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Hey Gang, Haven't been here in a while, was busy getting married :) Anyhow about a week and a half ago I trimmed my plants WAY down... I'm talking about cutting everything more than half way down, (except for my red plants). Well in that short time my glosso grew 4" and everything else was...

Hey Gang, Sorry I haven't been updated the pics like I used to but I am getting married in 2 weeks and things have been a little CRAZY around here. Anyhow I did take some pics for week 10 on Thursday and I finally got them up this morning. Took a lot of the fish this week as well, I hope all...

Hey Gang, Well I didn't get Week 8 pics up last week because I went to Vegas for my batchlor party... Not only did I forget to take pics but I forgot to trim my plants for the past 5 days and just look what happened!!! http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_6_28_04.htm Things just...

Hey Gang, I ended up moving some of the plants around and had to do a MAJOR trim job but I think it's all starting to come together... What do you think? You can see more pics at: http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_6_17_04.htm And be sure to check out the aquarium growth movie...

Hey Gang, Well I got this weeks pics up: http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_6_10_04.html You'll see that the left side is finally starting to fill in as well as my new 12" JavaFern I planted behind my driftwood. Let me know what you think? Thanks, Jeff

Hey Gang, I have a Albino Rainbow Shark in my 90gal planted tank right now but I wanted to get another one... do you think they'll get along? Please let me know. Jeff

Ok... While taking pics last night of the tank I snapped a few of the two different types of algae I seem to have growing in my tank. My guesses are: algae01.jpg - Brush Algae (red algae) algae02.jpg - Stanghorn Algae Did I guess right? Tell me what you think they are :) Jeff

Hey Gang, Well the water prams are still good and you can really tell in this weeks pics. http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_6_03_04.html Tell me what you guys think. Jeff

Hey Gang, Well I finally think my water prams are getting on track: Here are the test results: pH 7.0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5.0 Phos .20 dKH 5 dGH 7 CO2 15 ppm What do you guys think :) Jeff 5/31 Update - Just wanted...

Hey Gang, Well it's been a month sense I setup my tank and I couldn't be happier with it. I wanted to thank you all for your answers to my questions... I don't think the tank would have turned out so well if it wasn't for all of your help. I went a little crazy with the camera last night so...

Ok... I am puzzled with this one. I did a 35 gal water change (10gal tap / 25gal RO). Here are the test results: pH 7.0 Ammonia .50 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Phos .18 dKH 7 dGH 9 CO2 21 ppm So any ideas why I have more Ammonia after I...

Well I just finished my second water test after waiting about 24 hours after doing the second dose. Here are the results: Before I started dosing: pH 7.0 Ammonia .50 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Phos .05 dKH 8 dGH 10 CO2 24ppm 1st Test...

Hey Gang, Put in the new plants last night and took a few more pictures. All the new plants are on the left side... tell me what you think. :D http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_5_19_04.html Chat with you soon, Jeff

Hey gang, Well last week I ordered some new plants to replace the hydro with and they came in today. All of them looked WONDERFUL... then I opened the 2 bunches of Ludwigia pantanale I ordered and almost cried. (see pic) They might be a little more than a 1/2" tall, can't really tell what it...

ATTACK OF THE SLIME ALGAE!!! Well I came home from work today and that slime algae has gotten worse. Please take a look at the pics and tell me what you think. Some questions I have are: Can I or should I try pulling it off? Will my ferts help sense everything is reading ZERO? I'm up for...

Hey Gang, Well I have been doing my homework and this is what I have come up with for my 90gal tank. My last water test results were the following: Here are the results: Ammonia: .50 Phosphate: .05 pH: 7.0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 dKH: 8 dGH: 10 CO2: 24ppm Based on this I have figured I...

Well yesterday I did a 25gal water change, 1/2 with normal tap water that sat for 24 hours and the other 1/2 with RO water. Here are the results: Ammonia: .50 Phosphate: .05 pH: 7.0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 dKH: 8 dGH: 10 CO2: 24ppm Well...

I got this prawn as a gift which just ate some of the neons I put in there (lessoned learned), so now I am thinking of putting a blue lobster in there with him. Will they get along? Please let me know, Jeff

Hey Gang, I'm a little late this week on getting the pics up but I finally got to them. You can see them at: http://www.aquariumfreak.com/90gal_journal/90gal_5_15_04.html I also put some pics of the new 20gal on the front page (lower right corner) http://www.aquariumfreak.com I'm hoping to...

Well someone at work today gave me their 20gal fish tank because they don't want to mess with it. Now the question is what should I do with it. It only has .75 wpg so I might be able to set it up for low light plants. Or maybe put in some dwarf Cichlid's. Relly not sure what I should do with...

Well I noticed some ich in my planted tank yesterday and I was ready to cry. I did some research and this is how I am planning to attack it: Raised water temp to 85 started using Maracide from Mardel Labs (claims to be safe with plants) Looks like I use the Maracide on days 1, 3, and 5. Just...

Hey Gang, I first got started with planted tanks with my 10gal and I have NO clue what type of plants are in there. I got them all from LFS and of course they didn't have them named. Can you all help me name 1), 2), 3), and 4)? Want to make sure I shouldn't be moving any of them to the 90...

So I did another water test tonight with the follow results: 8 dKH 9 dGH 7.0 pH (set from the pH monitor as well as tested) 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Phosphate .25 Ammonia CO2 24 ppm So what I am getting from this is I have nutrient deficiency water. Problem is I ordered the whole line of...

Hey Gang, The pictures here show these little brown turds, (or at least that's what I hope it is). Can someone tell me what these are?? Thanks, Jeff

Well I tested my tanks water after doing a small water change using the RO water and things are starting to look better. These were my water tests before I did the water change: 17 dKH 14 dGH 7 pH (read from pH monitor) 0 Nitrite NA Nitrate 0 Ammonia CO2 51 ppm These are the new...