What's on Your Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday List?

[BenB]

Inspired by @gnatster 's Black Friday thread HERE. I'm curious what's on everyone's list this year. I need to come up with a list for the significant other aquarium or not. Not sure of much I want. I do want a small rectangle little tank to do a succulent garden and light like HERE, but I'm not sure which one to get. What are you asking for?

 

[NC AL]

I will be getting myself a larger freshwater tank for Christmas on a Black Friday sale.

 

[JayP]

Well, not that I won't buy more things, but I already bought one...well, technically eight presents for myself. I've been growing less happy with my Chihiros dosers. Their consistency just hasn't been as good as I'd like and I've had a few connection issues with Chihiros lately. So having read comments here and other reviews online, I decided to make my first Alibaba purchase and picked up 8 Kamoer X1 Pro 2 dosing pumps. With my recent struggles on my new garden tank and dosing the separate macros and micros, I'm leaning toward sticking with an all-in-one fertilizer going forward and so will only need one pump per aquarium. The cost of the pumps on Alibaba, even with shipping and import fees still only came to about $63 each. I plan to recoup a good amount of that reselling all the Chihiros dosing gear.

 

[BenB]

been growing less happy with my Chihiros dosers. Their consistency just hasn't been as good as I'd like and I've had a few connection issues with Chihiros lately.

I haven't been having the connection issues, but I've had two other issues.

1. The fluid in the tubes backs down the tubing between doses. So the first part of any dose is air. This makes the volume of the dose off. My tank did fine while on vacation, but it's making the nerd in me rage.

2. This one is weird. As a pharmacist, we see people all the time who say they're allergic to stuff like Valium because it makes them sleepy. I mean, to an extent, that's what it's supposed to do. It's a longer discussion but not for here. With the doser, since I wasn't dosing my tank, I was often not going in to the room for days at a time. I started to feel disconnected. It was great in a way because I didn't feel chained to it, and it was freeing, but on the other hand, I kept thinking I miss my tank and this isn't what I got into this for.

 

[JayP]

1. The fluid in the tubes backs down the tubing between doses. So the first part of any dose is air. This makes the volume of the dose off. My tank did fine while on vacation, but it's making the nerd in me rage.

Yep, The doser on my garden tank was doing the same. I hadn't noticed it more than a couple times on other tanks, but I'm always a bit off between what the app says is left in the dosing containers and what is really in the containers. The calibrations always check OK though, so it's hard to have much trust in them anymore. I have several dosers and the accessory kits still brand new in boxes.

 

[artandsoul]

I always buy my own Xmas before Xmas that way I get what I actually want . This year its telling myself to stop buying stuff esp on blk Friday sales. No more tanks, not free or gifted, and no more free fish I don't need anything period!

Got any wood? What tanks u selling? dam u marketplace and your cheap prices

 

[Capraquaria]

I hate my Chihiros dosing pump so much, that I am considering the Seachem Sentia. They look garish, but if they work I will live with it. I don't know why Seachem/Aquavitro doesn't just sell them online. I think there's one online vendor in the US, and that's it. Maybe I will wait and see how Jay likes the Kamoer first. I am actually manually dosing my two 60cm tanks right now, and will probably start manually dosing the 150 after this next water change on Saturday. I have a Chihiros 4 head doser brand new in box that I refuse to install on the 60U, because the one on the 150 keeps messing up big time. Either it doesn't dose, or it double doses, and I squarely blame it for at least the cyano not getting under control in that tank. It also dumped most of a bottle of Pristine into the tank about 3 weeks ago (thankful it wasn't the adjacent bottle of Excel). Otherwise, I just want Santa to get rid of the Nautilus in the basement, so I can steal that room for MOAR tanks

 

[BenB]

It seems most people don't want a Chihiros doser in their stocking this year.

It really surprises me because it seems so many people have them. You'd think we would have heard from more disgruntled people, but I hadn't really seen anything until recently and everyone starts complaining. Were they better in the past?

 

[JayP]

It seems most people don't want a Chihiros doser in their stocking this year.

It really surprises me because it seems so many people have them. You'd think we would have heard from more disgruntled people, but I hadn't really seen anything until recently and everyone starts complaining. Were they better in the past?

I think their cost and small size is very appealing. The Jebao dosers are in that same price and size range but I'm worried their performance would be the same. It just seems like you need to spend more money on larger pumps that have higher quality stepper motors if you want really solid and accurate consistency.

 

[BenB]

Its not optimal, but for my 1 tank I'm good with daily manual dosing.
I'll keep using the Chihiros doser for vacations and should get by, but I'm with some of you, if I get multiple tanks and need something reliable, I'd probably pick something different.

 

[NC AL]

These will likely go on sale in a week or so. Super reliable, highly controllable, and silent. Just pricey.

Ecotech versa pump

 

[Mr. Silly Goose]

I hate my Chihiros dosing pump so much, that I am considering the Seachem Sentia. They look garish, but if they work I will live with it. I don't know why Seachem/Aquavitro doesn't just sell them online. I think there's one online vendor in the US, and that's it. Maybe I will wait and see how Jay likes the Kamoer first. I am actually manually dosing my two 60cm tanks right now, and will probably start manually dosing the 150 after this next water change on Saturday. I have a Chihiros 4 head doser brand new in box that I refuse to install on the 60U, because the one on the 150 keeps messing up big time. Either it doesn't dose, or it double doses, and I squarely blame it for at least the cyano not getting under control in that tank. It also dumped most of a bottle of Pristine into the tank about 3 weeks ago (thankful it wasn't the adjacent bottle of Excel). Otherwise, I just want Santa to get rid of the Nautilus in the basement, so I can steal that room for MOAR tanks

I too hate mine and also have a second that I had planned to use on my 120p, that I'll sell instead.

 

[JayP]

I too hate mine and also have a second that I had planned to use on my 120p, that I'll sell instead.

LOL! Well, I guess none of us will be selling them here.

 

[Kwyet]

My sister creates artwork with copper. Last year I asked her for something featuring angelfish. I know she’s been working on it. I can’t wait to see it! Other than that and the little terrarium that I bought for my husband to put under the tree for me, I’m not really asking or hoping for anything. I figure I’ve already been spoiled by buying 3 rimless aquariums this year. After we pick up the one from @Naturescapes_Rocco tomorrow, I think I’ll really be done. I won’t have any more cheap tanks to upgrade, so that excuse will be gone anyway, lol!

 

[artandsoul]

Yep no more tanks for me Xmas is over now! Just picked up this ultra high see through glass premium petsmart 10g angled front top fin. Aka masters of poor people rimless tanks for 35.99 but was only 2.15 after using credit from 40g buy from PetSmart. Has glass top, 6500 light, hang on filter, no heater. 23.25 wide. 12.5 at bottom and 8.9 tall. Gonna be a great little shrimp tank build.

 

[Koan]

LOL! Well, I guess none of us will be selling them here.

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