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dae goldfish in small tanks??? xD

>>2255238
>>How to cycle your tank: http://pastebin.com/x4WmB0Ah
Forgot to replace this.

http://www.algone.com/fishless-aquarium-cycling

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>>2255238
I guess this is the new insect general.

How would one keep a diving bell spider anyhow?

>>2255319
>spider
>insect
You have to be 18 to use this site.

>>2255342
Stick it in some water and give it bugs.

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So my anubias has a stream of bubbles coming out of a thing (new leaf?). Why is this?

>>2255363
new tank?

>>2255367
Not really, 4 months old or so, maybe more?

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Hey guys need help iding the three plants in pic related. Im only new to the hobby and have just started setting tank up. Bought some plants today and just doing some research found that i accidently bought some aliminum plant. Now am heaps sketchy on the seller and am worried the one at the back maybe purple waffle though not sure although it doesnt look like the pics on google images i cant find it when searching for common aquarium plants. Anyone here that can id all 3 ? Thanks in advance

>>2255375
Hard to tell in pic but underside of leaves are purple

>>2255238

>>2255363
1) that looks like a flower pod
2) it looks like it's just releasing oxygen

>>2255363
It's oxygen. It's like when a plant starts pearling, but it looks cooler.

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My ick is getting worse. Have had my temp at 86 but it's not helping. Which medicine should I pick up that won't hurt my snails?

>>2255353
Same things. Smash em when you see em.

>>2255481
As long as it has cooper in it it is safe

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>>2255559
youfunnym8.

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Still having algae problems I don't know what to do other than rigorously cleaning my tank every sunday. The algae sticks to my plants in sure it's not good for them, bight 6 amano shrimp, 2 of which have died I think I have 4 left then seem to be doing nothing. I have reduced my lighting to only 6 hours a day, I have some seachem flourish excel comming in maybe that will help. Injecting c02, makes no difference. Help me anons.

>>2255608
>not having superior ramshorn snails

>>2255611
The snail is a trooper and has lasted a since the start, I am not opposed to getting more snails, which ones destroy algae?

>>2255614
I believe nerites are considered top tier

>>2255608
it'll get better as your plants establish themselves. you can try adding plants, especially weed type ones that grow super quick.

>>2255374
it's either pearling or you just did a water change.

>>2255481
can't you just take the snails or the fish out?

>>2255632
If you use copper based products, it can seep into glass and shit and the tank will leak of copper for a really long time. Also, I think copper can kill plants if I'm not mistaken.

>>2255632
I have a lot of snails dug down into the sand. If I treat the fish for ich outside of the aquarium that had the ich outbreak, and reintroduce ich free fish into that tank, won't they just get the ich again? I try to vacuum the gravel often but I have a lot of plants, there is no way I'd be able to get it all.

>>2255655
turning up the temp to 86 stops the ich from reproducing, so it should be fine.

>>2255659
Cool, I'll put all the fish in a separate 10g and medicate them

>>2255631
I tried adding baby tears just slowly died off

>>2255426
>>2255472
>>2255632
Cool thanks guys. Did a water change about 24 hours before the pic, but also redid my spraybar setup and co2. Hope it flowers

>>2255319
>Spider
>Insect
For fuck sake anon, this is just flat out unacceptable.

At least say Invertebrate.

>>2255682
Insect arachnid same thing. You see em you smash em.

Guy with water lettuce infestation here.

If any of you want, I can send you a cup full of these guys for a fair price.

Email me [email protected]

(I run a patch store for /k/.)

>>2255691
Kys

>>2255608
HELP

>>2255608
Get some Flourish Excel.

Thing did wonders for my tank
>Black beard gone
>plants growing everywhere vibrant af

>>2255725
I actually got some in today so excited for that, how much do you use? How often?

>>2255677
I'm talking about the floating plants that grow so fast they a menace. Duckweed, water lettuce, anarchis, elodea, and hornwort are a few. Basically, you want your plants to be able to out compete the algae.

Baby tears are a bit hard to keep from what I've heard, and I don't think they're fast growers.

>>2255726
Cup full a week for my 50 gal planted.

>>2255730
****CAP full
jesus.

>>2255730
Jesus isn't that expensive?

>>2255732
Sorry, I'm retarded. Meant cap full.

Over time you'll end up needing it less and less, nowadays I've gone down to one cap for every two weeks.

>>2255730
A whole cup? I'll try when I get home....

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>>2255729
Eh ok, what do you think would suit this tank that is a fast grower?

>>2255739
Try any of the popular floating plants- duckweed, salvinia, or water lettuce. Water lettuce is probably my favorite.

I've never tried Excel though, so that might do it for you.

>>2255740
Yea but might aswell order another bottle, your supposed to put a whole cup when starting

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>>2255738
Go ahead, report back with results.

>>2255725
>use excel
>plants melt
>algae is still alive
Quality product, everybody.

>>2255481
Salt and Melafix. Not very strong, but snail and cycle safe.

How do I know if a plant is a root feeder or a column feeder? Can they be both? I'm just wondering where I can spare root tabs. I'm split on Hygrophila difformis and Brazilian Pennywort.

>>2255762
it's not plant safe.

>>2255774
pretty much all plants are both. there aren't studies done on each plant done to see which it benefits from more so you basically have to go off rule of thumb.

rosette plants (e.g. swords) take up almost all nutrients from the substrate. stem plants benefit most from the water column. pretty much all plants (besides floaters) uptake from both the leaves and the roots, including terrestrial plants.

>>2255783
Is this a stem plant? I think it's reineckii albeit a very weak one.

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>>2255795
Of course I forget the pic

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>>2255795
yuppers!

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Progress on my algae scrubber. It works, I guess, just most of it is growing on the acrylic...

Is it necessary to add conditioner for a top-off? Maybe like 5% of the total volume? I have a tank that evaporates quickly.

>>2255881
usually I don't in my tanks, but I would always use conditioner if I had sensitive fish.

>>2255884
Would you add conditioner as if you were doing a water change or just a few drops?

>>2255881
>>2255885
Small amounts of chlorine from tap water is going to do more damage to your filter bacteria than to your fish.
Just dose as much as recommended for the gallon or so you're adding.
Ideally you should be using distilled or RO water for top-offs for evaporation, to avoid buildup of dissolved solids. Not that big of a deal, though, especially if you change the water regularly.

>>2255885
>>2255887
I heard you're actually supposed to dose conditioner for the whole tank.

