I actually caved as well and went with a canister filter. I picked up a secondhand Oase Filtosmart Thermo 100 which has an integrated heater which really cleared up a bunch of visual clutter on mine. No more wires and just clear tubing now! I also added an airstone which I really think has helped the tank a ton. After adding it in the fish and shrimp just took off and haven't looked back since. It's been super fun but is a slippery slope LOL I am heavily considering setting up a 15-20g tank so I can transfer everything over and build out a new scape. My only obstacle is space...
Hey sorry for the lag in response! Its been going really well :) i wish the tannins stuck around but after a few weekly water changes they have completely disappeared. The plants all have grown really consistently and I am not dosing ferts or anything. After I think six weeks I added shrimp and sparrow rasboras. Both have had babies so the tank is teeming with life. I love it!
I hope yours is still going well!
My first aquascape
Hey all! I wanted to share my first tank with you all. Today is 5 days in so still really new. Plants seem to be acclimating well (especially the tiger lotus)
This is a 7g cube I got off amazon. I chose to do the Walstad Method with this and have miracle gro organic choice capped with sand and gravel as the substrate. I havent done any water changes since setting it up.
The water got pretty cloudy over the first 3 days and has since cleared up quite a bit. You can see in the pics from bottom to top the progression: https://imgur.com/a/W7VBk4J
I tested the water for the first time after 24 hours and then once more yesterday. First test was ~6.8 pH with 0 NH3, 0 NO2, and 0 NO3. Yesterday’s test showed the same pH and Nitrate / Nitrite levels but had about 0.5ppm for ammonia. I will start testing daily today to observe how these levels fluctuate.
The only thing I am unhappy with this tank is my moss placement. I submurged the tank fully before placing the moss anywhere and then panicked and hamfisted the placement by supergluing a clump to my driftwood.
I think when I do a water change I will drain low enough to trim the moss and stick it on properly so it isn’t just a clump there.
Overall I am really excited to be doing this. Let me know if you have any tips / suggestions / insights. All guidance and feedback is appreciated :)
Pikmin 4 has been great. You’re in for a treat! This is such a great series.
Yeah, I think Hot also has some similar parameters as Active. I have no idea of specifics so just a guess but I think Hot is pulling in threads that have any sort of comment activity on them or new upvotes? Idk
I think its because there was that comment on this post a few hours before yours, so it was pulled into the active feed.
Second this. I used to regularly jump back into my upvotes on Apollo to send links / references.
I dont have experience with grow lights, but am interested to hear how it works for you! My friend has some tropical plants under a grow light in his office and they do really well. Id think that you should be fine.
Im not an expert by any means but I noticed with my cacti and succulents that potting them in the correct type of soil makes a huge difference. If you have a local nursery, they may have some nice soil for you.
I hope this helps!
Oh also, I have a miracle grown succulent food I give them periodically. Maybe grab something like that as well.
This was Pokemon Red for me but my mom randomly bought that and an Atomic Purple Gameboy Color off Amazon for me. This was back when shipping from them took forever, so I has a solid week of just having the game and box to look at before I actually got to play. The hype I set for myself was well worth it :)
Thank you for keeping our corner of the internet a little bit cleaner!
It's a bummer that anyone is made feel this way about the phones they use. I've been an iOS user since my first smartphone and could not give less of a fuck if you are as well or if you use Android. Most of my friends are Android users and our message threads, video messaging, etc is all fine. I feel like I see this thread a lot on every platform and the comments section is just a place for people to vent about how much they hate the other operating system (and most of the time they have never even used the other lol).
Im in the same boat! I have only lost with it once so far and it was against my friend’s OP hydra deck. Its a super good deck. I love the ring mechanic and using it to pluck little bits of damage in unblocked. Such a cool deck!
Ive been eyeing Tom Bombadil as a commander. I just need to sift through my bulk to see what sagas I already have to gauge what all Id like to buy to piece it together. Thinking it’d be cool to lean on the sagas from Neon Dynasty that turn into creatures, but I am not sure what the win con would be yet.
I really like the hobbits precon so I may do some tuning on it eventually but so far stock its won me quite a few games in out play group.