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Appreciate your input Purrbox! I found my water report for my city and nowhere on the chart stated any potassium results. If dry ferts would be my best bet where would I go about doing so? Planted Aquarium Fertilizer ? My nitrates have always ran really low come to think about it. I never...

Its a 75gal aquarium. I've never tested for phosphates. Nitrate test kit is liquid. Not sure what you mean by calibrated? J

Its been about a month now and my plants are doing decent I think. I am getting brown algae (sure its diatoms) in my tank. The tank has been setup for atleast 2-3 years now. The plants have only been established in the tank for about a month and brown algae is appearing on the leafs of my Java...

Should I pick up any other test kits to test and monitor iron, phos, CO2 ect? :n00b: Since this tank is in my living room as my "show tank" i want it to be in tip-top condition and not have any plants welt away. Thanks again purrbox. J

Thanks purrbox. I'll run down to the fish store today and pick up some filter floss to replace the purigen that I have. You guys recommend any ferts that I should be using to help assist in healthy plant growth and look? Besides CO2 :silly:

Thanks for your replies! I'll cut down the dosage on the "Plant Gro" until at NO dosages and see how things go from there. As for the nitrates I use "Seachem's Purigen" which pretty much keeps my nitrates at either 0ppm or 5ppm consistently will this be an issue? Should I remove the Purigen...

Hello, Well my 75gal first planted tank nothing really special. Currently stocked with some beginner plants: Java Fern (12) tied to driftwood, Anubis Nana (2), and Java Moss. I will be adding Amazon Swords as soon as I can get my hands on some decently sized ones (LFS carries smaller sized). I...

Hello, well I guess he decided to finally give me a good pose. :D Sorry folks only one. Whenever I take the camera out he plays hard to get! :bowl: J

I've been wanting to transfer my Electric Blue Jack Dempsey show tank to planted tank. However, im extremely new when coming to lighting (watts per gallon), plants, possible CO2, and other nutrients needed (flourish). Current Items Ligthing: Coralife 48" Single Linear Strip Two 65watt 50/50...

Thanks, 1. They don't eat the plants, plus the plants are fake. :D 2. They were 1.5-2 inches when I got them. 3. They grow atleast 1/4 of an inch a month. However, once sexual maturity (4inches) they start to slow down in growth. Thanks again for the comments!

Thanks guys! :D

Thanks purrbox, There's only one portion thats a light brownish color, the rest are green as could be. There's only a frew that look a little brown, but everything else is as green as the picture. That's a current picture and you can't reall even see it. You have to look very very close to...

Your JD looks to be Male. Due to the speckling on the body and less speckles on its cheeks. If it had a lot of spots on the cheeks it would be surely female. Also the pointed dorcil fin with the thin layered red on the top of the fin says male. If your yellow has bloat treat with epsom salt...

Hello this is a 75gal. tank and its about a 1 1/2 old. The EBJD's are almost a year old. Fish are between 4.5-3 inches. There 3 currently in the tank. Two are about the same size 4-4.5inches and the third suspected female is 3inches. Enjoy! Their HOME The Two males Dominant Male...

Hello, Here are a couple pics... Close up.. Now some questions. Some of the leaves are a little on the brown side. Is this normal for the plants are getting use to my water parameters? pH is 7.6 , ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm and nitrate 5ppm. This is w/o CO2 and with the ligthing...

Sorry haven't checked this thread in a while. ledfoot, Thats about how much I spent on my Electric Blue Jack Dempsey tank. 75gal show tank and I pay more attention to that thing I've ever have. Im really still not sure with using CO2 yet. I guess I am real hesistant about the pH flucuations i...

Sounds good! I'll post some pics as soon as I get them attached with fishing line and ready to go. Thanks for the advice purrbox. J

Thanks again for the reply :) The tank has been up and running since the middle of March 07. I have no algae in tank except some small amount in small parts; However, my bristle nose does a very goo job. In addition I have a UV sterilizer thats ran at night (12hrs) that will least kill any...

Thanks purrbox, and sorry about not being specific. Its a standard 75 gal aquarium. Only live plants would be the fissidens. Thanks again.

Hello, I will be shortly getting my hands on 3 portions of Fissidens Fontanus (on its way to my doorstep). The fissidens will be attached to 3 peices of driftwood. My question is I want these plants to really flourish, grow heardy, and quickly would CO2 be necessity to do so? Or would I be...

Thanks leadfoot for the links. My discus tank that I've already wanted it turning out to be pretty expensive. Haha, good thing the women doesn't know YET. :D Can that Reg be hooked to you own DIY Co2? If so do you have a link buy any chance of a good DIY Co2? Thanks! J

I were to get an RO unit what would you guys recommend? 2, 3, 4 Stage? What membrane type? Hi-S? TFC? Hi-Flow TFC? CTA ? Thanks, J

I am currently looking at a RO unit for my water to get it down to the desired pH. Thats one thing I am real nervous about is simulating the correct pH, and it not bouncing up. Do you know of any Digital or Electronic pH readers? I will be using in the XP2 Micro Floss, and 30PPI foam and some...

Zagz, thanks for the reply. Wow, 7.4 pH, thats what my Electric Blue Jack Dempsey tank usually sits after a couple days. I just called my LFS that carry a good quality discus and there pH that they're currently in vary from 6.4 to neutral. They carry Red turq, Colbolt Blue turq, Red/White, and...

Thanks for the great reply bs6749. I've read that discus prefer 4-6 and consider that as a school, but I am not sure if my resource is correct. I will most likely cut back on any tankmates considering the 4 discus in a 48gal is a lot. Thanks for the link on the Red Turqs. Only reasoning I want...