Posts by Avery

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?

What are some cool locations that you have found some aquariums at that had a uniquely cool design? These can be placed that aren’t just aquarium related shops, such as restaurants, doctor offices, shops, etc. I’m curious what places you have in your area and how they make sure to bring the aquarium into the space with a unique design or cool setup inside!

With everyone having families either coming over, or heading over to families homes that may have aquariums, how do you handle making sure others keep the aquariums alone (or possibly don’t get so loud with walking/jumping/yelling) that it disturbs them?

I’d say it’s healthy, since it gives them extra food and there are additional smaller insects/food that provide extra nutrients.

Good question, and the answer to that is a YES! We're currently just focusing on getting more content created, along with the future state plan (ex; mapping existing content to new content layouts, setting up guidelines and layout rules for future content, etc.). Along that we are also still improving the server and experience behind the scenes since we had to switch hosting providers, due to lack of reliable response/load times.

It’s very similar to live plants in freshwater that have an adjustment period, where they may look duller than normal for a few days to week and then they should brighten up. I would only be concerned if they start to loose all coloration (ex; turn grey/white) and don’t open up or accept any food when our near them when the lights are on.

This is actually a good question, since many doctors exist for reptiles for example and other semi-aquatic animals (or even fully aquatic animals), but there aren’t vets that just specialize in fish for example. In many cases, some vets will take fish in (think of those goldfish or koi that live more than 10 years).

As far as actual locations and names of those vets, it might just be best to call into various semi-aquatic vets and see if they will handle aquatic species (and then mention fish and the fish species). However, a vast majority of research and help can be found online in communities like ours, and surgery is extremely rare with fish due to their high sensitivity and the possibly price tag with any surgery on any animal.

I’d say that it really depends on what part of the tank you’d want to place it in. I don’t think that it’s honestly common, but I’m sure you could add this to the output of the refugium where the water would cycle back into the tank to make sure that any micro-bacteria that was feeding the refugium, isn’t zapped out.

We actually cover this under the filtration section of the getting into saltwater article (https://aquariu.ms/article/6-salt…0657-filtration)

But in short, they are just another filtration method that can be also used to source in live food. “A refugium typically contains aragonite live rock, macroalgae, and a deep sand or mud bed and tends to be the best natural way to filter out your tank (as it would be done in nature without any mechanical aspect). This works by allowing for particles, uneaten food, and debris to settle on the sand or mud bed where micro crustaceans live and break down these aspects while also providing an additional food supply when needed.”

Do you know specifically what type of algae you want them to consume? Shrimp, snails, and even some other common fish (ex; mollies) could be great for your tank and would get along with them all. Otherwise you may be looking at smaller algae eating fish species (ex; some Plecos can stay within the 6” limit you requested).

I think the most that I have ever added to a new tank, was about 30 neon tetras in a 48 gallon Bowfront tank that I had purchased used at the time. They were the first set of fish that I had added once it was done cycling, and the way they were playing made me almost want to keep them as a species only tank.

Do you know if the tank is near a window, or possibly, if you are possibly ovefeeding or someone else is? I’ve found for those three algae types, you must have somewhere that extra nutrients are coming into it your tank (that lets the algae grow), especially when it comes with brown algae since it’s primarily fed on tanks that have an imbalance of nutrients and excessive lighting conditions.

The tumbleweed affect may be hair algae that isn’t getting fed well enough and turning brown (dying off) but leaving a mess as it does this, which than is letting the other algae grow on it since it’s in prime locations for growth.