I believe beneficial bacteria consume KH so I hopefully your KH plummeted due to it being consumed or at least hopefully that contributed to it.

Can I use poolfiltersand ontop a piece of cloth so the sand can't bypass?

He's a great American

Did you know Corgi is Welsh for dwarf dog or small dog.

You play FFXIV: A Realm Rebirn?

What a crazy rental car story. You will be telling that story for years.

What about a corner filter?

Otos are the only animal that ate the white slime that kills my live plants.

As soon as Tesla accepted the keys, it was a done deal.

Since I work as a retail pharmacist, nothing surprises me.

It's far more positive than not that The Coop is so transparent. Your point that it should have been caught is spot on too. I think my background is similar to your own with regards to quality assurance. The jump in the failure rate will nearly always spike severely when going from a prototype batch (often hand made by the engineering team) to full mass production quantities. The Coop may have been a bit naive in not appreciating this about the manufacturing world - especially dealing with China. Decent quality can be made in China but not by default. When you negotiate a contract they used to ask, "How long do you want it to last?" The price they will quote - and consequently the quality of goods you will receive are indexed to one another to meet the factory's profit model. They can't let you have half a container's worth of heaters that will all last for five to ten years then not order any more of the "quality" stock for 18 to 36 months. The factory may be counted upon to spit out trailer loads and flood the online market with *white box* knock off junk versions for cut rate pricing under random seller names if there's demand in the market.

Bentley, I got into fish keeping when I was 71 years old. (2 years ago). I have a 20 gallon long community tank full of fairly colorful fish. The one fish that guests always ooh and aah over is my pink black skirt tetra glowfish. I don't regret buying it at all as it adds lots of color and is a very active & fun fish. I say to each their own. That's the beauty of the hobby.

Wild story... I keep thinking that these are the same people that would say "there's a time masheen at Costco"

Why ? it's all about money buddy ! money ! people kill people for money !

Quality Assurance Manager, be careful what you wish for. We tend to die young 😅

Glad to see a business in America can sell a car without checking the title of the car.

Not again, cars have seats in them not chairs . Come on Bentley your the only person in the world that says that.

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Also the first few times I attempted these I got sulfur bubbles so be on the lookout for those.

Some of the salt water bacteria kits have anoxic bacteria in them. See king of diy overhead sump.

Chronic superficial keratitis

Holy crap! the incompetence!

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Replay crew! Let's go, champ.

I have been in this hobby for a ..... shall we say a very long time so I don't date myself, and have tried pretty much all the angles. In the end what I learned is that you don't need all that smart crap at all. In fact it just creates way way more headaches, the only smart device I ever consider using now is a timer that can tell time with an on and an off. I don't even use heaters, I just control room temp. Don't need smart lights, smart heaters, smart dossers, smart feeders, smart pumps or even smart fish. My tanks are all thriving and are all dumb as shit. Save your money people! If you get a smart piece of equipment just know it's because you want too and not because you need too, If you think you need it then you don't know what your doing. The word smart on packaging is nothing more than a marketing tactic by corporations to get even more money from your pocket to theirs. Edit: If you want to do smart on your tanks then do plants. Plants are smart and do a lot of work totally automatically, you just have to provide food they will do the rest fully automatic.

I was using pin timers but they kept drifting and losing the ability to switch on and off properly.

I love my smart timer. It automatically resets the next day to its schedule if the power goes out. Also tells me if the power or internet goes out anywhere in the world.

What you're saying about what a good boss/manager will do, and care about the employees absolutely resonates true. Admiral Hopper spoke on the same issue, saying leadership should have loyalty up AND down the chain of command. If it only goes one way, you don't have a leader, you have a manager. And you can't manage people into battle you need to lead them.

I lucked into a good job re: work life balance. I found a public service roll I actual love, and that has demonstrated positive impacts on people. Unions forcing the issue of treating workers humanely ftw.

