Posts by Avery

Do you personally use different substrate layers for any of your tanks, in order to make sure that all of your plants get the most benefits with all of the fertilizers being released or stored, and if you do, what is your go to layers and substrates that you use in a specific order and why?

Since each species have a slightly different temperature range that they prefer, due to the specific ocean/sea area they are from, or even the difference from the more shallow waters to the more deepers - how do you handle the temperature ranges for your fish species to make sure that they can all be within an acceptable range and have the most benefit overall?

There are many that are looking for a comprehensive coral food, where people can also dose at any specific rates to keep their reef happy. What do you particularly like in a product that can stay useable in a dosing container for at least a month, and what specific product do you use in order to make sure that this can be done?

Many know that some forms of soap, can be dangerous for aquariums including species that are extemely senestive. I’ve heard people say that you shouldn’t touch your water after washing hands but they never say how long, and was curious if any of you have a specific waiting period after your hands are dry before you will put your hands into your aquarum's water?

When many peope look up smaller endangered tropical species (fish, invertebrates, etc.) online, they often blame aquarium collections of wild specimens as one of the factors behind the species' imperilment. How important a factor is that, especially for species that don't actually show up in the hobby very often or that aren't able to be captive breed specifically?

Looks like the sale is back on, although many stores and the online store is not showing the correct pricing or promotional material. We’ll update this as we find out more.

Appears that the sale and notice was in error, as the most recent sale ended May 31st (yet the dates and timing for promotions was listed as dates in June). Unsure if local stores till honor this since the advertisements are still running on websites & on Facebook directly according to other users.

The sale is back on again until April 5, 2025!

Sale is back on the celebrate the new year (late reply as it started right after Christmas - but the post was updated on time).

Sale has started again!

Thankfully those are called detritus worms and are completely harmless. They normally come from any new fish, plants, and sometimes decorations that are purchased that are already within water.

They can be eaten by fish, shrimp, and sometimes snails, although they are mostly found to be hiding within the substrate or areas that have high debris (in which they break down as they eat the extra nutrients within these as their food source).

If you have only a shrimp tank, or too many debris that aren’t being cleaned up, they can and will over time start to appear on things within the tank vs. staying hidden in areas not commonly looked at. If you want, you can simply suck them up using a gravel vacuum and cleaning the substrate.

The sale is back on again until October 15th!

Looks like they extended the sale until August 3rd!

Sale has started again for June 2024!

Wow, I haven’t updated this journal in a LONG TIME.

Some major changes:

I mixed up the driftwood appearance a tad as before I felt it was too empty, then way too much wood, and now it feels about right with spaces for the cichlids to hide while also providing support to the basking area that got wobbly after a while (screws were tightened but some weren't screwed in correctly and had to have a new hole or attachment point added).

The turtle has grown and is doing well. Sadly, every single Chinese algae eater would hunt down until they were fully consumed and eaten. The same is true for any Malaysian Trumpet Snail I would add in, so they all disappeared.

I've added in Pink Convict Cichlids to help with coloring and mixing things up from the current normal Convict Cichlids that are in here. Additionally, there is now a smaller (temporarily added) Pleco in order to help remove all traces of BBA that I had (which worked, sadly the hydrogen peroxide treatments daily helped keep it in check but it would always come back as I missed spots).

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Looks like Petco has a smaller 50% sale, that I did not get notified in time. March 10 - 16 2024, so still active for 2 days as of this post.

Looks like they extended it until the first week of April, so time to go grab some tanks!

Looks like Petco has a smaller 50% sale, that I did not get notified in time. March 10 - 16 2024, so still active for 2 days as of this post.

Hey Finaddict!

As far as keeping them healthy, normally a good diet along with feeding them variety and having water temperatures warmer than normal (80 degrees Fahrenheit) really helps out. The shaking is from either stress, poor water quality, or lower-than-ideal temperatures (it's called Shimmies) and normally can be solved rather easily.

Let me know if that helps you out!

Looks like I was a little late at getting the information, but there is currently a 50% sale going on right now.

When it comes down to making sure that your substrate and tanks are designed as cleanly as possible, do you tend to go with tank designs that allow for you to be more minimalistic and have just rock and substrate with a lot more swimming/open space - or do you tend to go all out and make sure that everything is decorated like a reef would be where there isn't too much open space or free room?

With bigger tanks comes a bigger issue when it comes to having multiple pieces of equipment running to ensure there is a backup if one fails suddenly. With tanks bigger than 75 gallons, do you have it somewhere in the filter, near the intake filter area, or somewhere else to ensure the temperature is steady throughout the whole tank?