Thanks Giancarlo, That does make sense, but what I was stressing at was that is it not possible to have a medium -high light setup tank with loads of surface ...
Ah yes Tom, I forgot about that :-( PH, KH, Temperature etc. should affect the equilibrium. I was thinking of a setup that will replenish the CO2 back to the...
I went last night and picked up some Flourish Excel. I used 125 ml in a full 75 gal tank which should be nothing in a tank this size according to forums read...
I'm so sorry, I'm hoping someone here can help you. These are great, knowledgable people on this list. Again, I'm very sorry. Jolene ... I went last night...
I'm very sorry to hear that. That's probably a very lethal dose. I would not recommend any more than 2-3 times the regular dose which is 1ml for every 10...
I use the veggie clips they sell at most LFS. I use a whole cucumber with the ends cut off, the fish eat the iniside and leave the harder outer part. I remove...
wow, have never fed my fish human food but I can see the benefits. Having never seen people feed (just listened to forums on this) I didn't even know how long...
Joanna Those are the tetras, the Orange Von Rio Tetras. Will they work well with my neons? What other fish will they work with since I am going with a...
I did the 50% water change and checked all the chemistries. Looks like I personally misjudged "ml" OH my God I just figured it out what i did ... -- ...
... You can increase gas exchange by adding an air pump, that would replenish CO2 faster than the plants are using it, but the concentration will not be higher...
I don't believe there is a way to test how much Excel is left in the tank, it doesn't effect PH like CO2 gas does. However it does have a very short lifespan,...
Joanna I have Java fern and hornwort in our tanks. We have found that these are the ones that the bettas enjoy the most. As far as lighting, they are the...
Green peas can be very useful to help constipated fish. Never tried grapes though, did the fish like them? Giancarlo Podio, LMD ... didn't ... peas ... ...
As I check the marketing text on Flourish Excel, I noticed that it says the following: "Flourish Excel(tm) also has iron reducing properties which promote the ...
The plec is doing fine. The spotted cory is doing fine. All the bronze corys are gone. I may be able to save a couple of the blood parrots, they ate good...
Plant growth is always limited by one or more elements. PMDD used phosphates as the limiting factor to starve algae by creating a competition for phosphate...
I don't believe algae have any advantage in taking up ferric iron compared to plants, I think both would benefit from the ferrous state of iron. But reduction...
Ok I did my water readings today before doing a water change. I need ya'lls help on this before I do it. Remember I am the one who had an ammonia spike 3...
Major problem here: How can CO2 levels in the river where a plant grows
be higher than the levels in the air around it? I don't think it can unless
there is...
... plant grows ... can unless ... water. "osmosis" ... only allows ... more, it ... We didn't say CO2 levels in rivers are higher than atmospheric ...
Hi, You said you had a ammonia spike 3 weeks ago and still you have high ammonia and zero nitrite. It looks like your aquarium is not cycling or maybe very...
With ammonia in the water, I would not wait for a water change. If there are no NitrItes, then I doubt the bacteria is converting Ammonia. How does the ...
Can you test the nitrate level in your tap water? Just trying to understand if the current nitrate level is due to bacterial nitrification or your water...
Thanks for clearing it up for me. :) Patrick ... We didn't say CO2 levels in rivers are higher than atmospheric concentrations. In the quoted portion of my...
How often should I be doing the water changes? The tank was cloudy up until Wednesday then it cleared up. Unfortunately I think I am going to lose my neons....
But how could it not be converting after moving them? The tank was fine until I moved them to a bigger tank. That is when the spikes started happening. I...
Something may have killed off your beneficial bacterial colony. I'd do frequent water changes to protect the fish, while the colony reestablishes itself. TomR...
Sounds like a good mix. One question - do you want the Platy or Swordtails for their color or because they will have babies? I don't see Rummy Nose very often....
