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Thanks for the reply. I guess I need to look into what Acrylic tanks are assembled with. While looking for materials I found a supplier of birch plywood with a fiberglass sheet on one side. I don't know what resin they use to fabricate it. I work with fiberglass with the aircraft I build so...

I'm, at the dreaming/planning stage. I'm looking into materials and cost and as I read I'm thinking of making a tank with Glass vertical panels and a thick acrylic bottom. The whole thing is structurally held together by silicone and that bonds well to both. I figure that might take away some...

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Hello. I have a small 6 gal. acrylic aquarium. I have two Ottos who are busy cleaning everything in the tank but the acrylic. I figured they just love algae on live plants and rocks better. I bought two Mystery Snails who do the same. I thought for sure they would go for the now abundant...

Hmmm. KH is about 2 and GH is about 3. Sounds like that is the problem. Now to see why they are low. Thanks all.

Thanks. I can test the 2 gallon bucket I keep water in before changes. It has been treated with Aqua Plus tap water conditioner. We have no driftwood but have an abundance of plants. Algae is growing quite well too. :D

I have an established tank. 6gal. with a couple barbs, a blue flame tetra and a few otos. I have live plants and the tank has cycled with 0 amonia and nitrite/nitrate The tap PH is 7. What causes the PH to drop to 5 over a one week period? Thanks, Lou

I have two Rosy Barbs, One Blue Flame Tetra, one Aneas catfish, and three oto's. I have read that tiger barbs are agressive. My Rosy Barbs are not except when the Tetra picks on them. The Tetra only seems to bother the Barbs. Would adding Guppies be a realy bad idea?

Are air pumps and bubbles manditory for some tanks? When and why? Thanks, Lou

Nope! I am quite happy now thank you. :wink:

In my 6 gallon tank I added 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda and in 24 hours the PH went from 5.0 to 6.5. It may have worked quicker than that but I didn't get to test for 24 hours. Thought someone could use the info.

We don't have a home water softener. We are on city water. Tastes good too! Best water for miles. I tested the PH weeks ago when I first got the tank setup and it was fine then. I don't know if all the water changes and treatments had anything to do with it or not.

The GH level is 3 and the KH went instanly to yellow (acording to the Tetra test kit this means less than 1). It seems I have such a low hardness that my PH is likely to have wide swings. I guess that means baking soda is OK if I know how much is safe for 6 gallons.

Anyone know how much is safe. I read that fish can adapt to PH changes but not sudden ones. Thanks,

After battling a 6 gallon tank with high ammonia and Nitrite I have a cycled tank with both at 0 ppm. The PH has dropped to 5 since then. I have found this means it is 10 times as acidic as it was to begin with. Is this a normal result of the nitrogen cycle completing? What can I do to bring...