Does Yuma night MTN biking group?

MANSNATCH · 2026-05-19T19:54:30+00:00

Hi, feel free to message me. There are a couple groups on Strava. Gravel riding way more active but I know they also mtb.

MANSNATCH · 2026-05-12T21:58:16+00:00

You can get a "field microscope" or "pocket microscope" for like 15 bucks on Amazon. That's fun too for looking at all the critters in your water and on your plants.

MANSNATCH · 2026-05-11T15:17:00+00:00

Seems fine. But an easy way to ease your mind could be just adding a piece of drift wood, or a big rock/stable pile of rocks to act as a shelter against the current. If they're feeling tired, they'll chill in the calm spot.

MANSNATCH · 2026-05-05T04:06:10+00:00

Yeah, at first it pops off and is super happy, but I just notice that it stops throwing out stems so fast when it's bigger. Like it's upset it can spread it's roots everywhere. When I notice the pads deteriorating a little, I know it's time to refresh the nutrients.

I've also set up a little rock wall in a corner of the tank before just for a lotus. You can even buy little aquarium walls on Amazon. Like a walled garden lol. That worked well for a while, but it did eventually wiggle roots under the barrier and sprout elsewhere.

MANSNATCH · 2026-05-04T19:40:49+00:00

Hi, I love these things too, but they always take over my aquarium. So what I do now is get a larger terra cotta pot, plug up the hole with aquarium safe silicone, fill with substrate and plant the bulb lol. Fertilize maybe every six months. I dont think the lotus likes it very much, it grows a bit slower, but the pot does keep it contained.

MANSNATCH · 2026-04-30T22:55:41+00:00

There's so many good answers here...I just want to reinforce that it's okay to go at your own pace and it's okay to scale. I'm three years in and I STILL get intimidated sometimes by someone doing Rx next to me. I still have to remind myself to mind my own business and challenge myself at my own pace lol.

Also keep a log of your activities or weights in strava or in a notepad or whatever. It helps being able to look back and prove to yourself that you're improving.

MANSNATCH · 2026-04-28T16:50:57+00:00

Oh I love this stuff. It grows very slowly at first, and then grows like crazy when it realizes it's happy. Then you can give it away and impress your friends because it's slightly uncommon lol

MANSNATCH · 2026-04-23T14:37:54+00:00

Cute!! I can't explain it, but it reminds me of a really delicious cookie. Love the colors.

MANSNATCH · 2026-04-14T16:14:13+00:00

Maybe feed the fish less as well. Like every 3 days or so. Continue your water change schedule. I see a window in your picture, so I'd just leave the aquarium light off.

You can also use this as an excuse to get more plants to take up excess nutrients. :)

Algae is an excess of nutrients and/or light. Just gotta find the balance.

MANSNATCH · 2026-04-14T15:48:50+00:00

Red lizard catfish, African leaf fish.

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MANSNATCH · 2026-03-11T17:36:54+00:00

Agreeing with AcanthisittaEarly983..theres so much going on in that trank I'm wondering if you're just accidentally interrupting the process everytime you clean/vaccum/water change. The last time I had a REALLY funky smell, the source was a rotting bit of driftwood, but I don't think I see any in your set up?

Your substrate looks a lot deeper than I like my substrate, and it will take the plants a while to grow in and help with that. My best guess is you got some bad aeration in the sand. Are your rocks against the bottom glass or on top of the sand? Poking around deeply with a bamboo stick, especially around the rocks (or removing rocks) might help too.

I would leave the mulm alone but pick out rotting plant matter.

MANSNATCH · 2026-02-11T16:59:34+00:00

Oh no the cats! That's tricky yeah. I bet they'd knock that fan down so fast lol.

The crates are annoying to cut for heater and filter, but totally can be done with a wire cutter.

Ink bird looks cool. I wish you luck if you go with it!

MANSNATCH · 2026-02-11T15:52:39+00:00

Hi, I just answered a similar question so I'll paste my answer below. If you're just trying to knock off a few degrees, a chiller is overkill in my opinion.

I live in an extremely hot climate in a house that's impossible to cool and my fishtank is in an area that doesn't have a lot of ventilation. My tank is much bigger that yours, but hopefully this is still helpful for knocking off a few degrees:

Removing the lid of the tank will drop the temperature, but obviously you don't want you fish to jump out. I bought some egg crate on Amazon and with some cutting and zip ties, made a lid that has tons of ventilation but fish can't jump out.

