Recent content by Ryehard

Yeah I figured I'd probably need more CO2 so I just added a second 2L bottle to my yeast system. Hopefully within 24 hours that'll kick it up a bit. I'm not dosing any excel, and I'm probably going under 15ppm of pottasium. I'm measuring by capfuls and I didn't want to overdo it, but I'm...

I recently finally got around to purchasing a bunch of plants and heavily planting my tank with Cabomba, Anacharis, Moneywort, Hornwort, Ludwigia, Java Fern, Anubias Nana Petite, Blyxa Japonica and Java Fern. I seemed to had finally gotten everything right; my nutrients were balanced and my...

Yeah I put some of those in with some small zebra danios expecting that there'd be no problem, and even a few of the zebras picked on them for a while. My gourami couldn't care less about them and pretty much just acts like he doesn't even see them. Now that they're bigger the zebras leave...

Yeah I suppose if you have plants and a good varied stock of fish and inverts with a solid life cycle going then it's definately an ecosystem. Although, my tank certainly is dependent on me keeping it in check with water changes and fertilization so I guess you'd just have to say I'm part of...

I made that mistake the first time I tried it out and ended up with none of it grabbing because the moss at the bottom of the clump died. Second time around I spread it around thinly and tied it with thread, and it grew out well but as the thread rots it dangles around and is hard to pick out...

Yeah that sounds like a good idea, I hadn't thought of controlling CO2 levels by how quickly they're outgassed. I run my aquaclear on the lowest setting during the day as well, so I'll try turning up the current at night. As it is, I left the CO2 on and this morning the PH was 6.8 (possibly...

I probably read that somewhere on a website about releasing CO2 as a respiration byproduct in the absence of light, but I can't remember where so who knows how good the source was :) . My water out of the tap is a ph of 8.2 and kh of 6 (ran through my faucet filter), so I'm guessing when the...

Yeah I tend to do the same. Put it up in the sunlight held against the card, but even then I don't trust myself so I take a consensus of everyone in my house at the time in hopes that someone can tell better than me :?

From what I've read it seems that you want to shut your CO2 off when the lights go out since the plants aren't using it and are in fact releasing CO2, but will the PH spike hurt more than a CO2 spike? Mine goes from just under a neutral PH to just over 8.0 by morning...

Yeah my gourami is fairly peaceful but he does snap at the danios sometimes during feeding and they're too fast to catch so I'd worry about neons. Luckily he couldn't care less about the shrimp.

I have a 20 gallon long planted tank with 5 zebra danios, one pearl gourami and a bunch of cherry shrimp (I think 8 ). The tank is soon to be heavily planted but right now I just have hornwort, 2 anubias nana dwarfs, 2 small java ferns and some java moss. I was thinking about adding a school...

I have mine anchored into the gravel as well and it's growing completely out of control. I don't think I could keep it from reaching the surface if I trimmed it every day :) . The bottom is kind've brown, but it certainly doesn't affect the rest of the plant.

I think I found out what one of my biggest problems was. I took off the gang valve and just sent the line straight through and it's now producing a bubble every 2 seconds. Either it was too restrictive and I had a leak elsewhere or the valve itself was leaking. Also, I mixed way too much...

Okay... I remanufactured my seals completely using a household plastic cement for the initial bonding and then put another layer of aquarium silicone around the seal on the inside an outside of the cap once the initial seal dried. I put my 2L bottle in a 3gal bucket and put a small aquarium...

Cool, that sounds like a good idea. I was thinking of somehow putting a heater inside the bottle but decided that wouldn't work out too well obviously. I'll try that out and let you all know how it goes. Also, I have a feeling that my seals are in fact maybe leaking a slight bit. I'll...