I may have missed it and if I did I’m sorry but did you ever get a scientific name on the goby? I’d love to get one in the future when I have the appropriate size tank.
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Probably either Eleotris ambylopsis, pisionis, or picta all 3 are found in this area, and all 3 look similar, so hard to tell apart.
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The normal recirculation flow on this tank, is about 1800 GPH.
This of course, is diminished to Zero flow ever since the pump fried in the power surge.
In order to save as many beneficial bacteria, and the fish as possible, I have been pouring @ 4 gallons of rain water per daylight hour gradually in the tank, which breaks surface tension, then overflows (with a % of older tank water) into the sump.
Hopefully providing food for the bacteria, and as you can see, is quite full and overflows into the garden.
My new pump arrived in Miami this morning, so hoping it will quickly pass thru customs and arrive in Panama by Thusday, and I can arrange for someone to go to the mainland and pick it up.
This of course, is diminished to Zero flow ever since the pump fried in the power surge.
In order to save as many beneficial bacteria, and the fish as possible, I have been pouring @ 4 gallons of rain water per daylight hour gradually in the tank, which breaks surface tension, then overflows (with a % of older tank water) into the sump.
Hopefully providing food for the bacteria, and as you can see, is quite full and overflows into the garden.
My new pump arrived in Miami this morning, so hoping it will quickly pass thru customs and arrive in Panama by Thusday, and I can arrange for someone to go to the mainland and pick it up.
I hope it all works out for ya, your dedication to your fish and the hobby is inspiring.
Some sort of snafu in Miami, the new pump has yet to arrive in Panama, so farits been at least 2.5 weeks without water movement in the tank.
Luckily I checked with the local PO box office, they had to do a trace to find it.
Amazingly all cichlids and the tetras are still alive (as far as I can see in the tannin stained water) .
Because of the lack of water movement and filtration I had't been feeding for two weeks to help maintain water quality, but gave them a small meal today, and tested the water.
pH 7ish, nitrate still under 5ppm, and no detectable ammonia.
I attribute this to the heavy terrestrial plant growth, sucking up nutrients, some of the dieffenbachia showing even more visible growth with the lack of bio-filtration in the tank.
One of the Andinoacara pics, shot this morning.
Luckily I checked with the local PO box office, they had to do a trace to find it.
Amazingly all cichlids and the tetras are still alive (as far as I can see in the tannin stained water) .
Because of the lack of water movement and filtration I had't been feeding for two weeks to help maintain water quality, but gave them a small meal today, and tested the water.
pH 7ish, nitrate still under 5ppm, and no detectable ammonia.
I attribute this to the heavy terrestrial plant growth, sucking up nutrients, some of the dieffenbachia showing even more visible growth with the lack of bio-filtration in the tank.
One of the Andinoacara pics, shot this morning.
After sitting in Miami for a couple weeks while the red tape was ironed out, the pump arrived in Panama yesterday, and I was able to pay a cab driver I know to pick it up, and deliver it to the ferry dock, and another friend with a "salvo" (mayors approval to travel), was on the ferry and able to drop at my door (I am not able to leave the yard, at that time, because of the Covid curfew).
The fittings provided matched up with my plumbing, and within about a half hour, water was again flowing.
The pump is at the moment very quiet, and is set at @ 1,000 g.p.h. (it supposedly will push up to 1,500 g.p.h.
One of the sumps, the one where the pump resides.
And the pump influent to the tank, spread out between 4 ports.
The fittings provided matched up with my plumbing, and within about a half hour, water was again flowing.
The pump is at the moment very quiet, and is set at @ 1,000 g.p.h. (it supposedly will push up to 1,500 g.p.h.
One of the sumps, the one where the pump resides.
And the pump influent to the tank, spread out between 4 ports.
Glad the pump made it and the fish are alright, really makes me appreciate that I can order something online with 2 clicks and have it delivered to my door within a few days.
Yes, I believe if I still lived in the U.S. it would have been as little as a 24 hour gap, but an island in the middle of nowhere! Reminds me to keep my stocking level on the lower side.
Along with the pump, constant rain throughout the night caused my sump to overflow, into an effortless, free water change.
Along with the pump, constant rain throughout the night caused my sump to overflow, into an effortless, free water change.
Congrats on getting the pump and specially on having made the provisions to maintain the fish (and the tank as a whole) alive, despite the lack of pumping. A testament to the various safeguards you had in place prior to the pump failure, and then the steps you took afterwards. Sounds like having a spare pump around may be part of the future safeguard planning?
Again, happy for you and congrats!
Again, happy for you and congrats!
