Aquarium Co-Op the lid will stop most of the evaporation and will slow down the amount of water u are using I have 4 tanks in my bedroom and at first they did have lids and because I live in Australia it really hot and humid all the time my room was like a sauna so I got some lids and it change it dramatically by the way my names casey this is my dads TH-cam account love your video
Regarding your question from the end: yes, it makes a difference. My system was open top for 2 years. Now it's covered half way and evaporation is cca 1 liter/week instead of 2. On another system, there is 85 % cover. And there is an interesting phenomenon: the placing of the gap does make a huge difference because of the way air moves on that part of the room. It's about difference in temperature and in evaporation. In my case, having the gap on the front produces evaporation and cooling; the latter can be measured with any thermometer. So, I need to lift the top at every feeding.
Wall color - if you are going to have serious light in there, then go with the dark blue; otherwise, go with lighter colors - Seattle is dark enough as it is. Wood - fresh coat of stain or oil? light sanding?? Window - go for double pane - will the keep the room warmer too! Tops - if you are using plastic - drill a feeding hole. When I lived in Seattle, I had a 100g (72x18x18) tank in the basement. The back 3 inches of the tank was open. The basement felt like a sauna. I covered about 4 feet of the back (so 4' x 3") with acrylic I had laying around and the humidity dropped quite a bit. Every little bit helps, as the moisture hits the top, and drips BACK into the aquarium. Just my $.02
I had the exact situation you mentioned about evaporation on a 50 gallon low boy. Was running open top and losing about .75 - 1.0" of water per week. Covered about 90% of it with 6mm greenhouse siding and now losing very little water to evaporation. It has made a difference for me.
I can confirm. I don't have nice fitted covers on my 100 gallon, and the difference between covering like 75% of the opening space and none is drastic. Probably a couple gallons in a week. In fact, there's even a smaller but noticeable difference just leaving the hood on vs off even with the covers.
blue is the winner. i grew up in a home surrounded by earth tones. tan, brown and more tan. lol. but blue is one of my favorite colors and i think will make the studio look great. have fun painting Cory.
I think you should replace that window Cory, a double pane window will have less condensation from the temp difference. love the new guppies, also just to let you know right now levamisol is on amazon I just ordered some. same stuff Greg sells, levamed.
Agreed on the window. I broke an old, single pane window of mine doing a water change and had to replace it. I went with a commercial double pane, horizontal sliding window (double the cost), but never had any moisture on the inside again. It also made running siphon hoses out the window easier. I later replaced the other 2 windows in the room, totally worth it.
Aquarium Co-Op you could probably get a new window for around $100, installation would probably take a couple hours. it depends on the trim and siding. I used to do this for a living. if I wasn't 3 hours away I would come and install a window for you.
I purchased some kio guppy fry off eBay a few months ago and there are now about the same size as the ones in this video. They actually look exactly like yours. Here's to hoping they change as they mature!
Hey Cory, nice pair of guppies there! They're looking great! In my opinion, 95 percent covered tank is definitely much better than no cover as I've experienced that I'd have to do less top up of water in the past.
I took my aquarium to Lowe's, they cut a thinner plexi-glass to fit just inside the ledge of the Aquarium. I cut out a half moon cut to put airline and heater cord through. I superglue a fancy knob to the plexi-glass to lift it to feed. I have an OTT natural sunlight lamp over it, which I purchased at JoAnn Fabrics on Black Friday super cheap.
You should make a customer table/shelves for your pc equipment to sit on, make it smallers but more compact allowing for more space. (make sure you put it against the wall aswell :)
Where you see condensation and it is able to drop back into the tank causes the moisture to cycle back into the tank and less evaporation into the air. You should notice less water evaporation from the tank that is partially closed compared to the tank that has no cover at all.
One solution to the humidity in the room is large extractor fans, better insulation of the house is a good thing as well. 10" in the walls, an 15" in the ceiling.
I like the blue paint! And I do think having lid on 90% is better than none at all . I do that to one In my living room where I am to lazy to cut a notch for the hob , and it seems to keep the water in longer as opposed to no lid
good luck with the green water, hope u don't have a pH crash, just lost my big arowana to one, pulled him out, was over 2', last one for me for awhile, tearing down his tank and going to plant it. Love the videos!
