Okay I have the tank filled with everything (soil/gravel/crushed coral/and water), and I have the filter running to get any debris out of the water, I netted as much as I could though. How fast will worm castings break down and put out nitrogen? Does anyone know?
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > […]
It has worm castings in the soil, they are slow release nitrogen, not sure if that has something to do with it? I will get the tank set up today and start the tests this week to see how the water is.
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > > OK. .05% nitrogen is […]
The black gold bag says .05% nitrogen, that’s it, nothing else added. It does have perlite in it, but I can scoop it out when it floats up to the surface. I went to the forum to look over instructions again, some people don’t wait it just depends on what fertilizers […]
In my freshwater aquarium, I have been having a problem with very high c03 levels(Between 80 and 100 PPM), however my co2 levels stay low - nearly unreadable. I currently have some live plants - a species of dwarf lily that I am not sure of its proper genus(And how it can be called a […]
The rise from 6.8 pH to 7.0 pH over the course of a full day is nothing to worry about. That is the most you would ever want to change your pH as an immediate change but it’s OK when fluctuating that much through the course of a day. In fact, it’s not […]
What do the Walstad instructions say? http://thegab.org/Articles/WalstadTank.html
I was just glimpsing through the article again and saw this: “…If the soil is acidic, you can use powdered dolomite lime mixed in. If you have soft water add pelleted dolomite lime, or crushed shells to gradually increase the level of hard water nutrients over time…”
It sounds like […]
So after my PWC’s the last couple of days and the added crushed coral to the filter my pH now seems to have settled to 7. Yesterday when I tested it was at 6.8. None of the fish seem affected and all I did was add water and crushed coral i didn’t […]
So the tank stand is finally finished and I would like to get the tank set up for my 2 angel’s to spawn away in as much as they want to I want to make it a walstad natural planted tank, I have plenty of gravel, crushed coral, and aired out […]
I think the keys and maybe even the edges of Florida have coral as their bedrock. So when there is construction in that area, they excavate coral “rock”. My husband’s uncle built a house down there and his career was construction (worked on the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC). They dig until they […]
On a side note, I think I have stimulated my cory’s into spawning mode with all the cleaning’s I’ve done the last couple of days, they got 2 PWC’s yesterday (with gravel vac), and today their filter was cleaned so therefor the tank was refilled afterwards, lots of fresh water going in […]