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I would venture to guess that no one will be able to give you anything useful until you invest the time to understand what it is they're doing and why. Until then, I would anticipate a lot of red herrings and false starts because you have no way to temper all of the advice you're trying to...
That's a real shame. The batch you sent me is turning out quite well, and a few more would've been a welcome addition.
Apologies for the size, but it's a point-n-shoot CoolPix and I don't have my regular computer, so I haven't cropped or resized yet to preserve what color the camera did...
On the subject of "waste water" from your Apistogramma RO, I'd like to drop a few names if I may:
Neolamprologus multifaciatus
Neolamprologus brevis
Neolamprologus similis
Julidochromis ornatus
Julidochromus marlieri
Julidochromus dickfeldi
Neolamprologus leleupi
Pick one name from the first...
That was meant as a suggestion to test the efficacy of DI on your local water, not necessarily as your primary means of provision. The average on a Brita filter w/o overtaxing it at any given time is about 2 gal/day, which might help on a single 29-gallon or so but not much else.
You get much...
The all-house type of DI often does use potassium or sodium chloride for the exchange medium, but the types normally available through the hobby tend to use proper materials. API's model, for example, uses a mix of cationic/anionic resins within its column, which will exchange hydrogen and...
The partial pressure of oxygen is not reduced simply because CO2 is injected - only its total percentage of the entire makeup of the solution changes. Nor does the concentration of oxygen in the water get replaced by the CO2 that is injected in any form of displacement. Acidosis within the...
Don't make the mistake of reading too much into the simplest of statements. We're not all cast members on a reality show.
My own comments were directed towards the planned improvements to the site, especially since I haven't been here long enough to know who's been running it or how they...
Unfortunately no pics of it in action 'cause the emphasis is on "had". When I lived in Florida I could keep the arrrangement outside in a shed, but there's no room where I am now. So much air-driven water does tend to throw a little salt crust outside the tanks as it bubbles.
But I could gin...
Coffee filters?
Last setup I had for Brine couldn't have been more "over the top". The cysts were hatched in up-ended 2 liter bottles, then transferred to a 10-gallon with a center piece of acrylic, PVC tubing and air to create a "raceway" around the tank. They would pretty much stay there for...
Brine Shrimp Direct's dish system that Ekona favors seems most tailored to your needs, then. Two of them would be sufficient to supply daily feedings during the short term, provide for easy cleaning and then storing when not needed.
Bottles and more, along with the necessary periphernalia, are...
Lack of sufficient rainfall prevented the normal build-up of sugars and carbohydrates in the leaves, resulting in no vibrant colors and a quick discard from the branch.
If it's dry again this coming year, plan on the same thing happening next season. Some areas have been without rain for so...
If you were to jump to Wikipedia's listing, it starts out with "soft" water, causing the list to be questionable
Soft: 0–60 mg/L
Moderately hard: 61–120 mg/L
Hard: 121–180 mg/L
Very hard: ≥181 mg/L
so I jumped to one of the government's water quality sites. The USGS uses the same...