im sorry but working at McDonald's for a summer doesnt really qualify you as a "chef" buddy. And watching Dexter 18 times doesnt give you medical knowledge
hello?? are you like. lost? clearly you've never read my fics before. or follow me.
a) I've been a line cook/chef de partie for almost a decade, including positions where I wrote recipes and created menus. nothing extravagant, and I would never say I'm exec level or anything, but I am good at what I do
b) I was raised by a registered nurse who insisted on teaching me first aid and CPR at like 10, and I'm now going to school for speech language pathology. I'm very close to passing my neuroanatomy class right now! I am not and will never be a medical doctor, but I would say that my medical knowledge is broader than the average person's
So, the whole concept of setting up a sponge filter or changing a filter to bio media and "baffling" (?) the output really confuses me. Could you explain that a bit more? I'm fairly new to fishkeeping and all the guides I've looked at talk about this stuff like I should already know what it does, how to set it up, and how to maintain it.
I just wanna start off by saying thank you for waiting patiently for a reply to this! My laptop kept freezing and answering this kind of in-depth ask on mobile just wasn’t a possibility. So I’ve finally been able to hop onto a desktop and can answer your question! :3long post, under a cut it goes~
Setting up a sponge filter
I’ve talked about sponge filters before! Lemme leave you these links:- Setting up a sponge filter- Sponge filter Pros and Cons
Maintenance: if your sponge filter looks gunked up, just give it a few squeezes, swishes, and squishes in some dechlorinated water or some old tank water during water change!
Changing a filter to bio media
If you’re starting from scratch, brand new tank, hasn’t been cycled yet, just take out the filter cartridges your HOB (hang-on-back) filter came with and throw in some sponge media and/or ceramic media!
On the left is some sponge media and on the right is some ceramic media :)Aquarium Co-op has a video that explains how you can modify filters and he just does such a good job explaining it that I’ll leave him to it!
Now let’s say you’ve already got a tank setup and cycled and you want to switch from filter cartridges to a more permanent media like sponge or ceramic media. Switching over is really similar to “seeding a tank” (more on that here!) since there’s going to be a mix of old media (the stuff that’s been in your filter and is already cycled! most likely a filter cartridge) and new media (of your choosing). The best thing to do is slowly replace the old media, or if both will fit (like a bag of ceramic media and a filter cartridge) just run both the old and new media in the filter for a few weeks (at least 1-2 weeks) that way the newer media is “seeded” and you can take out the old media and add more new media :)
Maintenance: if your media is looking gunky, clean it off in some dechlorinated water or some old tank water during a water change.
If you’re only using filter cartridges, don’t listen to the directions on the box that say to replace them every month or so! If you can, use 2+ at a time that way you can stagger replacing them (again, mixing a little bit of new media, cartridges, in with old media!) so you don’t ever lose your whole cycle! From what I’ve read and heard, most people who use filter cartridges will keep their cartridges until they’re literally falling apart.Maintenance: if your filter cartridge is looking kind of gunked up, rinse it in some dechlorinated water or old tank water during a water change.
If you’re curious about different types of media (chemical, biological (this is the “bio media” we’re talking about in this post!), mechanical) or other types of filtration, this post goes through them and explains what they are and what they do! :)
From time to time, you may need to get all that gunk out of your filter as well!
Baffling
Baffling a filter refers to any modification to lessen or impede the flow of water as it exits the filter and reenters the tank. Usually the current is too strong and baffling helps to slow it down so that it doesn’t push your fish around :)
you can make a baffle like this from a water bottle! there are more pics on this website as well :)
you can 3D print em too! this design could probably be recreated with some craft mesh and creativity :)
you can even make one out of a soap dish!
Some aquariums have built-in filtration with little output nozzles! I have a few myself and I use these prefilter sponges to cover the nozzle so that the current doesn’t push my bettas around!
Some people use aquarium sponges :p
Hopefully that helped to clarify some things anon! :) If there’s anything else you have questions about or if there’s something you’d like me to explain in a different way please let me know!
part one of this askpart two of this askIf anyone has anything to add please feel free to do so :)
does "making a menu" mean you just picked from pre-made dishes lol you wanna be bigger than you are so bad, its pathetic
I know I definitely shouldn't be feeding the trolls here but I am just. utterly flabbergasted about this. of all the things you're trying to bully me about, you're choosing my current profession??? are my fic writing and borderline edginess too low hanging for you or do you just. not know anything at all about me? because I promise you'll get more mileage out of those than you will my cooking. not that you'll actually hurt my feelings there either but???
if you're actually curious, the menus I put together were for a bakery I used to work at. they were specific holiday bundle menus. so if you bought say, out easter package, it would include one vegetable or meat frittata, four frozen cinnamon rolls, a spring salad with a sparkling rosé dressing (my recipe!), and a carafe of either mimosa or cold brew coffee. different menus for different holidays, of course. things like the frittata, cinnamon rolls, and dressing were scratch made, the salad toppings julienned by hand (or using a mandolin, if I felt like endangering my fingers that day), and our baristas made the cold brew in house. a fairly simple menu all things considered, but when we'd have thirty or forty pre-orders I didn't want them to be too complicated. at that same location I also occasionally changed out options on our permanent menu, usually to match the season. a strawberry and pecan salad to replace the harvest salad, for instance. and I ran specials. gazpacho in the summer and this spicy beef chili with honey cornbread (my recipes!) that sold amazingly in the dead of winter, different sandwiches and breakfast pastries, etc etc.
how often do you worry about whether or not youre a narcissistic asshole and whether or not your relationships and friendships fail because you're genuinely exhausting and terrible to be around? If your parents ever got divorced I hope you think its your fault. Even if they say it isnt, I hope every day theres a little voice at the back of your mind that thinks "maybe I messed up, maybe I pushed them away from each other". Imagine if you were just... a better person? Imagine if you didnt make people hate themselves and want to get as far away from you as possible. Maybe one day you'll get into a relationship with someone who mirrors you and you realize how god awful you are
MWUAH PERFECTION BAFFLING ANON!! I'm so proud of you!
I wonder if your mom gets disappointed thinking about who you turned out to be and what little youve done with your life
oooh anon this one is much better, you're on the right track here!!
unfortunately for you I have a great relationship with my mom. I keep a sticky note from her in my recipe book! it says she loves and is proud of me =3 I have just as good of a relationship with my dad too, before you try that route.
maaaaybe go for like. my looks or how long it's taking me to get my degree? I'm more sensitive about those
The world is still young ياسل mountains Also, of course, KCC months. I don't know what to tell you, the stones in the river. And finally, when I woke up and started to work. This, of course-the Grand Conference in the mountains and requests; Source source of water. ;)
I just came from a week of listening to Tibetan Monks give talks at school. This is actually making a queer amount of sense. I approve!