>>2255755
It's because you're not meant to have plants

>>2255889
Yep. It's cheaper to dose the water your topping off with.

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>used to have super hard well-water (>800ppm) so didn't have fish until I moved out
>apartment has super soft water (~50-200ppm)

What can I do for my apple snails? I feed crush Calcium carbonate pills 100% derived from oyster shells and mix it into "jello" for them which I feed every day but I read that the water also needs to be of a certain hardness with a certain amount of calcium in it so their shells don't dissolve.

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Does anyone esle here raise food for their fish? Currently i have daphina magna being raised in a tank for my minnows. They breed fast and have been living for almost 3 years now woth no replacment. Just a light, bubbler, and the occasional yeast.

>>2255894
As long as the pH is above 7 they'll be fine. You can use crushed coral gravel or dead coral chunks to raise pH. There are buffering products as well, but coral is easier and longer-term.

Is it true that you should add your base fertilizer 24 hours after a water change because the conditioner will just render it useless?

>>2255938
makes sense but it should depend on your water conditioner. not all of them bind heavy metals.

>>2255893
prime is like $10 to treat 5k gallons, so I wouldn't really worry about the price. a good conditioner does more than just dechlorinate.

>>2255894
As far as I know the shell formation actually happens with calcium drawn directly out of the water, not a dietary intake. Use crushed coral, I hear that works well.

>>2255940
Who's talking about what prime does? I'm talking about stretching your dollar and making it last longer m8.

>>2255943
they can absorb it from their environment as well as ingest it, either is fine. snails are basically just mucus membranes.

the reason you don't want them in acidic water is because it destroys the shells as quickly as they can build them.

>>2255946
if you want to stretch your dollar, don't buy any dechlorinator. just leave your water out the night before your water change.

>>2255949
Nah m8. I'll dose the water that's going into the tank before adding into tank. Chloramines just don't go away if you sit your water out.

>>2255940
>>2255949
Ahh fuck it's this asshole again.

>>2255238
how does that bitch refill her bubble?

>>2255957
hmm, I didn't even know about chloramine. I've never lived in an area that used them. apparently you can just add bleach to get rid of it though :D

>>2255964
Bleach is only good for drinking idiot.

How do you think my montecarlo will go in my 50 gal tank using normal gravel substrate and some liquid ferts ?

How do you guys think my montecarlo will go in normal gravel substrate and liquid ferts?

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>>2255238
Why the fuck are aquariums so hard to clean? I have a small tank with like 10 tiny guppies in and the tank looks like a fucking cess pool a few days after cleaning it.

>>2256036
Get better filtration. Get plants.

Im thinking about upping my plants. I've only have experience with anubias nana, elodea, and windelov fern (all from what I understand, "beginner level" plants).

I currently have gravel in my 10 gallon with betta fish. If I wanted to get into plants that need to be rooted, would I have to change my substrate? Or are there plants that can be rooted in gravel?

Also, having rooted plants, how does one go about gravel vac? Or would having rooted plants in a different substrate eliminate the need to gravel vac?

Sorry for so many questions. I've only been in the hobby maybe 4 or 5 months. The next tank I get (going for at least 20 gal or 36 gal) I want to do completely planted. Just need to do a LOT more research on planted tanks before going that way.

>>2256061
My experience comes from dwarf baby tears. Mine weren't doing too well at all on gravel, they uprooted easily and I lost half of the plant. Since switching to 20 grade pool filter sand it has been doing much better. It has not uprooted since and has been sending out side shoots. I only vacuum open areas with no plant.

>>2256036
>small tank
Define

>guppies
Guppies are filthy.
Also there's a good chance you're feeding to much.

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>>2256061
There are several other "beginner" plants that will grow in pea gravel, such as swords, crypts, water sprite, wisteria, and hygrophila. Root tabs are an easy way to make gravel more "hospitable" to live plants.

There are also a lot of other plants that do well unrooted, like mosses (java, Christmas, phoenix), süßwassertang (aka pellia), riccia, marimo, hornwort, buces, pennywort, bladderwort, and floating plants (salvinia, frogbit, water lettuce, etc.).

>Also, having rooted plants, how does one go about gravel vac?
Gently and not that thoroughly. Mulm serves as additional fertilizer for the plants, so a lot of people just don't gravel vac around their rooted plants at all.

If you want to get plant-friendly substrate for your next tank, it certainly helps, but you really don't need a bunch of fancy equipment to make a planted tank look good.

>>2256097
>>2256062
Thanks for the tips! When you mention "swords" do you mean something like rosette or Amazon sword?

Unfortunately, the only place I can find live plants locally is Petsmart, and I've learned to look up every plant since they sell "umbrella plants" and peacock fern (I really love the leaf shapes, but apparently, it isn't an underwater aquatic plant), and they used to sell mondo grass.

Is there a way to get morimo moss to "carpet" and ornament? I tried one once, and didn't know you had to roll the damn thing. It stunk so bad from rotting.

>>2256071
Idk what litre it is since I got it as a gift but its about half a metre by half a metre. And it is very likely that I do feed them too much, how much am I supposed to give them per fish?

>>2255963
With its ass. It's explained in the video in OP.

>>2255238
Don't fuck with the general OP you retarded faggot. You completely fucked it up.

>>2255895
I have a lot of vats with water lilies that have copepods and guppy fry. I feed the pods to my ornate ctenopoma as a treat. I don't want to use the guppy fry for food though. Same with the opae ula I got for the same purpose. I never could get a breeding population going with daphnia. I still have small populations going on in some vats, but never enough to make it sustainable.

>>2256107
50 cm side to side and 50 cm front to back? That sounds really big.

>how much am I supposed to give them per fish?
As long as each one gets 2-3 mouthfuls of food each day they're fine, and a lot of people will skip feeding altogether one day a week. Fish don't need to eat much to get by.

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>>2256102 #
>When you mention "swords" do you mean something like rosette or Amazon sword?
Yes, Echinodorus species. If you buy the ones in those tubes they'll die back before converting to underwater growth and recovering, so don't bother with the more expensive, larger ones.

The plant they call "temple compact" (or whatever) is a kind of hygrophila and should be pretty easy to grow. Their "umbrella plants" (peace lily, much cheaper at Home Depot), "white/gold ribbon plant" (lucky bamboo) and mondo grass (may also be at Home Depot as "monkey grass") can be grown if the leaves are kept above the water. I have some in the filter compartment of my shrimp tank.