You can do blue walls and then paint goldfish onto the walls 😄. And ever since I took the glass top off my 20G I've been losing a lot of water to evaporation more quickly than before. And the top still had a 2" gap at the back where the HOB filters are.
I was just researching the evaporation from fish tanks and what I could find was the temperature of the tank and the temperature of the room kept at the same temperature would help with evaporation
I have a small gap on my top lid and it saves a good amount of evaporation as opposed to no lid. When I had no lid I kept topping off water every couple of days but the tank is in the basement where its quite cold.
Probably too late, as you've already done it!!, but I like the blue on the left too. Another great video Cory. Keep up the good work. Best wishes from the UK.
To address your condensation/evaporation issue, if you have any gap in the tanks you will get the same amount of evaporation as an open top. The difference in water level in the tanks is because the tank that is partially covered will form condensation on the lid and drip back into the aquarium making it look like it doesn't evaporate as quick. It might help to put an extra dehumidifier in your office or an exhaust fan. Or possibly even an air exchange unit, however since your area is pretty damp an air exchange unit may not work. Air movement is your best bet unless you can seal your tanks up 100% which would be impossible. Good luck Cory and great video! Keep a close eye on your mould issue, it's dangerous stuff, especially black mould. Coming from a family of plumbers and gasfitters. Have a wonderful weekend.
OK Corey.....We love you!!!! We just checked out your most recent Koi Vids......It is killing us!!!! Our yard is the size of a postage stamp....AAAARRRGGGGGG!!!!! Koi is a long shot for us.....WAAAHHHHHH!!!!! You should be proud though!!!! We went to Lowes, bought our first shelving unit....got our first" Pet Supplies Plus" 40 gallon breeder. for $40.00...(as opposed to $100)....Holy MOLY!!!! PERFECT!!!!!! We will keep on till we are full ..and then...We will do it again!!!! You have nooooooo idea how badly we wish we lived near you!!!! OOOOPS!!!!! Maybe not a good idea! LOL!!!! We'd be broke all the time! Anyway we love your videos!!!!!! Lucky for us....we live only 2 and 1/2 hours south of Chicago....we are planning to see allllllll of you in November...FINGERS CROSSED!!!!
Hi Cory. Have you considered a drip system feeding plant food into your water change system. that way your plants will all get a small feed with every water change.
Water vapor rises strait up unless there is lots of airflow. If you left a hole to feed you would probably still stop most of the moisture from escaping. I went from a tank with no top to a tank with one on and I didn't have to replenish the water nearly as often. if you really wanted you could have a hole with a little peace of glass with a small handle to take of when feeding. then you wouldn't have to lift the entire lid.
Aquarium Co-Op If you want green water overnight, just add about a tablespoon of Miracle Grow to that plastic tote tank and stand back. You can almost watch it turn green. A teaspoon to a hundred gallons works for me.
Cory, closing the top of the aquarium for lets say 90% does make a big difference in comparison to an aquarium with no or almost no top. An nearly closed top will (almost totally) stop circulation of air right above the water level. With less circulation of air, it is more difficult for dry air to reach the really humid air right above the water level. Thats why there will be less evaporation of water from your tank. BUT from a certain point, lets say 75% closed( it could be more or less, I dont know), the air will start to circulate more intensly and you will start to evaporate water again at a rate same as it would be 100% open. Hope this helps. Greetings from Belgium!
For green water, have you tried the typical “grow” light bulb from home depot kinda place, just in a clamp lamp, super cheap and it work s well for me over a 20 gallon with a fat goldfish in it lol , I use the green water for my fry 😎👍🏻
hey cory few things. can you explain to someone who lives somewhere that doesn't get cold how do the koi survive in bellow freezing temps do they go dormant? also could you please do a video about different types of live food. also nice logitech mouse .
To add to the comments about evaporating water, look at all the bubbling water at the top of your tank. Without a top, the bubbles will pop and some of that water is escaping instead of hitting the top of the tank and dripping back down. I'd keep them covered as much as possible.
