It all depends on your starting baseline and then the ecology of the tank will affect the pH after that. The “normal” ecology of a tank will ALWAYS lower the pH over time.
If you have rocks that leach calcium carbonate and/or other minerals, this can keep the pH stable or raise it.. or if […]
The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, could force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to “shut down a number of industries dependent upon nonnative species—such as the pet industry, food aquaculture and sports fishing,” according to Marshall Meyers, testifying yesterday […]
Thanks Laurie for the information and it seems that you were planning a community tank - one where the fish got along, were interesting looking and were colorful. In a 28g tank you should be very selective about the fish you choose. It […]
Hi Brenda,
Yes, I had dogs for years and had no heron problems, but I got tired of all the problems and watching them get old and die.
EDgar
On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Brenda Rose wrote:
> Hello again Edgar. > > The most disappointing heron loss we incurred was our very pregnant […]
Hi,
I spent the morning putting up a double string fence around my two ponds. The heron was watching me with great interest from the top of a big tree as I worked! When I went inside it flew down and just stood there looking at the fence for about […]
Herons attacks are the most anooying problem for pond keepers, there have been many devices over the years, but none really successful. to my mind and experience, the most effective is a small fence 16″ high all round your pond, and only a few inched from the edge. […]
Hello again Edgar.
The most disappointing heron loss we incurred was our very pregnant female, a koi of unusual size and colour, and what the heron did was to spear her, fly off with her in his beak and then drop her in the field where we found her the next morning. […]
Noura, Glad to see you’re taking these recommendations and/or criticisms in the spirit they are meant ( solely to help you). BTW, you might want to clean up that overstocked inbox — can’t get too much help if you don’t get the replies.
Giving up on someone so eager to learn […]
Yeah Ray, right, I missed that valuable post, just found it ‘unread of course’ in my ‘overstocked’ inbox.
* I’m still waiting for a reply about covering the discharge of the UGF head with polyster, this will solve the problem of pulling the stems off the gravel. And yes, they do get pulled off […]
As you probably know, a planted tank without much of a bioload will not have nitrates as the ammonia is utilized by the plants before it ever goes through the nitrogen cycle. Some people with planted tanks have to dose their tanks with nitrogenous compounds (among other things) to keep the plants well […]