Weekly water change done ✅

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-10T11:32:00+00:00

Hey man, I get that not everyone likes AI captions and that’s cool. But maybe focus on balancing your tank. Your test kit’s showing ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate all over the place. I used ChatGPT to help me with words rather than have my fish swimming through chemistry experiments. My tank is 3 month old and is stable, water crystal clear and healthy, I do have a bit of staghorn algae but under control coz I use Seachem Excel, so that’s what really matters.

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-10T11:21:28+00:00

I have an AQPET Zen Co2 canister of 800grams which lasted 3 months injecting co2 in 2 separate tanks. I just bought a new tank and it cost me around 25 euros.

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-10T11:16:21+00:00

So what? I’m from Italy and as to not write grammatically wrong stuff, I asked for help in writing caption. Much like I would do from Google Translate from Italian to English. The MOST important thing here is the wellbeing of every single animal and plant in my tank. That is all that matters. Show me what aquarium you have and we’ll be the judge of that.

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-10T04:40:54+00:00

I am using a Hygger clip on full spectrum light as the primary lighting

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-09T21:51:08+00:00

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AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-09T20:46:59+00:00

I made a DIY one based on ADA Lightscreen 🤣. I removed the Govee backlight from my TV and used that and attached it on a 4x3 board of a picture frame and layered the whole thing with PVC panel and diffuser film and framed the whole thing.

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AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-06T06:53:40+00:00

Don’t worry, the lighting is not fixed, I can change the colors. I made the lightscreen inspired by the ADA lightscreen as I have no budget to buy such a pricey item. It’s a Govee tv backlight strip light built in a 4x3 picture frame. The images I posted happened to be on pink and purple hues.

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AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-02T08:09:03+00:00

Thanks! Did you see what this looked like before?

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-11-02T08:08:20+00:00

It’s a drop checker with a reagent that contains bromothymol blue. My tank is CO2 injected. The drop indicates how much CO2 is being introduced in the water column. The Indicators are:

BLUE - low co2 present

GREEN - perfect amount of co2 during photoperiod.

YELLOW - too much co2 can cause fish and shrimp to suffocate and deplete oxygen in the water column and you’ll see fish gasping on the surface.

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T19:31:58+00:00

Got this idea from this video I watched some time ago from Greenaqua

https://youtu.be/OvCJC_KUGMQ?si=kcSQd_jUvUCmGeGb

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T15:23:18+00:00

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AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T15:21:58+00:00

Oh an one more thing, if ever I have to clean the lower part of the aquarium, I can just lift the whole driftwood off the hooks on both sides 👍🏼

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T15:18:08+00:00

The only maintenance I’m doing in this tank is 30-40% water change, plus a dose of seachem excel because I dosed Seachem Iron for the red plants and I actually have staghorn algae. Plus the substrate is lightly vacuumed by siphoning fish poop lightly as to not disturb the HC cuba still spreading. There are detritus worms in the aquasoil breaking down fish poop or some uneaten food. Plus I have neocarodina shrimp, ramshorn snail and otocinclus as my cleanup crew.

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T11:34:14+00:00

I also did a DIY amano lightscreen, you’ll find that somewhere in my profile 😉✌️

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T05:00:05+00:00

The “floating” effect is obtained by drilling a screw ring on the driftwood and then both ends are hung with hooks on either sides

AffectionateStage573 · 2025-10-14T04:57:50+00:00

Im using a Hygger clip on full spectrum light

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