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My experience with floating plants is that humidity and water drops on the leaves has no effect on the plants. They typically get the CO2 they need from the air and in full sun they are exposed to more heat and brighter light than in any aquarium. There is only one thing that causes this. A...

Red root floaters are red whenever there is a deficiency in soluble phosphate. I have seen that several times inn my tank. When grown without a phosphate deficiency the leaves are green. In the wild they typically have green leaves and red roots. Note test kits cannot tell the difference...

Do you have a water softener.? Your location is listed as arizona which has hard water. A water softener removes the GH but adds sodium. And high levels of sodium are bad for fish and shrimp. If you are using RO water it is safe as long as your increase the GH. If you have a water softener...

do you see any noticeable growth of your plant in in a month? Algae does very well in water with very low nutrient levels. Levels that are too low for most plants to grow. So if your plants are to growing and the algae is you probably have a nutrient deficiency that is preventing plant...

Just by sea salt and mix that with fresh water. measure the salinity to verify you are at the normal levels of the sea.

they are less accurate than liquid test kit But that does't mean the results are so far off to cause a problem. Without any other data assume it is reasonable accurate. Also the rusts depend on the water source. Well water is generally harder than river water. So to get the best data they...

The variations in diffusers one will cause one to require more pressure than the otherto operate properly. This variation means one will work while thether will not. The best way to do this is to have one regulator on the bottle to drop the pressure down from about 800 PSI in the tank to say...

What is the KH and GH before it goes isn the tank. Do you add anything to the water in the tank. PH up PH down products fertilizer or KH products. Just a note that at your water PH you fish and shrimp should be fine. Your PH would have to drop below 6 before I would worry.

Another possibility is that if using an electric PH meter it either needs to be calibrated or the sensor needs to be replaced.

It is possible I use RO water and have to use a GH booster to increase GH. Early onI used a sulfate GH booster nd found my PH was fine right after a water change but over time it would slowly drop. If It did observe the PH dropping all the way down to 5. I eventually dertimmined it was the GH...

A good test to have done is an ICP-OES test. Amazon nells the kit. You fill the provided container with the water and mail it to a laban it will tell you what is in the water done to about one part per billion. But the one company I used didn't tell me if the water was safe to drink. That's...

Sea salt does have calcium and magnesium but it will make the water too salty for your this. Seichem Equilibrium is a GH booster that will increase GH It is mainly made from gypsum ( Calcium sulfate and Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate. it is widely used in aquariums. crushed coral is mainly...

Thanks for the info I didn't knowtahaat. However from what I know the sodium bicarbonate from the water softener should react with the chlorine in the chlorine to from sodium chloride (table saltO). I suspect it should work and the carbon filter all RO systems should also help. But I have no...

I think you are find with a slow fill.Just make sure the filer is completelysubmerged while you are doing the fill. Keep an eye on your plants if the growth slows or stops your root tabs may not be providing enough nutrients for your plants. some fertilizers assume you tap water will supply...

I haven't used wonder shells. So I have no experience with them. in most lakes and steams a large amount of the KH is from Calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate. which the KH and GH test will detect. But Ca and Mg carbonates only dissolve in acidic water water but not in neutral or...

I did see a post a few years ago were one was used . More out of curiosity rather than actually monitor the water. It was a planted tank and he was seeing plants making oxygen when the lights were on.

your plants look good but it appears some of the leaves are yellow. Ifthis is correct you might be deficientm innitorgen. If your nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia test all show zero you probably are deficient in nitrogen. The best way to address a deficiency is only dose that one nutrient...

RO systems tend to clog up with hard water faster than softer. Often it is iron that is the problem. Had water typically has too much iron. Water softeners typicality remove iron.and other metal that can quickly clog RO filters. Note RO systems will remove excess sodium. Note I use 100% RO...

Water softeners work by replacing calcium and magnesium with sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate will push the PH up. More plants will push the PH up even more because plants consume the carbonate resulting in Soodium hydroxide which pushes the ph up even more. Additionally most steams...

You can look around for a good site that has been around for years ( like this site and aquaticplantcentral.com) that does appear to use subscriptions or adds to pay their bills. And then then post alink to the an article with data and pictures manually copped from the site a. by typifying in...

many plants that prefer full sun will grow unusually tall if they are shaded. Shadded light is high in blue light but deficient in red light. Full sun will have a balance of red and blue. Plants need all colors of light but many use red and blue light to regulate growth. from your link the...

