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I test every day for ammonia and nitrites. Ok sometimes I check the nitrites twice a day due to wishful thinking. Yes on following the Dr Tims instructions. 4 drops per gallon initially to establish the 1.5-2.0 benchmark. Maintenance as needed.

Absolutely no live plants are going in to the tank. Lost a whole tank of plants to black algae and I gave up trying to fix it. I just want a nice clean tank with some fish to enjoy. Silk plants are coming together nicely I've ordered 7 more of the big one in the middle and plan to cover the...

Yes.. I'm impatient... hence this post. I'm not looking for any miracles or links to cycling articles. Honestly I'm just looking for a quick once over to see if I'm missing anything obviously. I would just like to avoid sitting here and waiting for days on end when nothing at all is happening...

You're doing better than me. I'm at about 2 weeks and I don't have a hint of nitrite yet in my 55 gallon. Also spiked with Dr Tims to about 1.0 - 2.0 ppm in my 55 gallon tank. Using Seachem Stability every day as well as Brightwells Aquatics MicroBacterStart XLF. I know I just have to be patient...

I had a honey gourami in my last tank who could only swim upside down and mainly stayed at the bottom. I quarantined her in a 10 gallon tank and fed her by sprinkling food past her mouth and damned if she didn't eat it. 2 months she stayed alive in that state. Maybe I should have let her go but...

Tank is up and trying to cycle... I need more patience for sure. I put in gravel, the mopani wood and today I put in the silk plants that I had. I've ordered two more of the medium and small size plus 7 more of the big one in the middle so I can cover the whole back of the tank. I'm using a...

Three coats, two passes per coat and it's looking pretty good! 3 hour dry and back on the tank stand.

In my very first tank with no co2 or anything I had good luck with Marsilea hirsuta (water clover). Well until the black algae ate my tanks. You can see what it looks like in the first picture of the tank log in my signature. It spread pretty fast and was the last thing to die.

I was looking at longfin blue danios for my tank but I'm going with blue danio glofish instead as I like the way they look. I love the future. :)

So I've been shopping for a nice static cling background for my tank as I'm not thrilled about the white wall as far as aesthetics. I must have spent two hours browsing and comparing but in the end this is what you get: Advertised Actual Instead I found a handy video showing a method to...

Very good point. Additionally I think folks get caught up on actions taken to affect appearance. If at some point there becomes available cichilds modified with spider monkey genes that makes them resistant to Hexamita parasites (hole in head) or neon tetras modified with mandarin orange genes...

I can. Needlefish hits a jellyfish and then bumps into some fish eggs. :)

Oblio knows: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/humans-made-banana-perfect-soon-itll-gone/

If you can put jellyfish genes into tatoo ink and make me glow in the dark then hook it up! Our tech isn't going to stop until the human race dies off so bring it on. Mass Effect dealt with this directly. Organics will evolve to the point where they can create synthetics. Synthetics will always...

Altering fish genetics directly (i.e. gloFish) accomplishes the same thing as crossing and recrossing fish to come up with new varieties except it's faster. That's my same issue with the anti-GMO arguments. There isn't a single crop we mass consume that wasn't engineered by humans. Same can be...

Math is hard. :) I was hoping for someone who uses it now. Purigen has the consistency of like.. powdery sand. Thanks man I didn't think to look at that product for the mesh size. Good looking out.

Nice of you to say. I love that it's two color depending on the size. Thank you very much :)

With complete honestly I can say you tank looks fantastic. Seriously. You obviously have real talent for it and I will not be surprised at all when you add another. Very well done sir.

Was quite lucky to find some sizable pieces of mopani wood to act as hardscape. In fact the pieces were so sizable that I couldn't boil them as I'd need a pot the size of a car boot. Soaking? Bathtub would be the only place and I'd like to have a place to shower for the next two weeks. So... my...

Which size mesh would I need in a filter bag when using Purigen in my Fluval 307 canister filters? There are bags on amazon from (20 mesh/1mm) to (100 mesh/0.149mm) and I'd like to make a good choice. Thank you!

Very cool. How long did you have the ficus in the tank? No fading? Didn't fall apart?

Whoa I've never seen an Axolotl before! Looks like a CGI kids movie character and it's smiling! On the plants I hear you... I'm just Mr Safety so I wanted to be sure. I was really hoping to use them as a floating plant on top to provide some cover like the Abutilon and Ficus. Maybe I'll get one...

In speccing out my new plant-less tank I came across a couple from Hagen/Exo Terra that are nice looking but made for reptile tanks. I sent them an email to see if they were safe to use in an aquarium and the answer was basically "no". Just wanted to put this up here in case anyone is curious...