Recent content by ATLoh2

Thanks for the responses. I haven't tested for KH or GH but the local water is considered hard. I need to retest the water, including water directly from the tap. I had been doing 25% water changes weekly, but this recent crash happened only days after a change. The bioacidification and the...

It looks like my shrimp tank crashed, and my RCS colony is just about gone. As I noted in a reply to a post on the general discussion forum, I suspect something changed with the water chemistry coming out of the tap. The tank was stable for over a year and the colony was just starting to grow...

I had something like that happen in my tanks recently too. Both tanks have been running for nearly two years with no such problems, but in the last few weeks I've seen the water get cloudy. First the goldfish tank, then my shrimp tank, which seemed to suffer the worst before it got cloudy...

Just thought I'd introduce myself. I've been reading the posts on the site the last few weeks looking for info and pointers as I set up my 29 gallon freshwater planted tank. I recently returned to fish keeping after a decade long break. :)