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Originally Posted by acrylic51 SWlover I have to strongly agree again with 1Journeyman....all you've mentioned or quoted is stuff that works on FW......and BangGuy also tried to bring that fact to you as well....You might be very knowledgeable with FW, but your thinking on the PH and such by...

Originally Posted by windmill I want some ricordia. Is there a suggested tank size? Where do you all buy your ricordia and what would be an expected price? Really tank size dosen't matter since you can get very small ones, I buy mine online and prices reflect colors....green are cheap, while...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman Thanks for clearing that up about the pH. Much of what you are posting seems to work in FW, but it won't in salt. For instance, a SW tank's pH should never dip low enough that it begins to erode Holey rock (that's one of the arguments against CC in fact. CC...

Oh I forgot to ask...what other fish do you want to add? A shark and pleco are great scavengers, but you need some other fish in there to balance your little habitat. What are you interested in?

I can almost bet the farm that is the problem...you may want to pick up some bannana plants too....they are almost fool proof & CHEAP! You can't loose with bannana plants and they send up runners like lily pads, great for small fry to hide...if you plan on having baby fish or even if you don't...

Your lighting sounds suffient, plus they get filtered light from your window. FW plants need the right kinds of light. Natural daylight spectrum, like a 15 watt strip light is enough depending on the depth of your tankl, or specific plant gro bulbs. keep your bulbs changed out, just like you...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman Hmm.. I was thinking about this some more. I haven't kept FW tanks in forever. What is the pH of a typical FW tank? Plants can absorb a decent amount of oxygen. They can starve out the life of a stagnant pond, for instance. It depends on what types of fish you...

Leaves that look like skeletons are being eaten by something, yellowing means lack of nutrients..turning to mush means no minerals in water. Most of your fw plants use the minerals found in tap water. I think there are several things going on, yes your pleco is probably munching on the...

watch your pleco, they are known plant eaters, but they shouldn't really do to much damage if you have some algae. You can also buy some algae discs for him if you think he is not getting enough. Bubbler is also a good thing to have in your FW tank. I would stop using RO water and use reg tap...

Oh yea! I love smileys of any kind!

Ok how about this one.

My parents owned a 40 ft cabin cruiser back in the 80's..boy was it fun! I wished they never sold it...all steel hull..they named it THE TANK! It was pretty old, not sure on the date when it was made, but it had alot of history attached to it. Good luck with your boat and I think you should name...

Originally Posted by windmill Did you not even bother to read the instructions? No I threw them out ...of coarse I read the instructions they don't tell you everything to expect.....their Idea of troubleshooting is "make sure your PS is plugged in" I even tried to read them in french and...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman I understand; but you are posting something that can lead to known problems. Promoting "planting" a display without looking at the negative affects is promoting a bad recipe imho. Sorry, I wasn't looking to argue with ya. My last post was an honest question. How...

this really isn't a far fetched idea..I really don't see why anyone finds this so radical..I'm not the first person to use plants in a tank..FW or otherwise. They have complete sites dedicated, just like this one, that deal with planted tanks. I know that SW & FW are very different, I'm not a...