Dude use plastic flaps like in warehouse s and meat packing places with heated air blowing down across the outside of your office. That'll knock the humidity down in your office. Hope it helps. Nice tour of your place.
I'm really curious about the Koi in cold temp a because I'm located in Connecticut and thinking of doing a koi pond but I need more info on te winter and whether I'll have to create an indoor holding pond for winter or if they could stay in the pond and how deep to keep them in there
you save water because the top stops the evaporation rate I run tops on my tanks and the evaporation rate has dropped and I don't need to add water as much.
Check the inside of the tops that are closed 90%. If there is water vapour condensing on them, then it is doing something to catch humidity. My guess is that there will be little difference. You're pumping air into each of the tanks so the humid air in the space above the water will be pushed out of any slits or holes to normalise the pressure.
Is like doing nothing, the smallest gap will let out ALL the heat in the water... not sure about the humidity though, I'm in Sarasota where the humidity is always above 70%...! Keep up your awesomeness...!
For the lighting I would go to lowes and grab a "comercial electric" 4 foot led shop light (about $50) and hang it up on the ceiling. I got one for a tank and it was WAY too bright. This way you can use your existing light for the green water!
From a chemistry perspective covering more of the tank should reduce the amount of water evaporating. If you want to get fancy, covering like 75% with a dome esque shape will also in theory trap water vapor until it re condenses into the tank.
I'm thinking of going with a dark grey background color paint on my tanks...just gonna custom mix a bigger volume of paint in a color I like in an empty gallon paint can. I really like the black but it is too dark
Great video Cory! I remember seeing them so I told you about them knowing you wanted them but didn't expect you to buy them that fast, I will say that I wouldn't think colony breeding wouldn't work as well with koi guppies, I mean I have never had them but I would imagine with the way there pattern is that they probably don't breed 100% true and that you're gonna get a lot of fry with splotches of color in the middle not enough color on the head etc so I would think to keep them from losing that pattern you'd have to selectively breed in a bunch of 10's but I know you probably don't have the time for that so I still think it's gonna be very interesting to see how they turn out with colony breeding in say 5 generations.
For contrast My discus are in a system of 4-40's with a 10 gallon sump running around 82-84 degrees Before I got the tops cut, The system would evaporate around a gallon per day, The tops on with a feeding hole/cut out 4"X1.5" and the sump topless the system only goes threw 2 gallons every 10 days. I also run sponges in each tank that speeds along the evaporation. "this system was my work around the for water volume and stability issues that come with discus without having one bulky tank"
maybe do a pole along the row of the tanks so all you do is lift the pole and every top opens on the row. much more efficient than one lid at a time. as for the evaporation I find with a lid the humidity will build condensation but it's much more effective with a full lid. the way I would attach the lid pole us a pvc end cap that has a screw or glue or ect. holding it to the lid that leads to a T fitting that so every lid can be connected by cheap pvc pipe.
I would think open tank would evaporator more - but simple compare two tanks of same capacity side by side - one covered and one not covered - in a weeks time or two you should be able to see the difference - nice video
Go to lowes or Home Depot an get jomax. It is used to treat mold. I treat mold all the time in foreclosed homes. Wipe wall or floor with jomax then use kilz 2 to paint over it. Mold problem solved. You can paint over the kilz once it dries. If you don't want to do it this way, at least wipe the mold with a bleach an water mixture. Vinegar is not very effective on treating mold.
Ohh I really like the Grey/Blue! (Second option!) sorry I'm usually really updated with the vids but are we doing some sort of green water algae experiment?
Hey Cory, I'm no expert, but in my experience covering the tank about 90% is much better than not covering it. My reasoning for that is that the cover keeps the air near the water surface warmer, and more humid ( at least closer to the water temp). The greater the difference between air temp and water temp, the greater the amount of evaporation, and the more moisture the air holds, the less the amount of evaporation.
I believe this is probably true for most tanks, I wonder about tanks with airstones though as we are injecting air and forcing it out the top. but perhaps that'll happen even with a fully covered top.
