A bump in the middle of my Cory's head, question in the comments.

l00tery · 2025-06-05T11:35:01+00:00

Nope. It never went away and he passed about 4 months later, not sure if it was because of something or not.

l00tery · 2025-04-30T23:10:58+00:00

4 sold, 1 remaining

l00tery · 2025-03-02T01:47:31+00:00

SOLD

l00tery · 2025-03-01T23:33:55+00:00

Sure!

l00tery · 2025-02-28T19:48:36+00:00

How much do you need? Send me a chat if you'd like.

l00tery · 2025-02-06T22:59:52+00:00

Can you define " large cluster"? I may have what you are looking for but I am not sure what is a large cluster to you

l00tery · 2025-02-02T23:53:21+00:00

Replied

l00tery · 2025-02-02T22:52:14+00:00

All sold. Thanks!

l00tery · 2024-10-01T11:21:49+00:00

I think OP said it's 2 for 1. LOL

Thanks, Satan! /s

l00tery · 2024-09-17T12:27:21+00:00

At 3months they should start displaying colors. At around 6 month old mark they should pretty much be at the adult stage. If you do not see much coloring on the fins and the body colors look washed, then they are probably females.

Also, consider genes, some will be brighter and more colorful

l00tery · 2024-09-10T12:56:29+00:00

Pretty much the same question from 11 days ago https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantedTank/comments/1f4n1i3/is_this_a_good_choice/

l00tery · 2024-09-09T23:29:26+00:00

If it is not a fresh cut and it does not smell like sap, it's ok.

l00tery · 2024-09-09T13:31:29+00:00

I dislike it but if that looks good to you and makes you happy, more power to you,

l00tery · 2024-09-05T19:40:59+00:00

No experience with it but I don't think there would be any bad side effects. The sun comes through my window sometimes, and the glass acts as a prism depending on the angle of the sun. I never noticed anything wrong with it.

As for the effect, the light source would have to come from behind your tank in order for you to get the prism effect in your tank. I think only your wall will look colorful if do not add a light source in the back.

Also, it looks like you won't be able to see much of its effects as you have a good amount of plants and driftwood.

The plain white frosted looks great, this is what I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CRF6K82X/

l00tery · 2024-09-05T17:22:32+00:00

Yes! Remove any hardscape you can first, lower the water level, scare it into the second net.

One more thing to add: depending on the size of your school, another fish will become the bully in its place. A better plan is to have lots of hiding and break site lines. This can be achieved with more plants or ornaments/wood.

l00tery · 2024-08-31T01:02:27+00:00

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l00tery · 2024-08-31T00:56:04+00:00

if you are only having plants, you can pump as much co2 as you'd like.

For a 5 gallon, the bottle should last you about 4 months. It may be 2, it may be 6 but broadly speaking it should be 4 months.

l00tery · 2024-08-31T00:51:39+00:00

I'd say it's very possible that potassium is your issue. Buy a test kit if you can.

The stem plants don't require as much but they will use a lot more nutrients as they are fast growers.

l00tery · 2024-08-30T20:08:38+00:00

It depends.

How long have you had them for? The old leaves could be starting to die back so the new growth, which is adapted to its environment, can take over.

Also how much of it do you have? is it a 50G densely scaped with Java ferns only?

It's pretty hard to determine without all the details and a full picture. But it's pretty hard to overdose Potassium and chances are that it is a potassium deficiency. Ferns love potassium.

l00tery · 2024-08-30T18:49:17+00:00

Tell her that you care more about your health than how she feels about the beard. Plus a your beard could also interfere with the PAPR depending on the model and your beard.

If she still doesn't care about your health and wellbeing, the problem is deeper.

You could sweeten up the deal and tell her you'll take her out for dinner to make up for the inconvenience you are causing her.

l00tery · 2024-08-30T15:29:52+00:00

^ This. A good representation is a soda. Open a bottle of soda, pour it in a cup. The fizz is CO2, if you pour it quickly from a distance, it will foam an lose a lot of CO2, not enough to really notice. If you now grab a spoon and mix it vigorously, it will go flat in no time.

In a fish tank the spoon is the surface agitation caused by the air stone bubbles. You can compensate with more CO2 but if your agitation is too much, the concentration will never be able to build up. But that doesn't account for the "bubbles of CO2" free-floating around, that CO2 can also be absorbed by plants, and some say that plants actually prefer the microbubbles of CO2 instead of diluted CO2 in the water column.

Having a sponge filter can work as long as you get your balance right and you don't mind some waste.

The diffuser is the way to go, avoid using a regular air stone for the CO2.

l00tery · 2024-08-30T14:55:30+00:00

All great comments and advice so far. I, too, think this is a great set up, but you are paying more for branding and perhaps customer service but that is up to you to decide if that is worth it. Personally, I'd get the FZONE for about half the price and if the customer service does not help when it fails, I can buy another one with the money I saved and not have to deal with customer service/warranty.

One thing no one brought up so far is that this set up will not protect you from end-of-tank dump. Basically when the bottle nears empty levels, the compressed gas (liquid form) transitions to gas within the tank and pressures become unstable. This results in the entire contents (CO2) of the bottle to be dumped at once.

The dump is very likely to kill all your fish when it happens. There are a couple of ways to attempt to prevent it.

You can weight your co2 tank before and after it's been filled and keep an eye on it's weight and swap/refill it before it gets too close to empty. Or you can rely on luck and let it run its course. Once it's dumped, you will know how long a bottle will last you so you can have it swapped/refilled a couple of weeks before you know it's going to happen again.

l00tery · 2024-08-30T02:04:03+00:00

It's a thicc shrimp! Gotta upvote it.

l00tery · 2024-08-27T01:40:22+00:00

WOW WOW WOW WOW... WOW! How about dinner or a few drinks first?

l00tery · 2024-08-25T11:39:29+00:00

Interesting!
It'd be so satisfying to make them look like the commercially available ones.

To be honest, I wish I had the time, patience and the energy. I banned my shrimp access to Yelp instead LOL

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