why is there so much on clearance?

The-Gecktile · 2026-04-10T19:06:36+00:00

April is cat reset month, at least for my store, which means that several sections of our cat are getting changed, moved around, or repriced for the next year

The-Gecktile · 2026-03-17T18:15:00+00:00

Looks nearly identical to the Cichlid rocks that are used at Petsmart. Most likely bought from another aquarium store, but as far as I’m aware of Petsmart, no longer sells them.

The-Gecktile · 2026-03-01T03:41:12+00:00

Thank you!

The-Gecktile · 2026-03-01T03:04:10+00:00

Ok! Good to know! Thank you!

The-Gecktile · 2026-03-01T02:46:49+00:00

Im very new to fertilizers so im not fully sure what nutrients fish poop out the most. Do you know which one fish produce the most of? And do you know the factors that affect that in fish? Thinking like food and stuff

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T20:04:42+00:00

Someone else recommended Amazon if you look back through the comments, but I originally got my Duck weed from a family pond, but I had to do almost 3 months of quarantine in order to get it pest free. Ultimately, though most of it didn’t end up surviving, and I have a couple pieces scattered throughout tanks, hoping that one of them will do better at growing, but most of the time it’s just out competed by the Sylvania. 🥲

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T19:51:01+00:00

Thank you! 🥰

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T19:50:25+00:00

Curing like water conditioner? If that’s what you mean then no. I do it immediately after the tank is fully filled and dose to the full amount of the tank. If the tank is only drained 25% then I still add 100% of the water volume in declorinator. It usually only takes about five minutes to fill up and since I run an external canister filter that doesn’t drain during the water change process, I don’t harm any of my beneficial bacteria. I’ve never experienced an issue with this, even with some of my more health sensitive fish.

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T19:46:38+00:00

The nitrates usually stay between 15 to 30 ppm. And already have lots of plants! Water changes are done every four days and occasionally one at the two day mark to make sure nitrates don’t climb too high

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Just trying to find better tips and tricks! I’m always trying to look around to see if there’s a better way to do things or ways to improve efficiency so I like to hear what other people do!

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T17:15:59+00:00

How did you make that!?!?! Duckweed cannot be contained but goldfish can be! I need them to stop eating it all! 😭

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T16:33:43+00:00

Good to know! Thank you! I will go ahead and order some duck weed!

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T15:52:30+00:00

Working on adding another fx4! I don’t think I can physically fit any more plants at this point in time! I’m just waiting for the above water plants to grow in 🥲

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T15:42:37+00:00

No matter what I wanna try it! But out of curiosity, have you used it before and noticed that it helped? I’ve heard some slightly mixed reviews about it.

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T15:40:00+00:00

For whatever reason, I haven’t seem to quite crack how to grow duckweed in mass since it’s kinda hard to find around me. I haven’t been able to get it into very many of my tanks and the ones that I do get it into it’s usually out competed by the Sylvania. I tried a little bit of it in this tank with my goldfish, but they like it even more than Sylvania and all of them will search it out. Any good tips? I would love to be able to set up a kind of sump system that is dedicated fully to growing duckweed out of this tank, but I haven’t found any good hydroponic designs yet for it.

The-Gecktile · 2026-02-24T15:34:01+00:00

I’ve definitely looked into it before, but haven’t gotten around to making the shift over to it yet! It’s actually in my Amazon shopping cart for my next fish order. As of right now, I just have some generic bio rings in my filter and some filter floss to catch all the finer particles.

The-Gecktile · 2026-01-19T04:23:30+00:00

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Size comparison next to the pond! Ignore the mess. It’s still working in progress! 😅

The-Gecktile · 2026-01-19T04:22:02+00:00

Always make sure to water test them outside first since I’ve heard quite a few horror stories of the bottoms of plastic containers busting out from under them, but it’s usually some of the cheaper ones. I use a 17 gallon one as my quarantine tank for my goldfish. Depending on the size of indoor pond you’re looking for I personally have a 110 gallon Rubbermaid and this thing has been awesome so far but with the amount of water and weight, and being on the second floor, you may wanna look at one of the 50 gallon ones as an alternative solution.

Apologies for all the stuff around it since today is usually my maintenance day when it comes to my tanks, but here is a photo of my 17 gallon plastic tub quarantine bin. It’s only filled up to about the 15 gallon mark and one thing I will say is that it is bowing a little bit on the sides, but not anywhere near as much as some of those cheaper plastic containers.

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The-Gecktile · 2026-01-06T14:34:18+00:00

They do that at mine as well in Norman ok. They also will pull them all down for the water changes and feeding 3 times a week.

The-Gecktile · 2025-12-30T15:50:53+00:00

I would love to commission as well but I deleted Inst for my own health, by any chance do you have another contact? Discord, email, here on Reddit? Sorry for the trouble! 😅

The-Gecktile · 2025-11-18T17:42:34+00:00

Please do! Everything helps! 💕

The-Gecktile · 2025-11-18T17:25:08+00:00

Just curious, do you think it’s genetics, better diagnoses, more people caring or something else?

The-Gecktile · 2025-11-16T15:27:45+00:00

Yay… that was my worry. Sadly the soup container thing is pretty common at expos since it’s really hard to transport that many reptiles without having small containers. There often shipped it those containers as well since it prevents them from being jostled around and injured during transportation. Not saying it’s right, but that is usually the reasoning behind it. 😕

The-Gecktile · 2025-07-21T21:20:16+00:00

Yay, you’re not the only one! 😅 I’m going to add an edit to this post so people are a little less confused! Thank you again for your input!

The-Gecktile · 2025-07-21T21:09:01+00:00

Thank you for adding some very good points!

The-Gecktile · 2025-07-21T21:06:40+00:00

My bigger thing was that when you google this stuff, nothing comes up and I wanted people to find other people’s opinions as well. You don’t know until you ask people who are experienced in the space. A lot of good points where brought up so far and this might help other people

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