Recent content by pocketrout

What do you mean by bulk nutrients?

so how do you measure the concentration of Co2 in the water?

Man! There are so many fertilizers and suppliments out there for planted aquariums, can anyone recommend a couple products which work?

I am thinking of trying a CO2 system in my planted tank. How will it affect my fish and the number that can live in the tank. The reason I ask is because I am wondering if the CO2 system will cause the amont of disolved oxygen in the water to drop too low.

There is no risk. The flame would have to be held in the same spot for several minutes. Also water is such an excellent heat-sink any heat on the glass is transferred to the water very quickly. I pass the flame along the glass at about 1ft. per second.

Actually Springtails sounds right since the little devils do a lot of jumping around. Aphids are typically larger than the ones I had.

Well just to let you know I found a solution to the mite problem. First I eliminated their food source which was floating plants and the Lotus lilly pads but after several days the numbers of the mites went down but there were still a lot. So I broke out the flamethrower. I used one of thoes...

I have been using RO water. When I first moved here I used my well water in a 10 gal. tank that held an African Clawed Frog and Water Sprite plants. In a few weeks the plants were sufferingand eventually I went to RO water. When I got my 40 gal. Eclipse I used the RO water and seem to be doing...

My planted tank has had a low pH (6.4) and my Amazon Swords have been suffering. Can someone recommend a product or solution to raising the pH to an acceptable level?

They are bug like and approximately .5mm, pretty darn small. Tank inhabitants are a selection of tropical fish community fish and I have already seen a decrease in their numbers since I cut back the younger lily pads.