Recent content by amf17

I have a 20 gallon,low light tank that is lightly stocked with fish and plants. I have a few tetras, some java moss, and java fern. I have very soft water 0 kh and 0gh; it's probably comparable to RO water. I add baking soda and seachem equilibrium to bring these levels up to 80ppm kh and...

i making a new hood for my 20 gallon planted. Is there any problem with placing a piece of glass in the hood below the bulbs to protect them from water, etc. Will there be any change to the light quality by it going through the glass before it reaches the water??? What about using a piece...

Here are the goals for my tank Twenty gallon light to moderately planted tank. Low to medium lighting level using compact fluorescents(see below for questions) DIY co2 at 20ppm only adding trace elements every few days Macro's will be provided by food and waste Lighting questions... I keep...

also, is there another possible way to boost the nitrates in my tank???

I'm looking for a source of nitrates for my planted aquarium. I can't find potassium nitrate anywhere. I've looked for stump remover and everything but i think it's been banned where i live because of the potential to make bombs with it. Does anyone know where i can find calcium nitrate or a...

Can you give me an approximate dosing schedule that i should follow when using Nutrafin NPK and Nutrafin trace using my above parameters??? The nutrafin NPK bottle says to add 5mL to ten gallons to get 3.5ppm Nitrate, .5ppm Phosphate, 2.5ppm Potassium I'm just wondering how much i should add...

Tank Paramters 20 Gallon GH 220ppm KH 100ppm Ph - 6.9 CO2 - 20ppm Nitrate - 5ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Ammonia - 0ppm I recently changed the lighting in my tank because my plants weren't growing very well and i figured the lighting was the problem. I changed the regular hood light to a 23 watt...

I'm new to planted tanks but i do know the basics. My tank (20 Gallon) is lightly planted because i want to have a good setup before I start adding more plants. I have a DIY co2 system that provides 15-20ppm and has my ph at around 7.0. I have 1 60W 6000K compact flourescent for lighting...

another quick question... do gh and kh both affect plants??? or does just gh matter to them??

After some research, I think finally understand how ph, kh, and gh interact (somewhat). My tap water has nothing in it though gh and kh are both 0ppm and ph is around 7.0 Obviously I need to add something to my water to bring up the hardness levels... i just don't know what levels to aim for...

very helpful thank you

Previously I made a post about my tank ph compared to my tap water ph. Having crushed coral in my tanks makes my ph about 7.8 but my tap water ph is about 7.0 I use the coral to increase the hardness because i'm keeping mollies. I've heard that some people add baking soda to their water to...

I'm keeping tetras, platy's and mollies (all the mollies are in another tank right now though) I don't know what the hardness is because I don't have a test for that... I do have some crushed coral in the system to keep my ph stable and i assume that's what is bringing my ph up to 7.8... I...

I've had my tank up and running for about 6 months.... when i first started the ph of my tap water was about 7.6. After the water had been aged in my tank though... the ph would buffer steady at about 7.8 So today i checked my tank ph... all was fine.... reading of 7.8 But then i checked the...

I read the pinned topic "Mollies Need Salt" Is there any differing opinions that anyone can share? I've heard of people keeping them in unsalted water... but that is rare... i think??? It says in the pinned topic that they do well with 3-5grammes per litre which is about a tablespoon per...