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Black Algae!!! Hi Everyone! I have lost control of my 29 gallon tank. I have been away for a few months, so I have had someone else taking care of my tank. Ne...	jmara	10	05-Aug-2005 03:41
Wanting To Use Purigen And Need Help I am wanting to use purigen in my filter http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/product.xm l?product_id=24455;category_id=2607;pcid1=1965;pcid2= (incase yo...	MichelleD	4	04-Aug-2005 21:32
Boiled Water Just wondering what are the effects of putting cooled boil water in the fish tank? I know that boiling water kills most bacteria...I was wondering wha...	friedrice	3	04-Aug-2005 19:09
hairy stuff I just found out that my new peppermint bristlenoses do not like the wardley algae wafers I have been dropping in the tank of a night. I got home las...	Troy_Mclure	13	02-Aug-2005 12:42
GRRRRRrrrrRRRRR!!! cloudy water problem my tank has been suffering from realy cloudy water for the past few days!i can see all the particals and such, why isnt the filter picking it up? jus...	fishyhelper288	17	30-Jul-2005 00:24
ph question ok ive always heard that cichlids like a higher ph mine stays at a 7.8 range im sure there is small shifts but not much with weekly water changes my q...	deschazkody	3	29-Jul-2005 19:21
Water changes Is there such a thing as too many water changes?...	esandbergger	14	29-Jul-2005 18:49
Brand New Tank, No Fish and Cloudy Water? I have just set up a brand new 50g tank. I havent added any fish yet and the water is getting cloudier by the day. Could this still be a bacterial blo...	jenna1981	9	28-Jul-2005 09:46
Ok....fishless cycling a 50 YAY!!! I GOT MY 50!!! does a little dance (...srry, had to get that out). So, I have nothing yet, no filter heater airstones, etc. But the point is...	fairynr	15	27-Jul-2005 17:14
nitrates how do I get rid of high nitrates? Mines are off the charts. I dod a siphon vac and a 30% water but there still way too high. Suggestions please....	WiseIves	16	26-Jul-2005 15:59
Metallic Contaminants I had been going through a phase of losing quite a few fish. A polyfilter suggested my copper contamination was high. I managed to get my water tested...	fergusq	1	25-Jul-2005 17:48
effects of plants on bioload? Currently I have a 20 gal tank that is overstocked with fish. nitrates are around 20 ph 7.5 lighting around 3.5 wpg with hagen yeast c02 My tank is mo...	mr gudgeon	8	25-Jul-2005 03:29
cloudy water and nitrates... My twenty nine gallon is giving me fits. Last year, I had horrible brown algae that took forever to go away. I cut down on feeding and changed to a di...	Two Tanks	8	25-Jul-2005 02:17
cycling I setted up my 55 gallon tank yesterday when can I put my cycling fish in I'm geting live plants today....	riri1	2	21-Jul-2005 23:35
nitrex and matrix biological filtration - changing bio media I'm not sure if this is the right place for this or not but... right now i am using nitrex bio media but i don't like that i have to change it every 4...	MichelleD	4	21-Jul-2005 21:24
cloudy water, NEED HELP!!! [font color="#000080"]hi i have a 50 litre(13gal) tropical comunity tank that is about 2 months old and the water has been constantly cloudy:#( dispit...	I like cheese!!!	17	21-Jul-2005 17:23
How sensitive are fish to ph? My pH is chronically high. Do I need to add peat to the filter, or otherwise alter pH before I put acidic water fish like cories, emperor tetras,...	kankushok	12	16-Jul-2005 02:22
Cloudy water question Hi All, I'm having a bit of a problem with the water clarity in my 160L/42 gal tank. It's been running for about 3 months after fishless cycling, and...	upikabu	9	15-Jul-2005 22:58
New filter, cloudy water. Why? Hey everyone, Just got a new fluval 104 for my 15G exactly 2 weeks ago. Did a 60% water change when I replaced the filter, and rescaped the tank. For...	JQW	8	15-Jul-2005 13:24
Evaporation Does Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate evporate with water? Or no, it will build up in concentration just like salt and other dissolved me tals as water been...	Week End	7	15-Jul-2005 13:19
How much crushed coral How much cruched coral will o need to get my ph up to 7.1 It is constantly at around 6.0 because of D/W. I want it at around 7.1 because i am going to...	Alex	8	15-Jul-2005 10:43
Stress Coat Or Prime? Pages: 1, 2 Here's a personal experience/opinion poll. I want to compare the Stress Coat and Prime water treatments, because they are so similar and both seem to...	sirbooks	26	15-Jul-2005 05:51
water from scratch Since I set up my first tank I have been dealing with very hard water. My well water averaged around ph 8.0 and kh 15 but it depended on the season....	sham	3	14-Jul-2005 02:37
Adding lower ph water In an attempt to replicate the natural water conditions for my SA community. I need to lower the ph. The tank ph is around 8.2. I would like to get it...	greenmonkey51	5	11-Jul-2005 04:12
tap water pH exceeds tank limit ok when ever i do a water change the pH o the tap water is around 8 wich is way to high for the tank cause the tank pH is 7-7.2 and is fairly stable s...	Darth Vader	11	10-Jul-2005 17:59
