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...h rooted plants like the Vallisneria family. Jungle Val grows tall and, when mature, will easily cover the surface of a tall aquarium. Other Vallisnerias are not quite as tall, and they do need more l...
... will be infected by the fish with the sore. Quite often these sores are flat or cause a depression in the surface of the fish. Less often a sore may be a bump that is raised above the surface of the ...
... or should I rinse the flourite off? I am reluctant to leave it as is, since any little disturbance in the surface of the flourite just sets off another cloud of dust....
... In a previous post, Frank suggested using reverse flow powerheads for my UGF to push the funkiness to the surface so it can be easily vaccuumed instead of packed under the plates with the traditional...
...few tiny fish, as I think it's only 3' wide (extrapolating the dimensions and volume) and has a very small surface area (3'x48'). I have some concerns about access (reaching the bottom, cleaning the a...
...r is not working as well as it should since the flow rate is reduced by the head pressure and because only surface water which is skimmed into the overflow box and sent to the sump is actually being f...
During the last several mornings, before the light is starting, I see my fish at the surface breathing heavily. I have a lot of plants, and I'm adding a bit of CO2 to the aquarium (using a DIY mech
...it fatter. he cant swim well, he kinda just floats along the bottom, and occasionally tries to swim to the surface but almost never makes it. ive already saved him twice. the only things i can th...
... bottom of the tank and would appear to be lying on their sides, or would be suspended vertically near the surface of the water just before dying. My sister does 10-15% water changes weekly with a ...
..., he actually seems quite healthy, and he does eat though he seems to have trouble finding the food on the surface. Any ideas or suggestions?...
...ine, stated that you can also tell how good your water is by taking your finger and swirling it around the surface of your tank. If bubbles remain on the water after 30 seconds, you have bed water qua...
... I've done water changes, and no change. He's not being bothered by other fish. He is panting and at the surface, which would make me suspect oxygen problems, but the tank is well aerated. His gil...
... is +/-3yrs old. Yesterday he started wanting to be at top of tank, hanging onto the filter, floating near surface. He has never done that before. He is not bloated as in dropsey. Today he was on his ...
...a 20. Only the 30 comes with a sponge so I ordered a retro kit (sponge) for the 20 in hopes of adding more surface area for bacteria to thrive and enhance the biological filtration. I've got no UGF an...
... off all the lights and turn the moon light on he jets to the top of the tank and starts skimming near the surface. sometimes he seems to stick his mouth out of the water. He does this as soon as the ...
...s of red algae on my rock work that has air bubbles stuck in it. The bubbles get released and float to the surface when my hermits and snails go over them.. Is this kind of an algae outbreak normal fo...
Do these do better in medium to low light? I have some in my reef. They're about 12' down from the surface, about 14' below my power compact flourescents. None of them are opening up, except for the o
...everal more years of research to confirm it as a living reef that depends on light filtering down from the surface. ''The corals on Pulley ridge are considerably healthier that corals from shallow-w...
...rocedure as this is the first I have seen this mentioned. Any comments? 'The coral dip procedure to kill surface disease is 20 minutes in 1 liter of 100% captive reef water that has 10 drops of 5% l...
...so the oxygen should be o.k. in the water. It's like she'll swim down, but just float right back up to the surface once she stops, like she can't help floating. Her body looks smooth, and the only dif...
...ello my freshwater community tank has developed a nasty case of dandruff - small white flakes covering the surface. I think its probably some kind of fungus or bacteria, but any suggestions as to what...
...o Should I have left him alone, was he still alive? I put him back in the tank, but he just floated to the surface, and then a few minutes later he was stuck to the air tube. o If he was molting and w...
... filter about a week old with plants and no fish. today i noticed on the tops of the leaves and on the top surface of rocks a thin layer of almost clear, whitish puffy type substance . if disturbed it...
... down the food, and increasing the number of plants (including having enough duckweed to totally cover the surface several times over). The tap water has a nitrate level of 10 ppm, but the tank is reg...
...community tank. I have bought 6 Zebra Danios but one of then doesn't seem to be very well. It swims at the surface all of the time with its fins close to its body and with its body pointing down at an...
...t, you can, but I suggest you just start with new sand and 2 cups of the original sand bed (from the upper surface) to seed your new DSB....
...rimp 1 decorator crab (Big, 4' across legs) i serpent star 1 leather coral 2' live sand prism skimmer with surface skimmer For water movement I have a small fluval filter (with no foam) and the outp...
...em. For this reason, I was thinking about some sort of pendant set-up, so that I'd have a nice, open water surface over which to blow a fan during the summer months. 4. I've used RO fluor and PC fluor...
...ilding a canopy for my 75 gal. I need some input on what would be the optimum/safest distance from bulb to surface of the water. I plan on using 4- 96 watt PC mounted on the hood of my canopy. The thi...
...part is done, scientists believe they will find that the oceans extending across 70 percent of the earth's surface hold 20,000 species of fish and up to 1.98 million species of animals and plants, man...
Can anyone give me some ideas on how to control this? I can keep it down if I keep the surface agitated obviously but then I don't get enough tank current. I have a HOB filter that I use sometimes a
... PC bulbs, which is the exact same setup as in my current JBJ unit. Also, what is needed as a reflective surface? Can you just get some very thin shiny sheet metal and cover it with plexiglass befor...
Hello, I am starting to get a fair amount of scum on the water surface of my tank. I have a 46gallon tank and I dont want a sump/overflow box for this setup. Is there any other way to remove this stuf
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