a number of ad jingles myself, "Sometimes you feel like a nut" "Sometimes you don't" pretty sad that still sticks with me. In regard to the ants, why not just let them live. They do a lot to the balance of the environment both cleaning up dead critters and providing food for...

I have an Ebo Jager 300 watt heater and I have done the same to it a few times. I melted the mounting clips. I still use mine, though I let it cool dry so that it doesn't pull water in past the seals as it cools. The internal seals will only be able to support so much of a vacuum. A...

I would be a little cautious with it. I did find someone who potentially knows how it works. https://www.plantedtank.net/threads/twinstar-experiment.590945/. From that entry and from the various other articles on the web, it appears that it generates ions by running current through the water...

I did not know that vinegar was a deterrent to insects, I will have to try it. We have a type of ant here that produces a defensive liquid which is mostly formic acid, from what I have read, that acid sort of smells like vinegar, maybe that is why it is affective.

A public information comment on DE, http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/degen.html#:~:text=Diatomaceous%20earth%20is%20practically%20non-toxic%20to%20fish%20and,However%2C%20no%20toxicity%20evaluations%20for%20wildlife%20were%20found. I have used the stuff for years around the perimeter of the...

I will be watching this, I have the same with my Frogbit in one of my inside tanks. In my outdoor ponds I spray the water lily leaves every so often with a garden sprayer washing the aphids into the water where the minnows eat them. I would not use any pesticide near the ponds, but you might...