Golf towels would work well for you because they come with a hole/hook so they'd be easy to hang on the rack. You'd have to look around to get a discount/cheap one because a nice one would be a waste of money. You could also look into designing your own ;)
Hey cory, with the lids would it work to use some strings so that each row could be lifted by pulling a single string? Almost like several window blinds operated by one pull string.
It’s always the people who don’t want green water who get. Lol. My dads outdoor pond is always green, he has added purifying chemicals and all sorts of weird things to turn it clear. I would gladly have some of that green water for my betta fry.
I got some guppies the other day I'm a first timer with freshwater tropical so didn't realise that if you put guppies in then you need females in aswell I just got 2 males and 1 beat the other one up I just saved him his fins were almost gone but hes fine now I'm gona get some females and breed them you lean something everyday with fish awesome hobby to get into you have a awesome shop aswell my friend awesome fish love that massive puffer you have
thanks I'm still learning about stuff a lot like about bristle noses want to breed them and would like to know from your experiences how much to feed them I don't have much algae in my tank and no real wood I'm going to get some tho but main question is how many time do you feed the bristle nose a week or in general iv heard a lot of things but would like to know your input iv got algae wafers but my other fish will eat them and I know that can hurt my other fish I'm not to sure
yeah I didn't think algae wafers were good I will look into what you recommend there's a male and female pair I'm going to breed and there's another 2 I have in another tank but not sure of the sex yet you tell from colour as well as bristles hey and they have to get to a certain size befor you know the sex hey I'm not sure sorry for all the questions
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Aquarium Co-Op the lid will stop most of the evaporation and will slow down the amount of water u are using I have 4 tanks in my bedroom and at first they did have lids and because I live in Australia it really hot and humid all the time my room was like a sauna so I got some lids and it change it dramatically by the way my names casey this is my dads TH-cam account love your video
Aquarium Co-Op do you sell guppies ?
Regarding your question from the end: yes, it makes a difference.
My system was open top for 2 years. Now it's covered half way and evaporation is cca 1 liter/week instead of 2.
On another system, there is 85 % cover. And there is an interesting phenomenon: the placing of the gap does make a huge difference because of the way air moves on that part of the room. It's about difference in temperature and in evaporation. In my case, having the gap on the front produces evaporation and cooling; the latter can be measured with any thermometer. So, I need to lift the top at every feeding.
Wall color - if you are going to have serious light in there, then go with the dark blue; otherwise, go with lighter colors - Seattle is dark enough as it is.
Wood - fresh coat of stain or oil? light sanding??
Window - go for double pane - will the keep the room warmer too!
Tops - if you are using plastic - drill a feeding hole.
When I lived in Seattle, I had a 100g (72x18x18) tank in the basement. The back 3 inches of the tank was open. The basement felt like a sauna. I covered about 4 feet of the back (so 4' x 3") with acrylic I had laying around and the humidity dropped quite a bit. Every little bit helps, as the moisture hits the top, and drips BACK into the aquarium. Just my $.02
you should paint a green screen on the back wall! you could wear a snorkel and come to us from under the water...
blue on the left is my favorite
I prefer the gray
Also hi
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I had the exact situation you mentioned about evaporation on a 50 gallon low boy. Was running open top and losing about .75 - 1.0" of water per week. Covered about 90% of it with 6mm greenhouse siding and now losing very little water to evaporation. It has made a difference for me.
+J A thanks for that real life experience
I can confirm. I don't have nice fitted covers on my 100 gallon, and the difference between covering like 75% of the opening space and none is drastic. Probably a couple gallons in a week. In fact, there's even a smaller but noticeable difference just leaving the hood on vs off even with the covers.
*Great daily dose again Cory!*
I saw you started painting the studio on Instagram, great choice I like it!
*Thumbs up Cory!*
To combat moisture issues I have found damp rid works wonders. You can find it in buckets at Lowes and Home Depot.
Blue on the left then a HUGE Aquarium Co Op mural!
Yes! for sure -- the big cartoon Goldfish logo!
