GrahamC

Rest is not usually recommended as it prolongs the time to recovery. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Whiplash/P ... tment.aspx

Deep water culture uses a polystyrene "raft" which has holes which hold the baskets containing the hydroton and rock wool for the plants. This floats on top of the nutrient solution. The roots shouldn't rot if the water is well aerated so normally there is an air bubbler below. So, I wonder if it's feasible to have a small raft in your tank with a few basil plants. You don't want the raft to cover the entire surface as that's your oxygen exchange occurs. Normally they say that the container has to be black to prevent algae growth but if you also had some plants in the tank, it might be enough to suppress the algae. The plants in the basket should out compete the immersed plants though. The other issue is whether the fish will eat the dangling roots ...

You could go rafting ...

Perhaps you dilute it by adding it to your tank.

Umm... bulls do have horns

Their prices for stainless steel Aqua one heaters seem to be pretty reasonable. Perhaps they should advertise their aquarium gear more? I didn't find any autosiphons so will have to make my own.

Bought some more Hydroton last week from SOG. Seems the chain is being prosecuted for selling equipment for the illegal growing of cannabis. Over 200 staff have now been prosecuted. No wonder they're looking for staff at all locations!

Looks like you need a marine tank that's 80 feet deep!

Or, your ISP gives you one email account, and everyone in the family needs a separate account.

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I'm not sure how but perhaps mine had a root developing before I cut the lateral off. As for yellowing from the top down, I'd cut the stem where it looks healthy with a sterile knife and seal it with wax. Stop the infection or whatever it is spreading.

Kahika = fresh water mussel

Also, would Kahika survive in your pond?

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My cuttings seem to have survived so far and one appears to have some roots developing as well. The yellowing of the stem seems to have not spread below the truncation point which was sealed with wax ... but it might be early days yet.

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You'd be better on using a bubbler than a heater. I note that my fish huddle beside the heater after a large water change so I prefer to add a little boiled water to the aged water if it's really cold .. as in over winter time.

If you don't mind the ammonia released. I leave a lot of buckets of tap water outside for a week and all sorts of organic material gets blown into them. Hoping that is sufficient to neutralize any chlorine and its metabolites. Never seen fish gasping at the surface from methaemoglobinaemia.

You don't see the school of red diamond discus?

Hamilton water is very soft.

I'm a little concerned about the interpretation of the pictogram. What do you think of this?

Their search engine is not very effective! Egg crate is used as a light diffuser? And is this the same stuff they use for tank dividers?

Some people apparently remove the chloramines formed by adding a couple of teaspoons of worm castings to the water ( in a bag ). The ammonia and chlorine dissociate, and then will gas off over time. You can always try taking a sample of your aged water to a local pond supplies shop to test for chloramines. Or just purchase a chlorine/chloramine testing kit.

What about adding some shells to the tank? The kh of 0 indicates a lack of buffering capacity and so your pH could fluctuate easily.

Actually my imagery tends to be two dimensional, so more like this