If you splay out the marimo ball and use fishing line to attach it to something like plastic needlepoint mesh or slate (flooring tiles from Home Depot work well), it'll look kind of carpet-ey, but it grows very slowly, and tends to grow upward more than it does outward.

Pic related is my 1.5g kitchen shrimp tank when I first set it up, with emersed white ribbon and a marimo carpet.

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>>2256178
This is the same tank 4 months later, to give you an idea of the growth in the marimo.

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Fuck. My Amano shrimp just died. What is the likelihood that it was natural and not due to horrible water? What's that red spot on its head? Treated water for ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite and it was 0,20,0 respectively.

>>2256200
Tested*

>>2256200
if they're new, it's not strange for stuff to die within the first few days.

the red spot looks like an injury.

I'm pretty sure I've heard amanos are pretty sensitive to water changes, have you changed anything recently?

>>2256180
eugh doesn't that carpet collect all kind of nasty stuff?

>>2256290
No, I haven't added anything or changed anything drastically. Did an end of week 10% water change, but it was conditioned and everything. It was a new shrimp so I guess maybe it just... I don't know.
And I was also thinking that, my moss ball collects all sorts of grossness. Can't image what a carpet of the stuff would look like after a week.

>>2256340
I googled them up, apparently they're very sensitive to nitrates and ammonia- but not nitrites because of their unique blood chemistry?

usually I wouldn't worry about nitrates at 20 or less, but maybe that was it.

psshh

>>2256359
I've never heard of that, and it sounds pretty odd.
Nitrates in my tank get into the 20-40 range pretty frequently and I've had most of my amanos for about two years now.

I have a tank with 5 guppies
They're all the same colour, I want to add a green one. Will this be a problem?

>>2256390
yeah, it sounded odd to me too and I didn't want to spend too much time on it since I'm supposed to be doing homework.

>>2256394
no

>>2256419
>no
OMG I WAS JOKING YOU UTTER MELT AS IF YOU REPLIED HAHAHAHA PMSL

*Grabs your willy*
How'd you like that?
*squeezes*

>>2256419
>>2256390
okay- apparently they were referencing an article in Practical Fishkeeping.

>Some sources cite Caridina as being indifferent to nitrite, but this isn’t always the case. Although nitrite reacts in different ways to shrimp blood as it does to fish blood (contact with the latter forms the lethal methaemoglobin), at high doses it can still cause a degree of mortality and difficulty.

probably your dude was a wildcaught that was already stressed out.

>>2256435
Yeah, I figured it was something like that. Sometimes things just die. Got it exchanged at Petco for a new one. Side note: guppy giving birth again. All of the babies have been eaten so far. Gourami:5 overpopulation: 0.
Good job gourami.

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Man this is confusing me.

I had one of my harlequin rasboras die today, no sign as to why at all. It was perfectly healthy this morning yet when I get home from work its just keeled over. I've had them for about 3 years now so i'm not sure its old age.

10 gallon tank with 3 neons, (formerly) 3 rasboras, a dwarf gourami and a weeaboo shrimp. Planted with swordtails, anubias and java moss. I do weekly water changes and feed them tetramin tropical flakes daily, occasionally i'll drop in some fresh bloodworms. My Ph is about 7.0.

what the fuck did I do wrong?

I have a school of danios living with a turtle or like 5 months (only one has been eaten) One of them started to struggle in swimming today; floating toward the surface with head pointing towards the surface.

Anyone know what's up with it and if it's gonna be kill? (More importantly, whether it'd be bad or not if the turtle decides to eat the weakened fish)

0.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 40 Nitrate if it's anything (Water change was done last Monday and is on a 30%-50% biweekly schedule but with like x4 filtration due to the turtle. Filters might be due for a cleaning so that's the only lead I have in the event they all get fucked up)

>>2256446
fish sometimes just die anon

>>2256446
did you put any new livestock or plants in recently?
do you test your water frequently?

there's so many things that can go wrong that it can be really hard to figure it out.. doesn't help that they only cost a few dollars.

>>2256447
swim bladder disease? try feeding him a skinned pea and add salt to his water. your ammonia is too high, you might want to do weekly changes. your turtle will probably be fine though.

>>2256467
I test my Ph bi-weekly and my ammonia monthly. The newest addition is that dwarf gourami which I put in there two months ago.

I'm still grieving over the loss of my SAE, had that fucker for 8 years, he survived a tank shattering earthquake only to die because he got stuck under a rock.

>>2256474
unless your nitrites were off the charts or your gourami snuck something in, there's nothing obvious. why bother with checking pH twice a month? I never check mine.

I love SAE, I can't wait for my three to become the biggest things in my tank. one of them is a runt though, it's way smaller than my other two.

>>2256492
I check it for the sake of consistency, I prefer the water to have the same quality so if something changes I know well before it becomes a problem.

>>2256036
>cleaning your aquarium
>not owning a dirted/sand tank with a shit-toad of plants with shrimps and snails eating up the shit

>>2256467
Much obliged. Was considering on bumping up the water changes anyway, the ammonia's normally always 0 but this time was reading 0.25 so I figured the filters might finally be getting really gunked up. Gonna still clean em anyway

>>2256500
this

>>2256494
personally I consider pH to be the least of my worries. I'd be way more concerned about ammonia and nitrites. my tank is pretty stable though so I only test if fish start dying.

obviously you're doing fine though if your fish are making it to 8 years.

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Well my poor Betta died sometime between Last night at when I got home from work this afternoon. This was the only picture I could find of him I have no idea why he seemed fine yesterday and the other fish in the tank are still fine 1 African Butterfly Fish 1 Angel Fish 2 Bala Sharks 7 Neon Tetras 1Rosy Barb 1 Plecostomus 1 Violet Goby and 1 Apple Snail in a 45 Gallon

>>2256583
not all of those fish are compatible..

have you tested your water?

>>2256587
Yeah everything is fine in the tank levels are good checked them right after I pulled him out of the tank nothing seems out of place all the fish get along well. The Rosy barb likes to chase the Tetras now and then but other than that there hasn't every been an issue between them it's been 6 Days since my last water change so i just don't know what happened

>>2256591
The Betta usually hung out with the Butterfly Fish in the plants but he did venture all over the tank didn't seem to act weird or anything

>>2256591
>levels are good
what are they?

>>2256583
That stocking. Jesus fucking Christ.