Just a note that sometimes plants go dormant due to lack of nutrients. Growing plants need a little of nitrogen as well as other nutrients. There are 14 nutrients needed for plant growth to occur.. If nutrient levels ar too low the plant may appear torment. IF the plant starts to die it may...

it is a variety of Salvinia. It is a common aquarium floating plant. It all 14 nutrients plant need are pressent it will grow and look like the picture you posted. if the leaves are yellowish or have holes in the tank you have a nutrient issue. I had them in my tank. water spray, humidity...

Typical sales information. Many people today like color changing LED light strips so you can adjust the color what you want. However these lights typically produce red green and blue light, not the entire color spectrum plants need. White LED are blue LEDs covered with a phosphor that...

Shrimp get the calcium nd magnesium they need from the water GH or the food. all food has calcium and magnesium. Also most tap water has enough GH for shrimp. 2 degrees GH should be enough. All Gh boosters on the market have calcium and magnesium.

bamboo shrimp don't have claws. instead they filtering baskets for hands that they use to filter the water to collect floating particles of food floating in the water. perhaps if you put duckweed in a blender to make a green soup...

Yourfish are safe. Bamboo shrimp are filter feeders. they feed off of algae and food floating in the water. To do that they will seat for a place with the highest water flow were they can filter out the food parcels from the water. They don't have claws. The claws instead are small filters...

For staters look at the label on the dehumidifier. It should list the power consumption in watts. then multiply that by the number of hours you want it to run on a battery. That will give you the watt hours of soft torage you need. For example if the dehumidifier says 1000 watts (1...

Part of the problem might be how thick the walls of the tubing are. Thinner walls stretch more. And if you have enough air pressure the hose could expand enough to slip off of the fitting. Ideal you want a hose that does not stretch . Stiffer hose is harder to put on butane it is on it is...

Plant do alter water chemistry since they pull nutrients such as calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and potasium (K) out of the water. Ca, Mg, and K push PH up. Other nutrients plants need Like Sulfur (S) and Chlorine (Cl) push the PH down. Now over a couple of days there will not be enough plant...

Some cats get on top of the aquarium because of the heat coming off of the light. I don't have a can't now but when I was young we did. We also had a steel fireplace insert with flattopto that was a good place to heat water for tea or hot chocolate. My dad would start the fire in the morning...

It is possible that at the water conditioner make the micro nutrient unusable for plants. But In my tank I found that the the micro ingredients in flourish comprehensive react with KH in the water resulting in in insoluble micro carbonates that the plans cannot use. Also Seachem uses sodium...

UV light cannot penetrate solid objects. So if the bulb is intallled in the filter and you cannot see it.there is no risk to you. And it will not effect the larger fish. Now if you have shrimp and if one gets inside the filter it will kill the shrimp. Note you cannot see UV-C light which...

UV will kill everything exposed to the light. Bacteria viruses, parasites. it can also break down chemicals to smaller molecules. bacteria plants can then consume and destroy.

sometimes this is caused by one plant smothering out the other. But plant nutrient issues can sometimes play a role. Each species of plant has a slightly different level of tolerance for low nutrient levels. Some will grow while others will just sit there. I had used Salvinia to smother...

Natural water and most tap water will have trace amount of arsenic, mercury, strontium, and uranium. Most of the time the levels are so low they can be ignored. How ever in a now water change tank every time you add water to compensate for evaporation the amount of toxic elements increases...

Air has CO2. Simply increasing ware air mixing will add CO2 to the tank. My filter spray bar is located just below the water surface and it pointed up and a little sideways. This creases a constant wave at the surface. Or you could create a small water fall. If you have enough mixing CO2...

nutrient-calculator.php that has been my experience. I had micro nutrient deficiency issues and cyanobacteria for a long time. When I got my micro nutrient fertilization figured out the cyanobacteria. disappeared. There are many varieties of cyanobacteria and only a minori ty of them produce...

Typically when water lines are flushed no chemicals are used. They simply drain the line and refill. The sudden high flow of water flow stirs up the sediment and flushes it out. However in your cases with new equipment installed Thread sealants probably were used on some of the water pipes...