Add it to your running tank (with no fish), then wait a few hours or until the next day and then dose the tank with plain ammonia (3 drops per gallon) and test the tank for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. Test again in a few hours. Post results. Within 12-24 hours, all of the […]
That’s why my 55 gallon is covered with duckweed on top, to help diffuse the lighting since the CFL’s put out so much light Beware of duckweed though, sometimes it grows so fast you have to take a bunch out just to keep up with the new growth
Amber
Lenny V. aka […]
You have very close to the same light fixture that I have on my 55 gallon tank, I also get a lot of algae issues. I think it’s a very high output of light and if you don’t have enough plants in the tank to keep up with all of that light […]
have you got it near a window ? does it get sunlight more than the others ?
________________________________ From: Amber Berglund To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 16 June, 2009 18:53:49 Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Re: Why do Algae blooms only occur in my 55 Gallon?
I would like to agree with you, if you get an […]
I would like to agree with you, if you get an algae bloom when you slack on tank cleaning. It sounds like the algae is a good thing though even if it looks bad because it is using up the waste from the fish. You could try adding easy to grow plants to the tank, […]
Have the algae blooms been there since you started using that light fixture? Or did you increase your bio-load a lot since you got it at any point?
Amber
gail wrote: > > > Okay, I have been having algae blooms only occuring in my 55 gallon. > Is it because it is my most […]
Okay, I have been having algae blooms only occuring in my 55 gallon. Is it because it is my most populated tank? Or could it be due to that, and the light fixture on it? I currently have a light on it, that came with it.. I bought it at a yard sale last […]
Since this seems to be an outdoor “pond”, you should really test the temperature of the water at 3PM and then around 5-6AM, before it warms up. I think you’ll find it fluctuates more than a few degrees, unless you have a heater. I forget where you live but down here in N’Awlins, the […]
OK. The first one is likely a Rubbermaid Stock Water Trough… quite often used for mini-ponds. The second one sounds like a typical kidney shaped plastic pond sold at many of the big-box home stores.
Here’s a link I have in my favorites, to a “Horse Trough Pond” made with a Galvanized steel water […]
OK. Do you have any kind of air-conditioner system that cools things off if y’all ever get hot up there? It sounds like you just have a heating system. Sears and Wal-Marts should sell small window A/C units for around $150.00 or less… at least that’s what I paid for mine for hurricane […]