Yes cover as much as you can especially over the area whee the airation stones or filters are keeps water in the tanks.
Your welcome hope you get some good use out of the bag. Small token for a guy that gives so much to the hobby
blue is the winner. i grew up in a home surrounded by earth tones. tan, brown and more tan. lol. but blue is one of my favorite colors and i think will make the studio look great. have fun painting Cory.
Awesome video, Corey, Thanks for all the effort you put into your vids mate!
I think you should replace that window Cory, a double pane window will have less condensation from the temp difference. love the new guppies, also just to let you know right now levamisol is on amazon I just ordered some. same stuff Greg sells, levamed.
Agreed on the window. I broke an old, single pane window of mine doing a water change and had to replace it. I went with a commercial double pane, horizontal sliding window (double the cost), but never had any moisture on the inside again. It also made running siphon hoses out the window easier. I later replaced the other 2 windows in the room, totally worth it.
+Nikalai3421 that's an interesting idea, I wonder how much it costs to have a window replaced like that
+Philthy Phil interesting. I'll check that out later
Aquarium Co-Op you could probably get a new window for around $100, installation would probably take a couple hours. it depends on the trim and siding. I used to do this for a living. if I wasn't 3 hours away I would come and install a window for you.
The Blue looks great. People are saying it may be too dark, but Joey's room is dark, it looks good!
I love the pod casts I have a 3 hr commute to work helps pass the time!
+Brett Tully 3 hours is crazy!
Gotta love guppies haha! Kois are very hard to find, I've been struggling for a while with them now
I purchased some kio guppy fry off eBay a few months ago and there are now about the same size as the ones in this video. They actually look exactly like yours. Here's to hoping they change as they mature!
Great share! I'm kicking the Co-Op ol' school! Thanks Cory! - Little Bobby
Hey Cory, nice pair of guppies there! They're looking great! In my opinion, 95 percent covered tank is definitely much better than no cover as I've experienced that I'd have to do less top up of water in the past.
I've only been watching the channel for about 2 months and it is my favorite channel to watch!
Well I'm glad you find me worth your time :)
FYI would definitely buy an aquarium co-op printed hand towel if you offered those (right now just have a boring bathroom hand towel)
I just love the unboxings videos really enjoy you making videos much appreciated
i love that first blue its awesomtastic!!!
Awesome Video Cory! I've missed the Daily Dose videos!!
I took my aquarium to Lowe's, they cut a thinner plexi-glass to fit just inside the ledge of the Aquarium. I cut out a half moon cut to put airline and heater cord through. I superglue a fancy knob to the plexi-glass to lift it to feed. I have an OTT natural sunlight lamp over it, which I purchased at JoAnn Fabrics on Black Friday super cheap.
Go with the dark blue on one of the walls and use a lighter color for the other walls. The room will look a lot bigger and brighter.
You should make a customer table/shelves for your pc equipment to sit on, make it smallers but more compact allowing for more space. (make sure you put it against the wall aswell :)
Cory sign me up for your first order of towels lol. My wife yells at me daily for using our kitchen towels
Remember if you go with a dark color, the room will feel really dark and small.
Where you see condensation and it is able to drop back into the tank causes the moisture to cycle back into the tank and less evaporation into the air. You should notice less water evaporation from the tank that is partially closed compared to the tank that has no cover at all.
One solution to the humidity in the room is large extractor fans, better insulation of the house is a good thing as well. 10" in the walls, an 15" in the ceiling.
I like the blue paint! And I do think having lid on 90% is better than none at all . I do that to one In my living room where I am to lazy to cut a notch for the hob , and it seems to keep the water in longer as opposed to no lid
Very beautiful guppy
I want to know the answer to your question on tops and evaporation as well.
the blue looks good
good luck with the green water, hope u don't have a pH crash, just lost my big arowana to one, pulled him out, was over 2', last one for me for awhile, tearing down his tank and going to plant it.
Love the videos!
Cant get enough of that daily dose
Very happy to know that us fish keepers specially retailers are up and about early as now xD
You can do blue walls and then paint goldfish onto the walls 😄. And ever since I took the glass top off my 20G I've been losing a lot of water to evaporation more quickly than before. And the top still had a 2" gap at the back where the HOB filters are.
