Starting January 2024, this channel will be a journal of myself (Jon), and my girlfriend's (Shelby) progress of our personal fish room and any other things related to our passion for fishkeeping.
Hello from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I am a subscriber. Let me ask does the actual sweet potato degrade into root stock or what happens to it???
Long-term, I'm not sure. I had the same thought. So far, it doesn't seem to have rotted or lost any of its integrity and looks totally fine. I guess in time we'll find out.
@drinkwater580 thanks man. I can't wait for them to be big enough to move over to the 560. Eels have been hands down some of the favorite fish we've kept.
Hey friend. The lights are the problem with your cyano bacteria (blue green algae) and it’s making your arowana nervous. Try dimming the light and cutting the food by a third for about two weeks and you’ll see the blue green algae begin to die. The arowana would probably be more comfortable with dimmer lights and turn down the bubbles a little bit at least until he gets about 12 inches. I love your selection of fish.
Hey Tabaraka! Thanks for the input. Why do you think the same light doesn't do this in the 75? I'll read the manual today to see if I can adjust the white light brightness. I know it has different options, but the ones I recall are totally different colors like red, blue, etc. (Who would want a red light in their tank?, lol) I'm also gonna install an air control valve today and I'll turn the bubbles down. I've always been a huge fan for surface agitation. Hopefully that helps, and I also hope when he's bigger he'll be okay with the lights and bubbles in the big tank! I mean there's so much more room in that tank he doesn't have to be near bubbles if he chooses.
@tabarakaquatics8067 that makes sense so he should be fine once he is big enough to move to the big tank. I'm gonna read the manual today to see if I can dim the white light and install a air flow valve on the bubbles. If the white light isn't dimmable I may have to consider the blue light you think? I can't fathom it's not dimmable tho...
@tabarakaquatics8067 that's a good idea! So I reduced the brightness and turned the bubbles down yesterday. Aro is already 100% active and swimming at top. You nailed it. So I read in the manual the brightness setting may not stay when you have it on a programmed mode but only when you manually trigger it. How's that make any sense for functionality? Lol. Anyhow, testing it today when it comes on. If it comes on full blast I'll make a cut out for the back like you suggested. I remember seeing ppl online a while back use a foil trick. Wrap the light and poke holes.
@@robertmayes9220 ya. There's actually two of them in there. They camped out in the pulsing xenia for a few days and came out with xenia on their shell, lol.
@jasonhunt5899 hi Jason. That's pool filter sand in the big tank. And I'm running 4 fx6 on it. I'm wanting to juice up the media on them in the future. Right now it's just the stock media that comes with them.
first time coming across your channel, love the tanks!! the flower horn is a boy btw, Also what state are you guys in? I also have about 12-14 tanks set up haha
@NicoMeasure thanks man!! That's good to know about the fh. How can you tell? That means the fenestratus we rehomed was a female! We r on florida. Do you have your tanks on RU-vid? I'd love to check em out.
@tracycarter1185 We are in central fl. Were actually driving up to north fl Monday to meet with northfloridaaqua for a swap. We're getting 3 kelberi p bass an enderheri and lapradei bichir! Excited to get them.
At first i thought the big tank was overstocked cus they're swimming all into each other, but then i saw all the space in the back. They must have just wanted you to feed them lol
@@Jonandshelbysfishroom I always enjoy the videos dude. How do you power all those tanks? I have four tanks in my living room, I have drop cords running everything.
I'm running seachem tidal HOBs on them both. They work fine. The surface skimmer gets a bit clogged with that hard calcium stuff (whatever it's called) in sw and I have to clean it pretty good sometimes but besides that they work great. With the established sw tank I nuke the whole filter media with tap water when I clean it cause I was told of u have enough cycled lr that's enough to maintain ur cycle and it seems to hols true cause I've been doing it like that over a year with no issues.
Ya, some. I don't think that can be universally said about all barbs but ya. Ime a decent size shoal keeps the nipping or aggression within the school.
Thanks, dude!! Ya, that flow makes a huge difference, i guess. Also I feel like that last starfish we fed Hannibal was too big to where maybe there were parts of him that maybe polluted the water or got stuck in powerhead or filter.
Thanks man. I'm pretty sure it's all okay from what I can see. It's hard to tell with cuc some of these snails n such r so tiny but i can see the bigger ones and emerald crab n stuff cruising around.
Looks great as always. I've always wanted salt water tanks. So far it's still fresh water for me. Here in Illinois we dont have a lot of fresh water fish shops. Mostly PetSmart's and such.
Thanks man! If you ever have the chance I would definitely suggest you try a sw! It's not nearly as difficult as it was portrayed to me when I was solely a fw guy. We have some okay lfs so mostly we purchase the majority of our stock from online vendors.
Hey brother, cheers from my fish room channel in chilly Chicago! I just found your channel and am delighted to support it :) It looks like you're someplace relatively warm -LA? Anyway, look forward to seeing you at mine and watching you grow yours!
You and your turtles! Well, maybe if the goldfish don't work out I can try some sort of musk turtle. Or maybe I can even try one with the goldfish when they get large!
😂 sorry! Gotta love the mts. Thanks for the kind words. We're really excited to see how the fish room develops this year, and I'm really excited to be video journaling it.
Thanks. No, the subfloor is a concrete slab and I have no doubt the weight from that tank sinks right threw that lil tongue n groove laminate floor. I've actually seen ppl with 125g on same style floor, and when they removes it the floor bounced right back to its original state.
Hey. 3 of the smatfarm 95w full spectrum marine lights you can get off amazon. I want to somehow find a mount eventually so they don't just sit on the glass lid.
Nope, you didn't. No texas in our stock. Plus, I'll personally never home any of those man bred short body variants. Not a fan of the whole short body bred variants of any species. No one eats anyone, everyone's well fed and fat!!