Recent content by yoshimitsuspeed

Removing the driftwood may help. It really depends on how high the concentration of tannins are in it. The longer it is in the water the lower it will go. Personally I would try to keep the wood and add a base PH buffer. You do want to avoid things like PH up and PH down as it will just cause...

Just pointing out that I said aquaponics, not hydroponics. My systems have fish in them and use the fish to provide nutrients. Water quality parameters must meet the needs of both fish and plants. One of my tanks gets some algae growth in the roots that are directly under the lights. Other than...

  I have never done a planted tank so this is interesting to me. I am curious what the differences would be and the reasoning behind things.   This tank is flourishing and has more greenery growing out of it than I could comforatbly fit into it. The only nutrients that I add is the food I feed...

I am confused about your technique. Water changes are to eliminate nitrites and nitrates yet you are adding a product to increase those things. Now I am coming from a slightly different angle because I do aquaponics and grow plants on top of my tanks but I don't do water changes at all because...

I haven't changed water in months. Just top off the tanks every few days with fresh water. Nitrite 0 Nitrate practically 0 PH 7   This one is a little murky because the only filtration is bubblers carrying detrius up into the net pots. I will probably be adding a bubble filter soon just to keep...

Here are my two tanks. The big one uses the net pots on top and the planter in the back for filtration. The small tank just uses bubblers under the two big net pots to carry waste up into the media where it get broken down by bacteria and red wigglers.      ...

I love inverts. red cherry shrimp are great and are pretty easy to keep breeding. Many fish will eat some which is a great supplement but most community tank fish will not hunt them to extinction. Dwarf Crayfish are fun too. They aren't very aggressive towards fish or plants but they will go...

As I said I planned on getting a bigger tank when it was needed. The EBJD was about 1.5" long when it died.   I talked to the fish guy at Petco today and he hasn't seen anything unusual. He did say their turnover is often so fast an issue could go unnoticed but their tanks seem to be fine. As...

  It is not uncommon. I was under the impression that this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melafix remedy used tee tree oil but in looking it up found out it's a different Melaleuca.   http://www.ehow.com/how_5961763_mix-tea-tree-oil-aquariums.html Although this shows that the treatment is not...

Is this what you are talking about? If so then I am pretty sure they are baby shrimp. I have never looked a them under a microscope but I have noticed a direct correlation to seeing a big bloom of these and shortly after noticing an increase in small shrimp...

I guess I'll start at the begining. I had a 20 gallon tank that had a betta, clown plec I had had for probably five years, and a few blue crayfish in it. I bought a baby bristlenose because the Clown wan't coming close to taking care of the algae. One day I overfilled the tank so thre was no air...