How We Set-up HOB Filter Media for Max Performance + Fish Q&A! Bring All Your Questions!
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2022
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For the fungus gnats, us the yellow sticky pad. They are attracted to the color. That will catch just the adults, babies live in the soil. Thanks for the fish content.
For the fungus gnats along with yellow sticky tape , bug zapper I got nematodes from Aribico organics and you mix them with water and pour them in the plants . It works amazing ! The nematodes eat the larvae in the soil . That’s the best but nematodes are expensive , but if you’re desperate they work amazing !
It is interesting that the Marina brand (Hagen) filters have all the features that the experts want…self-priming, significantly adjustable flow, ability to swap media with what makes sense for the aquarium, quiet operation, and they are 1/3 the cost of a Tidal and half the cost of an AquaClear…but no one seems to talk about them.
I found out about them on the Pimp My Filter series…and see that they are often returned on Amazon for all the same reasons I see for AC and other filters.
They are slim, but I think they can be modified easily to route flow better.
I have two coming, so will see if they are legit…or bombs.
If you still have a problem with any fungas gnats after you do the sand around the plant trick, get a little container, put apple cider vinegar, a shot of dishwashing detergent and a bit of water. Let it sit out uncovered, flys will be attacked to it and drown. Kind of smells bad, but works on those little buggers lol
Got my first paycheck from my new job yesterday. Catching the replay as I can on breaks & lunch. I am member now! Thank yall so much for all the info & helpful advice. You're the best 😁🐠🐟
Thank you so much for being here! :-)
Love your channel. Thanks for sharing with us.
For killing fungus gnats, you might like the "Katchy." It's an electric bug catcher, but it's NOT a zapper.
It's a bit spendy, but it's silent, and gives off a cool blue glow. Best used in the dark.
Amazon has it, of course!
I noticed others suggesting apple cider vinegar for the mold gnats. Both me and my mom have had better luck using balsamic vinegar, with a bit of dish soap. The sweet scent entices them, while the dish soap prevents them from escaping. plastic water/soda bottles work great for this.😺
Love y'all
I have you guys on on the background when I work out now!
Woohoo!
Saw part of your live. It was great👍. Enjoyed the movie quotes. Great answers to the fishkeeping questions. For your knat problem take a small glass, fill 1/4 of the glass up with Apple Cider Vinegar, then add about 2 drops of Dawn dish soap to the surface. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Place a rubber band around the plastic wrap so the wrap is taunt. Then poke some holes in the wrap with a toothpick or fork. Set the glass on a table. Within 24 to 48 hours you will find lots of knats in the glass. The vinegar will attract them. They climb in the holes. The dish soap keeps them from breaking the surface an getting out. I have done this in my old apartment, and two homes of my clients. It works! Also the aquarium rock on the soil is great. You will be knat free in no time!
Good info. Thx 🤘👍✌️🙏
That’s awesome - thank you!
hank you for being the way you are. Such beautiful humans 🦄 and thank you for always being consistent. You help me so much with these uploads. I enjoy the gig 😊
I now have the right order to set up my filtration. I
I run 5 Kessil 360x on a 240 and it looks fantastic. Another approach for shimmer would be to use a gyre wave maker from RedSea. I bought the gyre pumps for all of my tanks for the nutrient export effect. It sends a sheet of water across the tank instead of a stream of water most pumps do. They are placed at the top of the tank, The side effect I noticed the tanks was a shimmer very close to that of the reef tank with the kessils. The pumps will triple the surface of the water so when your light shines through the ripples it gives a really nice shimmer effect. I have them on two 240G, one 90g, and one 75g.
I use pre filter sponges on all my 40g and lower tanks with hob filters. I’m definitely going to switch my AC70s around now.
Catching the replay, great live stream as usual!
Thanks for a great topic. Had to be part of the replay crew tonight. 😀
Glad you’re here now 😀
I used neem oil for gnats on plants, and it worked.
Even when I watch live I always watch the next morning. Love you guy’s channel.
Thank you :-)
Catching the replay. Joanna use mosquito bits to water your plants. I mash them up in the water. It will kill the gnats.
Very helpful topic. I am just switching my HOB filter with a tidal 35 in my tank with Mollies. To protect the fry I didn't realize the skimmer can be a source of danger for the fry. I wasn't sure what you said was a work around for that. Perhaps you could repeat that in the future. Thank you.
Great stream guys! Can’t wait to see you in Orlando again! I hope to get to meet Joanne this time. She wasn’t around when I met you the first time last year. My Madagascar Cichlid is named king Julian! Freaking love that movie!😁🐠🦯
See you there!
Fantastic video
Nice shirt, Joanna!
We are nearly identical in our HOB set-up style. The only difference is I put chem last, but like you, I’m not using chem filtration in any of my filters. I too use use my HOBs for polishing.
With most hang on back and internal filters using cartridges. The cartridges usually are made up of carbon sandwiched in between two filter floss. Then followed by a course sponge at the end. Why are canister filters so different? With the course sponge filter first. Its said that its to prevent the fine sponge or floss to clog too fast. Then why are hang on backs and internal filters different? On them its labeled as bio sponge for beneficial bacteria. But in canisters its labeled for mechanical filtration. Even though the course sponge on both is the same sponge material. Hope this makes sense.
