The Aquatics hobby is ramping up with spring pond work and a new feeder tank in the basement coming this year. Pond needs re-lined. I was a bit disappointed we did not get more than one year out of the first liner in PondV3, but it was sort of expected. And it only took a year to find out 20 gallons is not enough to feed these guys live food as much as I (and certainly they!) would like:
At least the main tank is doing quite well. Notice the big guy peering out from the top left corner. Looks like the filter schedule on this one should settle into running for about 5 months. Despite still pushing good flow after a 6-month run last cycle, that appeared to be a bit too long, based on upwardly trending water nitrate levels. That Marineland C360 cannister has turned out to be a great choice for this tank.