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all right we're back guys water change
wednesday
new viewers water change wednesday is a
question and answer format
you ask me a question in the description
below the video in the comments section
i try to answer it there and then i try
to answer it here
alright so let's get right into the
video
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the first question this actually came up
a couple times and maybe
some of us were wondering and just
didn't ask the question
so tin asked
what is the purpose of the internal
overflow and the purpose of the internal
overflow guys is
many or the internal
overflow has a couple good things
that really can help your tank
and the first thing is gas exchange
when you have the water flowing over an
overflow
into another compartment it makes more
contact
with the air surface so therefore
there's better gas exchange
oxygen and carbon dioxide are
transferred
way better it also helps accumulate
detritus in there rather than settling
in the bottom of your main display
whatever your flow is churning up in the
water will then
pass over the overflow and settle inside
the overflow box
it's great for your biological filter to
turn the water over if you're not
turning your water over
circulation helps but it's not the same
as transferring this water into a
different compartment
it really serves as a mini sump so to
speak
the other issue is it takes that thin
dust or compound layer that forms on the
surface of your tank
that really inhibits gas exchange and
sometimes if it gets bad enough it'll
affect your
light coming through the water all right
so let's take a look
at the lighting canopy that i made
at a foam core board and foam
blocking it's worked out really well
guys
the first setup that you see here
was with only foam on the sides
but what i noticed is even though the ai
prime
super light it made the foam core board
sag a little bit so i like the light
canopy here guys
this is the foam blocking and i cut some
pieces here to raise it up off the
side i use super glue
to glue it and then this is foam core
board
and it's really stiff and
it just looks okay to me so i just like
the way it looks guys
it serves the purpose and it looks nice
cut a hole in the top set this on there
and there it is it blocks the light
from going over the sides quite a bit
and that's what i like i don't like a
lot of light where it's not
needed so it focuses the light down
below
the only issue that i might have and so
far it's been okay
is moisture you know because it's foam
core board if there was too much
moisture it's going to get damp and
maybe get soggy or wrinkly but i
felt every day since i've started it
which has almost been three or four days
now and no
no nothing wet underneath i'll squeeze
this one in it's not
reef content but i feel like i should
uh lionel villa tin
plate pre-war standard gauge
and zoh asked what camera do i use for
filming your tanks and youtube videos
i use the canon m50 that's on me now
for close up and doing this the
monologue stuff
and then i use iphone 11 se to
take tank shots i have a close-up lens i
actually did a video on that
that does the close-ups it's pretty good
camera on the iphone
all right let's take a look at a couple
things in the tank all right what i
thought i'd show you guys here guys is
this yellow stuff is actually spongy
tissue and i'm not sure where it's going
to go or how it will grow whether it'll
spread or grow up or out
but i thought what we would do is take a
look at anything
that has potential
all right this is also spongy material
on this
tonga rock so i don't know what this is
going to do either guys but fish guy
mike
said this is a form of sponge if we do
some research we could probably figure
out what type it is but let's see what
it does if you notice it's in a couple
spots
and i kind of touched it while i was
putting it in
it's kind of mushy so not your typical
sponge with the holes in it and all that
but let's see what it winds up
bearded flip-flop had a question about
lanthanum chloride or
phosphate rx i had done a video some
time ago
that if you really have a bad phosphate
issue and you've tried the things i've
mentioned
vacuuming your gravel or your sand bed a
large water change along with it
once that gets down to a level if you
still are struggling you can always try
some lanthanum chloride or the brand
name is phosphate rx
he was asking do you need a filter sock
in the exact
location that you're putting the drops
of lanthanum chloride in
and i had said no but you do want all
the water
in the tank to pass through a filter
sock you can get away with
just a skimmer that's the way i've done
it anytime i've used
phosphate rx it's been in the 20 gallon
tank and it's only been a matter of
four or five drops normanos asks
why wednesday and not another day like
water change
friday well i really did water change
wednesday it's not rhyming but they both
water change wednesday they both begin
with w
i thought that was kind of cool and then
i thought
uh it's the middle of the week it'll be
easier for me to do a video on a
wednesday
and then for sunday rather than too
close together
so that's why it's water change
wednesday guys i wanted to thank you for
your comments and suggestions about the
kenya tree
i'm telling you i've tried everything
more
less flow more like temperature
parameters are good i'm starting to
think
they're too good my nitrate is like
reading
one part per million so what i did this
week is i skipped a water change and i'm
noticing it to stand up a little bit
more so i'm just trying everything guys
but i appreciate your comments and
trying to help me out
we'll work it out we'll get it
we'll get it i had this on feed mode i
think it's trying to come back on
yeah this is the mini wave maker it goes
in feed mode when you touch a button for
10 minutes
and then it comes back on so now you're
gonna start to see the
shimmer and the water
so that's cool so that's what i have in
there too for new viewers that's the
mini
wave by heiger
and that does it for the 10 gallon tank
you won't need more than one in there
and i have the return
that i might cut back see that guys i'm
going to cut that hose back a little i
don't know i mean it's
it's doing all right there you can't
really see it but i might cut it back so
the end just sticks out of the overflow
box
all right this is one of my favorite
comments of the week guys i love these
comments
it's t-g-o-d t-god
t-god raid says great video
leaving a comment just because
all right guys so i think that does it
for this one
have a great rest of the evening
wednesday night and i'll see on sunday
what am i going to do
sunday what will we do on sunday
i don't know yet so but i always put one
out on sunday unless i'm
sick which i never get sick knock on
wood
all right that should do it guys right i
know i went off
on a rant a little bit today i don't
know i just have to have fun back here
aussie aussie d
i know i do have fun behind the camera
you know
i had quite a few questions this week
and one came up a couple times
and i think it was 10
yeah 10 and
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of all the past water change wednesdays
we're up to 20
and if you have a particular question
you're looking to be answered
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all right let's take a look at a couple
things in the tank
i don't know what i'm going to say when
i get down there i know we'll take
see i don't know what i'm going to say
when we get down there but i'll see what
i see and i'll mention what
i see going on down there that's all but
i know we'll talk about