I have parrots so I get cuttlebones periodically so that’s not a big deal to me. Thanks for all the background info though.
Amber
“Lenny V. aka GoldLenny” wrote:
>I have never tested my calcium levels and my water is kind of hard to start with so the pieces of cuttlebone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlebone that I put in […]
I have never tested my calcium levels and my water is kind of hard to start with so the pieces of cuttlebone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlebone that I put in my filters last a LONG time. I suspect that in your more acidic water (low pH), it might dissolve faster, so you should probably start with a […]
HI VIPER,
YES YES YES. IT IS BAD TO CLEAN THE BIOLOGICAL FILTER!
YOU ONLY CLEAN THE MECHANICAL FILTER REGULARLY (PWEDEING EVERY WEEK) BUT YOU DON’T CLEAN THE BIOLOGICAL FILTER. THEY SERVE AS CONDOMINIUM FOR THE GOOD BACTERIA THAT CONSUME THE AMMONIA AND NITRITE THAT IS POISONOUS TO YOUR KOI BUT ARE YUMMY FOOD (FERTILIZERS) TO THE […]
wow what a grate advise J. Lee.. thanks a million… also.. i have placed a shade over the pond, covers say about 70-80% of the pond.. and another thing, is it bad that i clean all my filters every week? both mechanical and biological.. i clean them until the water runs clear? :> thanks for […]
Since all tanks have been running for a year, then it should not have been nitrogen cycle based. Slow down on the PWC’s and lets try to figure out what’s wrong.
It sounds like something died in your 150G and started decaying and that put the BIG burden on your biological filtration so you saw […]
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Hmm, well I’d say that next time you should silicone them to the bottom of the tank, but then they’re not move-able at all… Perhaps you could silicone them to a flat rock?
Amber
bill1433 wrote: > > > > I should haave said IF the tanks bottom is painted. > Mine are and the […]
While I do NOT condone overstocking a tank, I understand it does happen. What the fish keeper needs to do, when their tank is overstocked, is do more frequent PWC’s, gravel vacuuming and filter cleaning to remove the fish waste and dilute the pollution in the water. This “pollution” includes DOC’s (dissolved organic compounds […]
Harry,
With regard to those filter tests, I would set forth that most green water would leave no residue in the filter because the unicellular algae causing it would pass right through the filter since the filter would not be fine enough to capture the algae. If this were so, one may need to wait much […]
The UV for fish is a choked down tube that lets the water be real close to the light. Your idea, while having some logic to it will do nothing for the water quality.
I do not think you should change the filter cartridges, as they have the bacteria in them, and the carbon may […]