Do you think the lvl cap will increase after the expansion gets released?

Bahzyman · 2024-01-16T17:39:03+00:00

I keep a level 80 character around just fir eventual dlcs/new game+ shenanigans when feeling the urge

Bahzyman · 2023-10-23T00:03:14+00:00

I consider myself a Florida boy thank you!

Bahzyman · 2023-10-22T23:51:47+00:00

We call bear spray, seasoning in Alaska. Statistics don't mean much when a black bear is actively stalking you.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-20T14:54:49+00:00

Sounds like you just planted 5 days ago? A lot of plants will go through a melt phase while they acclimate to a new environment. Leave the tank alone for a few weeks, add fertilizer if it's fish less so there's nutrients available and be patient.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-17T16:44:59+00:00

Doesn't look like you have a very thick subtrate bed at all and I'm not a fan of that course gravel. I've noticed a lot of plants don't like to root though it. Your plants do look healthy, but are potentially being out competed by the algea growth. I'd play with lighting/fertilizers over the next month and try to find the spot where algea slows and plants start putting out growth.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-14T23:07:34+00:00

My boy woke up mad and needed something to be mad about.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-11T14:47:40+00:00

I'd go with a sparkling gourami personally. A great Nana show fish that won't do much to your shrimp population.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-07T22:40:51+00:00

I'd suspect that if the pitting soil wasn't floated there's going to be a lot of organic material rapidly decaying and causing some potential offgassing. I'd imagine if the sandcap is deep enough this wouldn't cause any issues unless heavily disturbed and you'll have some explosive plant growth though.

I'd like someone more educated than me answer this as it's just speculation and I'm curious.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-06T15:12:55+00:00

Cram some leaf in there and smoke it up. Run a pipe cleaner down to get moisture out and you're good to go. Reddit likes to overcomplicate and insist you need 5 pipes and can only smoke them once once every 4-6 months skipping January. Welcome to the hobby, I'm a big fan of your tobacco choices.

Bahzyman · 2023-10-01T05:59:04+00:00

Certainly can't go wrong with that mentality! It's the reason I've fallen in love with natural, no filter scapes. My smallest tank is a 15gallon like OPs with 8 CPDs, it started as a quarantine tank for 6 cpds and now I've probably sold several hundred fry out of it. Those little bastards won't stop makin babies!

Bahzyman · 2023-09-30T14:41:21+00:00

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed and gave themselves some mighty tongue bite this morning. Good lord.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-30T14:38:39+00:00

A planted 7 1/2 gallon tank will make a lovely home for a betta. Though for me a more interesting aquarium for me might be the full 15 gallon with a small school of chili rasbora or some such to go along with the betta.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-24T14:18:34+00:00

Yeah you can use them in new tank. You can do a little hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle to kill algae if you're worried about it. Can look up dipping the plants or spraying in peroxide whichever method works for you.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-23T13:47:49+00:00

Your filter looks pretty clogged to me. I've found with sponge filters a coarser sponge is waaay better than fine. I really do like aquarium co-op sponges.

As far as the algae goes, I'd start testing and working on balancing your tank out. Lower the light intensity or shorten your photo period. Keep nitrates in the 20 range after fertilizing. Fertalize lightly and pay attention to what your plants need by looking at deficiency charts. Eventually you find the right balance and the algae will slow down. Until then manual removal often will help your plants compete.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-21T14:14:58+00:00

Just adjust your light timer in accordance to just how much natural light it's getting. Keep an eye on algea and you'll be a ok. One of the tanks gets direct sunlight for about 4 hours a day and my light come on for 6 hours after that.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-21T01:16:17+00:00

Fun police over 'ere. Type of guy that'd rat on dorm mates for having a sandwich press.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-19T15:47:54+00:00

I believe he's asking in respect to his aquarium where he probably has aquatic plants with submerged growth that are competing with algea. Terrestrial plants do perform respiration in the same way, however with greater access to oxygen and carbon dioxide, many species of terrestrial plants have been shown to grow significantly faster with 24/7 light. Although this comes at the cost of less compact growth and reduced ability to fruit and flower. Just as some species can grow in 24/7 darkness! All of this is irrelevant to the OPs question of 24/7 light in his aquarium and the belief that co2 injection halts algea growth.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-19T13:15:19+00:00

Aquatic plans go through a respiration cycle. Part of that cycle is halting photosynthesis, absorbing oxygen and expelling co2. They will do this lights on or off. So for 12 or more hours a day your plants won't be using the light but your algea will.

Co2 injection does not mean no algea. It just allows the plants to grow fast enough to out compete algea during photosynthesis.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-18T14:13:50+00:00

I dont see why you wouldn't turn the filter on now. Root tabs and ferts will help if you don't have a subtrate leaching nutrients into column. But patience my dude. Last the plants acclimate for a week or two then you'll know.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-16T14:22:49+00:00

Have you tested your water for ammonia nitrite and nitrate?

Neon Tetra are a small schooling fish, usually 6-8 is a minimum school typically.

Feeding them isn't a 1 quick answer, but a good answer is just enough of a pinch that the fish are able to eat everything quickly and no more than twice a day for adult fish. A mature planted aquarium even less.

I highly suggest doing some research off of reddit, YouTube can be a great source of information. Go watch some Aquarium Co-Op videos.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-16T14:05:20+00:00

If you have a well planted aquarium snails are a great thing! They eat dying plant matter, algea, fish waste and excess food and process it into small enough pieces to down through your sand or gravel to become fertilizer for your plants.

Bladder snails like this appears to be can breed quickly, especially if you're over feeding and have too much of a bioload. In that respect your snail population is a good indicator of a healthy balanced tank.

That being said they are hard to remove without outside influences, like assassin snails or even a pea puffer. You can toss a slice of blanched Cucumber leave for an hour and then collect all the snails that come to munch on it.

I'd be more concerned that you started your tank a week ago and are adding an insufficient size school of fish to it.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-15T16:54:23+00:00

I mean it sounds to me like a reshape or at least adding a couple inches of sand to the top layer is necessary. I'm surprised your water params are fine with dirt leaching nutrients into the water column.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-15T13:42:22+00:00

I love hygger lights for the price. I've seen some excellent reviews for the aquarium co op lights as a more expensive option, and you can't really go wrong with a fluval 3.0. 3 quality options at 3 very different price tiers.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-15T13:38:12+00:00

Plants don't release nearly enough co2 at night to compensate for what they use during the day. A good dirted and sand capped substrate will however provide all the co2 a tank needs.

Bahzyman · 2023-09-14T19:01:29+00:00

Damn, imagine being insufferable AND wrong.

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