5 years no water change? Can it be true? I have a friend who has two 10 gal eclipses (sp) and a 55 gal. They do NOT change the water ever! They only add water (well water a...	Golden Ryukin	17	08-Jul-2005 05:40
Water Conditioners. I'm coming to the end of my Stress Coat and wondered if anyone could recommend a better conditioner as it's not very good value for money (preferably...	bigchris	12	08-Jul-2005 05:38
pH, dH, and dKH Ok, I keep seeing postings everywhere asking questions about pH, hardness, softness and the like. I hope this helps, if not, at least I tried. Water...	tanker	5	08-Jul-2005 04:45
Confused! I have 2 tanks and I have no idea what's going on with my cycle! Tank 1: 90 litres / 24(ish) gallons. 4 Black Widows, 2 Platys. Had the tank since Ma...	fishymama	8	06-Jul-2005 02:34
Please help!!!! I have a 15 gallon tank that I setup a month or so ago. I have about 12 fish in there including 'parrot, rope, cory, rainbow shark, 2 severums, 4 dwar...	king4day	7	04-Jul-2005 20:26
Can I Use Water From A Rainwater Tank? Hi, I am putting up a carport soon and plan to collect any rainwater (if the drought ever breaks) from it in a water tank. This water will then be use...	dashman	7	29-Jun-2005 10:08
i'm confused OK i read the WaterConditioner fourm and i'm a little bit confused. I have a Tap Water Conditioner called Aqua Plus, it has Pantented Stressreducing...	xlinkinparkx	6	29-Jun-2005 06:23
Cloudy Water AGAIN Sorry for the repost I have a 37 gallon Nitrates: 0-10 Nitrites: 0 amonia: 0 Its white cloudy Water. I have only guppies in the tank i think about...	Jessmoment	8	21-Jun-2005 21:52
Tanins from driftwood what effect to tanins ( i believe that is the right word) have on your water quality other than turning it brown. and will this effect my fish. will...	Sonic2041	5	19-Jun-2005 16:09
Temp on the rise while heater is unplugged. Here is my dilemma; My 60 Gal tank is reaching temperatures of over 87 degrees. My husband kept telling me my thermometer was not working right and s...	entkitty	15	18-Jun-2005 14:10
Qustion about cleaning those bags of cabon in side filter after water change hi all I heard from fish store ppl after u change the water out you should always use those water to clean ur sponge inside the filter so the bacteria...	IMCL85	5	17-Jun-2005 18:05
How do you do fishless cycling on new tank with "seeded" filter? Hi, I'm getting a new 50L tank this weekend. For the past week I've been running the AquaClear Mini filter that I will use for it on my 120L tank (wh...	upikabu	3	16-Jun-2005 06:20
Will carbon filtering affect water treatments? YIKES!!!! As you may know I'm starting a new 20 gal tank and I'm on day 3. My Ammonia predictibly rose to 0.5 ppm today so I treated the water with Ammo-lock r...	coyote1066	17	14-Jun-2005 05:28
betta breeding conditions? rain water?.... my bettas just bred, but my ph is like 8.3-.4 my water is very hard (300) and the alkalinity is 300 i have collected rain water, about 5 gallons wort...	fishyhelper288	2	12-Jun-2005 04:15
Ph Level Rising Hi, I'm wondering if anyone might be able to give me some reasons that the Ph in a tank might suddenly start rising. My tank has normally and consist...	mesonic	3	07-Jun-2005 21:47
Rasing and Lowering the pH I would really like to adjust the pH in both of my tanks. In my community i would like to lower the pH, is it at about 7.2 and i would really like to...	Hooktor	5	06-Jun-2005 18:02
Worm things, RESOLVED I woke up this morning to find a bunch of little worm like things in my tank, there is Endlers endler fry and some ghost shrimp in there. I cannot do...	angeleel	4	04-Jun-2005 22:48
When should the fish be removed? Hello everyone! I'm not only new to this board but to the hobby. I recently purchased a 20gal tank and allowed it to stabilize for a couple of days...	coyote1066	11	04-Jun-2005 07:13
Water Quality. What do you think about my water parameters?. I don't test the water much, but today i decided to test it & these are the results:- Nitrate = 200...	jasonpisani	8	03-Jun-2005 21:35
pH and driftwood I'm currently cycling a 29g which contains a piece of Malaysian driftwood. Normally, my pH out of the tap gasses out to 8.0, which is what my other ta...	renoharps	4	03-Jun-2005 01:05
crushed coral if i use crushed coral sand in my cichlid tank when my tap water is already the right ph will it hurt the water and how much sand should i use thank...	LOACHESRCOOL	5	02-Jun-2005 16:58
cloudy green water Im having cloudy green water in the tank (have been for a few months now) and it just wont go away no matter what i do. Ive tried totally blacking ou...	Longhairhippy789	2	24-May-2005 22:56
phosphate what is considered high phosphate. how much would be where it could be causing green water. i dosed nitrates but it looks like it is still coming ba...	Sonic2041	1	21-May-2005 00:32
Whats the truth about carbon Hi have removed my carbon at the mo as we are using medication. We have read conflicting info some sites say you really need carbon all the time, othe...	carolinedraper	9	20-May-2005 22:18
Wrong Parameters Okay this is sort of a venting thread but It has a point. I have heard many time that someone can't keep two fish toghether because of the different w...	greenmonkey51	2	20-May-2005 15:26

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