Anonymous
04-05-2005, 09:49 AM
Hi:
I was at the Royal Easter Show last week (Sydney) and bought one of those self-sufficient miniature aquarium
The lady said that there are nitrogen fixing bateria in the water to convert fish waste to plant nutrient and the plant can grow and convert CO2 to O2 for the fish.
The instruction for me was to feed the fish (siamese fighting fish) once every other day and change the water every 3 month or when it gets cloudy(not disturbing the gravel).
Everything is fine except that I discovered recently that the plant is very limp and weak (does not "stand" nicely) and there are big pieces of the plant floating around the aquarium.
I am tryign to figure out if it was because there was too much/little light but then that doesnt' account for the big chunk of plant pieces, which could only be there if the fish was biting them off right?
Please, if anyone has any suggestion or know anything about this type of aquarium, please let me know. I am afraid that if the plant die, the O2/CO2/NO3/NH3 cycle will be broken and sent the aquarium into wack.
Thanks
(I tried to call the number that they gave me but it has "activated its incoming call restriction")
I was at the Royal Easter Show last week (Sydney) and bought one of those self-sufficient miniature aquarium
The lady said that there are nitrogen fixing bateria in the water to convert fish waste to plant nutrient and the plant can grow and convert CO2 to O2 for the fish.
The instruction for me was to feed the fish (siamese fighting fish) once every other day and change the water every 3 month or when it gets cloudy(not disturbing the gravel).
Everything is fine except that I discovered recently that the plant is very limp and weak (does not "stand" nicely) and there are big pieces of the plant floating around the aquarium.
I am tryign to figure out if it was because there was too much/little light but then that doesnt' account for the big chunk of plant pieces, which could only be there if the fish was biting them off right?
Please, if anyone has any suggestion or know anything about this type of aquarium, please let me know. I am afraid that if the plant die, the O2/CO2/NO3/NH3 cycle will be broken and sent the aquarium into wack.
Thanks
(I tried to call the number that they gave me but it has "activated its incoming call restriction")