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  2. Ramshorn snail removal

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Thanks for all the replies :thup:

    I have new plants in a quarantine tank. How were the fish after the two water changes? Any Ammonia spikes? where do you get the copper solution from??

    No fish or plant issues at all. No spike, but I have a lot of filtration. You might get one if you don't get all the dead snails out. I used copper sulphate from the garden section at Bunnings - it's called blue stone. The snails died after 5 minutes, but I left the copper in for half an hour to be sure.

  3. Ramshorn snail removal

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    I used copper sulphate. I took all the fish out, turned off the filter, used a really strong dose for half an hour, did 2 100% water changes, then moved the fish back in. No snails since. I'm really careful to check plants before they go in the tank now, and give them a brief soak in copper sulphate solution if I suspect there's any snails or eggs.

  6. Dosing Chelated Iron

    in Aquatic Plants

    Posted

    Bumpitty bump - anyone know the dosing rate for Stoker's trace mix? :dunno: I just got some iron chelate off them, too, so I don't want to use iron as a limiting factor when dosing the trace mix.

    My dwarf chain swords, which had been going great guns, started going brown. I got a small bottle of API Leaf Zone to test if iron was the issue, and that seems to have sorted it out (although I had to dose at twice the recommended rate to keep iron at EI levels), hence the Stocker's chelate.

  7. lighting change - best bulbs for planted tank?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    There's a couple of interesting photos on this page. This is why I like the Life Glos - they have a red and blue peak, but also a strong "daylight" peak, so you get good growth and the tank looks nice. It's a good compromise in my book.

    Are they any better than a standard daylight tubes? Dunno, but at least I get a smug sense of nerdy justification for having thought about it a bit and convincing myself that it's worth the extra dosh for Hagens :roll: :D

  9. lighting change - best bulbs for planted tank?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Actually, page 17 says:

    Freshwater Plant Growth Aquarium Bulb

    Flora-Glo is strongly recommended in planted

    aquariums to ensure a broad red and blue spectral

    presence,beneficial for photosynthesis in plants.

    •Photosynthetic spectrum, ideal for planted

    aquariums and terrariums

    •Stimulates plant growth

    •Recommended in combination with Sun-Glo or Life-Glo

    I'm with F15hguy on this one :wink:

  12. Shower Water Changer

    in DIY Section

    Posted

    Here's my take on Peet's idea. A drain u-bend and one of those shower attachments with the rubber cups that fit over standard taps. $20 all up from Mitre 10 Mega :) The hose goes right the way through the u-bend, and I spliced a length of garden hose in (the shower hose fits perfectly inside garden hose) so it reaches from the laundry to the tank. :bounce:

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  23. Java fern dying

    in Aquatic Plants

    Posted

    High phosphate levels are actually quite hard find with the water in New Zealand (well in Auckland anyway) My water doesn't have much at all, well not enough to read with a test kit anyway.

    You're generalising. Hamilton has high phosphate tap water, for example. That's why I asked Graham what his water tested at for PO4 :wink:

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