>>2256596
0-0-20 PH 7.6 79degrees

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>>2256583
>not having superior cherry barb

>>2256604
Believe me I agree I like them so much better the Rosy Barb was my girlfriends fish from before we met it's like 4 years old now it's a survivor though she had it in a 10 gallon tank when it was younger and never did any water changes she let it evaporate down to 1/3 full one time and filled it with straight tap water. He's survived chlorine A massive Ich outbreak from a stupid Walmart fish being underfed being overfed. Being "pet" etc

>>2256608
I went ahead and plugged your stocking list into AqAdvisor:

http://aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor.php?AquTankName=&AquListBoxTank=Choose&AquTankLength=36&AquTankDepth=12&AquTankHeight=23&AquListBoxFilter=Choose&AquTextFilterRate=N%2FA+&AquListBoxFilter2=Choose&AquTextFilterRate2=N%2FA+&AquFilterString=betta&AquListBoxChooser=Betta+%5BMale%5D+%28Betta+splendens%29&AquTextBoxQuantity=1&FormSubmit=Add+%3E&AquTextBoxRemoveQuantity=&AlreadySelected=200909300003%3A1%3A%3A%2C200909300012%3A2%3A%3A%2C200909300009%3A1%3A%3A%2C200909300144%3A7%3A%3A%2C200909300192%3A1%3A%3A%2C200909300049%3A1%3A%3A%2C200910181720%3A1%3A%3A&FilterMode=Display+all+species&AqTempUnit=F&AqVolUnit=gUS&AqLengthUnit=inch&AqSortType=cname&FilterQuantity=2&AqJuvMode=&AqSpeciesWindowSize=short&AqSearchMode=simple

anyways, many bettas don't do too well in large tanks. since your water quality sounds fine (for now!) I'm going to guess that he was bullied or just afraid of one of the semi-agressive fish in your tank. angelfish are crazy assholes, and barbs aren't recommended to have around bettas since they're nippers.

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>>2256583
>single angel fish
>TWO bala sharks
>ONE rosy barb
>A FUCKING PLECOSTOMUS
>an african butterfly fish with presumably no water flow
>all in a 45 gallon

>>2256598
>posts pH and temperature
>no ammonia/nitrite/nitrate reading
>""""good""""
is your tank even cycled

>>2256619
it's not fine at all...

>>2256623
I gave you the ammonia nitrite nitrate readings I said 0-0-20

>>2256619
And I should note the Bala Sharks are very young we go through them a lot we buy them from the local pet store very small then sell them back when they get to be around 6 inches they sell big fish there and the pleco is a clown not a common he's little

>>2256619
Bettas love larger tanks with fish smaller than them. Even in the wild there territory can be a meter or more.

>>2256634
oh, absolutely! many of the fish that are in that tank will be/are larger than a betta, and certainly more aggressive. there's no issue with keeping bettas in large tanks with peaceful fish.

>>2256628
that's good to hear, but some of those other fish aren't suitable for a community tank of that size either. you should decide whether you want a semi-aggressive, or a peaceful tank, and go from there. additionally, your goby needs brackish water.

>>2256638
Yeah the Goby I am actually concerned about I came home to it one day it came from one of her friends it was in Fresh water before we got it. Our angel fish is actually quite docile though he came from the same tank as the Butterfly Fish at the pet store I've never had him bully a fish in the past. And as for the Barb like I said it was her fish from before we even met and it got moved into the big tank when we moved in together. This Betta I only had it for 3 weeks and I've never had one die that suddenly The last one survived 3 years

>>2256644
Violet gobies live in fresh, brackish, and marine. They are also native to parts of North America.

>>2256447
>0.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 40 Nitrate
Are you using test strips? It's really easy to get a false positive with those.

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>>2256619
>Jesus take the wheel

>>2256713
I was trying to be nice! people with stocking lists like that don't respond well to criticism...

>>2256704
It was an API freshwater master test kit

>>2256340
People often say Amano are sensitive to water changes and sometimes die soon after being bought, although my experience of them is that seem pretty hardy. Not sure about that spot on it though..

>>2256713
That list isn't correct though wrong tank dimensions and Balas aren't kept past 6 inches wrong species of pleco and filter isn't entered in

>>2256178
>>2256180
Wow. I've never thought of having plants sticking out of the top of the aquarium. That looks really awesome!

Do you trim the moss if it starts growing high (if it does)? I'm excited now! I'll be getting plants Friday (that's when Petsmart gets new ones) and maybe they'll have some rasboras in.

Pinched maybe a 2" stem from my elodea in the 5 gallon and put it in my 10 a few days ago. It's already about 5" now.

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dumb ass at the store tried to sell me an aquarium stand. It doesn't look pretty, but it works. Anyone else have ghetto stands?

Adding more stock to my overstocked tank

I just can stop myself

I just uploaded a video of me hand feeding a wild triggerfish while giving him a couple of scratches. Next week will be a bit different, and will not be fishy related, but the week after will be a SCUBE diving video! I'm proud of that one because it was my first time using my macro lens underwater!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0JSe0RB8mI

>>2256824
Seriously don't care

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Update on the jar reef:
added another piece of gorgonia
recovered a fragment of pavona lps that was under the rock

>>2256824
Neat. Do you catch your aquarium fish from there?

>>2256843
Most of the times, no. This part of the bay is a little deeper, so all large fish congregate around it. However, once, I netted up some sargassum weed, and caught a sargassum frogfish, and kept him.

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My male guppy has a torn fin. What can I do to help him? Will it heal on its own?

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>>2255611
Ramshorns are indeed pretty baller

>>2255627
Only problem I have with nerites is that they seem prone to flipping over and cannot right themselves.

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>>2256900
This asshole flips himself over at least one a day and won't move until I fix him.

>>2256803
>Do you trim the moss if it starts growing high
It's too tough to trim the height of it. So far I'm just letting it do its own thing and get kind of lumpy.

Also, don't be afraid to buy plants online. I've been very satisfied with my eBay plant purchased.

>>2255608
not enough plants, too much light, run CO2 (DIY is easy) with a bunch of plants, plants start growing fast and use up all the nutrients
or turn lights down and reduce number of hours they are on. or all of the above

>>2256713
Dear god lol

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What other kind of 'koi' colored fish can I put in my aquarium? As of now I have panda corys and harlequin rasboras and was planning on getting a trio of tricolor swordtails but I am having a hard time finding them.

Any recommendations?

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>>2256814
I live life on the edge

>>2256916
I would like to order one of the beginner plant packs and just plant them all
http://aquariumplants.club/product/easy-aquarium-plant-pack-6-species/

What do you think? I also do have c02 injection and have just recently started using seachem flourish excel

>>2256970
There are koi bettas. Petco has them on their website.

