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So I resolved the pump/return chamber concern by getting an auto top-off. I went with hygger for no real reason other than it was at buceplant and I had a $20 gift credit. I will use my spare 10 gal as the top-off container so it will be easy to just dump 5 gal buckets into. There's enough room...

The tank should be cured and ready this upcoming week (possibley the next). Hopefully I can get it picked up before the holiday. In the mean time, here is the sump. Left is the filter area, middle is refugium, and right is pump/return. The high short baffle in the middle right is to prevent...

Samantha? It just seems like a big bossy name, but still lady-like. Probably some Samantha out there who will be salty though.

This ^^, likely a deficiency. I am not as familiar with aquatics, but potassium in non-aquatics causes leaf curling and eventual browning (unlikely in the water). The issue might not be a deficiency in and of itself, but a deficiency given the light. intensity. In other words, the higher...

While I have no dog in this fight as far whether the conclusions might be correct or not, as a scientist, I have a special interest in design of experiments. That "study" (at best an experiment) was quite poorly designed. There was zero effort to look at any other factor besides hardness between...

Very nice! So vibrant.

I am thinking that if they are in the tank, they might get eaten by either the neons or the gourami. I have never seen a horn-shaped snail in the tank though besides the nerites. There are a ton of tiny trumpets, but they are too hard for the fish to eat. I am pretty surprised as there are all...

Also, finished the stand. I have a bit more gap between the doors than I like, but that's because I didn't account for how low profile the hinges are. I may put a strip of something on the inside to keep the refugium light from showing too much.

So I found these snails in the bottom of the bucket from emptying the trash can out fully. They are all about the same size and none are larger than about 3/32" diameter. I have never seen this type of snail in the tank, so I assume they came from the creek and just only stay at the bottom of...

I decided to do a quick side project since the weather's nice and I happen to have some extra bulkheads that I didn't like for the DT. My water change water comes from the creek. Said creek: I get water from the creek and put it in a 30 gal rubbermaid can. It's also where all of the extra plant...

I like it. It gives it a very indeterminate depth of field, like it could go on forever if you just looked behind those "logs"

I used to be super concerned about bruising/damaging the tissue with narrow ones, but now I use the most narrow ones I have -- basically just a fine offset point. If you think about it, the human hand has an amazing ability to be gentle at squeezing when it needs to. The plants don't seem to...

The tanks is really looking nice!

A couple of pics of the nursery. I had a few plants I really wanted and sometimes they are out of stock, so I went ahead and ordered some TC cups and threw everything in the "nursery" 10 gal I had spare. There's a bunch of Crypt. parva 'mini', about 7 clumps of Crypt. crispatula 'Tonkinensis'...

I have a funny story about dwarf gouramis letting out their feelings on whatever "looks" appropriate. I have a male honey gourami that periodically gets into the breeding mood and serenades one of my red racer nerite snails for days. It's the fish equivalent to dog on leg I guess. The nerite...

Looks fantastic. Lots of happy fish.

There are going to be varying opinions on this and this will be mine. I would use at least some of the old substrate. There's a lot of well-balanced biogoodness (scientifically speaking) in there that can take many months to culture. Be a little careful with hills as there can be concerns...

Thanks! I'll take a little time to go over some of the details here and when I have stuff put together, I'll add pics. Also, let me caveat this with the fact that I sold a good amount of shop tools I don't really use before taking this on, so I was able to afford some things that I normally...

So my 20 gal is in need of more room. Journal here : https://www.fishforums.net/threads/20g-ecosystem-dirted-offshoot-from-40g-thread.491338/ I was able to convince my better half that 75 gal was best for everyone :) While this could go in the general FW, or planted tank journals, It covers a...

I can't tell if that one pale wood piece looks like a dead frog or a sloth laying on it's back. Leaning sloth atm.

Very cool.

Just an update. Everything is filled in pretty well, but I am not liking spacing. I convinced the wife to go ahead with a 64 gal (48x 18 x 17). I have been collecting some components and will be getting the tank from glasscages since they are near enough for a pickup. I just don't trust the...