Posts by Avery

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I was ironically going to reply to here regarding them changing it at least in my market. I was hoping it isn’t a permanent change but guessing by the new marketing changing online even I sadly think it’s going to be this way going forward from now on.

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As you said, only time will tell, however with them moving from $1/gal to 50% off the retail price, and now 30% off the retail price, I think that this move is permanent in order to save costs from inflation overall.

I haven't personally, but I have seen on bigger tanks where people have added LEDs in the tank's rim to add that extra light to view (but not to provide excess light for corals, etc.). I'm sure that you could even find one that could help grow some types of algae in a refugium compared to using saltwater lights which are mostly for corals, but in a display tank I think it's primarily used in large tank setups (someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I'd love to see smaller setups without corals using freshwater lights!).

Gilbert took the answer right from my mouth - it really depends on if you got the aquatic/aquarium safe superglue or not, otherwise I’d avoid it since it won’t work and head towards using silicone (aquatic/aquarium safe must be checked as well).

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I’m not sure if they have an article in the works (since I know that they noted saltwater and freshwater would be completed before brackish), but might make sense to pull one together since it should be a mixture of both already there.

Maybe Avery could answer better on that.

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Good point, I’ll get started on writing up an article on this as like you said the setup is a mixture between the two. From there once I’m done writing more of the basic information content for freshwater and saltwater, I can write up brackish (this will for now appear under saltwater since it’s in that realm). Dependent on how popular it is, we may break it out into its own sections.

I've ironically purchased a few of these, and they at just normal brine shrimp. They are definitely cool little shrimp (mostly used as food to bigger fish, or fry as they age) to watch and require very little care outside of the right salinity in their water, oxygen, and algae (that green powder they give you) which they eat and grow. The cool part is that their eggs can stay inside of the water without hatching if conditions aren't right, and once they are, they will hatch over a span of a few hours.

Sadly, I can confirm that the 50% off sale is no longer (at least for the upcoming few events they have listed out). It is replaced by the 30% off sale on these tanks. I have updated the event details on here to reflect that, as well as note that the current event has been ongoing since January 9th, 2022 (we weren't tracking it because it was below the 50% threshold).

As a small heads up - there are a bunch of reports internally that they are replacing the 50% sale, to become now a 30% sale across the board due to loss on revenue. Once I can confirm or deny this, I will update the thread and post an additional reply with the facts.

I do not, although ideally once I purchase a house I would love to have one located either in the front yard or possibly backyard. With the right equipment, and the right setup, I think they are amazing and easy to take care of.

I’d probably use those black pre-shaped liners in order to make it all easier, and know how much piping I need to run for the first go around.

When breeding out a specific trait, or even when just trying to get the species in your community bigger - what do you do when they breed either too frequently, or the batch is so large that there are too many fry?

Do you try to sell them, give them away, or even try to use them as food possibly?

I think it depends on the illness - if it’s something that affects the whole tank (ex; ich/velvet) I’d treat the whole tank. If it’s something that is specific to that fish (ex; fin rot, head in the hole disease) I’d just take that species out and treat them.

It will be a bunch of different variations, ex; some that are light colored, some more dark colored - however the layout of the current design and content will stay the same (ex; there wouldn't be a design difference, just a color difference). Hopefully that answers your question!

Since it's always better to go bigger when it comes to aquariums and getting used to their specific water parameters (especially adjusting from freshwater to saltwater with the added mix of having to balance out salt ratios compared to water), what was the first size saltwater tank you started with? Did you have any difficulties with that given size, or did it let you learn saltwater easier/harder than you would have expected?

Where is your sump hidden that is used for your marine tank setups? I've found a bunch of people have them either hidden underneath their tank (if the stand is big enough), or if there is a nice room by the tank, placed within that room where all of the other equipment is also hidden at.

Using the dry start method can get some of those plants that lack some growth (or take awhile to grow underwater submerged) able to grow faster when they are in a greenhouse like setup in an aquarium that doesn't have water in it yet. Have you ever gone this route in order to get some extra growth before submerging them, or to allow for you to plan your aquascape better before it may get messed up when filling up/having the plants convert from non-submerged life to their fully submerged life?

I've seen it used in many tanks, although from my understanding, it's not a true species of bamboo but instead is a species that has the appearance. These plants can live partial submerged into water, as long as their leaves are above the water line (or the top of the plant is), otherwise they will rot slowly from the inside out. I personally never knew that they were toxic to cats, but that is something to be noted for sure for those who have tanks with cats (or near possibly stray cats).

Some other easily grown plants are any species of anubias, java ferns, and any species of moss. These don't have the stalky appearance that lucky bamboo has, but can do the job fully submerged without the risk of them rotting or dying under low light conditions.

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Is this out yet? Has anybody played it? Is it as cool as it looks?

Looks like it is still on a TBA status on Steam, but he did note that it would be released (hopefully) near the end of 2021. Hopefully we'll see this in the first half of 2022 if it's still on track, since it looks like an amazing game just from the trailer and photos shown.

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I ran into this issue with the temporary email addresses when making this account, so I can say that it for sure works

Yeah - this was created to prevent many of the known spammers from being able to quickly generate accounts, while also ensuring if for whatever reason we needed to contact you we could. Hopefully it’s not too big of an inconvenience for members, but we’re been getting slammed with attempted spammers and manually dealing with them isn’t enough anymore.

What type of tubing do you use for your tanks? How big of tubing do you use, and does it vary for the outflow or intake?

What type of thermostat or thermometer do you use to measure the temperature inside of your aquarium? Would you recommend it to others or would you avoid it in the future for other tanks?

What are some of the ways that you have your equipment setup to prevent any possibly backflow issues if the power were to cut out? Have you thought about this at all or just have everything setup with a one direction flow in mind?