I was just researching the evaporation from fish tanks and what I could find was the temperature of the tank and the temperature of the room kept at the same temperature would help with evaporation
Amazing! Thanks for sharing
Also I really like the blue paint😃
I have a small gap on my top lid and it saves a good amount of evaporation as opposed to no lid. When I had no lid I kept topping off water every couple of days but the tank is in the basement where its quite cold.
+Rey Mestidio thanks for the real life input
Thanks for sharing....
Probably too late, as you've already done it!!, but I like the blue on the left too.
Another great video Cory. Keep up the good work.
Best wishes from the UK.
To address your condensation/evaporation issue, if you have any gap in the tanks you will get the same amount of evaporation as an open top. The difference in water level in the tanks is because the tank that is partially covered will form condensation on the lid and drip back into the aquarium making it look like it doesn't evaporate as quick. It might help to put an extra dehumidifier in your office or an exhaust fan. Or possibly even an air exchange unit, however since your area is pretty damp an air exchange unit may not work. Air movement is your best bet unless you can seal your tanks up 100% which would be impossible. Good luck Cory and great video! Keep a close eye on your mould issue, it's dangerous stuff, especially black mould. Coming from a family of plumbers and gasfitters.
Have a wonderful weekend.
OK Corey.....We love you!!!! We just checked out your most recent Koi Vids......It is killing us!!!! Our yard is the size of a postage stamp....AAAARRRGGGGGG!!!!! Koi is a long shot for us.....WAAAHHHHHH!!!!! You should be proud though!!!! We went to Lowes, bought our first shelving unit....got our first" Pet Supplies Plus" 40 gallon breeder. for $40.00...(as opposed to $100)....Holy MOLY!!!! PERFECT!!!!!! We will keep on till we are full ..and then...We will do it again!!!! You have nooooooo idea how badly we wish we lived near you!!!! OOOOPS!!!!! Maybe not a good idea! LOL!!!! We'd be broke all the time! Anyway we love your videos!!!!!! Lucky for us....we live only 2 and 1/2 hours south of Chicago....we are planning to see allllllll of you in November...FINGERS CROSSED!!!!
definitely the blue
Hi Cory. Have you considered a drip system feeding plant food into your water change system. that way your plants will all get a small feed with every water change.
Blue for sure
Water vapor rises strait up unless there is lots of airflow. If you left a hole to feed you would probably still stop most of the moisture from escaping. I went from a tank with no top to a tank with one on and I didn't have to replenish the water nearly as often. if you really wanted you could have a hole with a little peace of glass with a small handle to take of when feeding. then you wouldn't have to lift the entire lid.
People are scared of dark colors, but I think that blue is great. Nothing to be scared of. :D
What kind of guppies are the biggest and the prettiest thank you 🙏
Aquarium Co-Op If you want green water overnight, just add about a tablespoon of Miracle Grow to that plastic tote tank and stand back. You can almost watch it turn green. A teaspoon to a hundred gallons works for me.
Ok thank you Cory
Cory, closing the top of the aquarium for lets say 90% does make a big difference in comparison to an aquarium with no or almost no top. An nearly closed top will (almost totally) stop circulation of air right above the water level. With less circulation of air, it is more difficult for dry air to reach the really humid air right above the water level. Thats why there will be less evaporation of water from your tank. BUT from a certain point, lets say 75% closed( it could be more or less, I dont know), the air will start to circulate more intensly and you will start to evaporate water again at a rate same as it would be 100% open. Hope this helps. Greetings from Belgium!
For green water, have you tried the typical “grow” light bulb from home depot kinda place, just in a clamp lamp, super cheap and it work s well for me over a 20 gallon with a fat goldfish in it lol , I use the green water for my fry 😎👍🏻
My 2 cents ok maybe 5 with inflation, just drill holes on the tops for the feeders and also for the ones that you do manually with a hole saw.
