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Well, I did a big clean up of my tank. I was able to get most of the algae off of the plants. It would come off quite easily, except for what was on the java moss. Of course it was floating everywhere, so I did a 40% water change and was able to pick up most of it. The tank looks much nicer...

Bonjour J'aime bien Aquarius sur Jean-Talon. Ils ont ne belle sélection de poissons et de plantes. Souvent les prix sont plus bas que dans les chaînes. Il y a aussi BigAl's dans l'ouest de l'île Translation for our friends: I like Aquarius on Jean-Talon Street. They have a nice selection of...

OK. So I've started dosing NPK. I decided to add it every day until I start seeing some nitrate. Then will cut back to every 2-3 days and restart doing pwc. What will happen to the algea that is already there? Will it die off and disappear?

Well... I'm really surprised! I bought Flourish Comprehensive thinking that it would contain everything I needed to fertilize (dictionary says comprehensive = including all)! It does seem to have everything, according to the bottle: nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur...

Sorry for taking so long to answer. I finally tested the water: pH 7.8, Ammonium 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, hardness 13 (it is high, no?) I'm using aquarium pharmaceutical, except nutrafin for nitrate. I add Flourish Comprehensive Plant Supplement (1ml every two days). I thought that Flourish...

Hi, Thanks for your answer. What would be the full name for BGA? Yes, it is in a low circulation areau (bottom of the tank, away from the filter outflow). My nitrates have always been very low. In fact, I have never seen any nitrates. I know hat sound weird but I just can't get any... This...

Hi See below and myinfo for tank information. Sorry I don't have water parameters at this time. I found an algea problem while looking at my tank this morning. It covers some of my java moss and there is a bit of it on my ambulia (looks like a cabomba). It is green (darker and bluer than the...

I think you are right. I found this page that suggests adding salt when breeding amano shrimps. It doesn"t say how much though... http://www.jayscustomcomputers.com/wilma/Articles/page1.html This is getting more complicated then I thought! And the guy says he got hundreds of baby shrimps...

Oh... two of my amano shrimps have eggs under their belly! I've put them in a clear plastic container with some java moss and a piece of algea wafer. The container is sort of floating at the surface, attacher so that it doesn't float around and flip.. It has a lid with holes for oxygen. Hope...

Hi, One of my amano shrimps has eggs under her belly... wow! I just read that she should be in a separate bowl (probably so that the eggs don't get eaten by the other fish when she lays them). I don't have an extra tank with heater and all for her. I'm just wondering if I could put her in a...

... turned out my amano shrimps did not die... I moved things around to count them and found six of them (I had bought six). They molt like crazy. Just about every day I find a new "skin". They are getting big now (over an inch long). I guess they like it in there!

Thanks for your replies. Maybe they ate too much!!! (they do a great job)

Hi, I bought 6 amano shrimps about a week ago. The first night, one of them died. A couple of days later another one died. Do they need something special? My tank is planted. They've got plenty of algea to eat and there is a piece of wood they can hide under. Thanks Vero (see below and...

Great advice! And quick too! Thanks...

Hi, My tank is ready to get some fish (well, I am!!!) I'm looking for 2-3 larger fishes to complete my tank. My lfs has received Cobalt Cichlid (Melanochromis johannii "maingano") and Pseudotropheus demasoni. They look amazing. They don't get very big (max 4"), like the pH of 8. But it says...

Thank you for your reply. It's a 20gal. Thanks for the info on the plants. I had a bit of trouble finding info. Some site will say light to very high light (not an helpful information, imo)! Or different site will give different levels. You are right, I thought cabomba was light but it says...

Hi, I recently moved and decided to take that opportunity to give a new home to my fish. They used to have very coarse pale gravel and fake plants. I didn't like the look of the plants and the corys didn't like the gravel as they couldn't rummage throught it - which resulted in a lot of...

Thanks for the quick reply! I wasn't sure if it was algea. It's not overwhelming, but it bugs me because my gravel is pale. My tank has been up for over a year. It seems to me that I've always had some of that brown dust but it's been worse for at least a month. I think chinese algea eater...

Hi, There is brown dust in my tank. It's everywhere: on the fake plants, on the wood, on the bottom, in the filter, but not on the glass. It doesn't stick on anything (if I stir the water it floats and falls back). Is it some kind of algea? What can I do to get rid of it (I vaccum once a week...

Hi, I have a top fin 30 on my 20gal aquarium. I think it doesn't filter enough. I really have to do a 20% pwc every week. The water gets yellow (some of it is due to the piece of wood I have in there, but it seems that the water is not just tinted but also not clear, though it is not really...

Hi, Since the eco-complete is not to be rinsed and makes the water murky (I saw some pics), and also considering that the filter should not run right after putting the substrate in the tank, I guess it would be a really bad idea to make the change of substrate while my fish are in the tank. I...

Thanks for your replies. Is there a minimum/maximum 'thickness' of substrate (eco-complete) that I should put in? I suppose that if there is not enough the roots won't be happy and if there is too much there will be more chances of having pockets of gases. vero

So basically, gravel vac is not required in a planted tank (except in the areas that are not planted). Cool. I thought the substrate would have to be moved around to avoid pockets of bad gases to form. Is that also a problem in planted tanks? If so, would it be better to add some beasties...

Hi, I have an established tank with plastic plants. I'm tired of the plastic plants and I'm starting to do my research to move to a planted tank. Yes, it would have been simpler to have a planted tank right from the start because now I have to change the substrate (I want to go for...

Hi, My answer might not be of much help.... I'm also trying to "revive" my lethargic corys, so I' sharing my findings with you. I have panda corys and bronze corys. They were really really active when I first got them. They are now mostly lethargic, mostly hiding under the piece of wood. I...