More tank pics, updated
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If there was a POTM for purely comical shots this would win.
Yay! I hope the cat wins lol.
edit: next time.
edit: next time.
I went ahead and installed the jumbo sponge filters this weekend. Forgot about the buoyancy until they lose all the air! There's a weighted base but likely it would only hold one sponge down, and I had doubled them. Had a helluva time getting them to stay down. So when I first put the powerheads on they kept "hissing" because the cells were full of air. I squeezed them to get air out. I get one to stay down, then the other one floats up (across the tank).
So Pepper (rainbow) comes over and swims head on into the current, flying everywhere like a leaf. While he enjoyed himself twirling in the blast I tried anchoring the sponges on the opposite side. And of course, Brick had to investigate. I had just anchored everything in the sand, then Brick comes over and bangs his nose into the filter, sending it shooting up again like a floating log. He gets spooked, flies across the tank and I get a bath. Crazy ass O.
I ended up checking on the filters a couple more times but they stayed down. Love the water clarity. And with each rated for a 125 gal tank plus the hobs, water is ice clear.
Purchased a bag of pharmaceutical grade L-ascorbic vitamin C powder to dose the tank with, mostly for Brick. He's now stopped eating vitamin soaked mealworms. He'll only eat them 'crunchy'. I even tried drying them out after soaking but it doesn't work either. He also eats nightcrawlers but I found soaking them in vitamins makes their bodies go stringy and dissolve! So I'm determined to make sure he gets enough C. If I have to shake the powder over his head to get him to breathe /ingest it in, I will.
So Pepper (rainbow) comes over and swims head on into the current, flying everywhere like a leaf. While he enjoyed himself twirling in the blast I tried anchoring the sponges on the opposite side. And of course, Brick had to investigate. I had just anchored everything in the sand, then Brick comes over and bangs his nose into the filter, sending it shooting up again like a floating log. He gets spooked, flies across the tank and I get a bath. Crazy ass O.
I ended up checking on the filters a couple more times but they stayed down. Love the water clarity. And with each rated for a 125 gal tank plus the hobs, water is ice clear.
Purchased a bag of pharmaceutical grade L-ascorbic vitamin C powder to dose the tank with, mostly for Brick. He's now stopped eating vitamin soaked mealworms. He'll only eat them 'crunchy'. I even tried drying them out after soaking but it doesn't work either. He also eats nightcrawlers but I found soaking them in vitamins makes their bodies go stringy and dissolve! So I'm determined to make sure he gets enough C. If I have to shake the powder over his head to get him to breathe /ingest it in, I will.
New pics.
The double sponge filter. Efficient, pretty inexpensive and huge surface area. With the double sponge each corner filter is rated to 250 gallons. Add that to the ACL 110s bio/mechanical, and I'm good. Need it for sure with this O, Choc, and Parrot taking up most of the biolaod. The synos are no slouches either.
The double sponge filter. Efficient, pretty inexpensive and huge surface area. With the double sponge each corner filter is rated to 250 gallons. Add that to the ACL 110s bio/mechanical, and I'm good. Need it for sure with this O, Choc, and Parrot taking up most of the biolaod. The synos are no slouches either.
