techman81
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The early morning Sunday ritual: Water change on the Waterbox 3620 before the CO2 kicks on.
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gnatster
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Took advantage of some sales to purchase the bits to turn an UNS 3N into a crab tank,
The tiny farm tank was absolutely smothered with diatoms, and got very janky very quickly. Probably as a result of a powerful light turned too high, and experimenting with a richer fertilizer. I would like to break it down completely and change the substrate to Aquasoil, but don’t have the time until this weekend. New plants are arriving today.
Reading here inspired me to go ahead and drain it all the way this morning, vacuum out all the crud, bleach the tubing, trim off all the struggling or coated leaves, and put everything back together.
Looks much better, but more importantly I am not plopping new plants in a problem environment.
Reading here inspired me to go ahead and drain it all the way this morning, vacuum out all the crud, bleach the tubing, trim off all the struggling or coated leaves, and put everything back together.
Looks much better, but more importantly I am not plopping new plants in a problem environment.
Chihiros also sells replacements for these for $0.60/ea if you ever want to replace that one on the left.
techman81
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I purchased a bunch as spares on my last Chihiros order and also several sets of the colored silcone tubing. The tubing slides fully onto the barbs much easier than the vinyl and is an easy way to color code your ferts.
Thanks, guys. I’ve not had any leaks but they do come apart occasionally when I’m refilling the bottles. Sounds like spare barbs and silicone tubing need to be in my shopping cart.
Still dealing with the after effects of a bad thermometer. This time it was the coral moss that needed pulling, separating all the dead bits, and reattaching the live parts to new rocks. I do love that plant and it is growing, so at least I got that going for me.
gnatster
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Today is water change day. Going very slow though. RODI doesn't quite crank the water out when the tap is delivering 42°F water.
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Tending water worlds since 1975!
I plugged in just one more item (small circulating pump) to the power bar running all my tanks and it blew the circuit. The panels in my old house are not labeled very clearly, so I’m searching around, feeling for which breaker was off and discovered that the basement outlet I was using, plus some of the kitchen outlets are all on the same circuit as the clothes dryer!
I happened to be running the toaster oven, hot water kettle and the dryer all at the same time as the new pump was plugged in (as well as 4 canister filters, 5 heaters various wattages, and 2 airpumps) … ¯\(°_o)/¯
Soooo - electrician booked to install new circuits to isolate the dryer, the kitchen, all 3 fishtanks each on their own circuit, a new circuit for a sump pump to handle the rdf and overflow waste on my new tank, the pond on it’s own circuit (because why not), plus a bunch of other items while we have him out - a new outdoor receptacle, an outdoor motion fixture on the side of the house, a new ceiling fixture in a dark hallway.
Merry Christmas to me!
I happened to be running the toaster oven, hot water kettle and the dryer all at the same time as the new pump was plugged in (as well as 4 canister filters, 5 heaters various wattages, and 2 airpumps) … ¯\(°_o)/¯
Soooo - electrician booked to install new circuits to isolate the dryer, the kitchen, all 3 fishtanks each on their own circuit, a new circuit for a sump pump to handle the rdf and overflow waste on my new tank, the pond on it’s own circuit (because why not), plus a bunch of other items while we have him out - a new outdoor receptacle, an outdoor motion fixture on the side of the house, a new ceiling fixture in a dark hallway.
Merry Christmas to me!
Dennis Wong
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Seems like some of the fish do snack on the Florida. Hmmmmm
That's too bad... Those tetras are cool. Do you think they're the prime suspects?
I placed a nice order of stem plants with @Burr740 , cleared out a bunch of crypts and erio Vietnam, and getting ready to say goodbye to the sword plant and the crypts in back.
I also, after reading some of @Naturescapes_Rocco CO2 advice, adjusted my CO2 to come on 3 hours before lights instead of the 1.5 hours I had it at. Thank you for the tips!
Oh yeah ...I tied all of the buce to the manzanita wood. Not looking so hot at the moment.
I also, after reading some of @Naturescapes_Rocco CO2 advice, adjusted my CO2 to come on 3 hours before lights instead of the 1.5 hours I had it at. Thank you for the tips!
Oh yeah ...I tied all of the buce to the manzanita wood. Not looking so hot at the moment.
Dennis Wong
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Hmm I'm not sure if its the Peugeoti, or Lapis tetras or Emperor tetras, many potential culprits
Not today but last Sunday I've done water change on both of my tanks. Committed to battle the algae in both tanks(I'm thinking both from a lack of maintenance, depleted soil, unstable co2 and ferts) and discipline myself back into consistent water change and dosing. The smaller 11G improved a ton from a good detritus cleaning. I cranked up the light output and don't see the same algae boom I would a few weeks ago.
Still struggling with clearing out these algae though, they are just everywhere - clumps in dwarf hairgrass, underneath the buce, on the woods, and in between the moss!
Still struggling with clearing out these algae though, they are just everywhere - clumps in dwarf hairgrass, underneath the buce, on the woods, and in between the moss!
BigWave
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I don’t grow enough beard to have that on hand, but I’m actually about to 3d print one thats very similar but maybe more ergonomic for using at the bottom.
gnatster
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Picked up an UNS 16T at the LFS for a terrarium today.
Big stem plant trimming yesterday. These came in emersed form, and grew quite a bit of their immersed form. Trimming and replanting let me get rid of most of the emersed form but it all looks wonky now.
The tiny farm tank is at max capacity now with various bits and bobs. No algae anymore and no diatoms anymore, either as a result of more plant mass or just settling in.
I lowered the light on the main tank this week, and immediately started getting green algae on the glass. So I put it higher again. Not quite as high as before. Hopefully that is the sweet spot for plant growth and no algae.
I pulled almost all of the moss out of the main tank. It keeps breaking free and floating around. It took a bunch of fiddling to hunt down all the pieces in places I don’t want them. Each clump immediate started collecting random bits of stuff and that lead to little algae outbreaks on each one. Maddening. I have never been good at moss so I will try again and see if I can get it right.
50% water changes on both.
The tiny farm tank is at max capacity now with various bits and bobs. No algae anymore and no diatoms anymore, either as a result of more plant mass or just settling in.
I lowered the light on the main tank this week, and immediately started getting green algae on the glass. So I put it higher again. Not quite as high as before. Hopefully that is the sweet spot for plant growth and no algae.
I pulled almost all of the moss out of the main tank. It keeps breaking free and floating around. It took a bunch of fiddling to hunt down all the pieces in places I don’t want them. Each clump immediate started collecting random bits of stuff and that lead to little algae outbreaks on each one. Maddening. I have never been good at moss so I will try again and see if I can get it right.
50% water changes on both.
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