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Thanks very much.
I am not concerned about photographing the tank. When I look at at, I want it to look perfect with regard to cooler and high CRI spectrum.
Budget is not really a concern.
I will have a look at the blade. Never heard of it prior...
HI everyone,
Longtime no see.
I have been chugging along with my 2 footer for several years quietly....
My interest has peaked slightly again and wanting to get a 4 foot CADE or similar setup. 120cm x 65W x 60H
https://www.cadeaustralia.com.au/product-page/river-1200-s2-black
I need it to...
This is not a good analogy. A little leak in the roof/gutter is not catastrophic and actually expected while a leak in an aquarium is a little less expected and not acceptable.
I am visiting Japan at some stage and was going to visit but this looks like I won't be able to. Maybe the Gallery will die out as the memory of Amano also slowly fades from the public......
Seems so backward to close it due to COVID now that it also is a distant memory.
Do you mean 50% efficiency? That might take a long time or may not even be possible depending on the environment. I would not be holding my breath.
I have 20% panels which are doing a great job so far. I only get 33% of market price for energy sold back to grid but better than nothing...
I agree with you. But most people need to learn to grow plants well before they learn to slow growth to a manageable level. I find that very slow growth can cause algae in the wrong hands. also the tank looks very boring when it's very slow growth.
In Australia we are looking at falling energy prices potentially due to renewables.
Only problem is we don't have nuclear which would be really nice to complement solar.
What's your yearly energy cost for the fishies?
Great stuff man.
My experience with ferns is that they need LOTS of K and PO4. I would double that once you are eased into EI. Pump that CO2 and it will grow like crazy.
You can proceed as if you didn't record the nitrates. They don't matter in the dark cycling.
Wait for ammonia and nitrite to read negative, do 100% water change and then add the fishies.
Great journal and scape man!!
I have the same Borneo Wild pipes. What are your thoughts on the turbulance that the outlet causes on the water surface? I find that it's a bit much for my 160L tank but perhaps I am using a too large filter.
Shouldn't the real question be concentration of chlorine/chloramine vs dwell time.
How much rinsing is required before significant bacteria die for example? If there is 5% die off and there is no measurable effect on the tank, then I would be ok with it...
I am sure this has been discussed to the death.
I just clean my filter with rain water because I have access via a tank and it's free. I used to clean it with tap water in the past. I don't think you can kill all the bacteria with a quick rinse like that. Others opinions may differ....
If the OP truly had an outbreak of Euglena, then increasing CO2 could make it worse?
It looks like Euglena can use CO2 to photosynthetise....?
https://www.ijert.org/research/co2-sequestration-and-growth-characteristics-of-euglena-gracilis-in-a-photo-bioreactor-IJERTV2IS110415.pdf
This might be...
I assume you want nice aesthetics as well as power?
How about those PAR38 bulbs that are warm (if you like that).
You need to figure out a lamp holder...3 would be plenty for a corner like that I reckon....
Cheaper for you to just get used to it... :)
As long as there is no comparator, I find that I have just got used to my modified Chihiro A series lights. I added some RGB to them and still chugging along since 2015 when I got them second hand!!!
I once had a green water problem. I paid $80 for a UV unit. Within one day the problem was gone. I have never had to use the UV since. I suggest you borrow the UV unit for one week and pay the owner $10.
This was my previous setup but all my plastic atomisers kept leaking!!! During the operation, it looked like there was some bubble escape to the tank. It all depends on flow, size of reactor and bubble size etc therefore no harm in experimenting.
Is it possible to use their pump inline on your own filter (turned off)????
https://fzaqua.com/collections/filter-system/products/dc-controllable-pump?variant=40331120771237
Hmm Thanks. Yes my pipes are hard and I am terrified of causing a slow leak when I am not there. I will have to give up the tank if the floor gets permanent water damage...
I filled it up but due to air lock it naturally has to empty fully (ie I have to manually start flow by siphoning the tank...
If you can get em a true small SAE would help out to remove the worst of it also. Once job is done and algae is under control you can return him to shop or give it away etc.
I labelled the input and output in red and the extended airline CO2 input in yellow. I extended it to improve dwell time of the bubble. I am not really getting enough co2 dissolution with this reactor yet. My Eheim 2213 may not have enough ooomph perhaps!
Maybe I will add an airstone to the end...
I have been out of the game a little and don't understand that last bit of your sentence. Is this some sort of aquarium lingo or PBS space time sort of lingo??
THANKS!
I can't really turn it upside down due to stiff pipes but will patiently wait for the air to dissapear. I just thought it was a bit wierd how it seems so resistent to filling up.
Yes the connection is right. The transparent pipe is connected to aquarium
I am not injecting yet. This is how it looks with the filter running over night. I couldnt get the air bubble to dissapear.
This has an air bleed but its where you inject the co2. I modified it by attaching an airline to carry the co2 to about 3/4 way down so that it can rise up.
Not sure of brand but it is from ebay.
Thanks.
Holla everyone,
I have been playing with this CO2 reactor and elongated the inlet by adding a piece of air tube. Since I reconnected it, it refuses to fill to the top. Seems to cause an air lock each time I try.
Is this due to some leak or other reason? Thanks.