>>2256974
>When you have to rock climb your way up to see your fish tank
Now that's living life on the edge.

Can't believe my tank looks this good after moving and being out of town for a month. It's like the more I neglect it, the healthier it becomes

What should I stock it with this time /aq/? Should I give Praecox Rainbows one more try and hope they don't bring columnaris again? I think I want to try Cory Cats this time instead of Kuhli Loaches too, maybe a herd of Sterbai

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>>2256993
Wow I'm dumb, forgot pic

>>2256895
It'll be fine. Keep water clean and you're golden.

>>2256814
>four cinderblocks
>two 2x4
>cover it with something
>instant stand

Does anyone else like how tannins make your aquarium look?

>>2256994
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>>2257112
Quite, I love black water scapes and leaf litter breeding tanks.

Bumble bee catfish came out at feeding today, took 2 whole shrimp pellets all by hisself, fatty.

Just set up a 30gal. Organic soil with pea gravel over it. A few water changes and its pretty clear. I added some plants after about a week of the water sitting, no filter or light besides normal room lights.

Added plants: Rotala rotundifolia, Staurogyne repens and some kind of local creek plant from a friend's tank. (Wanted to get his water bacteria and a few tiny limpets)

So now I have a normal full spectrum bulb on it around 12 hours a day, no filter, just air bubbles. I'm concerned of two things: algae outcompeting the plants, and plants not getting enough CO2.

I want to avoid using a filter and artificial CO2. I was planning on breeding a ton of grass shrimp in this thing.

What problems am I going to encounter with this setup/idea?

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>>2257253
There's really no reason not to use a simple sponge filter. Instead of the normal rock thing, just hook the tube up to a sponge. You get a nice place for the shrimp to feed and a place for bacteria to breed.

Organic soil has (obviously) a ton of organics. It's smart to sift out as much of the large organic stuff, like compost or leaf litter, as you can before you put it in the tank. Expect algae to be pretty bad at first as the organics decompose- and don't expect to be able to put livestock in very soon.

To combat the impending algae bloom, I'd start running your lights no more than 8 hours a day until nitrogen levels are normal. You might want to add in some floating plants- they're great at sucking nutrients out of the water column so algae can't use them.

I did something similar with topsoil and organic garden fertilizer. Algae went nuts for a while, but after everything stabilized it's a great tank.

The guy at the pet store tries to tell me I need to put salt in my aquarium for a clownfish. I put him in with my angle fish cause in nemo they got a angle fish in the tank with him. I don't want to put salt cause it might burn his eyes I put a rubber see enemy in there cause they like that he seems sad tho doesn't swimming very much staying at the bottom think he misses his friends

>>2257259
you should get him some more friends!

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>>2257257
Yeah, the algae has already begun. I just hope it doesn't murder my new plants before they have a chance.

What specifically would keep the grass shrimp from doing well this early on? Algae is already starting to go so they have food. Is it just too much nitrogen for them? Sadly, I didn't buy a water testing kit as they were out. Getting one later this week so I can monitor shit.

>>2257261
I think he might be sick he's acting weird now.... I dumped a thingy of table salt in the tank I hope it doesn't burn his eyes tho. My baby angle fihs tries to eat it lol he likes it I think

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>>2257216
Can I have friend?

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>>2257271
Who or what is that?

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Someone send me some ramshorns and I'll send you some aponogeton babies of the back left plant.

>>2257273
Striped Raphael

>>2257264
yes. if you used organic soil straight from the bag nitrogen (ammonia/nitrites/nitrates) is going to skyrocket as the manure and compost starts to decompose. dunno anything about grass shrimp but there's no animal I'd want to put through that on purpose.

>>2257281
how many ramshorn do you want? I have pink ones.

>>2257283
wow very pretty, i checked em out on youtubes. needs a big tank though

>>2257293
They get about 6-8 inches. The bigger they get the lazier they get so they don't need a whole lot of room. Just a nice cave. Mines only about 3 inches and see him patrolling the tank at night.

>>2257257
>>2257291

I work from like 7am (leave the house) to typically 6pm or even 7pm I get back home. Should I just get a socket timer for the light?

How long, roughly, will it take for the tank to balance out?

Sorry, but the cycling pastebin in OP is broken and I'm only finding vague info with searches.

>>2257292
maybe like 5? I have a brown crypt or two for anyone with blue ones.

>>2257298
At night many times I have seen my microglanis iheringi swim loops on the tank wall, almost as if lost or confused, I have seen him do this many times, usually at night or when I wake up in the morning he's doing it. However after rearranging the tank last weekend I haven't seen him do it since. Any clue? I've looks online and people say there's have done it aswell.

>>2257299
Well since things are going to break down from the organic soil It is gonna take like 3-4 weeks before you can put live things in without dying. Cycling is important but I've done fish less and fish in cycles many times in 10 years without losing anything. Water changes and what not.

>>2257302
Maybe scared because nothing is now familiar? Mine stays along the bottom playing in the crypts looking super cut.

>>2257299
absolutely, timers make it much more convenient.

my tank took a few months before it was really stable. all those extra organics make it take longer than the one month that cycling generally takes.

>>2257309
I don't think so, He did this looping many weeks after no change in the enviroment, I honestly have no clue why he does it, I think he may not be getting enough food, I drop in hikari sinking wafers but there are 5 other albino corys in there that are ravenous. Today when I came home from work and put food in he actually came out and swallowed a whole shirmp pellet, 2 I think but not sure.

Anyone try Opae Ula in a blackwater/brackish tank? I need some inspiration.

>>2256824
Very cool.
that reminded me of a pet undulated trigger I had for 10 years. He was a nasty little cunt to everyone but he'd eat out of my hand and always run up to the glass when I came into the room. Smart fish those ones.

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Both of of my females went into labor last night. One passed away after birthing some 15 fry. Should I do anything to ensure the other from expiring?

>>2257489
Nothing you can do. It happens. If you try anything she may just abort them before she's actually ready.

>>2257522
Figured as much. Oh well. I don't think I'll be getting guppies again anytime soon. They seem so fragile.

>>2257551
They're also one of those fish that are so inbred that things just happen.

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>>2257552
Yeah :/
Oh well. I'll keep whichever fry survive, but I'm not buying any more guppies.
Also these fry are fucking retarded. They keep swimming up to the gouramis expecting not to get eaten. The gouramis are getting fat.

>>2255244
It's where their kind belongs.

