Recent content by gbonett

Hey thanks for the info. I actually just found some at http://www.thesnailstore.com/ They're in the US

Does anyone know where to get a hold of some trumpet snails (Melanoides tuberculata)? my local fish store is having trouble getting them.

Just an update on the green water situation. For those of you concerned about the fish: its been over 7 months and none have died and they look happy (as far as I can tell) I cut the light back to 70 watts and added a daphnia culture, over time the water cleared up. Nitrates, nitrites and...

alright, i received my testing kit today and good news! amonia, nitrites and nitrates all measured zero. figure all the algea in the water probably took care of that. I also orderd some daphnia that are supposed to eat the algea, so i'll let everyone know how that goes.

ok, so I ordered a kit to test for ammonia and NO3, and I think i'm going to order some Daphnia in hopes they'll eat up the green water. thoughts?

hey thanks for the response everyone! the tank temp is 78f underwurlde- thanks for the links, one of them mentions that green algae is sometimes associated with hi ammonia levels, i'm going to buy a kit to test the ammonia and n03 levels. in the mean time i don't mind doing some water changes...

thanks for the advice, i'll cut back how long the lights are on. i'm fairly sure thats the correct power, i have two 4' shop light fixtures (each with 2 35watt tubes). I'm trying really hard to set up this tank so that i don't need to feed anything, and i was hoping that the plants and algea...

hi everyone, i just started an aquarium and i'm having some problems, hopefully someone can help. I've got a 30 gallon fresh water aquarium, with a mechanical filter and about 140watts of flourecence lighting with 3 plants, 5 neon-tetras, 10 algea eating shrimp, and one otto. There was a lot...