Hello from ATL

[MuddyWaters]

Hi all,

I have been keeping freshwater fish since I was about 12. I'm a lot older than that now LOL. I dropped the hobby about 5 years ago and have just picked it back up. What I've realized is that I'm doing things the same way I did years ago, and have now discovered all kinds of new methods and tools. Exciting!

I currently have a 15 gal Fluval Flex, with some tetras and a cleanup crew. It's planted and I use a cheapy CO2 (NEO CO2) set up that seems to work pretty well.

Secretly I'm planning a 40 gal+ (would love 50 or 60) that I want to put some beautiful angel fish in. I love them. I gotta get past my wife for that, though- she's just getting used to the 15 gal.
Anyway, glad to be on the forum and look forward to interacting with you all!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Welcome to TFF.

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Welcome to the forums.

Really love your tank, great 'scape and nice plant choice.

How are you finding the Neo CO2? I have played around with yeast based CO2 production a few times but keeping it consistent never seemed possible and I always ended up with algae issues from CO2 fluctuations.

That was a long time ago though and all very DIY so suspect it is probably come on quite a bit since then.

Would recommend a tank journal as I would love to hear more about it.

I came back to the hobby after a long time away and it is nice to see that some stuff that was still "experimental" like LED lighting when I left last is now pretty much the mainstream option.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Welcome to the madhouse, where something fishy is always going on somewhere and MTS is a rite of passage

 

[MuddyWaters]

How are you finding the Neo CO2?

It does a good job of adding CO2. You can't turn it off at night, but I point the flow of water out of the filter up to get surface movement- it seems to work fine. I haven't used it long enough to see a huge difference yet (into my 2nd week with it now), but took some baseline pics and trimmed the Cabomba (sp?) so I'm hoping for some good growth.

I have algae too- I read that feeding the plants once a week with liquid food and CO2 should help them stay strong and fight the algae? I do have snails and purchased a Siamese algae eater over the weekend, so hopefully it'll get better.

My next step will be to cut the light off for an hour or 2 in the middle of the day. I only have the light that came with the Fluval Flex, so it shouldn't be that powerful.

I'm watching how much I feed the fish too, I know that can have an effect.

Thanks for your interest, though! I'll look into a journal- I guess that's something I can do on here?

 

[MuddyWaters]

Welcome to the madhouse, where something fishy is always going on somewhere and MTS is a rite of passage

LOL I gotta figure out all these "Aquarium Acronyms"

 

[Deleted member 149562]

LOL I gotta figure out all these "Aquarium Acronyms"

MTS = Multiple Tank Syndrome

 

[Myraan]

In another context it could be Malaysian Trumpet Snail I guess....

 

[Essjay]

LOL I gotta figure out all these "Aquarium Acronyms"

Not a complete list and a lot of acronyms are marine tank related, but it's a starting point -

Acronyms Commonly Used In The Hobby

Acronyms AC - Activated Carbon AIO - All In One (usually for full set up tanks in one package from LFS) ALK - Alkalinity ATO - Automatic Top Off BB - Bare Bottom: meaning no substrate in the tank (i.e. no sand, no gravel) BB - Beneficial Bacteria BBA - A pest algae: Black Brush Algae BPM -...

www.fishforums.net

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Not a complete list and a lot of acronyms are marine tank related, but it's a starting point -

Acronyms Commonly Used In The Hobby

Acronyms AC - Activated Carbon AIO - All In One (usually for full set up tanks in one package from LFS) ALK - Alkalinity ATO - Automatic Top Off BB - Bare Bottom: meaning no substrate in the tank (i.e. no sand, no gravel) BB - Beneficial Bacteria BBA - A pest algae: Black Brush Algae BPM -...

www.fishforums.net

This is due a serious update!
BB (Beneficial Bacteria), CAE, DGV, MTS, etc..
I'm sure members could add more.

 

[Essjay]

Unfortunately that thread is locked so we can't add more

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Unfortunately that thread is locked so we can't add more

And there was I, thinking you were a Moderator and a part of a Moderator Team.

 

[Essjay]

Yes, mods can post in locked threads but Chad locked it so no-one would add extra posts. We'd have to ask his permission. I'll bring the subject up.