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    Black Diamond Blasting Sand and an undergravel filter

    I have been in a long battle trying to control algae in my tank and the latest idea was based on reading that you want to fertilize your plants via the substrate not the water column. This means the plants get the nutrients and not the algae. I have read a few things hear and there and it...
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    Sudden clown loach issues.

    Last week I had five happy clown loaches but this week all hell has broken loose. One jumped out of the tank and died sometime before Tuesday. I just found a dead one today and another clearly in severe distress, laying on it's back at the bottom 'panting'. I saw another one just hiding but it...
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    Struggling with PH

    I have been trying to control algae in my aquarium so I have tried a few times to add some Ottos, but only two of five have survived. I read that they prefer a lower PH so I have been trying to get my PH down to 7.5 or so but my tank just keeps coming back to 8.2 or higher. I have used mostly...
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    What is this black stuff?

    I have been fighting this stuff, whatever it is for months or more. I have tried all kinds of things but I cannot get rid of it. I clean it off my fake plants every week, and rub it off my live plants as well. I have reduced the temp to 72F, reduced the light time to about 10 hours, change the...
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