Koi Fish Information Centre

This is the information that I recently acquired from our water provider. The Phosphate is barely dectable.
Utility Company
Nitrate
NO3
2.2 ppm
Phosphate
PO4
…024 ppm
Potassium
K
2.7 ppm
*CO2
Iron
*not detected
Regards,
red-eye
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny V. aka GoldLenny Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:10 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Walstad method, Was:Tom Barr’s […]

The lake might freeze over, but I’m really not sure to be honest. Some of our lakes freeze over through the winter though.
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > While much of your terrestrial vegetation may live through the winter, do > your lakes/reservoirs assume freezing or extremely cold temps? If yes, > […]

Okay I will cut the lighting down a bit, how far do you think? Is 8 hours still too much? I keep the front and side panel’s fairly well scraped off each week too. I don’t have a phosphate test kit, and doubt that my LFS has one, but will check later […]

So you have 260 watts of CFL lighting which is more lighting than 260 watts of fluorescent lighting… at least 30% more and possibly a higher percentage. You would have to look at the lumen output on your bulbs compared to a 65W fluorescent tube (probably a 60W since I do not recall a […]

Other gaseous compounds will usually outgas, such as elevated levels of CO2, O2, etc… including Chlorine. You see, chlorine is actually a gas but, in simple terms, can be compounded into other forms to be used, such as in swimming pools (chlorine granules or blocks), water utility (they usually use the gaseous form and […]

If you go to my blog, on the “A to Z of Fish Keeping” page, near the top of the page, you’ll see info and more links to detailed step-by-step articles on “Fishless Cycling”.
The nitrifying bacteria need ammonia to grow.. it doesn’t matter if it’s plain ammonia from a bottle, fish urine.. or even human […]

The larger New World Cichlids are one of the groups of fish being more aware (or, more “observant, as you put it) of their environment. This Family of more advanced fish is more reactive as a whole, to external stimuli. One of the most important senses these fish use […]

By in front of I meant closest to the outtake on the filter, after re-reading my post I thought it may sound confusing.
Amber
Amber Berglund wrote: > > On a side note I thought I would let people know that the 10 gallon kits > that walmart sells now have a little “bio” insert in […]

On a side note I thought I would let people know that the 10 gallon kits that walmart sells now have a little “bio” insert in front of the normal cartridge so that you can just remove the carbon and not hurt your beneficial bacteria residing on the 2nd cartridge (looks like […]

Your biological media should be placed after the mechanical media that removes debris from the water. Placing it before the mechanical media means that it will be also doing part of the job of that media, as well as the biological filtration, and thus need to be cleaned often. If you are using chemical filtration […]