Tifftastic
"With your powers combined . . ."
Looks like an interesting read, I have added it my (ever growing) list. Thanks for sharing!
My aquarist rant
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Looks like an interesting read, I have added it my (ever growing) list. Thanks for sharing!
You know I think this would be great required reading for kids trying to get into the hobby. Great read!
Maybe include them in the terms of service for AC, so you have to confirm you've read them before becoming a member.
It may be a great read (and I did indeed read it just now), but has no relevance on fish keeping. A suitable fox-terrier sized myth must be given to show how it compares. May I suggest the number six in the ever increasing (?) quest to provide enough of a specimen to satisfy a shoal, but beware of overstocking let alone bio overloading (loaded topic). Who is to say that it would not be more beneficial to keep a dozen (not exactly twelve, but close, maybe a baker's dozen for a discount) of deliberately overstocked fish to be more appropriate for health and socialization. How does that sound: You shall not overstock, ever, but in this case of shoal size, you should consider it dearly. Just make sure to increase the bio filter. Oh, weekly waterchanges should be altered to strictly every 5.8 days.
So about lazy, something came up in chat that gave my brain a spark(rare). I am sure there is someone here smart enough to devise a way to take CO2 from the air, capture it, and inject it into our planted tanks? Sounds expensive, but if it could get some federal carbon offsets, it might could be sold cheap 
I always wondered. Is it really necessary to inject CO2 for plants or is it enough to have enough CO2 in the tank at all times? The difference is huge if you think about it. Pay money for an expensive elaborate CO2 system, or invest in a very cheap way to oversaturate the water with atmospheric air and giving the tank enough surface agitation to always make sure the water contains the same mix as the air. You will have plenty of O2 for fish all the time, and always more than enough CO2 for the plants. The only downside maybe microbubbles present at all times.So about lazy, something came up in chat that gave my brain a spark(rare). I am sure there is someone here smart enough to devise a way to take CO2 from the air, capture it, and inject it into our planted tanks? Sounds expensive, but if it could get some federal carbon offsets, it might could be sold cheap
And apparently Duckie is the smart guy who will come up with the way to take co2 from the air. Tell me how to do it once you figure it out .
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I let you know. Doing it on accident is pretty easy - my 180 gal SW tank was completely full of tiny bubbles yesterday. How? Evaporation made the return chamber slightly too low on water - low enough for the return pump to suck air. Not the best way to go about it as the pump isn't supposed to suck air. I will experiment on my 55 gal tomorrow if a similar result can be archived with simple powerheads and almost unrestricted airline. There is real plants and fish in it. I know putting lots of bubbles in is easy, but not sure if that is enough to fill the tank. It took quite a while for the bubbles in the 180 to gas off after topping off. If that can be done in freshwater to retain the bubbles even after the supply of new bubbles is cut off, then I am fairly sure that the water is saturated. Next step if it doesn't work as planned is trying a pump for a foam fractioner instead (aka protein skimmer).And apparently Duckie is the smart guy who will come up with the way to take co2 from the air. Tell me how to do it once you figure it out
danelpalfrey
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Well in theory an air pump should do I. All that does is take the air around it and bubble it in the tank, so get yourself a diffuser and diffuse as much air as you can into the water and you should in theory get o2 and co2 straight from the air.