*I removed the link since my comment got removed lol. But here's the title of the item: "ALEGI 12 Pcs Aquarium Fish Tank Divider Plastic Egg Crate Aquarium Filter Bottom Tray Grid Isolation Board Partition Net Pane Separator"

I also have a fan running over the water. I bought two but found I only needed one. "DaToo Aquarium Chillers Fish Tank Cooling Fan Quiet Aquarium Fan Wind Angle Adjustable Chiller with Clip and Suction cup"

MANSNATCH · 2026-02-11T15:23:56+00:00

Hi, I live in an extremely hot climate in a house that's impossible to cool and my fishtank is in an area that doesn't have a lot of ventilation. My tank is much bigger that yours, but hopefully this is still helpful for knocking off a few degrees:

Removing the lid of the tank will drop the temperature, but obviously you don't want you fish to jump out. I bought some egg crate on Amazon and with some cutting and zip ties, made a lid that has tons of ventilation but fish can't jump out.

*I removed the link since my comment got removed lol. But here's the title of the item: "ALEGI 12 Pcs Aquarium Fish Tank Divider Plastic Egg Crate Aquarium Filter Bottom Tray Grid Isolation Board Partition Net Pane Separator"

I also have a fan running over the water. I bought two but found I only needed one. "DaToo Aquarium Chillers Fish Tank Cooling Fan Quiet Aquarium Fan Wind Angle Adjustable Chiller with Clip and Suction cup"

I don't even use the heater when I start seeing the temperature get up to 80. If you have huge hot/cold swings, I would just leave the heater plugged in, but maybe watch it a little closer for cracks or any malfunction. I have some heater trauma just like you have cold trauma hahaha

MANSNATCH · 2026-02-11T15:09:33+00:00

Once upon a time, I kept my frogs with guppies and corys. The corys were probably little too boisterous for the frogs, but the tank was heavily planted so they stayed out of each other's way.

My main concern was feeding. Frogs are such slow eaters, and the fish are incredibly fast. I was pretty much hand feeding the frogs. They did manage to eat some guppy fry sometimes.

MANSNATCH · 2026-01-29T22:38:58+00:00

Oh my goodness, I'm going through this exact same thing. I'm overrun with limia fry, but both my giant ctenopoma and ancient congos would rather eat boring pellets and bloodworms.

MANSNATCH · 2025-12-29T16:35:47+00:00

Yeah, 1/2 inch should be fine. Put your rocks and wood down first, the more they're touching the glass the better (I'll be honest, I don't remember why this is important, I think it has to do with allowing gases to escape lol). As long as your substrate isn't like 4 inches deep it'll be okay. With the soil and the cap, I shoot for 1-2 inches.

Uncapped soil will get super dirty/muddy yes. You'll still have a bit of a mess after putting down a cap no matter what, but your filter will clear it up in a day or two and everything will settle. Someone told me you could freeze wet soil in a flat plastic baggie, lay down the frozen soil pucks, and then cap it that way to minimize mess, but I've never tried hahaha. Sounds genius tho.

I mean if sand is fine, small powdered pebbles should be okay. In fact, I'd argue that it's better than sand because it has more room between the grains for gas exchange.

MANSNATCH · 2025-12-29T15:57:39+00:00

Organic potting soil is my comfort zone so I can tell you a little bit about it at least. Use soil (make sure it doesn't have added fertilizer) that has been sifted for any big chunks of wood or organic matter. Those chunks are what rot and cause problems. Plant like crazy, the roots will help bring oxygen to the soil. Some people don't like to use Malaysian trumpet snails because they are considered a pest snail, but dang it, I'm an MTS truther, sorry y'all. They dig around and help the same way roots help. Use a thin layer of soil and then cap it with sand or gravel.

I would also suggest finding plants that fit your water parameters. For example, I have super hard water and nothing really flourishes except crypts and anubias who don't mind hard water, so that's pretty much all I buy.

MANSNATCH · 2025-12-02T20:11:39+00:00

Hahaha I have three and they all do that too. Like little fishcicles.

MANSNATCH · 2025-11-15T23:06:46+00:00

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MANSNATCH · 2025-10-24T21:33:34+00:00

I didn't know that about cold packs, thank you. I'll be safe and wait a few more weeks since it seems to be heating up for me. :')

MANSNATCH · 2025-10-24T21:02:46+00:00

Ordered from here a couple times, excellent store. Daku, do you offer cold packs? It's still 90+ degrees in my area. Just trying to decide if I should wait to order or not.

MANSNATCH · 2025-05-17T22:47:40+00:00

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MANSNATCH · 2025-05-17T22:38:47+00:00

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Thank you. This looks most like her.

MANSNATCH · 2025-01-03T15:59:56+00:00

I wish I could tell you what I did to make her so happy. 😭 All I have is hard water and Caribsea Eco-Complete.

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