I have stuff hanging over the outlet to stop the turbulence from teh way the water htis the surface from drving the fish nuts; it necessarily causes the water to fall close to the bottom of the pump. don’t know what to do about that. But I could see how much adding […]
Hi Dave. Thanks for the follow-up on your pH saga. As for your cloudy water, several seasons ago I took a jar of my cloudy water to one of the local aquarium stores that I’d bought a few things from that season and they tested the water for me to […]
I read all your replies Lenny, but what I was asking about is are the poly-fill , ply pad, and the polyster (glass wool) the same thing? or at least serve the same purpose of covering? iy That’s why I was asking […]
Steve, Thanks for the enlightening input on Betta water changing, and I trust you know of this personally. As we all know, everybody’s water is different, and with some sources this may be completely allowable, especially when coming from a private well where no chemicals are added.
Knowing only a […]
Hi, Lisa. Flatter me by asking my opinion on a lovely fish combination.
Cardinal Tetras (or the Green Neon)
The smaller Honey Gourami - in the wild color or - if you can hold out till you find these - the bright yellow with bright orange fins….
Pygmy Cories - after […]
I have no problem agreeing that the test strips are easier to use. The problem is that they cannot be trusted to give you an accurate result. For example, if the life expectancy of a bottle of strips is 30 days from opening (per at least one of the manufacturers of the strips), […]
The experts will tell you that they do not work.
For example, go the the Novalek (Kordon) website and search for Dr. Rofen’s comments on strips.
For example, an independent lab ran tests for a different major aquarium/pond chemical manufacturer on all available pH test strips.
The results: a) 80% of […]
Hi Everyone!
My name is Jim and I have been in the fish hobby for about 25 years. My family and I (wife and 3 kids) have had salt water tanks, fresh water tanks, terrarium tanks and for the last 8 years I have been maintaining a 600 gallon garden pond. […]
Um Bill??? According to all the news reports around here, y’all don’t have any water and that’s why your state is trying to move your border up into my backyard…. ;-p
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Bill Dowden wrote: > Every day I hear more stories about lousy water supplies - both […]
In a message dated 5/13/2008 9:30:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, billdowden@yahoo.com writes:
Every day I hear more stories about lousy water supplies - both wells and city water.
For example: Miami-Dade in 2006 was reporting 2.1 - 2.7ppm chloramines.
Our local Superman (a KHA) has noticed that his water in NW […]