Recent content by Old Scales

Hi Brook man! I got your card in the mail yesterday. What a nice thought. Thanks so much. Your tank is looking good! OS.

Wow Brian! You have the AR mini looking as good as I have ever seen it. It is no small feat. As usual with you, all your plants and scaping shows your artistic talent. It's good that artists like you give us "not so inclined" a standard to try and emulate. Beautiful! Congrats....OS.

Sk3lly, lol, that dc mixture looks like it was made from some of your English tea! OS

I would open it enough to smell. If it just smells like raw seafood it should be ok to refreeze. If it smells rotten I would bin it. OS.

Good Morning David, Hope you are well. I still just LOVE that sweet 20 of yours! Try keeping your NO3 at least 10ppm with PO4 at 3-5ppm with 3hr on, 3 hr off and 3 hr on light schedule. Also I found you have to keep the drop checker going to full lime green to have enough CO2 to fight the...

Diatoms IMO are worse and SO common when you have new substrate. As the substrate ages and leeches most of its silicates and other mysteries, the diatoms go away. I agree with your frustration though, the stuff is UGLY! Keep up with weekly WC's to help remove as much silicates as you can while...

WOW, wtg. Brookster the BONSAII man! Hiiieee Karate! OS

Flourescent bulbs' power is determine by there length. Standard 18" bulbs will all be 15w. There are higher output bulbs such as T5NO or T5HO but they have to have there own special fixtures. The T8 stands for 1/8" diameter increments. ie. A T8 is 8/8ths or 1" diameter. A T5 is 5/8ths of an inch...

I was surprised how much the Amm. Bonsaii reacted when I added pressurized CO2. The stuff got bigger leaves and grew much faster. My AR mini really improved only slightly. I found some iron rich root tabs helped the AR mini most. I still have the old leaf algae problem with it though. OS

Ooh! Nice tankscape Autumn! OS

+1 to all Brookster says! OS

Cardinal tetras stay small. Based on a tank with no other fish in it, IMO, 1 cardinal for each 1.5 gal. is a safe stocking level. OS.

Hey Rodeo, I think "Fatman" would be a better name. lol A lot to say for a low and slow tank. Kinda nice not to have to trim plants once a week. OS.

Awesome plants! Congrats David. Tank really looks healthy. Looks like you have the AR mini back to good health. I don't see any curled leaves in the pic. OS.

Hi Guys! I'm still kicking! Just read the previous posts about me. Blush, Blush. I'm so glad I helped you guys some but your input has helped me learn a lot too. You guys are the best! Your knowledge now as I read your threads has surpassed mine and I am quite proud of you all. YOU GUYS are the...