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.

@@Smallfish16 thanks man. We can't wait for em to get big.

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.

@@Jonandshelbysfishroom The small ones are usually sensitive to lighting and flow

@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...

@@Jonandshelbysfishroom or cut out a matt or cardboard to partially shade the back part of the top.

@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.

@@drinkwater580 lol, right!?

@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.

@clarence0075 thanks!

@elvinsworld11 thanks for the kind words and watching!

@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.

@@Mr.JoshuaFish thanks man!

@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.

@@Jonandshelbysfishroom congrats that’s awesome!!!

@tracycarter1185 thanks! Not looking forward to moving all these big boys tho. Particularly Bissell the tsn achara!

@tabarakaquatics8067 thanks. U have some awesome looking setups too. Look forward to checking more out. (My gar is obsessed with fd krill too!)

@markfranklin8831 thanks for the sub and compliment we work hard on them!

@@MrReMiXKiNG1 that one's 560 gallons

@Daero1 😅 haha ya. They're so personable in that tank everyone that comes over comments on it. They literally just follow u around the tank.

Thanks man. Thats that fluval stratum stuff. Ime it's great for plants.

Thanks man! Hoping to get those other two tanks up soon on the 75 wall!!

@@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.

@drinkwater580 thanks. Just large surge protector power bars from home depot.

Thanks!

Thanks man!

Cool thx for the info! Google says root tabs r pretty good for them so I'll stick some in there.

Thanks man!

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.

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.

Thanks man! I appreciate you watching and the compliments. We're trying hard!

The 240 takes roughly under an hour with 2 pythons. Not too bad.

Thanks man. Were getting there.

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. Ya, Shelby is really excited to see him get big. Probably her favorite in that tank.

Thanks! 😊

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.

Thanks man.

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.

@@Jonandshelbysfishroom thanks for the reply!

Ya, we need to figure out some sort of under the water recording setup. That'd be dope.

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!!

Thanks!