Thanks, man. I am somewhat back, haha. I upload when I get an idea

Thank you! I shall keep balancing the energies in my heart Jesus

Hey, thanks man! Thanks for the support. I will definitely be uploading more often

Thanks. I got my PRS all set up really well. Sounds great and easy to play. Guitar Center had it all out of alignment

Thanks man! Thanks for supporting my channel. I will definitely be uploading more often!

That is awesome! Thanks for always supporting my channel. Sounds like you are going for a 10-year aquarium! 😊

You will just have a good substrate and or filtration, and balance your fish load? What is your plan?

Just coming out of a deep freeze 😴 🤣. Thanks for watching!

Oh, nice! That sounds fun. What is your degree? You'll have to help me remember things haha

@@ADUAquascaping Microbiology. Although most of my micro coursework was medical/cellular/terrestrially focused, I'd be interested to learn more within an aquatic context.

Thanks man! Glad to see you're still around breaking all of the myths! Haha

@@ADUAquascaping Yeah. I haven't made new video in a couple years either but I am still all over the groups as much as possible.

That's good to hear. I haven't even been doing that lately haha. I hope your aquariums are going well

@@ADUAquascaping Yeah. In the last 3 years I picked up my 3rd undergraduate degree and am halfway through a Masters...so I have been running the tanks VERY low energy.. Hahaha. A few could use a hard clean up because unfortunately my wife accidentally used a solvent in the same room and the aerosol fumes nuked 2 of the tanks. One will be a tear down but the other is bouncing back already. The struggle is always real...but also always real fun.

Dang, nice work! What are you studying for your Master's degree?

"The NEW normal" - by Takashi Amano, haha. RIP 🙏 🪦 😌 ☹️ 😔

Brown water from nitrate? :)))

Most likely just tannins from the wood. Yes, you can go longer without doing a water change in a well-established aquarium. I find it's still better to do them more often.

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Dang that is nuts! Did the fish die after pH increased again? From ammonia formation?

@@ADUAquascaping I think that's what caused it, all took place in a matter of hours. It took me the longest time to figure out what had gone wrong. I very nearly turned my back on the hobby that weekend. I did guppies in the 5 foot tank for a while, that was kinda fun but I felt like I was constantly chasing the water instead of enjoying the tank. I run it much simpler now. I use under gravel filtration with mesh bags filled with aragonite. I had this idea of rearing a large school of nano fish and growing lots of plants outdoors in the summer months to then scape in the autumn, I ended up selling/giving away everything and going back to goldies in the end though 😂

Oh haha, well they must be your favorite fish then? I once had a heater malfunction and all of my fish died. I almost quit the hobby, too. And the only fish that survived the hot water bath was a Firemouth Cichlid. I guess they must have efficient gills. It was swimming around as if nothing was wrong! 🤣

The under-gravel filter sounds pretty good for what you're doing.

@@ADUAquascaping ha! Sounds like a pretty Hardy fish! I actually really like the UGF, I run it using it maxijet pump in reverse flow with a big koi pond prefilter on it. I'm kinda lazy nowadays with work and family and whatnot, this set up looks after itself so much better than any cannister or over head sumps I've used in the past between water changes. Gotta say though, your setup has me jonesing for a fun planted nano again!

After watching further, perhaps the in lid filter with the extra surface agitation is helping?

@@stevedotrsa helping in what? :)

That sounds like a really balanced setup and pretty cool to hear that you have such patience! Haha. The extra flow and agitation don't hurt. It will definitely increase dissolved O2 and maintain a stable gas exchange. Plants alone won't keep the saturation level near 100% O2 in the water, which is 8 mg/L when at a 25 degree Celsius temperature.

Higher dissolved oxygen and a stable gas exchange.

Dang, with those values the acid isn't doing much until it crashes! Haha. Yes, just the same as me. The best way to deal with it is definitely via RO dilution. We're just unlucky, but perfect for African cichlids!

I understand that! I had to scramble to survive Covid-19 right after I graduated. I was laid off as a junior scientist working for the State, so I had to start a small business.

@@ADUAquascaping God I'm sorry to hear that I lost my career as well and had to go into ironwork myself. Stay strong man we will pull through all this stuff happy to see you making videos I've learned a lot from you in the past 🥂

It's ok, they were paying me peanuts at the State, and I didn't like my boss. Now I am living with way more freedom. Hustling to get jobs is better than having a supervisor haha

Yeah me too haha

Dry ?

Haha, a classic Lee comment! Just use me for your insomnia. It's an instant cure! I did this video so that I don't have to keep talking about this all the time. I will just reference this video in the future when people have questions or run into well-established myths.

He means boring. He would rather drown in his aquarium water than have to listen to this monologue 🤣

I know your pain! We better just get some African Cichlids, too. Right now I just get RO water from my local grocery store. The tank is so small that it's not inconvenient.