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Thanks. That is good to know. I guess my flow in my other tanks is more subdued and that was what I was accustom to.

I am building a 60 gallon tank. It was filled with water this morning. I started a sponge filter on one end of the 4 foot wide tank and an Aqua Clear 110 filter on the other end. Although the intake apparatus appears to be well positioned in the filter, I find the flow rate to be too strong. I...

Gottcha. I thought you were going to tell me if I like line bred sailfin Mollys you have a velvet painting of Elvis you want to sell me.

When you are new to the hobby like I am, your like a child. Eye candy is more appealing. The lollipop is preferred over caviar. I assume my taste will evolve.

Interesting. Infertility is a symptom of worms? I did deworm the tank in April with flubenzadole.

A million miles. That’s twice to the moon and back! You go girl!

On the day they arrived in the mail, the female, gave birth to a brood. Two survived, and I rehomed them. For some reason they have not produced any more fry since April. I have red coral dwarf platies in the same tank and they are always producing fry. I have rehomed Around 30 juveniles. Go figure.

I like my golden sailfin molly.

How big and how old is he?

Entry #10 Finally, my sand came in today. I thought it would not need rinsing, but I was wrong. My tank will contain one species of cave spawners, and another species that spawns on flats. You can see in the photographs i created two separate habitats. I will place a piece of driftwood, in...

Are the white stones made from calcium carbonate? That will increase pH. What is the pH?

My 60 gallon tank build has been held up for three weeks waiting for HTH pool filter sand that supposedly needs no rinsing ($11 for 50 lbs on Amazon). Hopefully the sand will live up to its reputation. I hate rinsing sand.

Does the biohome require a certain flow rate like di*nitrate?

My nitrate problem comes from my tap water. Water exchanges will not help.

Thanks. Good to know. I wonder how many times can it be recharged? After the sodium bath I have to rinse it in distilled water or spring water since my well water is full of nitrate.

If my filter poops out early I will go that route. I actually tried it in the past and it worked. However, it also even more effectively binds up ammonia. I was told this would kill off the necessary cycling bacteria that live off of ammonia. What do you think?

No. It’s not rechargeable. There are all home systems that automatically recharge starting at around $2200.

I have never seen my wife poo but I bet she does.

The shrimp population explosion is not linear. It will plateau by itself.

It is some kind of resin that binds nitrate, but it is not zeolite. It is FDA approved for drinking, but I will be using the faucet only for water exchanges. Yes the red vial is pre-filter and the yellow vial is post filter.

I plumbed my new nitrate filter into the sink where my python gets attached for water exchanges. In the short run it definitely works. Now it is hurry up and wait and see how many gallons of water it will process before it Poops out. Top tube is water from a sister sink. Bottom tube is water...

Will do.

I am plumbing a nitrate filter into the sink I attach the python to for water exchange. Fingers crossed that this filter lasts a year and I was not scammed.

Glad to see you are back. Especially when you give me compliments.

Will do. Others on this site state that the E300 needs to be on a 45 degree angle near the filter outflow.

I purchased many things from Amazon, and in general, I have been pleased. The prices are usually very competitive and the shipped items arrive intact. But the other day I ordered a Fluval E300 heater. When it arrived, it was obvious that the heater had first been delivered to another person who...

All one species of mbuna or mixed?

Do you think the heater can be placed horizontally and be effective?

I will soon purchase butterfly cichlids, Anomalochromis thomasi, for my 60 gallon tank. This species deposits eggs on flat surfaces. I plan on placing pieces of slate for this purpose. Approximately what should be the surface area of the slate for egg deposition? Thank you.

Well done. Congratulations.

Contraband

I do not know the difference between those two tests. But the API nitrate test kit does not cross react with nitrite. That’s good news.

It is Wednesday morning. That means my wife and I will be delivering food to the homes of needy people in the inner city. The organization we work for is called meals on wheels. We deliver food every Wednesday morning. Retirement provides time to do things like this.