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  1. Peat balls

    in Substrates and Water Chemistry

    Posted

    I've noticed now that I can take out the small media bag of peat pellets from behind the HMF and my PH has still been holding steady at 6.4.

    I have a small cup of alder cones in the tank and added some small pieces of dried organic Mulberry branches. So far the PH has remained

    steady at 6.4 for about 4 to 5 days now. So, I think I can get away with not using the Peat Pellets anymore. The shrimp love the Mulberry sticks.

    I boiled them for 10 minutes, and let them sit in RO water for a day, and then put them in the tank. I also have oak leaves, Indian Almond

    leaves, Mulberry leaves, and stinging needle leaves in my leaf dish. Although they eat up the stinging needle leaves and Mulberry leaves

    pretty fast.  I'll keep testing to see if I can get away with no using the peat pellets behind the HMF Filter.

  2. September RAOK!!!

    in Miwu's Aquarium

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  8. Peat balls

    in Substrates and Water Chemistry

    Posted

    I have a small bag of peat pellets behind my HMF filter and it helps keep the PH steady, and it will lower the Ph too. But you have to

    start with just a little bit at a time. It you use too much, it can lower your PH too much at once. I have got to point where I can use just

    a small media bag about 1/4 full of peat pellets and it keeps my PH at 6.4 steady. It also has some water flow going through the

    media bag too.

  9. Heaters

    in Filtration, lighting and other equipment

    Posted

    I tried a ton of heaters, trying to find one that would be consistent and keep the temp steady and the only one

    that I have found that has done that is the Ehiem heaters. I recently tried a new one called the Colbolt Neo-Therm

    and it is a very good heater, easy to use, keeps the temp consistent, in my 12 gallon Mr Aqua tank. It was kind of

    expensive, but it does do the job, and is as good as the Ehiem heaters, if not better.

  12. Fry are getting through the HMF Filter

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So, what does everyone think is the best foam to use for your HMF? and where do you get it?  and Thanks!   lol

     

    It's not that big of a deal if they get through to the other side. On the other side of the HMF is a 3" wide X 9" X 9" area

    with a Tom's mini canister, the HMF sponge filter part, and a media bag of ceramics, bio balls, and AK1's, so there

    is plenty of bio film for them to eat in that area. I guess is they can get in there, they can get back to the other side of

    the tank too, if they get hungry enough. If I see them in there, I net them and put them back in the big side of the tank.

  14. Fry are getting through the HMF Filter

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It's hard to believe, but the fry can make it through the HMF filter. I keep finding the babies that are

    new born on the other side of the HMF Filter. I have the HMF Filter on the left side of the tank

    that blocks from top to bottom and side to side. There is no way to get over the top, the only way

    is to go through, and that is what the little ones do. I watch them, they kind of tunnel in through

    the HMF filter and I have to net them and put them back in the right side. lol

     

    Shrimp are such explorers. They love to check out every single nook and cranny in the tank.

    They check out every single thing in the tank from one end to the other. If something is in there,

    they know it, and will check it out and know what it is. Every 32th inch of it or smaller.  lol

     

    I just can believe they are getting through the HMF filter, the little buggers.

     

    HMF Filter

     

    Mr Aqua 12 Gallon

     

    12 gallon Mr Aqua

     

     

  16. Aquarium fans

    in Filtration, lighting and other equipment

    Posted

    I just use my regular standing house fan, and just slide open the top, and move the fan closer to the tank and let it oscillate back and forth

    until it cools the tank down when I need to. With my heating and cooling system in my house, I am pretty lucky, and my temp stays

    fairly steady at 72 to 72.5 degrees. But by just using a regular fan and opening the top, it will cool the tank down pretty fast.

  23. HMF Question on sound?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi,

    I have a HMF Filter on the left side of my tank. See my Mr. Aqua journal in my gallery.

     

    But, that is only thing that makes bubble noise in the tank. If it wasn't for the HMF, you

    wouldn't even know the tank was there, sound wise.

     

    Does anyone know of a way to not get the bubble noise so much from my HMF?  It is

    the same as the sponge filters, same parts, same depth, and they don't make any bubble

    noise at all. The flow is the same as my dual sponge filters and like I said, they don't

    make any noise, so it's strange that the HMF with the same parts as the dual sponge

    filters makes so much bubble noise?

     

    It really doesn't bother me at all, but like I said, the tank is so quiet, if it wasn't for the

    HMF, you wouldn't even know it was there.

     

    12 gallon Mr Aqua

     

  25. Website building

    in Lounge

    Posted

    We use iPage for our hosting. It is unlimited everything. Unlimited traffic, unlimited usage, file sizes, videos, photos, with full database, ecommerce, shopping cart, etc. You name it, they have it. And you never have to worry about going over on traffic or file size or how large your site is. You can pay once a year, or once a month payments, and they are the best, as far as I am concerned. We have several of our sites on iPage. Usually you can get a good deal for the first year, like 40 bucks for the year, and then after that, it is 145 a year. Which is reasonable, because everything is unlimited, emails, security, support. They have both email and call in support, and anytime I have had to use support, they have been excellent. One of our largest sites is ProShineClean.com and it also has the ProShineclean.mobi with it. One account can have several domains and sites hooked to it, and it doesn't cost anything extra. Your domain name

    costs, but you can have four different sites being managed from the same web tools and file management, and ftp, and still only pay the one price per year.

    So, just my opinion as a Webmaster and I manage several websites, but I haven't found a single host that is as good as iPage.com. GoDaddy, is good, but you have so many extras that you have to pay, you end up paying close to 500 a year if you need anything extra. The so called Free hosts do not have the tools you need to have a professional site up and running consistently, and search engines ignore websites on them, you can't get on the first page. You end up on page 20, so no one can find your site. When someone searches for shrimp, pet shrimp, TB's, neos, keywords like that, you want your site to come up on the first page of search, and as your traffic grows, you, you get there, but it take some marketing

    and time. Just my opinion.

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