An hrv would probably help. Exhaust some of the humid air in the room outside and bring in the dry winter air from outside
hey cory few things.
can you explain to someone who lives somewhere that doesn't get cold how do the koi survive in bellow freezing temps do they go dormant? also could you please do a video about different types of live food. also nice logitech mouse .
+burningfyra they do go dormant yes. I hope to do some more things with live food eventually
@ Cory "lid questions" from my experience I believe any lid will help wholes or not.
To add to the comments about evaporating water, look at all the bubbling water at the top of your tank. Without a top, the bubbles will pop and some of that water is escaping instead of hitting the top of the tank and dripping back down. I'd keep them covered as much as possible.
your house is awesome
Dude use plastic flaps like in warehouse s and meat packing places with heated air blowing down across the outside of your office. That'll knock the humidity down in your office. Hope it helps. Nice tour of your place.
Hello,
I was wondering what is the best plant for guppy fry to survive in. Thank you!
That plakat really does have very good fins
I'm really curious about the Koi in cold temp a because I'm located in Connecticut and thinking of doing a koi pond but I need more info on te winter and whether I'll have to create an indoor holding pond for winter or if they could stay in the pond and how deep to keep them in there
you save water because the top stops the evaporation rate I run tops on my tanks and the evaporation rate has dropped and I don't need to add water as much.
Check the inside of the tops that are closed 90%. If there is water vapour condensing on them, then it is doing something to catch humidity.
My guess is that there will be little difference. You're pumping air into each of the tanks so the humid air in the space above the water will be pushed out of any slits or holes to normalise the pressure.
+20quid I think you are right about the air flow from the sponge filters etc
Is like doing nothing, the smallest gap will let out ALL the heat in the water... not sure about the humidity though, I'm in Sarasota where the humidity is always above 70%...! Keep up your awesomeness...!
First paint choice is best
For the lighting I would go to lowes and grab a "comercial electric" 4 foot led shop light (about $50) and hang it up on the ceiling. I got one for a tank and it was WAY too bright. This way you can use your existing light for the green water!
Yeah, they are essentially the same, I was looking at them a couple days ago, I've got it sorted out now, it'll be in a video soon :)
From a chemistry perspective covering more of the tank should reduce the amount of water evaporating. If you want to get fancy, covering like 75% with a dome esque shape will also in theory trap water vapor until it re condenses into the tank.
The vapor pressure would be the same so since it's not closed the humidity would still be the same regardless if you just cracked the lid.
I'm thinking of going with a dark grey background color paint on my tanks...just gonna custom mix a bigger volume of paint in a color I like in an empty gallon paint can. I really like the black but it is too dark
I’ve done great myself. It really makes tank trim stand out so I found I would t do that again myself
Great
Great video Cory! I remember seeing them so I told you about them knowing you wanted them but didn't expect you to buy them that fast, I will say that I wouldn't think colony breeding wouldn't work as well with koi guppies, I mean I have never had them but I would imagine with the way there pattern is that they probably don't breed 100% true and that you're gonna get a lot of fry with splotches of color in the middle not enough color on the head etc so I would think to keep them from losing that pattern you'd have to selectively breed in a bunch of 10's but I know you probably don't have the time for that so I still think it's gonna be very interesting to see how they turn out with colony breeding in say 5 generations.
+Chaotic Aquariums yeah I'm interested to see how it works out
For contrast My discus are in a system of 4-40's with a 10 gallon sump running around 82-84 degrees Before I got the tops cut, The system would evaporate around a gallon per day, The tops on with a feeding hole/cut out 4"X1.5" and the sump topless the system only goes threw 2 gallons every 10 days. I also run sponges in each tank that speeds along the evaporation. "this system was my work around the for water volume and stability issues that come with discus without having one bulky tank"
+P0HTAT0 thanks for the real like scenario input.
maybe do a pole along the row of the tanks so all you do is lift the pole and every top opens on the row. much more efficient than one lid at a time. as for the evaporation I find with a lid the humidity will build condensation but it's much more effective with a full lid.
the way I would attach the lid pole us a pvc end cap that has a screw or glue or ect. holding it to the lid that leads to a T fitting that so every lid can be connected by cheap pvc pipe.
