Our 125gal Tank

[Phage]

Ohh lovely progression! Glad to see your vals are doing good Do you have two heaters?

Aww so sorry to hear of your clown loach I hate when fish die without apparent reason, I always felt bad because I don't know how to prevent others from the same fate.

 

[aaronnorth]

starting to look good now

 

[bagu]

that tank is starting to look fabulous!

 

[Amunet]

Oh so the tank wasn't looking good before? *sniffles* I see how it is! *runs off crying*

 

[lljdma06]

Oh so the tank wasn't looking good before? *sniffles* I see how it is! *runs off crying*

Got to pay your dues.

Seriously, does look better. Careful with excel and the loaches. Those scaleless fish can be twitchy. I'm not saying that's the cause, but sometimes Excel can be icky. It's ruined some of my plants in the past. Some of them just don't like the liquid form, and I'm guessing if it can have an adverse affect on some plants, perhaps some fish are sensitive.

 

[Amunet]

Yeah I haven't used it again. I also did another water change after I found the 1 dead. Just to be on the safe side.
I'm still SO scared that I'll find more dead. Always looking in to the tank wondering if they're acting normally or not. I'm scared that one of them isn't acting normal. It's another one of the larger ones. I mean they're all still small, but they're getting plumper and bigger slowly.
Hope we can get to the Petsmart across town this weekend and pick up 1 or 2 more. That is if they don't have ich. So difficult w/ that, but these were great from them.
Anywho... yeah... I don't plan on using excel again. I'll just try to clean off as much as possible and do more frequent water changes until it clears up I guess.

 

[lljdma06]

I always say, "The solution to pollution is dilution." Some old aquarium quote, don't remember where I got it from. Lived by it for years. Hasn't failed me yet.

llj

 

[bagu]

oh no no no no i didn't mean it like that

 

[lljdma06]

oh no no no no i didn't mean it like that

We know, you're fine.

 

[Amunet]

oh no no no no i didn't mean it like that

Lol... I know I was only joking heh


Update on the clown loaches...
Still worried about 1 I'm seeing. It's one of the larger ones and it's acting weird. Sigh.... keeping fish is supposed to be relaxing dangit! I'm just so worried about them

On another note.... plants are same ole same ole. I'll be doing a water change tomorrow.. or maybe even later tonight if I'm feeling up to it. Once again trying to rub off as much algae as possible. Since I wont be using excel in the tank any longer, gotta try to combat it somehow.

 

[Phage]

Did you think about dry ferts?

 

[Amunet]

Did you think about dry ferts?

Nope haven't used them yet I will once the liquid stuff is used up... don't worry it's not gonna go to waste

 

[bagu]

whats more effective? liquid or powder ferts?

 

[aaronnorth]

whats more effective? liquid or powder ferts?

a fertiliser is a fertiliser!! no difference, just cost

 

[lljdma06]

whats more effective? liquid or powder ferts?

a fertiliser is a fertiliser!! no difference, just cost

I don't know...What source did it come from? What chemicals were used as a binding agent or preservative? What is the dessicating agent in the case of dry ferts? How are ferts produced? How long do they sit on the shelf? Is it synthesized or from a natural source? I don't know, I've been thinking a lot about these questions lately. For example, why is Miracle-gro bright blue, when poop is distinctly not? Probably a stupid question, but my plants do better on tank water than on Miracle-gro. Miracle-gro has a warning on the lable about burns? Is that good? Do your chemicals come with such warnings? Have you thought about it? If it's potentially harmful for you, couldn't also be harmful for plants? On the other hand, you can squeeze filter sponges of their muck and feed the juice to corydora fry, so obviously it is not harmful enough to kill even the smallest of organisms.

Aaronnorth, you're probably right, but these questions have recently got me thinking about what I put in my tank, or water my terrestrial plants with, for that matter.

Just food for thought.

llj