Jared Andrews

Did a 1 gallon water change after testing.

Photos Description This is a PooBoo Indoor Cycling Bike, has been lightly used and works great.

Photos Description This is a LEVOIT Classic300 Ultrasonic Top Fill Humidifier, lightly used and works great. $30 | Available for pickup in Worcester, MA (email jared at jaredandrews dot com)

Photos Description This is mini fridge by Haier, have had it for a long time, but still works great.

Photos Description These are two Giixer 1000W LED Grow Lights, included is hardware for hanging them.

Did a 2 gallon water change last night.

Reduced feeding a lot this week, which is more in line with my previously normal levels.

Nitrate has indeed risen, I'm going to chill out on the food and not add Easy Green this week.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

The tests above are prior to a 4 gallon water change.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Did a 30% water change.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

I had hoped to wait several months before trimming the plants at all but two factors made me decide to do it today: I originally placed two floating rings around the driftwood, I didn't fully understand how pennywort grew and I wanted there to be be space…

Levels looking good.

Still getting 0 on ammonia and nitrite, which is great!

A Warning 👏 THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL 👏 YOU SHOULD NOT PLAY WITH 120V POWER UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING 👏 My goal in publishing this article is as a demonstration and to share with like minded people.

At this point the tank appears to be cycled.

Added one pump of easy green after testing.

I received both of my online orders and planted the final plants for this tank.

The ammonia has dropped to zero and all the fish seem good.

Fish still doing well.

All fish seem to be doing well.

I placed a couple online orders for the remaining plants I wanted.

I did my first water test with my API Freshwater Master Test Kit.

I spent an incredible amount of time placing and moving the hardscape around.

At this point I was ready to really start building the tank out.

For my first planted tank, I didn't really plan things out.

It took a little while to find a new tank for the fish.

TempDiff is an arduino based tool which visually indicates the temperature difference between two zones with a simple visual signal.

I built a Raspbery Pi based alarm clock sometime in 2022.

Photo Description This is a stand meant to hold a record player and some records beneath it.

Photos Description These are four record storage cubes.

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In 2018, I moved to Worcester and for the first time in almost a decade, I lived in a neighborhood where kids would trick-or-treat.

The day after my Grandpa died, I went to his place and picked up his two fish tanks.

I have been an on-and-off fish tank guy since high school.

Photos Description These are cork mats for your turntable. 11" in diameter but I can most likely get you a larger or smaller size if you have a bigger or smaller turntable diameter. $5 | Available for pickup in Worcester, MA (email jared at jaredandrews d…