Jealous of that amazing background! I can not hear what you are saying, talk about dreamtanks, AND YOU HAVE 4 IN THE SAME ROOM YOU LUCKY FISHLOVER! 🍾

Their plants are way worth it!!! I've bought a few and they were both super healthy and snail free!!🧡

I enjoyed this video. I had some dead space in my 40 gallon breeder and I already had an air stone in there so I decided on a set of cheap sunsun wave maker things and they move the water pretty good. Now my only issue is to figure out what light setting to use on my fluval 3.0 so the filament algae stops growing 😆 I've been reading blogs and doing research on co2 in correlation with ph and phosphates and blue light and red light and all kinds of stuff it gets a little complex. I just turn my settings down a bit each each and excel helps inhibit growth some.

Way to go guys! I have saying for years that Tropica Plants are unbeatable in quality! Glad that you chose to sell the best instead of earning the most! They are far from the cheapest. Even when you buy like Vallesneria from them. They almost look like plastic. Best plants in the world right now.

Underrated comment tbh. I have a sponge filter on my 5 gallon that I use for seasoning. I just have 2 little ballon Molly, they will be fine if I take it out. It’s always good to out extras in established tank cuz it’s free bacteria

smart! agreed

And if you don't have a bunch of tanks that could be for a quarantine tank

Very good point. I've got a 55 with a HOB on one end and I've been considering a little sponge at one end to help with the stagnation and as a backup of my HOB loses prime.

I have a total of seven tanks, and other than the tiniest (2.5 gallon), only one is currently without a supplemental sponge filter. Now that I think of it, I should probably add one to it, as well. Not only do you always have one on hand for setting up a new tank quickly, it's extra protection if the main filter fails and you can't replace it immediately.

I wish they made lids specifically for that setup.

I was wondering about that. I have a 75 gallon tank with 2 Aqua clear 110's. would love to put them on the sides (facing eachother!) and being able to push my tank and stand against the wall again. Just wasnt sure if the water flow pattern would be OK.

Go to the smallscape she has everything you'll want to know. Also H20 plants channel too

Take a look at Plant Life Project. It's all about houseplants in the aquarium

Technically the sponges count as media in them too. But I see what you mean as just in filter media

I usually put heaters by the intake to heat the water before entering the canister. The Tidal HOBs have a clip to attach a heater to it and it’s parallel to the intake.

My heater is almost directly below the output of my HOB filter, and not far from the intake either. With good flow, there may be minor fluctuations of a degree or two, but not enough to cause problems. In the wild, many of these fish, or their ancestors, dealt with temperature fluctuations not only from weather and seasonal changes, but also from depth and shifting sunlight/shade patterns.

@Apistogator thanks for the feedback. I find that I get better temperature uniformity when my heater is placed horizontally versus vertically. I also have it placed below my HOB intake, with the reasoning that heat rises...

I've wanted to do that before but standard tank lids don't fit like that so I'd have to just cut some glass from HD/Lowe's or something but now I'm onto canister filters and sumps lol

Nobody uses the cartridges, look up his video of how they load theirs up

I believe he mentions it in one of the videos. If I remember correctly, it was the Caribsea cichlid mix.

Yes

Sounds like a good setup.

That sounds cool!

I've always absolutely loved my under gravel filters

I’m in the Charlotte area and I’d like to know too!

We plan to

my biowheels all stopped spinning, agreed

So you made a wave maker inside your aquarium

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That's great for you, but all tanks are different, and I'd wager you're in the minority on this. If you have a bunch of cichlids and can't have live plants, you need to over-filter.

@@MongoHongos Much like this hobby, my comment really shouldn't be taken too seriously. If you plan to keep massive fish in an empty glass box then heavy filtration is going to be necessary (unless you are planning to do massive daily water changes).

The advantage of heavily planted, lightly stocked tanks, yes! I have Nicrew internal filters on all of my tanks now (all rated lower than the tank sizes). Just replaced the final 2 HOBs, in fact. I'm only running them for a few hours at night when lights are off for water circulation and surface agitation. It's not really necessary, but it agitates the surface and makes sure nutrients are well distributed for plants, as well as keeping any floating particles cleared from the water (I know they aren't harmful, I just don't like the way they look). I love the fact I'm not reliant on mechanical "life support" for my tanks, though. I rely on bacteria on all the hardscape, plants, glass, and substrate to do my filtering. I don't plan to ever have a tank again that's stocked in a way that requires more than minimal filtration (due to lack of plants or large fish or overstocking). I can certainly see why some folks need a lot of filtration, though, especially those with BIG fish who can't have plants.

They do I think they said they got 2