My 48g Fowlr Journey. 13 Months On...

[Miss Wiggle]

still waiting on some pics!!! haha

hubby's blown the house up then!


do get some pics up soon though, dying to see it now your getting well underway!

 

[sparklefuzz]

Saturday - water and LR only, Sunday with aragonite sand and Monday with sand, PH was 8.2 each day. Today, dust has settled, PH has dropped to 7.8 any ideas why, anyone??

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Saturday - water and LR only, Sunday with aragonite sand and Monday with sand, PH was 8.2 each day. Today, dust has settled, PH has dropped to 7.8 any ideas why, anyone??

odd!

i guess it's just things settling down, when we first got our tank the ph dropped to about 7.2, did a water change and it came back up again. have you checked your salinity is OK.... cos the salt should also contain a ph buffer... so maybe if the salinity is low there's not enough buffer so the ph is low ?? clutching at straws though maybe!

 

[sparklefuzz]

Saturday - water and LR only, Sunday with aragonite sand and Monday with sand, PH was 8.2 each day. Today, dust has settled, PH has dropped to 7.8 any ideas why, anyone??

odd!

i guess it's just things settling down, when we first got our tank the ph dropped to about 7.2, did a water change and it came back up again. have you checked your salinity is OK.... cos the salt should also contain a ph buffer... so maybe if the salinity is low there's not enough buffer so the ph is low ?? clutching at straws though maybe!

Salinity is 1.024, all other parameters are fine... I thought adding the sand would actually increase it, if anything...how strange...

LOL, You guys sound so busy I don't recall having to do that much work when I was starting up my tank

Hey, I can make myself sound like I'm busy whilst sitting on my tush watching TV It takes practise, but I have it off to a fine art.

still waiting on some pics!!! haha

Soon soon!!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Saturday - water and LR only, Sunday with aragonite sand and Monday with sand, PH was 8.2 each day. Today, dust has settled, PH has dropped to 7.8 any ideas why, anyone??

odd!

i guess it's just things settling down, when we first got our tank the ph dropped to about 7.2, did a water change and it came back up again. have you checked your salinity is OK.... cos the salt should also contain a ph buffer... so maybe if the salinity is low there's not enough buffer so the ph is low ?? clutching at straws though maybe!

Salinity is 1.024, all other parameters are fine... I thought adding the sand would actually increase it, if anything...how strange...

fair enough!, that was my only hope sorry, now where's Ski Fletch

 

[sparklefuzz]

Saturday - water and LR only, Sunday with aragonite sand and Monday with sand, PH was 8.2 each day. Today, dust has settled, PH has dropped to 7.8 any ideas why, anyone??

odd!

i guess it's just things settling down, when we first got our tank the ph dropped to about 7.2, did a water change and it came back up again. have you checked your salinity is OK.... cos the salt should also contain a ph buffer... so maybe if the salinity is low there's not enough buffer so the ph is low ?? clutching at straws though maybe!

Salinity is 1.024, all other parameters are fine... I thought adding the sand would actually increase it, if anything...how strange...

fair enough!, that was my only hope sorry, now where's Ski Fletch

LMAO!! He is probably in bed. It's a disgrace! Thanks anyway... t'was worth a shot eh? LOL (oh god, just read that back, had spelt 'shot' wrong... too funny!!)

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yup disgraceful!!

i'm v jealous, i could really do with going back to bed today, feel awful and i'm only making the bare minimum of efforts to do any work

oops!

 

[sparklefuzz]

yup disgraceful!!

i'm v jealous, i could really do with going back to bed today, feel awful and i'm only making the bare minimum of efforts to do any work

oops!

You can be jealous of me aswell then, cos I work from home so can go back to bed anytime I want !

But then, I don't earn much, so it all comes back around....

 

[Miss Wiggle]

well it looks like i'll be doing bugger all from the comfort of my own home the next few weeks. I've got a really bad back and it's just starting playing up a bit. Think I might be off home this afternoon. last time it flared up i was off for 3 months though

 

[sparklefuzz]

well it looks like i'll be doing bugger all from the comfort of my own home the next few weeks. I've got a really bad back and it's just starting playing up a bit. Think I might be off home this afternoon. last time it flared up i was off for 3 months though

Oh no take care of yourself... it'll be carrying all those buckets of water around! Feel better soon

 

[Miss Wiggle]

thanks,

actually worked out the other day when we downsized our tanks we've got rid of all bar 1 of the tanks that i maintain, so now I just have my 8g to look after, and Ian has the 2 big tanks and his little one, and we both do the marine tank. so i've got quite a good deal on carting buckets of water around now!

we don't really know what's causing it, just waiting for an appiontment at the hospital to get it x-ray'd now. they keep testing and ruling stuff out but they can't find what's caused it, bit of a bugger cos with no diagnosis you can't really treat it

i'll stop wingeing now anyway and let you get your thread back on track!

 

[sparklefuzz]

thanks,

actually worked out the other day when we downsized our tanks we've got rid of all bar 1 of the tanks that i maintain, so now I just have my 8g to look after, and Ian has the 2 big tanks and his little one, and we both do the marine tank. so i've got quite a good deal on carting buckets of water around now!

we don't really know what's causing it, just waiting for an appiontment at the hospital to get it x-ray'd now. they keep testing and ruling stuff out but they can't find what's caused it, bit of a bugger cos with no diagnosis you can't really treat it

i'll stop wingeing now anyway and let you get your thread back on track!

Back problems, they never can find the cause it seems.

ok ok.. yeah yeah... pictures... I'll go do them now. LOL

 

[sparklefuzz]

Pictures! Please excuse the fakey corals, hubby thought it was a good idea. I'm hoping a rock will fall on top of them... 'accidently'.

So, aquascaped and umm, well... done!



Now, my moonlights... had to take this pic with my mobile phone for the night vision thing, looks gorgeous at night actually.



We're attacking it with the putty tonight, which means it will end up different, the right hand side island is too buky, so we're rearranging it a little. It does have a great big hole in the middle, but you can't see it on the pictures... anyways... more pics tomorrow when the critters arrive

 

[boshank23]

looks the poodles! love the blue spotlights

 

[sparklefuzz]

looks the poodles! love the blue spotlights

Thanks for your comments! Are poodles good?! lol! Yeah, the moonlights are a bit funky, rather pleased with them