While you remain a pillar of integrity, the same cannot be said for the shills on instagram out to make a few (hundred thousand) bucks by working 30 minutes per week. :)
When did you start this tank? Maybe it needs time to 'cycle'.
Nitrites (if the measurements are correct) will definitely knock off shrimp faster that you can say "Shrimp on a barbie".
It is natural for people to lose interest in their hobbies and move on to others.
To be fair on the mag, they can't be interesting to everyone all the time. The UKAPS crowd is more advanced in their hobby anyways.
The 100s who cheated and got away with it should thank you and thank photoshop. But then those people have a sense of design though. There is some skill involved. Maybe they should be hired by the instagram aquascapers who edit the hell our of their scapes and increase the saturation to 300%.
Is it treated sewage or the raw stuff?
Treated sewage is released into the oceans and also various marshlands (I think) that have reed like plants to absorb them.
Not sure about first 3 but others would be ok. Especially the last few.
You should expect some losses though unless you are wiling to do the transition very slowly over a couple of months for example. That way you can back pedal and save em.
This is so true about the push fittings!
They are used so widely as well. I recently had a window cleaner do my house. He had this complex filter setup to get water clean before he cleaned it with a water fed hose. The water fed hose had these fittings. He had borrowed the equipment from a...
Those are filamentous diatoms etc. They will go naturally. I'd soldier on ahead at full speed.
There nothing stopping you from attacking it daily with a toothbrush.
I suggest swapping the livestock between the two tanks and comparing and contrasting over 2 months.
This is an interesting issue and I very much doubt there are easy answers.
@jaypeecee It's worthwhile adding some fast and medium growing plants also. Java fern can handle alot of abuse etc. I have personal experience with java fern which did ok with 'organic' urea addition but this caused a massive green thread algae explosion in that container.
I find that small containers of water like this will go stale etc unless it's very well balanced. Due to small size, it's hard to balance em fast. I think you will need to water-change daily.
This type of container is good for wabicusa though.
Love to see your progress either way.
YES! But this scape is a refinement of years of practice with very very careful attention to detail. the picture looks like it's been taken with some sort of clouding in the water to create that hazy effect etc etc.
I suggest you practice arranging in a scape box daily (20 minutes should do...
Only reason is that urea/ammonia can cause massive algal blooms. It depends on the stability of the system and some aquarists do get away with it.
Try it and see. (Without fish of course)
Truth! before rocks become blunt and rounded with age, they break off and settle into a stream. the very old rocks are rounded if they are carved by water constantly.
Most certainly not. Have a look through various rivers etc and see. I have seen many examples where there are many types/shapes of rock with various colours of pebbles etc.
Wow so now they are coming out of the woods.... :) This to me sounds like cheating. Why anyone would cheat while doing a hobby is beyond me.
Drain the swamp and build a planted tank with the water.
I hope you realize that in those platforms, what you see is tailored to your world. You may not...
This is a good question and can only come with practice (ie daily observation) and experience.
Watch for growth and any appearance of algae on older leaves. I usually reduce light a little if there is algae.
Buce does better in CO2 IME but some people seem to grow it without CO2.
Not sure about Anubias petite/Pangalino etc. I have some but they seem to be slightly more demanding that other anubis.
Never. While I can repair that tank potentially I refuse to sell it to another as I thought it was either the tank or the filter.
One possibility was stability due to the tank being small but I had those shrimp in a bucket in a shed for goodness sake!
Sometimes you have to just move on. I have...
It would be amazing fun to totally troll the ADA comps next year!!!! I think I will enter but need to find a free Udemy course for photoshop editing. ;)
Hi Nick,
I don't think you have isolated the cause for the deaths. Good to hear maybe they have slowed down.
There is something seriously amiss though because I have kept cherries in 0-30 degrees, 0 to very hard water, low to very high CO2, 60% water changes with temp fluctuations of 5...
Great example of long-term CO2 and Non-CO2 aesthetic as well as longterm tank husbandry!
If you add smaller anubis/buce then I think the leaf sizes will balance out and improve depth of planting. The current leaf sizes look too even.
Choke out and die then float off. If you give it light, it will come back but patchy and then repeat the cycle again.
Have you ever kept a grass lawn? Similar sort of progression if you don't cut it regularly, the bottoms can yellow etc etc.
This ammonia hypothesis is 'proven in the hobby' is it not? I thought there was countless conversations about it in the 90s or maybe 2000s in the Barr report forum. EI would somewhat support this also right with huge doses of nitrates etc?
Agree with this. The only wean point is the that 90 degree arm which can sometimes wobble (maybe they fixed it in the newer versions).
Good to hear that the output is good as this was one of my hangups about it.
Most of the RD you pay for is for the salt water lights. Their freshwater lights are just as a hobby (for them) and it is evidenced by loud fans and poor spectrum for the freshwater lights. It's similar to living in the 90s with a seperate controller for adjustment rather than built in wifi...
One's search results are customised to you. Everyone one sees what google thinks they want to see and will cause maximum 'engagement'. Engagement increases their revenues.
One word: Duckduckgo.
Unlikely.
I reckon you should reduce light by 20%. Increase water changes to 50% twice a week for 3 weeks then back to 50% weekly. Reduce Carbon by 50%.
Cut off all leaves with bad algae and remove em. Clean the filter also.
Then watch for the next couple of months.
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