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in today's video we are going to talk
about tools that you can use for dosing
in nano tanks if you are nano tank owner
and can't afford expensive equipment for
dosing this is what we do starting off
with auto top off we use this
gravity-based bottle it lasts about a
week on average and doesn't require any
equipment we usually do not add
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future videos next is a diy nano siphon
basically you need an air hose and a
pipette
just cut off the bottom of the pipette
and fit it inside the air hose for
additional control we hook it to a
tweezer this makes it easier to reach
tight spaces in nano tanks especially
when they are scaped the rocks and
plants are so close together that makes
it near impossible to use a regular
siphon also a regular siphon will suck
up a lot of water which doesn't allow
for enough time to clean the tank with
this nano siphon you are able to slowly
reach tight spaces and gravel vacuum
your substrate while doing water change
it takes about 10 minutes to siphon one
gallon of water it is enough time to
keen the algae and remove the detritus
here's a live example on how we clean
the gravel in the nano reef amazingly it
has enough suction power for the job the
only drawback is that if big particles
get sucked they may block the hose and
you'll have to clean it and continue of
course this gets the job done dosing and
cleaning using sumps and autodozers is
an option as well but for us it is just
the diy low-cost method on the short and
long run this is only recommended for
tiny tank less than 10 gallons hey
apisto nice to see you i want to mention
that being tiny doesn't bother us in
this tank so far we didn't have any
complications except that i am invaded
and i try to bite the hand when it goes
in the water yes the hand took some
precautions and hence the use of a
tweezer as well
this will avoid getting bit by livestock
after siphoning before you add new water
you'll have to add some elements with
nano tanks the dosing is in milliliters
which makes it difficult to use the cups
provided by the manufacturer we
recommend having a syringe with long
needle the syringe has a lot of
advantages over pipettes for this job
you can control the amount of elements
being dosed and having a long needle
helps you reach far dose directly on the
spots needed
watch the examples on how we use it to
pulverize in here we pull verizon
eptasia anemone with hydrogen peroxide
it can also be used to minutely dose
prime excel on algae iodide and other
trace elements also a good use would be
to dose fertilizers directly inside the
substrate for root plants yeah but watch
out too much hydrogen peroxide makes me
noxious and i may die thank you for the
reminder we'll take care of this hope
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channel this is a clip we hang on the
tank so we can place a cover with
rimless tanks this solution makes it
perfect yeah sorry to cut you it also
prevents me from jumping out i tried a
couple of times with no success also i
see a lot of evaporation being blocked
on top that is true at block water
evaporation as well next is an intuitive
solution to feed your livestock with
powdered food we will post soon as
promised a video only about powder food
for shrimps we use a small shaker to mix
the ingredients with row water mixing
with a shaker will help in dosing the
right amount and most importantly it
will allow for even distribution of
powder nutrients like bacter a spirulina
powder baby food powder and other
similar nutrients like water column
fertilizers create biofilms and are best
if mixed well in the tank water and not
only sprinkled on the surface so the use
of a shaker makes it possible to mix
beforehand and also helps when topping
off with new water so if you tie your
dosing with your manual water top off
you'll have the perfect solution for
nano shrimp tanks however you should
only use raw water in the mix making
sure the contents you're adding have no
harmful minerals and that's it for
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