Caryl Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I agree with Fay. We want pics NOW Warren :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Ok, I'll pinch the camera from work then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Borrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 does anyone use phostphate remover in a planted tank. ? did you notice any differance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Yes and Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Never used it in any of my semi planted tanks. Never seemed to need it, barely any algae at all in them, just a hint of it in the crevices of some rocks. Yet, my marine tank which I DO use phosphate remover in...I think there's more mass of algae than rock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Thanks for the nice comments. On the question of phospate remover i have never used it in my tanks. The tank that i posted the photos of has been set up for six month now. At first i had a problem with algae but this was expected with a new tank. I had planned to only run a external filter for water movement but due to the problem of algea growing on the water surface i added a airstone. I used silica sand for the substrate which the plants seem to not mind as they are growing well. Have been adding flourish iron from time to time and also put some plant tabs that are used for water lillies in the substrate. The plants in the tank are Amazon swords, Borneo swords, Java fern, Twisted val, and some crypts. I consider most of these plants easy to grow. Only thing now is to get the the PH down as it sits around 7.4 a little bit high for Discus. Also i need to by some more Discus as i have only two left out of six i purchased eight months ago. They like to bully the weakest one until they stop eating and pine away. Then pick on the next one in line. As i work away for five weeks at a time its hard to deal with the problem untill its to late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 I tried it too but it didn't make much difference. In my case I found the plants didn't grow as well indicating I had a phosphate deficiency. I use RO water which is phosphate free. I've now discovered sometimes I have to add a little phosphate if the plants aren't growing well enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Ira have you got any snails in your saltwater tank I have never had a problem with algae, but I have lots of snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 A few snails, all rockpool snails, they don't seem to do too well. I need to get some tropical snails.(Ugh, another thing to spend money on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 I've got heaps they breed like mad, to bad you are so far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Naughty naughty, jumping the subject there guys. Saltwater snails and discus tanks don't match too well, do they???? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Mark, Have you tried filtering through peat to get the PH down? Peat is natural, cheap and the fish and plants like it, plus it will slowly lower your PH providing you don't over do it . I use it in two of my tanks, one sits at 7 and the other 6.2. Cheers, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hi Matt I have thought about adding peat to my filter. I actually bought some a few months ago. After rinsing it through a stocking it still looked very dirty so i have not bothered to use it. I expected after some time the ph would gradually drop. So i guess as it is still quite high i will try adding the peat. tks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Put the peat in some old pantyhose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 What's the deal when people say boil peat? Is it fine to not do that and just have it in some pantyhose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 just put it in a bowl and run boiling water over it and leave it in there for 10mins. it should be fine, i know that with killies, peat spawners, I do that to kill any left over eggs. and then resuse the peat Shae 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 But why the need to boil the peat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 makes it sink, among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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