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I use 85 heat deep subtrate with sand cap and whole tank of plants and light sponge filter is a good source but you don't really need it I run 2 but I have never cleaned them in over a yr they still look black and brand new why cause I don't foul my environment out with excess buildup filters should only by purifying water if it is collecting material onit means you are fouling that system out bad

Thank you! 😄

I change the water by pouring the old into the terrarium and refilling from my misting bottle.

@MattKeepsFish sorry. How often*

Not that often really. In fact, I only ever changed it when I wanted to offload some springtails. Try once a month, and feed only when the previous rice grains are completely consumed.

It will be worth it!

These attachments come with the previous “Top Fin” glass lids. They’re useless as-is, but you can cut and use them like I did here!

@@MattKeepsFish ah thanks dude!

Honey Gourami!

Yeah true. This is more of a brownwater tank 😂 Blackwater just requires more tannins then?

Ecologically, black water requires more than just tannin-tinted water. Best I can do is a "black water-inspired scape". I don't have a source of water for it since our waters are HARD, high tds and alkaline.

So it’s the ph that needs to be dropped in addition to high tannins?

Indeed! Although I still had many customers who would throw away the sponges monthly 😬

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Let us know your top 1!

@@seanyoung7713 On for 959.99 at PetSmart here! 😂 Where are you at?

@ Arizona, Lake Havasu petsmart

Well, you won’t be coming up to Ottawa for the “fair prices” then haha

@@gregsexton8806 One of mine too!!

@@abhijatsinghshakya1399 Definitely not as shy as these! What other animals do you have in the tank?

@@MattKeepsFish just kuhlis 8 and 1 betta

@@abhijatsinghshakya1399 You could bury bloodworms just enough so that the betta couldn’t see them and the kuhlis coould dig them up. You could also use “Omega One” catfish pellets, which are larger and can be picked at over time. Those are my top recommendations, but many combinations could work for your setup.

@@MattKeepsFish oooh will try, thanks a lot sir

@@MattKeepsFish bought 8 anchor catfish, I thought they were shy, but they are roaming around tank even when lights on

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@@vxxen6020 😂🩵

@@ineshianewton7740 These worms never leave the aquarium. They live in the substrate when they haven’t infested a fish yet. You’ll know if a fish has them when the fish refuses to eat, is eating but not gaining weight, or you can see the worms coming out of the fish’s anus or just beneath the skin. Another sign is if your fish is producing empty (clear or white) waste, but this can also be due to constipation or other digestion issues. I medicate all of my fish preventatively. It is expensive, but it only takes one Camallanus worm to shut down your tank for good.

@MattKeepsFish ok thank you..im scared I don't know what those 2 red worms were. I have plants growing out of the tank I went to clean it ..I lift the leaves up and they were there on top of the glass..how did they get there

@MattKeepsFish ok so those wasn't the worms you speak of in the video ? Because they were literally sitting outside the tank on top of glass lid! Just want to be sure I don't want to do a treatment .if i dont have to.I have chiclids and they have been producing frys...I don't want to hurt them! Do you think I should treat on the side of precaution? And if I did would it hurt the babies?

@@ineshianewton7740 Expel-P is a fairly gentle medication, so I don’t think it would hurt your fry. It can be expensive though, and illegal in some places. Do you have a picture or video of the worms? Keep a close eye on your fish. If they are eating well and producing healthy waste, then it may be another type of worm, or even a leech.

@MattKeepsFish ok and I killed them.put you in the mind of a outside garden worm. But brown red color the large one..and small one looked almost like a red maggot

Thank you!

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@@gilesh1260 I appreciate you telling your side. Thank you. At this point, I was doing exactly what you said: following the crowd, doing what everyone else says to do. I would often break this rule, thinking that the fish looked healthy enough. Never had a problem. That is, until about 2 years ago. My 40G was thriving: a dozen species, planted, everything I could want, but I wanted a little more. I bought 4 bolivian rams, all active, colourful, and eating well. A great species that I still keep now. Soon after, everything began to die, and within 2 weeks, every fish and invertebrate had died. To what? A parasitic nematode. Camallanus worms. They sat in the gut of my rams for weeks before decreasing their appetite, and then the young would drop out of their anuses into the gravel to hide. The young worms were then swallowed as food by other fish, so that the worms could reproduce in their guts as well. It wasn’t long until nearly every fish was infected and dying. By the time I noticed the worms emerging for oxygen, the parasite was too well established to isolate. There’s more to say here, but this is effectively my reason for quarantine. This doesn’t happen to most people, I’m glad for that, but I’ll never let it happen to me again. I don’t medicate for everything, but I do medicate for internal parasites now, and yes, I quarantine for a month. I would guess that my misfortune was because of these rams, as they were infected the second time I bought them years later, and managed to shut down a section of tanks at the store they were from. TL;DR I understand your reasoning, and I used to follow it, but because of an experience I had with parasitic nematodes, I will always QT and treat preventatively.

@@michaelfriedman2221 Consider a school of dwarf corydoras?

@@gailtenaglia4398 I don’t see why not. Apistogramma don’t seem interested in eating other fish.