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Thanks for the skimmer idea. I have been have a lot of trouble with mine since upgrading the oase intake tube since it produces a lot more flow. I made my own with some air line tubing and a plant weight.

No more reef tank?! This is the first video of yours I've seen. I knew you had to have had one when I saw the Tunze ATO lol. I have a reef tank, about to dive into a planted one soon. No more reef tank for you?!

Put a O ring om the skimmer pipe to set the height and stop bobing. Only keep an eye on it because it can go lower than the O ring

Wow It is beautiful! Keep it up :)

Koool video Jeff as usual ❤❤🎉🎉 loved it. Regarding the shrimp being sucked into filter.it's inevitable and not because of the faulty inlet sucking up the shrimps, but it's in canister filter where bio films are generated at record level. Somehow i feel they can sense where the food is and intentionally venture into canister via inlet pipes. Though I am stating it purely from experience and dont have any proof / documentation to justify my claim.

Tunze Osmolators and the like are way less relevant in fresh water tanks than they are in reef tanks, as constant water parameters are not such a huge issue. Personally I just add the necessary RO water with a 5 l canister when the levels drops too much.

Cool feeder! I have something very similar that isn’t digital! Can’t remember the name now but has the same compartments. I’ll check this one out. Thanks

I had the same problem with the bobbing. Since I have double tap values on the tubing to my canister filter, I solved the problem by closing the valve part way. This reduced the flow. That did the trick.

You could also potentially use something like a pipette to remove a little bit of the air pocket under the skimmer to get it to sit lower.

Jeff, another great overview, these type of issues are usually skimmed over, and we have to learn thru a lot of trial and many errors. Thank you from NYC

Do you have a link for that skimmer weight please ?

Remove some of the air under skimmer #2 with a pipette and it will sit lower in the water.

Thanks for the shout out on my skimmer fix

I got my skimmer inlet covered with fine net bag (one like seachem bag for purigen). It reduced the flow a bit so no bobbing and also none of my shrimps could go down the skimmer.

It’s interesting, no, I am now.

Shrimps and skimmers continues to be a challenge. But what do you think of the auto topoff system? Do you run one? Are you considering adding one?

Excited to see it planted.

Great combo between rock and wood, look forward to the planting. Thank you from NYC

I used these exact ones on 2 tanks when i was away for 3 weeks. Every other day feeding. Worked great.Had my alexa cam aimed at the the tanks to watch each feeding for the first few days until i could relax a bit. Only issue might be with condensation build up affecting flake food. I have lids on my tanks so positioned it above the feeding hole. Feel like this created more humidity around the feeder. On an open tank i would imagine this would be less of an issue. Used velcro tape ro secure it as i was paranoid it would move. Good luck

When I had an aquarium in my office, the Division Director would come and sit in my guest chair and watch the rainbow fish spawn. He'd ask questions about the fish and plants. I don't know if he was testing me as a biologist or what. That was a little intimidating at first but it sure seemed like my work product would jump out the door when it got to his desk.

I need to get some shallow tanks.

Yes, the woods go great together, I have different woods in my shrimp tank and the shrimps and Oto catfishs love them all.

When you fill the aquarium with water, does the over hanging wood get water logged, and actually drip water on the outside of the aquarium ?

What do you think do these two things go together? Does Dragon and Spiderwood make a good combination?

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Do you promise the user interface is super easy? I'm not an idiot but I feel like one dealing with digital prompts and never trust the settings I create.

this video should have a million views, if the TH-cam algorithm catches it, I hope you keep posting videos and get the numbers you deserve!

Love your thumbnail, can totally relate... Nice that your family can help, was away for 1 month vacation and my sister camed every 3-4 days and things went quite well... I worry more about water level then fish food so I wouldent keep that device but if you dad cant help in future at all I don't know what to say. At least it looks a well performing gadget!

Your 7 day graph is very accurate.

Jeff, I have never seen a feeder like that. I like the idea, that you portion out the amount of food in compartments. I would run test for two to three days, then extend them. Unit looks good.

I use the Co-op one but the annoying thing is it doesn’t work well with very small pellets because even on the lowest setting it dumps way too much. You need to hack it by putting tape over half the opening and somewhat surprisingly the Co-op has no desire to mess with the design

I use this feeder on all of my tanks. It works great! I have never had a problem.

Please do updates every 3 months while you're home. My concerns would be fish splashing water, getting the hatch door that opens wet and the pellets/flakes get stuck and the door sticks or the food sticks, also any particles of plants, leaves, etc., that may break off and float, jamming the feeder door? This would have to be a no snail situation? What about fry ?

One thing I'd love to hear about is battery depletion! I feel like I'd be paranoid enough to replace batteries every time I leave town unless I'd done some testing on that beforehand. I keep thinking of my lawnmower battery display, which, based on actual runtime, seems to be ⦿⦿⦿⦿ means 60-100%, ⦿⦿⦿⦾ means 30-60%, ⦿⦿⦾⦾ means 10-30%, and ⦿⦾⦾⦾ means I'm about to turn off 😂

Have you tried the blanket blackout method? I heard that it can work on a heavily planted tank, but haven’t yet tried it. Btw, your aquascapes are amazing, thank you for sharing them, and your knowledge.

Thanks for this info! I use the barrel type feeders from Aquarium Coop using pellet food for big fish with good results for quite a while now. I use them on 2 tanks full time but I not for the main feedings, just once a day for a treat! The hopper type that I have tried have failed due to moisture building up on the opening and causing food to stick and clog/block the opening. I also am liking the option to suction cup the thing to the aquarium lid! This Petbank feeder seems to have solved that problem with the automatic opening and closing door. I think this feeder would be good for vacation feeding. For a trip longer than 15 days, I would probably set it up to feed every other day or something like that and load it to cover the whole vacation. It also seems to be usable with all types of dried food! I will try one myself!

I hate when feeders clump and then drop about a weeks worth of food in one feeding.... yikes.

What are your experiences with these so called “Intelligent Feeders”? Let us know what you do when you’re out of town.

Nice piece on the Ohko stones! Haven't ever used it before, anxious to give it a shot.

I have 40+ pounds just waiting to get wet.

"Bring me my dragons!"

Jeff, another great video, I find it sometimes difficult to find in NYC, but I love working with it, good luck at Aquashella,

I have two massive and beautiful pieces of dragon stone. Yet, in something like a 15 gal cube, they would fill the space. Maybe even a 30 gallon with the two. Yet, I’m so tempted to split them to make them more manageable…. Ugh, the possibilities

Great video! I've recently grown really fond of elephant skin stones. What are your favorite stones to use in scaping?

Dragon stones are definitely one of my favorites, great video!

Great visual storytelling

I've always avoided Ohko stone as Lava Rock is so much cheaper and fits my more dutch inspired plant focused scapes. Now I'm considering trying to create a new aquascape with Ohko stone after seeing how easy you can chisel it!

Very interesting. Thanks.

I love it & so do my shrimp! I've got a mix of it along with seiryu stone.

Fantastic. I can't imagine the amount of time that amazing village took.