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FRANK       Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002    | Hi, After a lengthy vacation I came home to a mess. The tank needed to be completely overhauled. I pulled out all my plants, pruned them back, and then replanted what remained of them. It's a 30G tank with 4 inches of 100% flourite as substrate, 3 Cherry Barbs, and 5 Black Skirt Tetras. I also have the MTS snail. The filter is a UGF run by a powerhead, the output of which runs through a CO2 reactor and back into the tank. The following series of pictures show the tank over a one hour time fr Because I have cut back the plants so drastically, I have disabled one of the flourscent tubes limiting the light to 2wpg for 10 hours. FRANK attached this image:  -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:23 |     |
| FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002 | After 30 minutes of running the Diatom Filter: FRANK attached this image:  -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
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| FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002 | After one hour of running the Diatom Filter. The purpose of this series is to advocate the use of Diatom Filters when overhauling a tank, or when using a clay such as flourite or laterite as a substrate. PS, the "stuff" floating around are bubbles from the output of the filter. With the filter now removed, the water is crystal clear. FRANK attached this image:  Last edited by FRANK at 26-Jun-2005 19:01[/font] -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:23 | |
keithgh   *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003   | Frank I think next time you should make arrangements for someone to regually check you tank. Either that or no more trips away. Looks like you have done a good job clearing it up anyway. Keith  Last edited by keithgh at 27-Jun-2005 01:08 Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?  VOTE NOW VOTE NOW |
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DaMossMan   Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003   | Shoot Frank, I just got flourite, it's not in yet as I'll be doing a tank swap too. So whenever I replant I'm going to have a cloud ? What about if I cap it with an inch of pea gravel ? Did you use tweezers or by hand to plant ? The Amazon Nut... |
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| FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002 | Hi, The tank was a tank of algae Keith. I looked at it and decided it was time to tear it apart, and start anew. I uprooted all of the plants, reduced the light to 2 wpg, carefully pruned/trimmed the plants I decided to keep, and replanted them. If you tear the tank apart as I did, you will have cloudy water. Capping flourite, laterite, or any of the clays, will not help, if you are tearing plants out by the roots. As the roots come through the cap la particles with them and the result is the cloudy water. Most folks only uproot a plant or two. If it is a well developed plant, with an extensive root system, be prepared for cloudy water. Frank  Since then I have been gone on a mini vacation, and on return a gallon of water had evaporated, and nearly every plant has new leaves on it. Last edited by FRANK at 04-Jul-2005 22:29 -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
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