In a message dated 7/16/2008 2:20:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, george.labelle@intel.com writes:
Thought I’d share with the group my near loss of pond, recovery, and lesson learned. Specs. 1,700 Gal. pond, Performance Pro 1/4-49 pump, Ultima II 2,000 filter and Aqua UV 80W. Aloha Oregon, near Portland. […]
Thought I’d share with the group my near loss of pond, recovery, and lesson learned. Specs. 1,700 Gal. pond, Performance Pro 1/4-49 pump, Ultima II 2,000 filter and Aqua UV 80W. Aloha Oregon, near Portland. 6 total KOI about 100″.
Trouble began when the water was more green than it should have been. […]
Great to see thsat you finally were able to obtain some items to work with, for your fish. Before I go any further, I would just like to suggest your trading in those two Chinese Algae Eaters for Siamese Algae Eathers. The CAE’s can get to around 10″ long, and […]
Lenny already gave you a pretty good outline of the nitrogen cycle, also called the biological cycle. Tests are available for measuring ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite. You can buy a master test kit which contains those three, and a few others for much less than buying each separately.
Please note that pH is always lower case […]
What is the capacity of this tank in gallons?
It isn’t clear what you are doing to this tank. You say “”I only use a little bit””. A little bit of what? Ph adjuster? Water?
The guys are right about not using ph adjuster; usually not a good […]
While many people do 50% or larger PWC’s, doing more than 25% PWC’s at a time can result in a change in water parameters too much, too fast which can result in pH shock, temperature shock, osmoregulatory issues, stress issues, etc.
That article was dealing with a SW tank and did not give any actual test […]
Noura, The object of running the UGF is to harmlessly break down the fish waste and any uneaten foods that may have accumulated in the gravel by having a constant flow of oxygenated water running by the beneficial bacteria in the substrate. These aerobic bacteria need oxygenated water at […]
Messing around with your pH is dangerous, especially if you are lowering it.. What you need to do is like Lenny mentioned, however, you not that your pH kit stops at 7.6 which means you’ll need to get a high range pH kit to get an actual measurement of the pH out of the tap. […]
Tom, Acidification of the aquarium water is a natural tendency of the process of your ongoing nitrogen cycle. I would not do anything to abruptly change the pH in adjusting it back to 7.6, but for ease of maintenance it would be a good idea to start taking steps in […]
I never heard of a mini cycle but what I would interpret it to mean would be a short cycle. ie shorter then the average 4 to 6 week time. Different people have different ways of accomplishing this. Ways that I have heard include puting Bio Spira into the […]