20 long questions

[NoahLikesFish]

Ok let’s stop talking about it. I’m gonna debate throwing on a display refugium and a 5 gallon scrubber into the system though

 

[James_O]

I don’t want to get into much arguing about freshwater though, this is reef2reef not plantedtank2plantedtank my tanks are doing fine in the end.

Would you like to live in a very small room, full of your own waste that you are constantly breathing, the rest of your life?

This is literally how your fish feel on a day-to-day basis.

Daily water changes for your fish, would be like someone coming into your room, cleaning it up really good, and opening up a window or a door.

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My gravel substrate has nothing trapped inside except dirt particles from my dirt under the tank and mulm from decomposing plants. The bacteria in the substrate (I have 100 lbs of substrate inside) all decompose matter and then convert it to nitrate then my denitrifying media completely turns it into nitrogen which gasses off through the surface agitation from my air stone and I nutrient export with floater removal

All of that “mulm” from the decaying plan matter, will all rot, and cause excess ammonia, which is toxic to fish.

Are you even vacuuming your substrate every week?

If you aren’t, you are again, in the wrong. Any dead plant matter, excess food, or waste, will all break down and cause excess ammonia and nitrates, both of which are toxic, especially ammonia.

I have 45 fish in my 40g and 10teeny tiny fish in my 10g I wouldn’t call it overcrowded imo, I could have less in my 40 which would be ideal but it still works out, no stressed fish no bad water and fish are breeding

It doesn’t matter on the size of the fish.

Those “10 teeny tiny fish” in your 10 gallon tank need lots more space. Did you read what I wrote?

What species of Corydoras do you have in the 10g? Most Corydoras species need a minimum tank size of 20 gallons. (A US 20g Long)

Pencilfish (not sure what species you posses) usually need a 20 gallon tank as a bare minimum.

Hyphessobrycon Bentosi (Ornate Tetra) need a minimum tank size of 30 gallons

None of the species you mentioned above, are suitable in a 10 gallon tank, regardless of the filtration/water changing schedule. They don’t have enough swim room.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Would you like to live in a very small room, full of your own waste that you are constantly breathing, the rest of your life?

This is literally how your fish feel on a day-to-day basis.

Daily water changes for your fish, would be like someone coming into your room, cleaning it up really good, and opening up a window or a door.

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All of that “mulm” from the decaying plan matter, will all rot, and cause excess ammonia, which is toxic to fish.

Are you even vacuuming your substrate every week?

If you aren’t, you are again, in the wrong. Any dead plant matter, excess food, or waste, will all break down and cause excess ammonia and nitrates, both of which are toxic, especially ammonia.


It doesn’t matter on the size of the fish.

Those “10 teeny tiny fish” in your 10 gallon tank need lots more space. Did you read what I wrote?

Psudomugil furcatus get like 3/4” long and then there’s fry which are teeny tiny

 

[James_O]

That book explains how it works. I have extreme density of plants and deep substrate and the author herself dosent filter her aquariums

That method has been disproven time and time again.

What plants do you have those tanks then? Because I’m sure as long as you have 3 plants from Walmart, but you have 40+ fish who expel twice their body weight in waste per day, then your tank should be “perfectly fine”.

**Extreme Sarcasm**

 

[Bribo12]

Once again we are back at I want to do a, b,c,d but have 0 experience. Stick to idea a then after a while add in idea b and then c and so forth. You have never had a sw tank. Setup a macro tank with live rock, job filter and a powerhead. Maintain that for a couple months with a fish or 2 and a couple corals. Then see where you are at.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

There’s 4 psudomugil a endler or guppy idk which then 2 Cory fry and 3 bosemani fry

 

[NoahLikesFish]

That method has been disproven time and time again.

What plants do you have those tanks then? Because I’m sure as long as you have 3 plants from Walmart, but you have 40+ fish who expel twice their body weight in waste per day, then your tank should be “perfectly fine”.

**Extreme Sarcasm**

I have like 2 5 gallon buckets worth of hornwort then like a 5 gallon bucket worth of water lettuce then a huge bolbitis

 

[James_O]

Psudomugil furcatus get like 3/4” long and then there’s fry which are teeny tiny

Pseudomugil furcatus grow to 1.5-2.3 inches. They too need a 20 gallon tank as a minimum.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I didn’t want to pay for a strong light or anything so I just got hornwort and water lettuce and bolbitis becsuse they grow with low light and hornwort and water lettuce are extreme nutrient sinks

 

[Bribo12]

This thread is derailing faster than Noah can post and that’s impressive

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Pseudomugil furcatus grow to 1.5-2.3 inches. They too need a 20 gallon tank as a minimum.

I got mine from a friend who was breaking a tank down and they are only 3/4 an inch

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I’m making a new thread this is derailing

 

[Allmypie89]

Everybody is reading it. I'm starting to enjoy this post!
Been reading it for days now!

It's like watching a nice old lady attempt to keep a jack russell terrier from destroying her house.

 

[Tamberav]

How long have you had your FW tanks running? It seems like you have a lot of baby fish but not adult fish which makes me think it can't be years old or something.

 

[Bribo12]

No!!! keep this going just get back to sw lol

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I remove a large Tupperware worth of water lettuce each week btw

 

[NoahLikesFish]

How long have you had your FW tanks running? It seems like you have a lot of baby fish but not adult fish which makes me think it can't be years old or something.

I have adult fish that bred it’s been running 6 months now though and my 10g about 10 months

 

[Bribo12]

I can’t tell if Noah’s the most stubborn individual ever or just a legend...

 

[Tamberav]

Okay so not that long. Success is measured in years. I am not sure you can say you did no water changes in 5 years from now and still have a good outcome but I don't have much experience with fresh. I have a small planted 10g with one fish in it but I do water changes on it (they are so easy to do).

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Ok so is my idea of running a wave machine from my 20 long seamlessly into a 10 gal display fuge a good idea then running a phyto skimmer from my dt to the skimmer which will occasionally reverse flow to release phyto to feed the corals?