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I'm starting a new job January and am unsure if I am going to have time to keep my tanks. It is more of a traveling position and might be looking to rehome some of my tanks and fish in the Pittsburgh area. I might be able to find someone to take care of my bigger tanks and just stop to feed them...

The cracked tank has been taken apart and turned into 3 lids for the other tanks. We got a new 10 gallon and drilled it to take the place of the other tank and I put an old lid I had laying around on it. I'm hoping this will cut down on the evaporation. I also got a drawer organizer for the fish...

So I ran into a bit of an issue... The tank on the end developed a crack over 4 inches long and had to be taken down. This was the oldest tank I had drilled and already had a small chip in the front corner. I plan on drilling another 10 gallon to replace it and will take this one apart and cut...

You could also just run an air stone at the and have an inflow on the bottom and outflow at the top. The shrimp don't need a whole lot of flow and it may be easier and cheaper to run it off air.

I'm hoping to put some live plants in there instead of the bioballs. The overall bioload shouldn't be too bad since the plan is to use the 4 tanks to raise wild bettas.

I got the filter sponges and floss today! It worked out better than I thought the 6inch pipe is slightly smaller than the round media used in the fluval fx filters. I plan on changing out the bioballs with some ceramic because the balls want to float. I stacked one course sponge on the bottom...

I change if every week and have a dimmer and timer. I have a few plants but need to get more. The last ones I got died but I need to try again Get something that grows fast and feeds from the water column. Hornwort or some type of floating plant is another option. Guppy grass also would work...

Welcome to fish keeping! Every tank is a balance of an ecosystem and like any ecosystem there are things some people call "pests". Honestly snails are not that big of a deal and actually help clean the tank. If you begin to over feed the population of the snails will grow but will go down when...

Yes it would probably work, but there are other better options. Getting a light timer and controlling the hours the light is on, making sure to change water so excess nutrients aren't in the water. Adding plants to absorb the nutrients. I have a version of that light and it works great for...

Your tank won't explode or anything and structurally is fine. If you want to hide the gap you could get some of the thin tank leveling foam to go underneath to fill in the gap.

Algae comes from two main sources too much light and too many nutrients in the water. I suggest manual removal and a 35% water change and a blackout for a few days. If there's sunlight on the tank than algae just happens. Is your tank planted?

It looks great! I'm glad you have gotten more into the hobby and really care about your fish!

I would turn it off dry around the valve and wrap the heck out of it with electrical tabe. It may not completely work but should slow down the leakage especially if you get 4-5 layers on it nice and tight.

It's nothing to be worried about. Every time I go to fill a tank the same thing happens especially around winter time. It has to do with water sitting in a cold pipe at pressure then getting warmed up and unpressurized. More oxygen can be dissolved in cold water. Heating it means it forms...

Just a small update. I upgraded the 1/2" overflows to 3/4". This really increased how much flow I can have going to each tank. I had to get a clamp to keep the filter pipe upright. I'll be getting the sponge and adding it into the pipe this week. I also added some screw eyes so I had points to...

Just cleaned the 100 gallon!

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I am going to say it is probably a random death. Cherry shrimp tend to be kind of finnicky and have a few quarks. You should expect a few deaths to occur especially since you bought them fully grown. Younger juvenile cherry shrimp tend to do better with changing water parameters. Sometimes...

Yes!!! It will really help if you make sure to plant it. Make sure to have hornwort or some other fast growing plant to help soak up nitrates. I would suggest getting what they call an active substrate and using store bought spring water. The active substrate can be found at most fish stores and...

You don't necessarily do water changes... It really depends on the setup and stocking in the tank. If you have a heavily planted tank with a low bioload you can reduce or almost entirely eliminate the need for water changes. I would suggest you look up how to set up a walstad tank. Unfortunately...