So what do you do with guppies after they've bred? Can I sell them, like what am I supposed to do with all the fry.

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Hey guys, thought I'd update you with a picture of my reef tank. Haven't posted a picture of it for awhile. Waters a little cloudy cuz i just finished feeding the coral, but all the corals are puffed up and happy. If ya have any questions or anything, lemme know.

>>2257699
Feed em to fish or let the parents eat them

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Saw these for the first time today.

>>2257731
What is that

>>2257750
A fish.

>>2257753
Anon stop being facetious you baka!

>>2257750
Emerald dwarf rasbora

>>2257699
Sell them online, dummy.
There are people out there throwing away countless aquarium plants they grew without any effort and are mindless. Better take this opportunity.

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Look at that smile!

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I'm stumped, anyone here tried using Eco-Complete for DSM? I'm thinking about just filling it up with water because I've already fertilized the substrate with Osmocote and I don't believe it's going to make a difference regardless.

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>>2257815
I have eco complete in my tank. I have no idea what dsm is good luck

>>2257815
no reason it wouldn't work for DSM.

>>2257821
dry start method

what can I do with a five gallon hex that's interesting?

I've kept bettas and cichlids and was thinking about a three female betta set up

>>2257846
It's still a risk with females as more often than not some flip the fuck out and kill others.

Went to pet supplies plus as they usually have a more diverse selection of fish. They put some upside down catfish with African cichlids. They were biting his fins off and looked partially blind. It had no where to hide and it was desperately looking. I almost bought him. But I know it's just going to get replaced with another. Has anyone ever had luck talking to a chain store on stocking the right fish to minimize deaths? They also throw nerites in with assassin snails.

>>2257870
Also they put common plecos in with the fancy goldfish and they alawsys eat on them.

>>2257719
oh hey it's you
still looking really good

>>2257870
Looked up upside down catfish, think I'm going to have to get them before it's too cold to ship oh my lawd that's a cute fish and I wanted some kind of cat for my tank

http://youtu.be/Z16pVzsB17A

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>>2257892
LOL
Do they honestly just chill upside down? and boy are they fatties!

>>2257846
Licorice gourami, dwarf crayfish, pea puffer, shrimp, micro crabs, snails, scarlet badis.

... Diving bell spider...

>>2257731
Celestichthys erythromicron, very pretty. There's an LFS near me that tends to keep them in stock, but they're always pallid, waifish, and $6 apiece, so I've always passed.

Speaking of upside down catfish, one of mine has looked like death itself for about two months now. He has no fins and his face is white. I've tried salt (there's none in there anymore) and Melafix, and I keep the parameters at 0, 0, 10-20, but he's stayed the same. He comes out at food time with the 3 other upside down cats, and I see him eat, but he does tend to stay "right-side up." All of the other fish in the tank are and have been fine, including his 3 catfish buddies.
I'll try and get a picture of him tomorrow. I really don't know what's going on with him.

>>2257870
A lot of people recommend Synodontis catfish for African cichlid tanks without specifying any particular types because "they're all from Africa, too!" And neither they nor those listening seem to understand that Africa is actually a pretty big fucking place with a lot of different environments in it.

>>2257892
Make sure you get Synodontis nigriventris if they're going in a community tank. Synodontis eupterus is also sometimes sold as "upside down catfish" and those ones grow over twice as large and get a pretty nasty temperament when they're older.

Anyone order from Dustin's Fish Tanks before?

>>2257873
Thanks! Been pretty easy going lately... didn't do a water change for over 6 months... just dosed some supplements and kalkwasser and I was fine apparently. Been getting lots of different corals still. Coral count is over 80 species, with the overall species count about 140, in a 28 gallon tank. (Really it only holds about 16g of water though with all the displacement)

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I'm thinking of either adding a trio of Bluefin killies, or a mate for my flagfish. She just laid eggs this morning(I'm guessing it was the flagfish). Which would you guys think would be alright?

>>2257917
Diving bell spiders are actually really hard to keep alive in tanks.

>>2257924
Nigriventris are pretty much the corydoras of Africa. Love those little nigs.

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>guppy fry get eaten
>constantly chases the guppies and nips them
>attacks my hand whenever I'm in the water
Why is my gourami such an asshole?

>>2258038
Down the drain it goes

Offer still stands. I got about 7 aponogeton plantlets about ready to harvest. Looking for ramshorn snails. No one around me sells them and eBay is ridiculous. So I'll trade plants. These are fast growing plants and you'll have a good amount of them after a few months. Started with 4 and have over 10

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He's getting better. Betta that was given to me by neighbor kept in a 1 gallon hexagon tank with a shit ton of rotting food at the bottom. Poor lil nigga has popeye.

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Otos are truly gifts from Kek himself

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>>2258081
Is this your photo? I look at it from time to time. It's a very peaceful comfy photo.

>>2257762
How do I transport fish fry though?

So, I took my bio lab project home with me, and now I have planaria (the parent, and its severed tail; both are in the process of regeneration). Most of what I'm reading online is suggesting that I feed them a tiny bit of egg yolk and use spring water in the jar.

But I know they can also infest aquariums. Would it be safe to assume I can safely use a tap water dechlorinator that I use in my fish tank, and/or feed my planaria fish food? Or would that be less ideal?

>>2258156
Just use your fish tank water m8. They can infest tanks but fish will eat them.

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>>2258106
>what is "FUCKING GOOGLE" for 600

>>2258187
That's a really nice tank, would those be baby tears for the carpet?

How bad is an uneven aquarium?

My 90 gal is about 1/8" off from left to right, front to back is maybe 1/16", it's decently close enough to center while left to right is practically at the border on the mark.

>>2258258
not mine, unfortunately
looks like Cuba or marsilea

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>shake vigorously

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>>2258282

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When making a diy canister filter out of 5 gallon buckets. Does everything need to be airtight? I bought a submersible pump and I'm wondering if I need to return it because the cord will have to come out of the filter somehow.

>>2258295
if the canister will be below water level it needs to be completely sealed.

I run cords in sealed filters by cutting the cord, feeding it through a small hole, and then re-splicing outside the filter. The hole is then sealed with fat globs of aquarium-grade silicone sealant both inside and out.

>>2258304
Thank you so much anon :)

>>2258284
>cleaning out test tubes
>drop one of them into the sink
>shatters into a gorillion pieces

How to know if a tank is insta-cycled after adding supposedly seeded media?

