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Many people believe plants only need red and blue light to grow. While you can find plants that do well with just red and blue, Some plants need more. Most plants have many pigments, Some help covert light into energy, Other regulate help regulate growth and some like these plastic sheets...

For algae keep in mind it is single cell organism. If you have one algae cell it can grow and fillthe tank. The nutrient needs of algae and plants are dependent on size and mass. So a large plant is going to need more nutrients. A small plant like DuckWeed needs a lot less. A single algae...

I have the low range version but I wish I had the normal range. They also have a very good alkalinity (KH) checker I also have t the ammonia checker but once I figured out my fertilizers I don't use it much now.

Why are you using a Phosphate filter? How often do you change it? What are your phosphate levels?. Generally you don't want a phosphate filter in a planted tanks. Plants need phosphate. Phosphate filters can be very effective at removing phosphate. And if you have no phosphate your plants...

there are a lot of people using high light and CO2 with plants and fish with fertilizers. For those following the Estimative index dosing methode they generally dose quite a lot of fertilizer. Generally the fish appear healthy and live about the normal life span. Generally monitor your CO2...

Hestates that he has been increasing the dose to try and get more red color in his plants. Note that the red color in plants doesn't come from iron. Many people have tried doupling, tripplingng, and quadrupling the iron dose and not seeing any improvment in reds. However I have seen a post...

If you go to google and type "water quality report and your location You should find a link from your city or water utility that may provide very useful data. Your situation sounds a lot like California. My utility gets it's water from the mountains, som local reservoirs, ground Water, and...

Thatpage you linked to is generally old advice but it could cause you problems. Its old advise that goes back decades and it isn't the best way to control PH. Generally in sreams and rivers most of the KH comes from magnesium and calcium carbonate. They dissolve when the PH is below 7and...

Stan510 One more question. How about iron pills sold at health stores? What kind of iron is that and is it useable in aquariums? mainly iron sulfate and iron gluconate. but there could be others. If you have any KH in your tank iron sulfate would react with the KH and converting to iron...

lead doesn't dissolve easily but if it does in water pipes it will make the water unusable. I my tank I use plumbing solder. In the USA plumbing solder must be lead free. It is mainly a alloy of tin, silver, and copper. When I had a lab test don on my tank tower it showed only a small amount...

It might be a couple of strands of hair algae.that they are using. I never saw my snails make a slime trail. But I have seen the use a strand of hair algae.

Note quite. Seachem iron is iron gluconaate. Gluconate is a type of acidic sugar. bacteria consume gluconate very quickly (Bacteria are pressent in your filter).. When the gluconate is gone the iron rusts. Some peaple have to add iron gluconate almost daily to maintain soluble iron levels...

It doesn't matter if it is fast growing or slow growing, floating, or fully submerged. All plants must grow to consume nutrients. And there are a lot of people out there that cannot get plants to grow. So it is imperative that you verify healthy plant growth before you add fish otherwise you...

Yeas I have seen the PH move up with lights on. I believe that when the lights are on the plants are possibly consuming carbonate (converting calcium carbonate to calcium hydroxide) This would push PH up. But with the lights on my PH dropped back to to very close to like 6.7 to 7This could...

The problem with plants is that they will only consume ammonia if the plants growing. I have seen many post about a new tank with plants that keep dyeing. Additionally i have signpost of people that have purchased an aquarium plants and fish and set it up thinking the plant will keep the...

there are several reasons for water changes Bult pof nitrate and phosphate in the water from fish waste.buildup of fish wast can make the water toxic to fish. Evaporation of water causing a buildup minerals in the water.. This can eventually change fresh water to brackish water and eventually...

If your KH fell from 4 to 2 then CO2 is probably not the source of most of the acidity in your tank.. CO2 will not cause a KH drop. tyipically carbonate is typically and magneisum carbonate in the water. Calcium carbonate does register on a GH test since it has calcium. It also registers...

Fertilizers and there ingredients has been in use for over100 years. And aquarium owners have been using fertilizer for at least 50years. Sometimes they buy an aquarium specific fertilizer or use a fertilizer intended for use on farms. In general most fertilizer are safe as long as they don't...

In your first picture the older leaves are dying or missing while new leaves are healthy. This is typically a symptom of a mobil nutrient deficiency. Mobil nutrients can be removed from old growth and moved to support new growth. The old leaves then die and fall off. Mobil nutrients are...

I sounds like your plants are struggling to get enough nutrients to grow have you ever used a fertilizer? When plants don't do well or don't grow often it is the result a nutrient deficiency (nitrogen, potassium, phosphate, calcium magnesium, sulfur,iron, zinc, and others). When one nutrient...

