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I was posting an older photo, as someone asked about the quantity of plants. I'll post something later when I have a chance. I have trimmed several of the plants to get some of the algae out. Particularly the low plants up front.

That is a from a few months ago, but it is pretty close to the same amount of plant life.

I know that it probably doesn't mean a whole lot but I have a Kessil 150 Tuna sun light, and run it about 7 hours a day at less than 50% intensity. I guess every case is separate, but that hardly seems overkill. I do not have any plants floating on the water surface though. I guess that is...

I'll add them later .. I'm at work now unfortunately.

Of all the symptoms you described, I would say overfeeding might be the most likely. As I have mostly neons and they feed in the middle of the tank, stuff falls to the gravel. The shrimp do seem to clean up leftovers, but it is kind of hard to tell. I do regular changes of 25% a week and...

Thanks for the reply. I have a 25 gal cube and have been running a fluval 207 ... even had a 107 running at the same time to try and seed the beneficial bacteria in it for a second tank. I only have 7 small fish and some shrimp, so mulm is definitely on the low side. I change about 25% a...

So I have a blue-green algae problem (I believe). And one of the recommendations I saw was to use a single dose of Mardel Maracyn. So I ordered some online, and it arrived yesterday. A quick look at the expiration date and it expires in exactly one month from now. So what is your take...

I'm not a big Facebook person, but Facebook Marketplace seems to have a lot of used tanks for sale, and I live in a small-medium sized town. I have bought a tank from SevenPorts online. I can only say that the one I purchased is doing just fine, fwiw.

I had a few corner filters with the glass wool, although I switched to undergravel filters on all my tanks when they came into fashion. Had the aquamaster Supreme ... I might still have that in a box somewhere. I recently came back into the hobby and went through the garage and threw out my...

I'm probably not in the know, so forgive me if i am totally off base here, but i have ordered two tanks from SevenPorts and have not had any issues with them. They have a large variety of rimless tanks, and others, so maybe they have something in a size you want?

No change with Chrome. I even registered this time. Seems like the options at the top are to pay, or use my institution. I graduated about 100 years ago, so I doubt I could use my college.

It is believed that the AC is usually five times more harmful than the DC. The high frequency of AC is the primary reason for the severe effects on human bodies. It has sixty circles of frequency, which is incredibly damaging. Note that even a small frequency of about twenty-five volts voltage...

Thanks. I can only see the abstract though, or I would have to purchase it. I am interested, but not that interested.

That link doesn't work for me fwiw. Says oops i'm in the wrong aisle Error 404. I'd be interested in reading it, but maybe I need an account or something?

This morning I took 5 gallons out of the tap and into a bucket. Something I do to prepare my water for a water change in a few days. A strange thing happened though, my ph probe reads 7.7 and my drop test AND test strip read about 6.7-6.8. I put the ph probe in calibration fluid and it was...

I see. Are you installing from a physical device like a disk or are you downloading it?

Not an expert here, but at some point Microsoft stops supporting old products. Browsers, Microsoft Office, etc. They all meet an end of life where Microsoft cuts off support. Even Apple. So you probably can't do any further updates, and have to stick with the version you have, or you have to...

Not to be all engineering-like and I understand what you are saying, but the 2nd law of thermodynamics is that heat flows from hot to cold. Cold does not flow into heat. Removing the heat from the room can happen through the floor but since heat rises, and what is below the floor "can" be...

I looked at the Nitrate checker this morning, it is $250 for the meter only. It is $400 for the whole kit. I agree that is pretty pricey. Maybe if I owned a store or something I could justify that, but that is a luxury I don't think I need. I looked at this. Do you know if I can use it...

Well it has been about a week. I had an Otto pass away last night. I have no idea why. They have seemed to live through all the ph swings, and seemed to be happy doing their own thing, but I woke up this morning and one was gone. I decided to test my water this morning: ph -6.7 kh - 20...

I ordered the Alkalinity checker on the 24th of March, but apparently it is on backorder.

Hi Steven, I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond. I like to learn, and having someone to give me info or suggestions is great! So to answer your question about phosphates, as my tank is new-ish and the fish aren't really thriving yet the feeding is a bit difficult. I usually...

I thought I had my ph pretty stable between 5.8 and 6.0 for about 4 days, but today I cleaned my fluval filter and all of a sudden my ph is balooning up. From like 6.0 to 6.9 in the course of an hour. I replaced the charcoal, phosphate and ammonia filters. Is there something that could be...

I actually talked a person at my local water authority today. My area is very prone to large shifts in water as there are several different sources, and contractually my local water authority must purchase a certain quantity of city water from the city source daily and then they pump the...

I ran into this article while trying to better understand my tank parameters, and they give what I would "generally" consider a slightly different take on things. https://www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/ph-kh-gh-tds/kh-explained. To paraphrase they say PH swings can happen routinely in nature in...

Thanks for the reply, I need to digest that a little. As an update, I watched the tank parameters for 2 days without any CO2 injection. During the photo period (8 hours) the PH would rise about .3-.4 on the scale. In the non-light period the PH would drop .4-.5 over the 16 hour period. It...

I'm not sure what you mean by "who"? I do the water changes. I started doing about 50% every other day for the first month of the tank (because of the aqua soil), and am currently doing 20% every 2nd to 3rd day. I was "hoping" the tank would settle out and I could do 25% once a week.

Additionally I checked and my kh actually went from 4 to 2 overnight. Could there be so much acid in the tank that the dissolved calcium solids were eaten away overnight. This once again (without a wealth of experience on my ) seems pretty extreme.

well last night I turned off the filter with the crushed coral in it. I did no CO2 injection during the day, and the ph dropped from 6.4 down to 5.98 and is still fallling. I know that plants give off CO2 during the evening, but that seems like a big drop. Could there be something else in...

Thanks for replying. I started with some fish I thought would be pretty simple. Ottos, which are all doing fine it appears, cory's all 3 of which died, and neons (a few of which have died). I would be fine with keeping it soft and acidic, but 5.5 in the peak of the night seemed pretty low...

Hi, I have a 2 month old setup that I've been using for aquascaping. It is a 25 gallon tank with driftwood and aquasoil. I run CO2 during the light period at about 1 bubble a second (estimate). My drop checker is a good shade of green. I recently started testing my water, and noticed it is...

Hi, Sorry if this is a bit long-winded but I wanted to be thorough. I'm getting back into the hobby. I am trying out some aquascaping. I have a 25 gallon Cube (18" x 18" x 18"), with a DIY CO2 tank, temperature is 77F, PH is 6.5. I keep the CO2 on during the light cycle from 2 pm to 10...