>>2258370
>get 3 test tubes filled with aquarium water
>drop 8 drops of ammonia detecting solution into test tube #1
>drop 2 drops of nitrite detecting solution into test tube #2
>drop 10 drops of nitrate detecting solution into test tube #3
>shake all of them vigorously
>wait 5-10 minutes
>read results and compare them to the color on the sheet provided in your API Master Test Kit

>>2258404
wow this anon def does not use this kit often READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS ANON

>>2258370
Don't worry about it. Pros never do.

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>>2258370
Add a little Ammonia, wait a while, and test the water. See if the Ammonia shows on the kit

>>2258156
They'll eat anything, and live in chlorinated water, even. Just try and keep the ammonia low. If they burrow into the substrate and start reproducing, your fish may not be able to control the population well.
Not that they're really harmful to adult fish. The only thing I've read is that they'll eat eggs and baby shrimp, which my experience with them in my shrimp tank seems to corroborate.

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My gouramis have lost interest in the fry. Over population is imminent. All is lost.

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>>2258442
Are the parents not eating them?

>>2258446
Nope. At least the mom died in labor. The dad gives no fucks at all, and the other female just hangs out with them, swimming happily alongside the babies. I'll try starving the gouramis, maybe they'll eat them then.

>>2258450
Do it. Starve em all and they'll take care of the children. Shhh no tears. Only dreams.

>>2258266
1/8th of an inch isn't going to hurt anything.

>>2258284
>they say his handjobs will either send you to heaven or emasculate you, literally

>>2258266
I have a 60g that's one inch off front to back and almost 2 inches off side to side. No problems. As long as your stand is solid and doesn't touch the glass it should never be a problem.

>>2258318
you're welcome.

>>2258489
>>2258498
Thanks, mostly just wanted to hear other's experiences, I set it up like 6 months ago and it slipped my mind to even check (the space it occupied was home to a 36 gal before it so I figured it was safe, I only knew the floor under it was structurally sound for it. Didn't even have a level on hand) and everything I've read on the matter ranges from "no big" to "get fucked over sideways by water"

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Built a cave using jb waterweld epoxy. How long should I let it cure? It's been curing overnight.

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Would you see I have 2 males? 2 of them have more brilliant orange but they might just be destressing.

Golden Pencilfish btw

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>>2258619
Figured 8 hours was enough time. Now I just have to save up and order peacock gudgeons.

So I found a canal that had a shitton of stuff. I caught a baby pleco, a warmouth(I think), a lot of jewel cichlids, dwarf crayfish, some nerites and ramshorns and other snails, and bluefin killies.

I kept three killies and a nerite, and the killies are getting destroyed when ever they come out. My biggest topminnow ate one overnight. It's a bummer, I wanted to make a more complex native tank. The nerite's alive though. Any tips on what I should feed him?

>>2258668
>found a canal
>goldmine for aquarium fish

>>2258675
Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the canal is LOADED with jungle val.

>>2258668
>native tank
The fish you listed aren't even native to the same continents.

>>2258702
I kept the bluefin killies and the nerite. Turns out, Florida is part of an olive nerite's range

>>2258081
They really are

>there are actually plebs that deploy Siamese algae eaters in their planted tanks

>>2258668
Can't call it a native Florida tank, maybe Florida canal tank?

>>2258719
I like my SAE! Whats wrong with em?

>>2258720
I released the plec, jewels, warmouth?, and most of everything. My tank isn't a florida native anyway either, I just want to make it one. I'd still keep the amanos though, I like the inverts.

>>2258730
Mine tore all of my dwarf sag out of the substrate, then jumped out of the tank. Fucker.

>>2258740
Wow. Mine haven't uprooted my dwarf sag or jumped out of my open tank but they're also not fully grown yet.

>>2256180
Damn that's cool. Those rock slabs in the background look really good.

Any ideas for schooling fish for a 10 gallon planted tank? Planning on having some kind of "centerpiece" fish like a betta or dwarf gourami. I want something that's at least somewhat unusual (not gonna go with tetras or guppies unless I don't come up with anything else). I'll probably also have some dwarf shrimp/crayfish.

>>2255691
PLEASE LEAVE

Just came home with some fish with my bf and I went to the bathroom and when I came out, he had already put one of the fish in the aquarium and was about to cut a second bag. I'm keeping an eye on the fish he dumped in to make sure it's doing okay while acclimating the others in the 2 other bags. Dude means well but damn let me take care of my fish myself.

>>2258865
That's how cory does it anyway.

>>2258730
they get too big and some have a mean streak

>>2258766
DWARF CAJUN CRAYFISH
ORANGE NEOCARIDINA

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Picture of the reef with crystal clear water. And you can see three of the four fish, the yasha goby is never seen. Theres the snowflake clownfish, Sixline wrasse, and sunset neon dottyback

>>2258927
Um, yeah, but I'm asking about schooling fish. Good suggestions though, I'm probably gonna do a couple different colors of neocaridina and maybe some of these https://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Crayfish-Lobster-Cambarellus-patzcuarensis/dp/B00H1YM1KK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1478394972&sr=8-3&keywords=cpo+crayfish

>>2258889
5.5 inches is the reported max, which really isn't that big for a decent sized tank.

SAE aren't aggressive but there's several other fish that are confused for them that are.

I love otos, but I've heard they can be hard to keep alive if there isn't enough algae and I didn't want to risk it. I do love my SAE, it's so cute to see them perched on a leaf and chasing each other around.

>>2258931
neon tetras or a different small tetra, celestial pearl danios, anything in the genus Boraras, rasbora espei or hengeli. a couple of male endlers would be nice as well, although not exactly schoolers.

>>2258931
>different colors of neocaridina
yeah sure if you like brown shrimp in your tank after mixing them

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Just picked this up from Petco©. Can't wait to set it up!

>>2258945
Love it when people buy shit like this.... have fun wasting money when you could do it sooooo much cheaper.

>>2258946
But the products from Insta Aquarium Services™ are of the highest quality!

>>2258951
I get my CO2 from a diy project for probably less than $10. And it does wonders.
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-CO2-Reactor-for-a-Planted-Aquarium/?ALLSTEPS

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>>2255238
>>2255238
I'm setting up my 60 gallon freshwater and I added 35 gallons of water to make sure it wouldn't leak as it was used by someone else for a few years

It's going to be a planted aquarium and I've purchased two bags of substrate and a bunch of sand

Does it work in this order:

>Clean substrate/sand
>Add 1-2inches of substrate
>Layer with sand

Or

>Clean substrate/sand
>Add thick layer of sand
>Dig impression where plant root will be
>Fill impression with substrate
>Cover with sand

This my first planted aquarium, so please, any tips are greatly appreciated

>>2258955
Thanks for the link muh man

>>2258955
Didn't click, but i assume its a yeast generator. Thats what I use. Yeast generator and a bell to collect the co2. works perfectly, everytime. And the best part, is i get my co2 from beer I'm fermenting. Win Win

>>2258957
generally the first but you can do it however you want to.

