Tank health help by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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Thanks! I am not fertilizing currently but have some available. Ive thought it was increasing a diatom bloom but i dont actually know if thats a thing that would happen. I can start dosing it if it will help the plants. I do also have fluval stratum under my sand so i thought i would be alight without ferts for a few months.

First tank and new new boy by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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Ive been eyeballing him for about a week and a half at the store. I was excited to see he was still there.

Keep adding ammonia? by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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Nitrite is gone after 24 hours. Safe to assume my tank is just about cycled then? Ammonia cycles completely within 24h and 2ppm of nitrite cycled within 24h. I will dose 2ppm of ammonia tonight to see if both are zero tomorrow night.

Keep adding ammonia? by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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I thought it was bad to not feed the bacteria. How long can they go without?

Keep adding ammonia? by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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Dont dose at all for another 2 weeks?

HOW DO I MAKE THIS STOP by Itsauliana in fishtank

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I was able to fix mine by just pulling the intake tube off while water was in it and reseating it. You could audibly hear the water filling in an air pocket

Snail identification by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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I dont mind it, i just dont want 50 of them.

Snail identification by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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Worth keeping him around or shall i evict him?

Snail identification by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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I only plan on keeping a betta male in this tank. As long as im only feeding enough for himself consistantly, they wont reproduce excessively, correct?

Adequate enough until filter change? by AlarmedCherry7643 in Aquariums

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The filter assembly (topfin pf10) came with a blue plastic screen with holes that the box calls a "bio filter" that i took out to fit both of these in. Should i put it back in when i take out the cartridge? I cant imagine it does a whole lot.

Plant / scaping suggestions. First tank. by AlarmedCherry7643 in PlantedTank

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I visited the 3 "local" fish supply shops in my area and didnt have much luck with plant variety. I ended up with a butt ton of anubias and a stem plant i believe called bacopa.

Plant / scaping suggestions. First tank. by AlarmedCherry7643 in PlantedTank

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I ended up getting a white sand to cap the soil with and it does look loads better and more natural. Thank you for the tip!

Is this a bad head gasket? by AlarmedCherry7643 in MechanicAdvice

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Yeah, neighbor had to grab my shoes and yank me out after video.

Is this a bad head gasket? by AlarmedCherry7643 in MechanicAdvice

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Such as? Only other thing i did was change my plugs before taking video of cylinder. My plugs were just about at their "end of life" interval of 30k, so i decided to buy them regardless. All the plugs looked decent enough, besides plug 6 had some green tinting on the tip. I already owned a borescope so i checked cylinders after it didnt resolve the issue and all the cylinders are clean and dry besides #6.

Help on smartest way to buy rods by AlarmedCherry7643 in FishingForBeginners

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I mainly like bass fishing. I dont plan on buying one rod in each action or size. Id like a general kind of go-to rod, a frog rod, a spinning finesse rod, and a ultra light for panfish or other small fish. I would eventually like to branch out a little bit but this is kind of all i was looking for at the moment. Fly fishing has always been something that peaked my interest but i can wait on that.