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 […]
Dennis, Sounds like you did a pretty good cleaning of your pond. Most people don’t realize just how much mulm and decaying matter can build up un-noticed, in, under, and around rocks and other items they have in their ponds. Any time you decide you’re going to be doing a thorough cleaning like […]
Even a micron filter like a Diatom filter will let things through. As long as they are smaller than one micron. Diatom filters are usually very powerful and have to force or pull water past the diatomaceous earth to get the full filter effect. Even these super […]
Dennis, I would suggest you take a look at the Sequence 750 series of pumps for your pond/filter setup. The 750 series are super energy efficient and still put out a pretty heft volume of water. There are two pump models in that series (unless they’ve added more. You’ll could probably buy […]
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Thank you all for your advice on my situation. I will try a combination of the ideas you all suggested.
To answer Lenny’s question, I am located in the Washington, DC, area. I will go back to Craigslist and see if I can find someone who might want the fish and/or fish tank. […]
It looks like you have too large of a power head. 1500 L/H is almost 20X your tank size. You should look for a power head around 500 L/H at most.
You should not be turning your filter off at night. If you leave it off for 10 hours, ALL of the nitrifying […]
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 […]
Whether to go freshwater or salt is a personal decision, and you can find arguments for and against both sides. Find and read material on both sides, and decide where to go from there. Personally, I’m a FW guy, and I do not feel that I have the time nor energy to do a proper […]
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 […]
Hi, I’m new to the group. We built a pond a few weeks ago. We have a fountain, water lilies, water lettuce, radish looking floating plants, and three “tunnel” like items for the fish to hide in/under. We’re having a problem with raccoons and algae. Also, we recently had a hot spell here in […]