Posts by Avery

When dealing with live rock, and sometimes corals from a source that isn't fully trusted, you can end up getting these (small at first) bristle worms that hide away between the rocks/substrate, but will end up eating your fish and can get extremely large. How have you ended ups removing them from the tank, and how big was it when you finally got it out completely?

Since everyone always remembers the first few fish they added to their tank, especially when it was their first saltwater tank, what was the first invertebrate you added to your tank, and what made you specifically pick that given species?

What is the ideal gallon ratio from the main display tank, to your sump tank size, that you like to keep? Is there any specific reason that you use this ratio (ex; to have enough buffer room water parameter-wise, in case of some evaporation, etc.)?

I think I've seen people recommend personally around a 25-50% ratio, so if your main tank is a 100-gallon setup, then you would want somewhere between a 20-gallon or 50-gallon sump.

I’ve pushed a few updates we had outstanding to the styles (both light and dark) since they appeared to have not taken the major update when we upgraded everything. This has now allowed for the new features to be fully shown and has updated a few locations of items (this time to be more convenient, like new buttons/filters).

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I wish you the best of luck with Black Beard Algae, since it seems to be the worst algae to remove due to it being so persistent even when dosing with various chemicals.

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Sadly, I thought I had removed it all but it is back again. I think dosing daily with hydrogen peroxide and doing a few more deep cleans of this tank might help out - but what is really confusing me is that every time my cichlids have babies, I tend to get this algae back. Otherwise, I just have the common algae from sunlight hitting the tank for a few hours each day (but that is to be expected).

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Is this still an issue? I haven’t seen any of these plants at any Petsmart at all even to this day, and curious if they just stopped carrying them due to the bad press.

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That is a good question, although the first outbreak that caused this has disappeared - there is still a notice to be aware of in your tank or others since these are tiny at first until they reach a big population. I don't recall if Petsmart or Petco sell these anymore since I haven't seen any in my local stores (but haven't visited the hub in my region yet to check) - but I will let you know once I visit if they have these, or they all got destroyed due to the bad press and actual issues caused to states by this.

As always, please let us know if you see anything that is off or missing pages. I've tried to make sure that this transition is painless by replicating as much the new style that we had with the previous but I may have missed a few things. Thank you!

I'm unsure on when the current event will end since it was scheduled to end on 10/31/22 but the sale is still being shown online for orders. They did, however, release another week-long sale period which will be 11/20-11/27 (which makes sense, for Black Friday reasons).

If you don't want to add any other fish to act as dither fish in a tank, I'd try to replicate the features that the given species has in the wild inside of the tank (a lot of time this just means more rocks/hiding spots, adding in spots that can be completely dark/covered if the fish want to hide in there to feel safe), while also making sure to keep lights not too bright dependent on if they are well adjusted to them or not (of course, if you have corals or a reef setup this might be different as you can have bright lights with rocks blocking light out in spots).

I've done this a few times, but I'd take a few personal steps in order to make sure that everything is cleaned out of it, such as;

1. Wash it with water and vinegar in order to get any dirt, debris, or other items out of the substrate.
2. Try to use some type of sifting method to remove things that may look like the substrate, but might be rocks, stale/old items, or metals/other things that could have come in if the tank was stored somewhere like a garage or outside for any period of time.

Please note, that some of these might have forums that are loaded with spam, however other documentation on the pages such as meeting times, dates, and locations are still frequently updated. Thus, we have kept them even though their online community presence might be poor/lacking.

Since I’ve to gone through a few different substrate brands and bags, and then seen others who mix various brands (which looks more natural) - do you tend to always just keep buying the same substrate brand and type to keep consistency, or do you mix them around to have a more natural/wild feel?

Since there are a ton of different thickness of the filter pads, how thick of pads do you tend to use and is there any specific reason why you want that specific thickness compared to others?

It appears that Petco had a very small Labor Day weekend sale that matched the 50% off we normally see - since we aren't used to them traditionally having sales on holiday weekends/days, it was missed (but has been added to the past event tracker sheet for reference).

Have been fighting a battle with some of this lovely black beard algae, so I'll have to grab some more photos and attach them to this gallery album for this tank now that it's pretty cleaned up (although some of the plants have taken a hit in growth or their thickness). Otherwise, the cichlids have a ton of fry that the turtle seems to not want to eat - so I've handed them out to other shops/stores around me that want some free fry to either sell or use as bait for others. The cichlids completely ate the danios as they started to mate, and would be aggressive with the turtle but it stood its ground (no damage done whatsoever to either).

Cleaned out the canister filter, and skimmers after I had to do a bunch of doses of hydrogen peroxide and threw out a bunch of the sludge that has collected over time (and some filter pads just completely in terms of them being reusable). Added in some more filter media sponges to the skimmers to allow them to work and will just clean those out weekly now instead of having no filter media within them. Will need to buy another new o-ring seal for the filter however, as it started to gush out water like many people complain SunSun canister filters do after being cleaned out (plumber's tape solved this when placed thickly around the o-ring and where it connects). Have no issues with water dripping or leaking out at all.

I think it really depends on how many you want to keep, I know that for 1-2 frogs a 29-gallon long is really the best size (although ideally, bigger is always better - so something like a 40-gallon breeder could even provide more space for them to roam and grow in).

They do need water, and it really depends on how this slope is and what you may mean by halfway in the tank. Does the water start at the 50% middle line, or does it start a tad further? You can always have pockets of water/mini-ponds within the tank for them to use which is common with people who can build them with rocks/decoration and still allow for them to have a slope-like feature.

I normally clean mine out about once a week since the ones within my turtle tank tend to get dirty and basically clogged semi-frequently. Otherwise, I'd say maybe once a month or whenever I see it's noticeable dirty and restricted the flow of water through.

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Do you know if those of us using Tapatalk will still gain Coins or the levels that you discuss? The only reason being is that I’m unable to see it through the app specifically.

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Yes - all Tapatalk, WSC-Connect, and normal users will still gain and get Coins as any normal user would who visits through a web browser. As far as using the Shop once we add it to spend the Coins you earn, I don't believe Tapatalk or WSC-Connect will be able to access these areas since they are rather custom to our community compared to others.

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How fast do they multiply?

It really depends on how many males and females you have. I regularly see the males clamping against the females (and sometimes they do this to males), but their real issue is that their eggs will float and look like food. Once they drop the frogs either tend to eat them, or they get sucked in the filter intake which kills them. You really need floating pieces of plants to provide the hiding spots so the tadpoles can swim and have a filter turned pretty much all of the way down.

There are plenty that only occur in saltwater tanks (or even brackish), and many that occur in both are a result of a different parasite, or bacteria, or other aspect.