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    Stan's freshwater 240 gallon extravaganza. Trials and tribulations of a sunlit aquarium

    Caught the CL resting in formation... Clown Loaches are worth every penny you paid for them.
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    Badger's 150g Rio Negro/Orinoco Flooded Rain Forest

    About how much more to order vs ye olde fish shoppe?
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    Stan's freshwater 240 gallon extravaganza. Trials and tribulations of a sunlit aquarium

    Thats about right. The aquarium has evolved in five years. Plants that get along thrive,plants that need special care are not part of the group any longer. Just iron is added. I've never had this kind of status quo in a plant tank before. Also the nine big Rainbows,three Clown Loaches,trio of...
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    Stan's freshwater 240 gallon extravaganza. Trials and tribulations of a sunlit aquarium

    You know I set up this aquarium in May 2018. I have to admit,I don't want to spend any more than I have and the fish I have are all I intend to have. The Boesemani@5+ inches have reached full size. Only the Clown Loaches are still growing. So,why risk them with new fish and possible diseases...
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    BBA problem

    You might add iron and that might make the plants more resistant to the algae. Seachem for most people is best since you don't need very much for the average aquarium with a light load of fish. That aquarium looks nice,I wouldn't get too drastic on it. Tweaks.
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    Chemicals for new aquarium

    Epsom salts are a good safe additive..good for plants color and good for fish slime to ward off bacteria. The LFS owner told me decades ago he tosses in some to every tank and he always of course had fish coming and going.
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    Retired and reviving 300-gallon tank

    I have a 240 and went with boesemani Rainbows- half blue and half orange. Tend to be hardy and long lived. You could grow natural aquarium with plants and small fish- just that they have a tendency to die young compared to larger fish like the Rainbows. Altum Angels was my backup choice..they...
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    Poorly golden barb

    Dropsy and I don't know if there is a cure for that. Use epsom salts and go with an antibiotic that says treats that problem. Plus the usual raise water temps and make partial changes of water.
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    Blue green slime survey

    Without a doubt it's caused by too heavy a load+ high light. You have to reduce one or both. That's the only cure for good. Any other way-chemicals- will only last weeks at most. Although,once plants REALLY start to fill in? That reduces BGA to a nuisance. I suppose if I exchanged my group of...
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    Stan's freshwater 240 gallon extravaganza. Trials and tribulations of a sunlit aquarium

    Thanks backinthefold! With no Co2 and only the sun + normal LED and fluorescent lights,you never are going to get in that situation where you are constantly pruning. Java ferns,Anubias,Crypts ( some) are great for long term plans. I've never pruned Anubias- they get longer is all. Rules are...
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    Stan's freshwater 240 gallon extravaganza. Trials and tribulations of a sunlit aquarium

    Its taken three years to grow a small cutting of Trident fern to about size of a basketball cut in half. Jacob's plants are not even in business anymore! In the photo with a orange male Bristle nosed catfish,Ancistrus. Well,folks my aquarium now looks more like a planted pond...small water...
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    How true. Mine has been steadily evolving for almost five years now. No tearing down going to happen or planned. Not when I wait for years for trident ferns, bolbitis and java fern to make clumps.
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    It would be cool to use a Coke can for a group of Coolie loaches....
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    Hardscaping rocks

    If you put it underwater and then rub it with a finger and it makes a cloud? You don't want that rock. Exceptions might be limestone for fish that like that it can dissolve. Otherwise avoid fieldstones and the like.
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    Unpopular Opinions (fish related)

    Has anybody done a desert oasis 'scape? No. Not one..all are Japanese gardens underwater. One day I will be the first!
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    Unpopular Opinions (fish related)

    Most 'scapes? Now look pretty much the same to me after more than five years of plant myopia. Looks to me some tear down their scapes only to make a new one just like the old one... and call it new content.
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    YEA! Tiger Lotus woke up!

    Here it is....
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