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    Wow! Stingrays would be impressive in a tank of that size! I have tended towards discus and angelfish in my 540. At first it was heavily planted and I liked that. But then later I went with hardscape only (which I thought I wouldn't like) and I liked that too. Hardscape only is much easier to maintain. The biggest issue for me have been: 3 feet is so deep it is a little difficult to mess around on the bottom, like planting plants. A really gigantic pair of tweezers is helpful. For somethings a person has to get inside the aquarium With a big tank water changes can be a bear which is why I automated my system It takes a big heater too. I use an inline hot tub heater. I have the plumbing coming in from the bottom to reduce the clutter around the sides Be careful what fish you put into the tank. It is nearly impossible to catch fish out of the tank without draining nearly all the water out. I have had to resort to a fish trap to remove fish from the tank.
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    If it is a purple film on the bananas, it could be cyanobacteria. Also, the leaves of banana plants naturally vary from green to purple on the underside. This is caused by pigments that are inside the plant leaves, it is not external. I have never got to the root cause of this but I have noticed this phenomena on many, many plants. My hypothesis is that it connected with how light is absorbed but I have nothing to back this up. Here is some previous discussion on this:
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    I think any time of year or season is okay. I have seen them in winter, spring, summer and fall here in North Carolina and they always look about the same to me.
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    That is a good question and I am not completely sure of the answer. What I do know is that the bananas are rhizomes that store starches that the plant uses as food. My guess is banana plants store food for the same reason we do. When I have collected banana plants in their natural habitat, not all banana plants have bananas. Some banana plants have normal roots that extend into the mud. Here is what they look like in the wild.
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    I have never done either so I don't know. But since I don't know the answer and easy out would to try the Dr. Tim's because at least that would have some sort of instructions and then it wouldn't all be guess work.
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    As part of a plant community devoted to figuring out what makes for the healthiest hair algae for long term growth I'd have to say, I don't know. But you have got me thinking about red now. And hair algae. And even red hair algae. I hope that doesn't become a thing.🙂 No more red plants? No, more red plants!
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    @AmyLea is amazingly putting wreath's in her aquarium!
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    Welcome to the 540 gallon club! What are you thoughts on stocking so far?
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    Do you ever say to yourself, gosh what's that I found (WTF) in my aquarium? Well this morning was a WTF Wednesday for me. I am feeding my young sparkling gouramis their morning ration of baby brine shrimp when an electric blue flash caught my eye. Baby neon's? A baby zebra danio? No, two baby zebra danios! My best guess is just before putting the baby gouramis in this 40 breeder I had used this aquarium for a group fish that included a few zebra danios. While I drained all the water out of the aquarium and set it aside, I didn't clean it before adding green water and baby sparkling gouramis. I never clean between setups because I want the beneficial bacteria to get a head start in the new tank. Apparently there were also some beneficial zebra danio eggs or fry included in the grunge. Welcome to WTF Wednesday.
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    pH varies over the course of night and day in a planted aquarium. It is usually lowest in the morning because the plants have giving off CO2 all night which lowers the pH.
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    Cannot see why not?
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    Here is the above water portion of the aquarium I posted earlier today in Top-View Tuesday I should have an update on the lower part of the tank tomorrow or the next day.
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    After a week of the pH in all 3 tanks hovering in the 7.5 to 7.6 range, starting 2 days ago I began to see jumps in pH in the afternoon. This morning I added about 2 gallons of RODI water to each tank to make up for evaporation. Today's jump was even more dramatic. I have a guess as to what is happening. What is your guess?
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    Well at least that rules out the problem @Brandy was having.
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    How to Fight 6 Types of Algae in Your Fish Tank WWW.AQUARIUMCOOP.COM Do you dream of having a beautiful aquarium but end up constantly fighting to keep algae at bay? In this article, we discuss the root causes of algae, the... On another Co-Op blog post hair algae was among the 6 mentioned. It is a tough one! Hair Algae In this category, we’re referring to the many types of algae that look like wet hair when you take them out of the aquarium (e.g., hair algae, staghorn algae, string algae, and thread algae). These algae can be problematic because they grow so rapidly or are hard to get rid of. They’re generally caused by an excess of certain nutrients (such as iron), too much light, or not enough nutrients (to match the long lighting period). Therefore, try decreasing your lighting period, increasing fertilization, or decreasing iron. Siamese algae eaters, amano shrimp, molly fish, and Florida flagfish are good candidates to use as clean-up crew. You can also help them by manually removing large clumps using a toothbrush. The problem with pushing it into the substrate is that it leaves the nutrients the algae is made of as fertilizer for yet more algae.
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    Pelagic birding is pretty hardcore. Are you adding to your life list or do you yearly numbers? Not that just seeing birds no ones else ever sees isn't enough in its own right of course.
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    There have been running discussions of tetras dying on the forum in the past like this: When did you purchase the neon tetras?
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    Your current setup with the remaining fish. It could potentially be helpful in making a diagnosis.
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    You are right, the vegetable matter does feed the bacteria. Vegetable material in water is kinda of like vegetable material in a compost pile. Both provide the nitrogen and carbon to build up large populations of decomposers. All* primary producers have one thing in common in they make their food using sunlight. Algae and plants do it, but some bacteria do it also, like the famous blue green algae. But the bacteria in the infusoria culture are heterotrophs feeding on complex organic acids from the decaying vegetable matter, so technically the vegetable matter was the primary producer. And no matter how much heterotophic bacteria you produced in your infusoria culture you still would not have anything near large enough for even the smallest of fry to eat as the bacteria are super small even by baby fish standards. But microbes like paramecium feast on bacteria and once you get a paramecium population going now you have something the very small fry can eat. I have watched my baby gouramis hunt down paramecium just like wolves. So bacteria are near the bottom of the infusoria food chain, just not at the very bottom. But I also think I am beginning to grasp your original point. Which is you could grow infusoria without light. Just feed the bacteria and let the bacteria get eaten by whatever is on the next step up the food chain. You have persuaded me that it can be done without light.
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    You mentioned earlier having a YouTube channel. Would it be possible to post some video?
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    Is the green water the bulk meds?
  22. Daniel
    If I remember correctly, you have a 55 gallon, a 90 gallon and a 120 gallon. Which tank did all the previous fish die in and which tank did the most of the current fish die in?
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    Cory had to edit the photo a bit and I bet that action removed it from your view.
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    It is in my browser
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    Agreed. You know the old saying 'you can't judge a plant by it's cotyledons'. I did have a Parks Nursery Herb book once and it was nothing but page after page of what each plant's seed and the resulting cotyledons looked like. What I noticed in that particular photo were the seeds: Those seeds resemble clovers seeds.
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