I like the blue
Do big stripes of white and blue across man. 4 stripes of each color horizontally.
I would think open tank would evaporator more - but simple compare two tanks of same capacity side by side - one covered and one not covered - in a weeks time or two you should be able to see the difference - nice video
Yes, go with the blue. I am going to miss the goldfish tank! (Goldfish are the only type of fish I like to keep).
How much do endlers worth? My yellow guppy gave birth and 3/10 are for sure endlers. Do they need any special attention?
Go to lowes or Home Depot an get jomax. It is used to treat mold. I treat mold all the time in foreclosed homes. Wipe wall or floor with jomax then use kilz 2 to paint over it. Mold problem solved. You can paint over the kilz once it dries. If you don't want to do it this way, at least wipe the mold with a bleach an water mixture. Vinegar is not very effective on treating mold.
To ask Cory what would u say the best guppie beginner tank size
Ohh I really like the Grey/Blue! (Second option!) sorry I'm usually really updated with the vids but are we doing some sort of green water algae experiment?
I want to get green water thriving so that I can use it to feed to daphnia I want to get going.
Hey Cory, I'm no expert, but in my experience covering the tank about 90% is much better than not covering it. My reasoning for that is that the cover keeps the air near the water surface warmer, and more humid ( at least closer to the water temp). The greater the difference between air temp and water temp, the greater the amount of evaporation, and the more moisture the air holds, the less the amount of evaporation.
I believe this is probably true for most tanks, I wonder about tanks with airstones though as we are injecting air and forcing it out the top. but perhaps that'll happen even with a fully covered top.
Golf towels would work well for you because they come with a hole/hook so they'd be easy to hang on the rack. You'd have to look around to get a discount/cheap one because a nice one would be a waste of money. You could also look into designing your own ;)
+Sean I will look into that
Patent an elaborate pulley system that will open all the aquarium tops at once!
Nice I see you grabbed those koi guppies on aquabid😉 when I saw those it screamed Cory!
Hey cory, with the lids would it work to use some strings so that each row could be lifted by pulling a single string? Almost like several window blinds operated by one pull string.
+George Allen interesting concept. Maybe be worth thinking about something like that.
We're thos cyprichromis in that first tank after the my aquarium box. I'm having a hard time finding them in TN
+Aaron Hanson I do have cyprichromis, yeah.
@ Aquarium Co-Op why yiu don't do the easy green in that bigger container shown around 10 minutes mark?
I'm glad you say betta the right way 😃
How do u deal with nimatods in snail tank. I have a 1.5gl wanting to get a 2.5gl tank. I only have a mystery snail.
It’s always the people who don’t want green water who get. Lol. My dads outdoor pond is always green, he has added purifying chemicals and all sorts of weird things to turn it clear. I would gladly have some of that green water for my betta fry.
I got some guppies the other day I'm a first timer with freshwater tropical so didn't realise that if you put guppies in then you need females in aswell I just got 2 males and 1 beat the other one up I just saved him his fins were almost gone but hes fine now I'm gona get some females and breed them you lean something everyday with fish awesome hobby to get into you have a awesome shop aswell my friend awesome fish love that massive puffer you have
+EvacX GamesNvlogs enjoy those guppies :)
thanks I'm still learning about stuff a lot like about bristle noses want to breed them and would like to know from your experiences how much to feed them I don't have much algae in my tank and no real wood I'm going to get some tho but main question is how many time do you feed the bristle nose a week or in general iv heard a lot of things but would like to know your input iv got algae wafers but my other fish will eat them and I know that can hurt my other fish I'm not to sure
+EvacX GamesNvlogs if you are breeding them you should be feeding them daily I like tinier repashy foods. Algae wafers should hurt any fish
yeah I didn't think algae wafers were good I will look into what you recommend there's a male and female pair I'm going to breed and there's another 2 I have in another tank but not sure of the sex yet you tell from colour as well as bristles hey and they have to get to a certain size befor you know the sex hey I'm not sure sorry for all the questions
Same happened to my gouramis
Blue paint !!!!