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Here's a more complete description of the myth of softwater/CO2 injection pH crashes:
Myth: A Low KH results in a larger pH swing when adding CO2.
Many people are under the mistaken impression that a low KH results in large pH swings when adding CO2, while raising the KH will result in...
I'm actually pretty good at getting the pH to stick exactly where I want it to. The myth of pH "crashes" while injecting CO2 into soft water is just that - a myth. There is a fixed logorythm between CO2, pH, and kH. In other words, predicting pH when you're injecting CO2 is as easy as doing a...
I'm no expert, Discus Man, but I think I've read here that Agassizzi - although they will spawn in different water conditions - cannot produce viable eggs in water that contains much or any hardness. So they could probably spawn again at any time, but without using RO water, you might have a...
Found this interesting article on Algae. It's good because it links to a lot of other, more detailed explanations of various theories.
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/algae.html
Hi Guys,
This is a question that has less to do with my Apistos then the fish and plants I keep with them. In my big community tank, I inject CO2. This drops my pH significantly. To combat this, I've been adding baking soda to my water, getting the kH up to about 3.
Lately, however...
Whatever you do, don't use algecide. It will kill or severely damage your plants. Both plants and algae live using the same basic processes (photosythnesis, etc.) so any poison designed to kill algae is likely to badly damage plants as well.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/1997-09.htm
Farlwellas will clean some algae from plants, but won't do much for your glass. For cleaning ability, I like:
1. Ottos - small, relatively hard workers, and non-aggressive.
2. Bristlenosed catfish/plecos - Stay much smaller than most...
Yep, I'm wrong. I ordered from: www.trueaquariumplants.com
I was debating getting some glossostigma, but got nervous in the end and went instead with lilaeopsis as a foreground plant. It's for my community 46-gallon tank. Right now, one side is overgrown with swords, which I kind of like...
Yeah, the "golden bullet" is certainly ellusive. I'm currently having problems with black brush algae in my big planted tank. I just plug along, cut away the leaves it infests severely, and cross my finger that the magic moment arrives one of these days and it simply dries up.
It actually...
Rick - it's often thought that the reason algae dies off suddenly while plants survive has to do with phosphate levels in the aquarium. It seems that plants can live without phosphorus and most algae cannot. So in a planted tank that's been running for a few months, the phosphorus eventually...
One way to address oxygen depletion at night is to set a airstone on a timer to go on for a couple of hours in your tank late at night. If you're running CO2 into your tank, you'll typically starting getting high CO2/low O2 in the early morning hours, when your tank lights have been off for a...
For cleaning, I'd add some otto cats. They'll eat algae from plants withotu damaging leaves and unlike SAE's, they stay small, aren't aggressive and don't look like ugly snakes with fins. A truly beutiful pleco that cleans well and stays small is the Starlight Bristlenose Catfish (aka...
As luck would have it, I just ordered some plants from there last week. They arrive this week. The woman I spoke to was very good on the phone - full of advice, with an excellent knowledge of plant requirements. They have a $35 order minimum, which isn't too bad. $15 shipping in the USA...
It might be interesting to try them with something a big heartier, like kribs. Regardless, as Neil is fond of saying - no two fish are alike. Panduro are definetly more aggressive then most Apistos...but I think Chichlids1's are probably a more aggressive example then most. If you've got the...
Neil is more qualified to answer this, but I'll take a shot. While Panduro are some of the more aggressive Apistos during breeding time, I think you'd have a good shot of making it work in a 75-gallon tank as you describe. That's quite a bit of space, especially if it's planted with hiding...