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Joe, Most of my plants are doing fine. There a couple crypts which need substrate fertilizer but everything else is producing leaves. I would say there is medium not rapid growth compared to other observations but I thought this could be because there is black stuff on many of the leaves. I...

Hi back at you czcz. Actually I am pretty sure that the weird black algae is not BGA. It doesn't smell like it and some of the fish eat it. I did have BGA problems but I treated it with black out and antibiotics & so I currently don't have any. I decided to start fertilizing in order to...

Hi I haven't been here in a while but I see some familiar names. I am hoping you can help me solve 2 problems I am having. The first is a turbidity problem and the second is a filmy black/grey algae. MY TANK: 70 gallons filled to 55 only hexagonal age - 4 years substrate - clay and...

I have tested my pond water when I was having terrible algae problems but it was just new pond syndrome. I do test every year to see if the hardness is going up because sometimes I have to fill it with tapwater instead of rainwater. I also have done 0 water changes since we filled it. Its...

My anacharis did exactly nothing to stop my bluegreen algae infestation. The maracyn worked though. Though now that you mention it I have never seen blue green algae growing on anacharis like it used to on my other plants. Hmmm . . . On the other hand it could just be that the anacharis...

For many crayfish there is parental care. The babies hang on to the swimmerets of the mum until they get big enough to leave safely on their own. In these species the mother won't eat her young until after they leave (thats probably why they where all hanging around her). They tend to detach...

Be patient zacdl I have lots of pads too but also the first 3 blossoms have shown up. Your zone can't be that different than mine here in far N texas. Sounds like a plan Roger I will have to hone down my pics.

Wow I guess I missed the Lily arguement. Anyway I would also be interested. So not to annoy anyone but do we want straight shots like the one Corvus is showing off (very nice - recent?) or more of a pan showing all the blossoms on the pond?? Can we enter more than one pic?? Should I tell...

I just used red clay from digging under the thin topsoil layer in my yard & it works fine. I did it a bit differently in that I put the granules in the clay & made a ball around them which I let dry on an old cookie sheet. I just used up the last of the ones I made when I first got my...

Most toad tadpoles (which is what these will become) get somewhat toxic as they get older & are less susceptible to predation. That is why toad tadpoles school when they get bigger - they present a dark signal to predator that says I'm icky. The eggs though have no such protection so you might...

I hate it when I write a long post & it disapears because the internet kicks me off. Harumph! Anyway here is the abbreviated version. UV is easy to plumb with PVC inline but be careful not to overtighten the connections & break the bulb. You will have to periodically clean the lense. The...

NewFishGuy, There is a rather good snakebite kit on the market that uses a very strong suction device to draw out venom. In tests it removed up to 70% or so of if applied within one minute. It is so easy to use that even kids could do it so it might be worth investing in one just in case...

I think a lot of folks dose with KNO3 when they have a nitrate deficiency. You may need to blend you own fertilizer to get your algae under control. Or you can just live with a bit of hair algae (I haven't gotten to custom blending yet with all the outside spring work so I too have a bit of...

Angmoh, Whether or not you need CO2 to balance out your tank will depend on the number of wpg you run. I don't know anything about the bulb your using (what you want is a daylight bulb). If you have more than 2 wpg you will probably see an algae buildup which CO2 may help with. I run a...

I just scrape one pane of my hex tank so I have a good view & let the ottos work on the other 5. They keep it all mowed down to an acceptable level & I think they like the fresh food better than if I was trying to feed algae discs.