There is no way to know what the weights are made that came with purchesed plants. Only a lab can tell you that. I have purchased Lead free solder which isa used to join copper water pipes. as weights in my tank It is usually mix of tin copper and silver. later for unrelated reasons I had a...

Pure calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate ONLY dissolve in acidic conditions PH less than 7. If the acidity is from excess sulfates or chlorides the carbonate will convert to PH nuetral calcium / magnesium sulfate or chlorides. If the acidity is from CO2 calcium carbonate converts to...

My tank wants to go acydic due to the GH booster I use. yet I can keep it at 7 with no difficulty. I place a decorative sea she'll in the tank. When the water goes acidic due to excesss sulfates, chlorides, and even nitrite, the acids will react with the shell converting the acid to PH...

my CO2 tank is on a timer. it turns on for about 1 minute 4 times day. That way CO2 ispressent all day and night. The rate of CO2 dissolving in water is constant regardless of the lights turning honor off.

IN my experience it melts when there are not enough nutrients in the water. you could use a goodaaquarium fertilizer but in my opinion it is too late for that. I had it in my tank but nutrient deficiencies killed it before I figured out how to resolve those issue. Now no local shops have it.

Water that has been filter with a reverss osmosis filter. These filter remove most of the minerals in tapster. It can basically convert hard water to very software and remove most of the stuff your utility added to increase PH.

I looked at the water quality report and did a general search. The denver water utility is deliberately increasing PH to minimize lead pipe corrosion. Apparently they are adding sodium hydroxide to boost PH. The water quality report doesn't list any numbers for PH, KH, sodium, potassium...

The mutations of the virus are not suspicious in any wa. Scientist noticed that viruses can mutate rapidly almost as soon as the flu was identified as a virus. Furthermore if a virus doesn't mutate eventually the population will be come imun to it and it will go xinct. So the virus needs to...

I use an inverted bottle in my tank you cannot add too much CO2 with the lights on or off. As to how long 300ml will last I am not sure. It probably depends on the tank size setup and other factors. As to the device you acquired you really can't control the flow of gas very well with it. So...

Your problem was probably not CO2. Instead it was caused by a fertilizer that is incompatible with your ph and alkalinity. In your first post you stated your PH was 7.7. The iron DTPA in your fertilizer works best with a PH of 7.5 or less. Above 7.5 it rusts and becomes unusable by plants...

Nitrogen and iron deficiency are often causes of this. A nitrogen deficient plant will have all yellow leaves. and iron deficient plant with have green veines but the rest of the leaf will be yellow. There are other possible deficiencies that can cause yellow leaves but they are harder to...

lilies, red root flowters anacaris, anubias,and duck weed are all classified as flowering plants. Duck weed flowers are very very small and almost invisible. Anacharis and Anubis rarely flowers. Geologic evidence (fossils) indicates the first flower plant appeared about 140 million years...

When the old leaves land in the water the start to rot. That can cause ammonia and nitrite which is toxic to fish. Get a water test kit and test for these. Also do you have fountain or water fall? Water needs to mix with air to insure it has enough oxygen in it for the fish. Fountains and...

It was assumed that the the glass moving. But when researches calculated how long it would take for that to happen, The calculation exceeded all of human history.. The cause was eventually traced to how the glass was made before it was put in the wndow frame...

Note larger leaves could be a indication of a Zinc deficiency. Many fertilizers only provide about 0.001 ppm of zinc and copper. But for good plant growth you need about 0.02ppm of zinc and about 0.006ppm of copper.. in the past many homes had zinc coated iron pipes. Corrosion would add zinc...

Growth spurts are commonly caused in a change in nutrient levels. I you have all nutrients available in sufficient quantities plants will grow at a steady rate. Exactly how fast depends on light and CO2 levels. However in the majority of aquariums there is always at least one nutrient that...

Sorry double post.

I agree with byron The picture doesn't show the commpe discoloration pattern of iron deficiency. Maybe a calcium or magnesium issue but nothing definitive. We need more details: water change frequency and amount of water changed. What fertilizers are being used. Brand name and the...

Baking soda increases PH and KH. Based on your test results you were adding a lot of it. Baking soda also adds sodium. Fish need a ballance of sodium and potassium in the water to be healthy. If sodium or potassium gets to high while the other stays low it can fish. In all likelyhood the...

How often do you do a water change in your tank and when you do how much water do you replace? Water will evaporate from your tank leaving minerals behind. Over time this can make the water hard in the tank especially if you do minimal water changes. Generally calcium and magnesium mainly...