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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...

This first one is just to give you a general sense of the plants & layout. It is from an odd perspective but shows the whole pond except the bog garden on the far right. The circular area in the front is a sitting area for cooling off in the summer. This one is of my sliders enjoying the...

I am not really worried yet but was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I put my aquarium in a 5 day blackout with half dosing of maracyn to get rid of a pesky case of cyano that kept returning. During that time I didn't run my DIY CO2 & I put my biofilter in a bit of tank water in...

I think I would like to try a blackout to get rid of a few stray bits of cyano in my tank. It has been declining for a while but seems to come back a bit everytime I have to disturb my sand over clay substrate. I just want it gone. Drugs are great but if I can do it without even better. I...

I know this isn't the best pic ever but I am still getting the hang of my camara & of taking pictures of aquariums. It gives you a basic idea though. photobucket.com/albums/v220/klevering/?action=view&current=7089841a.jpg My tank is 17 in. deep (water) & a maximum of 26 in. across. Its a hex...

Just wanted to share - my female slider was out laying on a rock today for the first time. I am going to put in a log for them to bask on (guess I better get busy. Also filamentous algae attack!! but I just have to remind myself that if I keep harvesting I am removing nutrients. Great for...

So I bought some anacharis just to keep my water chemistry sorta stable while I am doing renovations & substrate disturbance. It is growing like a weed & even putting out roots. I like it so am thinking of keeping it. My question is once it is planted it will just keep getting longer & when...

I bought a new pump to get more circulation in my pond & I am planning to attach a leaf catcher & filter for the inlet which I am constructing out of various plastic things from Wal-Mart, dental floss (almost as good as duct tape - very hard to break), & hot glue. I will post pics when I am...

So I only had 2 barbs & the one was running the other ragged (I want to get rid of them but am still adjustig the tank for new occupants) but I couldn't stand it any longer so I broke down & got 4 more (now the local aquarium society will get 6 instead of 2). The dominant male who is an adult...

1st I know this is in the wrong forum but the pond folks seem a bit stymied by this question so I need some advice from folks who do CO2 injection. Since I have high pH (8.0) and algae problems in the summer I was wondering if adding some CO2 to a deep cooler part of the pond might help the...

So some recently added driftwood is really making my water yellowish brown which is really fine with me. The problem is I have sort of marginal light for a deep planted tank (about 1.3 watts per gallon). I know plants absorb light in the red & blue parts of the spectrum & the tannic acid must...

So I have had these guys over a year & they are still only a little over juvenile size because we feed rather sparingly. I started with 6. 3 barbs from 2 different purchases. Three (all from the same source) of them eventually died off from a weird mouth deformation that seemed to be...

So I want to install a carpet plant in my tall low light 60 gallon. Java moss seems like a good thing even if I have to prune it drastically once in a while & I have lots of wood It can climb on too. Question is will it root in a sand substrate with clay beneath. Also when I eventually get my...

So I have an over abundance of algae (filamentous) which I am always harvesting from my pond. If I put some in cooky cutters & bake it in the oven for a while that should dry it out & kill bad stuff. Could I then use these wafers to feed fish?? I could always mix in a little sprirulina or...

So since high pH (my pond is at 8) & nutrient imbalance is supposed to create algae problems (which I have) would it make sense to supplement CO2 in a pond that has few fish & is highly planted?? Has anyone heard of trying that or tried it themselves?? What is your opinion? I have only had...

Adding some aquatic plants like hornwort can really help with these problems & hornwort is a floater so its easy to incorporate. check out this article for more info www.aquabotanic.com/plants_and_biological_filtration.htm

So I am planning to get khuli loaches & have provided a soft sand substrate over my clay. I thought I read somewhere that khuli's like to eat burrowing snails but I don't know what the snails eat. If they are going to eat my plant roots then NO WAY. But I have heard that some are like...

I have been doing a fair bit of transplanting in my 60 gallon with a clay bottom. I have never had trouble before but it seems this time one of my female otos bumped her nose hard on something. It is white instead of the usual dark grey brown in a small patch on the tip of her rostrum. There...

I have a 75 gallon 6 sided tank which I only fill to about 60 gallons. Since the tank is so tall do I need to be careful about getting rainbow fish? I have quite a few plants & everywhere I've read it says they need swimming space. Will I still be OK with 6 or do I need to go lower. I am only...

So I noticed today that my plants were not pearling at their usual rate which was odd. When I looked in from the top it appears almost as if I have an oil slick on the surface of the water. I tried to break it up but it just slicks back together. It is sort of shiny & is reflecting a lot of...

I am looking for some new fish for my 60 gallon octagonal that would be interesting to watch behaviorally but also peaceful towards tankmates. So I have been reading about all sorts of fish. The rainbows really caught my eye and they sound really social (a bit like the tiger barbs which I...

Are there certain conditions which favor blue-green algae over others? I just vacuumed up most of the mulm so I should get better control of my nutrient situation but I have added more light & CO2 recently & lowered my waters KH & pH. It was sort of working at first but now its trying to coat...

I'm new at this & have both a pond & aquarium. (in summer) Since my pond get plenty of sunlight & enough nutrients from whatever leaves I fail to clean up, my bog gardens & turtles & fish would it be safe to assume that CO2 is the limiting nutrient for plant growth? Does anyone add CO2 to...

So there are several species of Isoetes (high light requirements) that are CAM or C4 plants. This means that their stomata are only open at night so that is when they absorb CO2 & I assume also release stored up oxygen. If these were planted along with regular C3 plants that absorb CO2 during...

I have a DIY CO2 with plants in a 60 gallon (about) tank. My hardness is 10 dKH. I have 4 75 watt compact flourescent spiral daylight bulbs. The plants are producing oxygen like crazy but my pH keeps going down. In the last 3 days from 7 to 6.4. Today from 6.4 to 6.2. Shouldn't the...