The closest I can come up with is I think it was at nicolog aquatics(makers of thrive). He has some clay and EI based root balls. Do any of you know if all forms of iron are available to plants? ...
Ok so I’m taking down a few small tanks and setting up a new 30 gallon tank. I’m planning to do a base layer of worm castings about 1/2 to 3/4 thick. Then about an inch or so of kitty litter and...
It’s a 10 gallon. I mixed up 15 gallons of ro water and I thought it had a ph of 7.05 and I put in 3/4 tsp alkaline buffer and 1/2 tsp acid buffer. This should come out to 6.5 but for me it’s...
Ok so I put 4 packets of api general care in this morning. Last night I did a 20 gallon water change (38 gal tank). I think there is about 30 gallons of water in there so I’ll do 10 gallon changes...
Ok so let’s use 10 gallons for example I use about 2 teaspoons of brightwell or seachem Malawi buffer and 3/4 teaspoon of cichlids salts from seachem. This gives me about 7 - 9 kh and a little over...
Ok so my tank had been cycling for the past month or so and my tests are finally coming up with 0 ammonia and nitrites and around 15 nitrates. Kh 10 Gh 18. So I’ve lost about a fish per week for...
Ok so I have switched to ro but I’m buying it so I’m only doing 5 gallons a week for a WC. My tds is still abound 200. My tap is about 150-100 depending on the day. My kh is 1 for tap. But when I...
Well from what I found out the eggs should start to get pinker and darker but these stayed white ish so I don’t think my male has figured out the fertilization thing. And I’ve got something going on...
For tools I mainly need something to plant bunch plants and trim stuff in the middle of dense areas. Can I just cut wysteria any where as long as there is a growth tip on the part to be removed and...
In the 20 I’m still trying to figure out lighting I’ve got a 18 watt t8 on for 3 hours right now I moved the 2 bulb t5 14 watt each bulb to a different tank while I get the diatoms under control. ...
Thanks for the advise I’m gonna grab some osmolite tonight and try doing the ice cube method. I’ve got the diatoms under control by going to 2 hours of light when I’m feeding and messing around with...
Thanks for all the help. I’m being indecisive about ferts. I’m down to either GLA or thrive. I like the price and ability to customize the GLA products but thrive is getting a lot of good reviews....
Thanks for the help I have a thread for the GBR in the dwarf Cichlid area from the first time they spawned right when I got them. I just updated it and I’ll keep trying to figure out the pleco thing
Ok so an update I added 4 oak leaves a couple weeks ago. I am getting a slight ph creep up over 3 or 4 days. I then notice 2 or 3 white spots appear on my male so I dissolve about 1/8 tsp seachem...
I ordered him 36 escargot shells off amazon. The GBR is in a 20 Long with eco complete. There are 2 I’d say 8 inch by 3 by Malayan drift wood a white oak pleco palace and 2 medium sized petrified...
Oh and some of the fish showed no signs of ick when they died. I couldn’t see anything wrong with the rasbora less than 12 hours prior to it passing other than it was not very active. Is there a...
Ok he totally broke down the tank and bleached everything. It’s drying now and we will fill it tonight when I go over after work. I’ll have him run it with just declirobated water for a day then...
Ok so my dad has a 15 gallon tank that has been running for 10+ years. For the past year or so there have been no deaths. Then we added 3 small cherry barbs and over the next 2 weeks he has lost 2...
The hatchets need to be over fed flake. They are kinda weird eaters. My gf just lost 4 of 5 over 2 weeks. One jumped the others just passed away. They like 3 or 4 feedings a day and we have been...
I am pretty sure the finnex 24/7 se comes in 30”. I’m trying to choose between that and the beamworks da fulspec. It actually has more par than their 1watt diode model even at 24” + depth. You can...
Ok I’m just going to get the EI package as I have a big bag of Epsom salts. The bottles are the same as for stabil fuel stabilizer kinda handy but not for the price. I want to get an ultra preside...
Well the 29 is included in the buck a gallon sale at Petco. The 29 is also 30 inches long where the 30 gal is usually 36” Long. I have not seen 30’s for sale at the big pet stores either. thank...