Hey there! I'm Danny (aka MissOrchidGirl.. hence the MOG :P) This is my second channel, which will feature a variety of aquarium making, aquascaping, fish and aquatic life keeping videos! From the most popular fish like Betta splendens, to rarer creatures, such as Sulawesi Shrimps and Zebra Pleco, all beautiful aquatic setups are fascinating to me! Join me in discovering how to keep fish and plants alive and happy in our aquariums! Also if you like houseplants, visit my main channel for detailed Orchid tutorials and houseplant content! ru-vid.com
I bought that filter because of tetra brand and the video quality I don’t have problems using it and my aquarium looks better I understand that removing the top with the lever is the way to open it safely and for maintains the filter Overall is good but I ordered extra o rings just in case I have future issues I removed those ceramic rings and put seachem matrix instead of My aquarium is saltwater and let’s see how it goes
I bought that filter because of tetra brand and the video quality I don’t have problems using it and my aquarium looks better I understand that removing the top with the lever is the way to open it safely and for the filter mantainance Overall is good but I ordered extra o rings just in case I have future issues
You can reduce the residue by using the correct ratio of reactants, 460g of citric acid is enough to react with 600g of baking soda (1:1.3), 140g of citric acid is wasted.
Such a pretty fish! Their behavior reminds me of my cat. Every time I buy her something specifically made for being scratched, she ignores it and scratches my furniture instead. >->
Cladophora is the bane of my existence. I totally understand the toll it takes mentally. I also need to redo my infested tank but struggling with confidence and motivation because I don’t want it to come back. Did you reuse the lava rock for another project of just get rid of everything to avoid contamination? I want to resuse my plants but the idea of them bringing tiny bits of Cladophora back stresses me out too
It does everything every other HOB does. It’s quiet and flow works. I do like how it pushes water across the tank rather than mostly straight down like the aqua clear.
I went from high tech planted tanks to discus and it was really rough at first. First batch of discus i got was not he healthiest and lost 4 out of 7 within a year. Then i got rid of the remaining 3 and got a fresh batch of 15 healthy discus and lost 1 within a week but the other 14 are huge and have been thriving for the past year. If you get them healthy and have the proper maintenance they can be very enjoyable
Oftentimes, if you see a betta that is sick you can ask the manager for a discount or even get it for free, depending on its condition. This gets the betta out of the poor conditions while still cutting their profits. I always ask, even if the fish is just under-colored from stress, and they usually dont care enough to argue (or they agree and hate corporate too), and just give the discount.
Bit late to the party. I kept discus of highest quality for 10 years (im in Nordics, if you know discus you know where we get them from). I gave up recently because i just got tired, really tired, just like you. I had them in both lush planted tank and only with sand and 3d background. The latter turned out to be significantly better for maintenance. Just less hassle. Now on to the main point: Source of your discus makes massive, massive difference. Even some asian discus are bad, they medicate the heck out of them. Sorry Americans, but your discus are mostly Stendker breeds, and those are even worse due to massive inbreeding (one of the real reasons Stendker collapsed). Pretty fish, but stupidly sensitive and sickly. And im sorry but your fish didnt look good either, especially small fish in planted tank will simply be stunted, they must be fed often and kept at bit higher temps (to get them to eat). Your tank quickly becomes ammonia bomb since a lot of food gets stuck between plants. Unfortunately, discus is going down the path of Dwarf Gouramis, we might have to start boycotting the purchase of discus as well to stop the inbreeding. Now to the 2nd point, planted tanks and discus: I had beautiful planted tank with lunch plate-sized discus in it, it works. Optimal? Absolutely not. Biggest issue is the moment you need to treat the discus in entire tank, for instance raising temp is common for discus, plants will simply turn to mush. If you got to treat plants, the discus suffer. I personally had BBA and couldnt treat it, so in the end i got tired of it and went clear tank with sand and background only. To get back to your issue with Ammonia: Your tank should never have high ammonia, if it does, your filter isn't working. Ammonia and ammonium exist in equilibrium. Well aged filter and sand and everything in the tank contains beneficial bacteria, if you got ammonia it means your tank isnt balanced. I never had ammonia issues in my discus tank, both planted and not planted. As to anyone having issues with temperatures, i recommend JBL inline heater, just way above anything else. I live in cold area and it gets cold at my place, that bad boy keeps it rolling and exactly same temperature in entire tank (due to it being inline and heated water gets pushed around). The medicine cabinet is nuts, i had 2 shelves full of meds haha
Is your yellow shrimp has solid and good yellow colour or they are lighter yellow and translucent? I started with 10, some very good yellow colour and some are little bit more translucent. They just breed and all baby yellow shrimps are more transparents. Will their colour get better? Also if they keep breeding, will their colour getting lighter and lighter from generations? Thanks.
I agree with you!! For starters; a planted tank can't never be a planted aquarium different parameters all together!! For discus the only plants that can go along are anubias, java fern and cryptocorine !! My discus tank is doing well because I use pothos plants anchored to the sides of the tank and they do the work absorbing the nitrates!! Temperature 85-86 degrees I don't know my ph or water hardiness!! My food consists of 1lb of beef heart, 3lbs of salmon, 1lb of shrimp, 1lb of clams, 1lb of squid, 5Tbsp of krill, 5 garlic cloves, 1tsp of paprika, 1Tbsp of spurilina. I change the water once a week and nothing fancy they get NYC tap water at 80 degrees and 50%. As you can see nothing fancy !! Check out DIY simply discus seminar and Gabriel Posada from Jack Wattley discus they a source of information!! Try it again!!
When you inserted the drainage tube, what was the device you used to assist you in changing the water? I have a syphon but the device you used ( you referenced you used it for your shrimp ) looks far less cumbersome than what I have. Also, I am a HUGE fan of your orchid videos and you have been by my side for every step of my orchid journey! Huge, huge fan!
My female alien when I got a pair was so so funny, she wouldn't jump out of the tank, she'd do a run on the top of the water, above the surface like a skipping stone! and I had to put her in a massive aquarium so she didn't keep smacking into the glass.. she'd do it on demand though, she was a little show off which was the opposite of the male, he was a neurotic nightmare!