Quiero saber si puedo tener en la misma pecera diferentes tipos de Rainbowfish? Tengo un par de Boesemani, y quiero agregar un par de Millenium. Es un acuario de 208 litros. Gracias

Most recent revised edition was published in 2023.

OMG! I didn't even know the UGFs were still made. I just spent 2 hrs listening to reviews on the newer filters available. I'm 74 and plan on setting my 20 gal long tank up after I get moved to Fairbanks, AK. Back in 1971, I bought a 10 gal setup for my first aquarium at Rich's Discount in Atlanta, GA. I asked a lot of questions and decided on the UGF they sold way back then. I also wanted it to be a salt water tank and had wonderful success. I had a few live rocks, a seahorse and something else. I was so surprised one day that the seahorse (male produced babies. One day I had little jelly fish appear. I had casualties though, as my uncle had 2 150 gal tanks and was raising brine shrimp. I allowed the shells to get into my tank and they stopped up the stomachs of the seahorses. The tank was so well balanced even for a 10 gal and my UGF looked just like the one in your video except it was white and I had about a half inch loosely woven mat that laid on top of the UGF. On top of that was the crushed oyster shell. The part I'm fuzzy on was the UGF was hooked up to an outside filter that maybe the power air tube fed?? Maybe you can refresh my memory on that part because I think I will go back to this after I move. Wonderful review from North Texas

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Hey Bentley, I am forseeing a future where my humble 20 gallon gets overrun by guppies. I am coincidentally in the process of setting up a 40 breeder in my living room. I was wondering what a suitable sized “predator fish” might be that I could feed the extra fry too? Sorry if that’s not your style but none of my LFS will take them and it’s not a fancy strain or anything so selling them isn’t feasible either. I was thinking Congo tetras.

I like the plant choices. James did a good job with the aquascape.

I love the rock scape.. I have tried to do something like that ... Its looks rubbish..i dont no how you guys get the ideas.... 😂.. Just question... Are columbian tetras ok with young platys..there about a inch long...in a 30 gallon long tank... Thank you 🙏... Always enjoy your channel... Thanks Bentley

I just found at least 6 turquoise rainbows in my extracted plants that have been in a bucket for 6 days. I've been adding a bit of RO water each day. I was not expecting fry, I have not raised rainbows before. Wouldn't one of those disposable coffee filters clamped to the side and top of the tank work well?

Can you make some podcast please Bentley?!? I’d listen to anything you have to talk about. I’m running out of fish podcast to listen to. I’ve ran though KQ tropical and father fish. All of your videos too man. Keep up the content. You even made a video for me and heater failure. Thanks so much ❤

You, father fish , the two bald tropical guys and history in your aquarium are my favorite guys on you tube for most things. And keeping fish simple. That kids a genius I thinks it’s kg tropics or something he’s always with his wife then the professor guy and his wife.

Looking good, but why, why is everyone's scapes look better than mine!

I had my plants grow too fast in my tank with 6 very young/small and breeding Turqoise Rainbows. I decided to put all the plants I removed into a bucket, 5 days later I have at least 2 fry!!!! epic, I have not kept or bred Rainbows before, exciting ! Is there a easy way to make home made food? I dont have supplies for fry....

How is it brother-in-law James involved in this tank?

What plant substrate is being used?

Why an FX6 for a 40 gallon? That seems... excessive.

I assume you're going to stock african cichlids because they are plant friendly and I know you love them.

It’s going to be Honey Blue Eyes 😌

I love the stones. Looking for some new ideas for my wife’s makeup desk. Going to do a 5g long. Rimless with some dragon stone I think and few Redding plants. ❤ probably a few chili rasboras and tetras. Bought my first blue dwarf ram yesterday. She’s very observant

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$16 for a large jar is too much. I can get them for $8. I think your local store is gouging you. I also use the Spirulina. My fish love the stuff. The color enhancing flake that I got was super fine. Maybe I just got the tailing from a batch. It's fine for nano fish but my bigger fish won't go for it at all because it's just too small.