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    What is happening to my plants?

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    Thanks for all the info.  I just did a 50% water change (after ripping out these nearly dead plants) and added 10% water diverted around the water softener.  GH/KH are up nicely.  Will keep testing and doing this for a while.

    I'm also thinking of breaking down and spending money on a CO2 system for the growth and pH.  Another solution might involve throwing tons of money at this tank, getting kicked out by my wife and I can move someplace with proper water.  🤣

     

    What is happening to my plants?

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    Yeah, I need to replace our RO system and I am think about getting one capable of more gallons per day to allow for this.

    I did test my tap water that doesn't got through the water softener and the results were:

    • GH >150ppm (unacceptable)
    • Nitrite 0ppm (good)
    • Nitrate 0-10ppm (good)
    • KH >300ppm (unacceptable)
    • pH >8.0 (unacceptable)

    So pH is always high and GH/KH are on the extremes.

    What is happening to my plants?

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    We are on a softener!  But again, I only have ever tested pH which always high from the tap and low from the drinking water RO system (it's too slow to top up the tank).

    My water colour gets dark pretty quick after a water change, which I attribute to tannins from the driftwood (or possibly leaching out of the rocks in the tank).

    I need to find a GH test!

    What is happening to my plants?

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    17 hours ago, tolstoy21 said:

    I’d s start by checking to see if your lacking nitrogen or magnesium. Try doing a water test to see what the nitrate levels are, as well as hardness (GH).

    if these are rooted plants, maybe try some root tabs. My sword plants started yellowing as they got bigger until I replenished their root tabs.

    I don't have a GH test, but we have hard water.  But isn't GH tied to magnesium?

    What is happening to my plants?

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    Beyond the photo, the lower leaves have melted away.  Magnesium deficiency?

    I am using Thrive C Complete Low Tech Fertilizer.  This is a 50 gallon tank and I am dosing once a week at 1 pump per 5 gallons (10 pumps) as per instructions.  It says on the bottle that I could dose twice a week, but I'm worried about an algae spike.

    Help.

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    Breeding Box Question

    in Fish Breeding

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Hobbit said:

    I use a box almost exactly like that. I can’t help you with the ugly intake tube, but I use it with a co-op nano air pump and I can say they are soooooooo quiet. Almost silent. You will not hear at all it unless you’re right next to it or it’s hitting against something. I definitely recommend it!

    https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/air-pumps/products/usb-nano-air-pump

    I have one of those air pumps.  It is what I will use if I go that route.  I will also put it on a timer to shut down overnight.

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    Breeding Box Question

    in Fish Breeding

    Posted

    Very true on the output flow; never thought of that.

    Going outside mainly aesthetic.  Trying to build height upwards.  I want rooted-in-water plants without having the roots right in my tank.

    Another idea I was playing with is a fancier railing planter, cutting holes in the bottom of one side and making it work like a sump somehow.  Intake and output from the bottom.  Weight also has to be considered. 

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    Breeding Box Question

    in Fish Breeding

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    I am looking at the Fluval Hang-On Breeding Box to stuff an bunch of plants in behind my tank.  I am wondering if anyone has had success introducing water into them without an airhose?  I don't have an air pump connected to this tank now and prefer to keep it that way for the noise.  Also, the intake with air attachment is pretty ugly (IMHO).  I don't have a higher water volume to fill it by natural siphon (I think) but was thinking of maybe a micro submersible.  Looking for inspiration!!  Any other ideas welcome (as long as it will pass my wife's "it can't look bad" test).

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    Seed Shrimp (Ostracod) Control

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Maggie said:

    I have never seen a seed shrimp that I'm aware of. What are they? If I did have any, they'd be called shrimp scampi by my fish. 

    Basically little white dots that swim around your tank.  They are small scavenger crustaceans about 1mm that breed in the substrate and eat anything (bacteria, algae, dead stuff).  I had so many that they were all over everything.  My snail didn't appear to mind them latching on, but the shrimp disappeared very quickly.  The photos are from a microscope (my kid took them to school).

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    Seed Shrimp (Ostracod) Control

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Arc
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    On 2/6/2021 at 8:55 AM, TheDukeAnumber1 said:

    Heterandria formosa! Tiny... o it's the tinyiest and they love seed shrimp. But really I think the majority small shrimp friendly fish will take care of it.

    But... things that snipe seed shrimp may take out baby shrimp too.

    Unless anyone says "don't do it!", I think I am going to try Norman's Lampeye Killi (Poropanchax Norman).  It's really the only thing that I can get in my area.  There are some reports that they hug the bottom more and don't jump as much (I still need to get a proper lid).

    Seed Shrimp (Ostracod) Control

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Arc

    I "had" a thriving Spec V 5 gallon planted tank with just Cherry Shrimp in it and a snail that was doing great for about 9 months.  Suddenly I started to see these little critters swimming around and they just kept multiplying and multiplying.  They attached themselves to everything, including the snail and shrimp.  Within about 2 months, the shrimp colony collapsed completely and only the snail survived.  I nuked the tank by ripping it apart, scrubing and running it empty with bleach, throwing out the substrate, alum soaking a few plants to keep.

    The new tank has been running for about a month with only a snail and a single Amano Shrimp.  Last night I saw a few Ostracods swimming around.  I did read somewhere that their eggs are nearly indestructible and suspect that some survived the alum dip on the plant roots.

    So, I need a good suggestion for a tiny fish to control the Ostracods.  At this point, the Amano is adult size and probably won't be threatened.

    EDIT: forgot to add that I was probably author of my own demise by over-feeding the Cherry Shrimp, but that isn't the case at all now. 

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    question of the day?

    in Off Topic General

    Posted

    On 1/29/2021 at 2:04 AM, Cory said:

    What if we start a question of the week thread each week. People put their questions, and the one with the most thanks, is the discussion the following week. After the first week, there would be two ongoing threads, one for discussion and 1 for new voting for the following week's question?

    I like this idea best but think that I would go simpler.  Have an assigned Mod or Admin post a question of their choice weekly, gleaned from the forum.  Make the poll a sticky post for the week and following week (for the results).

    Hello from Ontario!!

    in Introductions & Greetings

    Posted

    55 minutes ago, Colu said:

    Welcome to the forum maybe you can post some pictures of your tanks

    My Nano I just ripped apart after an infestation of Ostracod that I couldn't get under control. 

    This is my 50 gallon that I am slowly removing the sand from.  It was more of an "island"-style but has been doing much better since starting to fill in the sides with plants.

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    Hello from Ontario!!

    in Introductions & Greetings

    Posted

    Hi there.  Just a quick note to say hello from Ontario Canada.

    I was in the hobby in the 90's with both a planted community and cichlid tank.  Came back to the hobby just about a year ago with a planted nano tank and a 50 gallon planted tank with just Rummy-nose Tetras, an Oto (I see every couple of weeks) and few shrimp.

    I cannot get over how much has changed in the hobby and yet it stays the same.  All the best.

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    Shipping to ontario canada?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 11/13/2020 at 6:51 PM, James Black said:

    I don't ship fish, but I also live in Canada so I have run into the same problem as you. My top places to buy fish online are the following

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    Red Crystal Shrimp Green Jade Shrimp Red Cherry Shrimp Amano Shrimp Blue Velvet Shrimp

     

    You quoted AquaHuna here but they are US based as well and don't say anything about shipping to Canada.  Can you clarify?

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