I like to use sponge filters with a battery powered aerator for portable filtration and backup for power outages.
I like to use hang on back filters for overall simplicity.
I like to use canister filters for its customizing options.
I like to use sumps on really big tanks.
Mosquito bits for the fungus gnats! Just sprinkle them on the tops of the soil. And small containers of apple cider vinegar around the plants. It works! Will dramatically help you guys out. They are such a pain.
Gotta be careful with neem oil. It's good. But some plants can't tolerate it. And sometimes the smell is overwhelming. The mosquito bits haven't affected any of my plants at all.
Joanna's shirt!
REPLAY! Great stream!
I just bought a 3 pack of bsi super glue plus accelerator and unCure off Amazon.
My favorite movie all time is “The Fifth Element”.
That's a good one :-)
Watching on replay. You two are my favourite fishtubers. Love the channel. Content always informative and put in a context that even newbies like me understand. You're both awesome. Learned so much from you both 😊p.s a question if I may? Will a gold gourami eat Mollie fry?
Thank you! Ya, I think the fry would be fish food for him. 😀
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thanks for the reply. Oopsy oh well, population control. Will see how it goes I guess. Thanks again
Alison, I definitely agree with you about these two! I'm slowly starting up my own channel just of me bumbling along learning, and I wanted to get a prime time aquatics shirt to wear in my videos but they don't ship to Canada. Def a fan and student over here too :)
@@MissCaylen good luck with your channel, wish you the best.
@@alisonnicholson hahaha no big goals with it. I mainly just need to let my fish talk out because my loved ones can only handle so much 😂😂
I have a 55g with at least 40 red zebra most adults. 2 AC70s.
At about 37:40 you’re talking about no-see-ums, you are probably experiencing fungus gnats. They can live in your potting soil. A possible solution is to add carnivorous plants, like sundews to your plant collection. That also adds potential video content.
Now that sounds fun!
Made a pvc pipe modification to have the HOB pickup run to the opposite end of my 4' tank.
Great shirt 'plant nerd'
Good morning Jason and Joanna, if you're adding crush coral, would it be at the top or bottom and how often does it need to be changed?
If it’s in the substrate I often add it as a base layer. How much it takes depends on your water parameters and how much you want to change them?
I know I'm in the replay but maybe you'll see this comment anyway. Double-sided tape, put some around the top of your planters on the inside lip. The Flies land to crawl into the plant and end up stuck. Cheap and effective
Not sure if you will see this guestion after the video but here goes: I put a Seachem Tidal 35 HOB on my 20 gallon tank. This is no extension tube included with this product. I think it sits high in the water column and there seems to be no way to attach a pre filter sponge. Any thoughts or work around ideas?
You are correct - it is the downside to the filter. You would probably have to cut out a flat piece of sponge and maybe use twist ties to attach it?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Thank you for your help...as always:)
Sorry, I missed last night re-cooping from the covid (yes I am vaccinated etc.) Oh well feeling better now! Hope to catch you live next week!!
Glad you are feeling better!
I have a hang on back filter but it’s a 10 gallon hang on back Aqueon would I be able to do this. I have the carbon filter
Sure - I actually don't use the carbon inserts at all.
The aqua clear fluval 20’s has a flow that is too much for my beta, how to fix it? Please let me know. Thanks.
Not much you can do with that filter (the adjustable flow isn't very good). You could try putting a filter intake sponge on it - that might have a small impact?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics will try thank you so much.
Is a fx4 to much water flow in a 65 gallon angelfish? Is there a way to slow water flow with a fx4 canister?
Ya it might be a little strong. You could try putting sponge over the return to disperse it a little.
That won’t damage the filter.
How do you not get ammonia spikes following weekly filter maintenance? I've been washing my filter sponge in tank water too just to be extra safe, but still following weekly water changes I'm getting ammonia spikes. My 36 gallon has been set up since October so it should have some good nitrifying bacteria established but following water changes I get ammonia readings :/
It is a fully stocked tank with plants. So just very confused as to what is happening. Am I over cleaning and stripping the beneficial bacteria???
And I only feed once a day for less than a minute, so I'm not overfeeding for sure.
I wonder if you have ammonia in your tap water?
Hot Shot No Pest Strips. They are great. Will get rid of those littles in less than an hour!!
Container Joy video for next week = species profile Frog faces cat fish aka chuck. LLOL 😆
Too funny 😀
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Just letting you know there is a photo of my aquarium on messenger for you. looked great on photo but woke up this morning and it's all cloudy. Fish shop says it's just the bacteria in a bottle and it should settle
15:33 You don't use bio-media in your HOB, so what do you use for bio-filtration or the nitrification process, if anything?
Usually I have sponge filters running in most of our tanks.
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It’s that a song?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Quote from the movie, "Tombstone". I thought you'd get that one for sure 🤣
Light behind you is AWFUL, turn off the light before video.
I smell a hater. You’re comment is AWFUL! Turn off your phone.