>>2258946
maybe he's not a poorfag and doesn't want to have a shitty looking diy co2 near his aquarium?

>>2258976
This. Plus it's nice for being able to shut off at night.

>>2258961
Do you have a link to one that looks good and is able to be shut off safely at night?

>>2258963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIaThG3Al1Y

I found that video after digging through youtube a bit

Is the heating cable (around 3:30 in the video) necessary for planted aquariums? Or can I get away with just a regular heater attached to the back of the tank?

>>2258978
>stopping CO2 from escaping enclosed yeast culture.
>Wake up to an explosion in middle of the night.
I either turn on a bubbler, or take the tube out of the tank.

>>2258976
Not a poor fag. Just believe in doing things simply, efficiently, and best of all, things that get you drunk.

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Hi, I need help identifying one of my fish. I don't know what it's called. I know it's a gourami of some type.. i'm just not familiar with them well enough to know what kind. Here's a pic of the dominant male. I think there's a more submissive male and one female but honestly, I can't tell. Does anyone know?

>>2258978
>>2258977
Also, not even true. The type of co2 diffusion I use, includes a long rectangular 'bell' as well as a powerhead aimed at the well, agitating the surface thoroughly. Without this action, not much co2 is absorbed into the water. So just put the powerhead on a timer.
PS. all of this normally happens in a sump, so doing that in a show tank, well, you can do it, just won't look the cleanest.

>>2258985
That actually looks like a rainbowfish of some sort to me.

>>2258985
yes this is defintly some tipe of rainbow fish
i would say rainbow trout

>>2258985
bosemani rainbowfish.

>>2258982
not trying to be a dick here, if you want to do it the diy way then that's your choice and there's nothing wrong with it but nothing is more simple and effective than buying the hi tech systems and bam you're done, it just bothers me when some people assume you're a sucker consumer for buying them.

>>2258987
>>2258991
>>2258992
Ah! It's a rainbow fish. Cool. Thank you for your help :)

>>2258993
I agree completely. If you deem it with your while to put up with the maintenance of a diy system that's great, but some people want to be able to quickly and efficiently set up a co2 system. Either way it's fine. There is a place for plug and play as well as diy.

>>2258993
For me it's actually simpler then whatever you use... I replace my 5 gallon carboy of fermented beer once a month, and start a new batch on that day, while drinking last batches first few cold ones. And enjoyable.. Sure, if you want to shell out a hundred bucks for something that can be done for next to nothing, go for it. But I'll still call you a sucker

>>2258993
This, I have pressurised co2 with an atomiser inline with the canister input. No fucking around with yeast, no ugly crap in the aquarium, constant output at constant pressure, turns on an hour before lights on, turns off an hour before lights off. Costs $15 or so to fill the cylinder.

Am I right in assuming that 3 apple snails aren't enough to keep a completed cycle "alive" until I add fish?

>>2259008
in a 75g

>>2259008
Probably not? Mine survived a cycle in a 20g but just barely I think.

>>2258766
Microroasboras, Celestichthys species, golden pencilfish, or espei rasboras. Dwarf crayfish are GOAT.

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>>2258945
Congrats m8, make sure to not do too much c02 at once or you may harm your livestock, also watch your ph at c02 will effect it.

I have the fluval 88g kit from amazon, and bought an adapter to just use regular paint ball tanks, shit lasts months and its about 3 dollars to refill.

>>2258946
You are right it can be done much cheaper and just as effective, but to me it's a purchase of convenience it's much easier for me to deal with a c02 tank and valve gauge, than to hassle with recipes and diy setups.

>>2258993
I think he can do it however he wants, you say he is a consumer for buying this, but the entire aquarium hobby is a consumerist hobby, so it's not fair to say that when we all have to juggle time vs expense. For my c02 I literally turn it on to a specific amount, and leave it on 24/7, have bubblers running as well. It has yet to empty I got it filled maybe a month or so ago.

What does /an/ think of Crayfish? My own reading says they are the psychopathic axe-murderers of the hobby, but Dwarf Crays seem ok.

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>>2259004
What do you use to automate the c02 on/off ? I just have a turn style valve

>>2258979
Didn't watch, bit I've absolutely never even heard of someone running a heating cable through their substrate.

>>2258980
You could also just vent it to the room with a gang valve.

>>2258998
>lording your half-baked redneck eyesore over peoples' heads with this much entitlement
This isn't the difference between paying $12 for an outlet timer from PetSmart vs $3 for the same one at Wally World.

>>2259108
>psychopathic axe-murderers of the hobby,
The large ones are, more or less. CPOs can be kind of dickish, but they're far too slow and clumsy to catch most healthy tankmates.

>>2259109
You'd use a solenoid on a timer.

>>2259109
I'm the guy you replied to, I use an electronic valve and a timer. So easy, I don't have to touch anything, just give some food and some ferts every now and then.

>>2259120
>dosing pump on timer
>automatic feeder
>hands-off dank tank

Hey guys,

Is it normal to sometimes have one schooling fish die when you buy multiple? I bought 6 Pencilfish 2 days ago and one bit the dust this morning. Its stomach was ripped open. I don't know if they were fighting or the corpse was chewed on after its death but I noticed that yesterday, the group was dispersed and that one particular fish would sometimes chase another one and I feel like this is the one that was being chased. Oddly enough, when I found him dead, the group was back together again and it still is.

The water is fine in my qt tank. I'm wondering if it's because they're stressing out because lack of cover. I only have one silk plant in there.

I feel really bad because this is my first fish death in the hobby and it's only been 2 months since I tackled it.

>>2259108
Dwarfs are the friendliest, Marmorkrebs are the coolest, the rest are assholes.

>>2259237
it's pretty normal for new fish that are wild caught or badly bred to die. I won't worry about fish deaths when it's only been a few days.

...I wouldn't mind some pencilfish, they'd go along really well with my color scheme.

>>2259313
Female cherry barbs look incredible similar to golden pencilfish.

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>>2259336
>>2259336
>>2259336