FW Experts - Need Help
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michaeltx
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more than likely its an ammonia bloom sometimes it will show like that also if you have used any buffers like PH buffer sometimes will cause the cloudy look to the tank.
have you tested the ammonia in the tank if so what was the reading?
yeah the panda cory stays pretty small. stay away from the armour cory cats and the more exotic like the emeralds and spotted they get alittle big for a 6 gallon tank.
Mike
have you tested the ammonia in the tank if so what was the reading?
yeah the panda cory stays pretty small. stay away from the armour cory cats and the more exotic like the emeralds and spotted they get alittle big for a 6 gallon tank.
Mike
coral keeper
Active Member
Here is a link to a site that has alot of info on plants. They don't sell anything, so I think SWF.com will let. I have 2 FW tanks and 2 FW ponds. One of the FW tank is 25 gallons heavily planted, and the other is a 2 gallon cherry shrimp and snail farm, also heavily planted. One of the FW pond is 120 gallons with pond plants and goldfish, and the other is 120 gallon turtle pond, also has fish.
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide.php
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide.php
gmann1139
Active Member
Originally Posted by MichaelTX
http:///forum/post/2572577
what buffer did you use?
Seachem's Neutral Regulator.
http:///forum/post/2572577
what buffer did you use?
Seachem's Neutral Regulator.
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azul1994
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I have 2 otocinclus catfish in my 10 gallon freshwater and both are half and inch or less. Good algae eaters.
zeke92
Active Member
cycling is easy, you could probably ask at a nice lfs (not ***** or something) if you could get like a couple of there gravel from a FW tank they have to sit in your water. But you could always put a hardy fish in like a guppy or something to get it started. It's not very hard like saltwater.
ammonia is a big thing to check, ph is also. otherwise you don't need to be checking much like saltwater.
i usually vacuum the gravel of my main guppy tank about every month to get the detritus out from the gravel. my gravel is a few inches deep so you can see the crap..sorta a must do. you can buy a siphon gravel cleaner, there very nice for display FW tanks.
do water changes occasionally whenever you feel like it. Maby tri-weekly...or more. it's not a must do but fresh water is always a helpful thing.
another thing your gonna wanna look at is clean up, lots of people don't think about a clean up crew when it comes to FW but you should really.
ghost shrimp are good food scavengers but they need good water conditions. i would suggest a small piece of java moss (it grows fast in good lighting so you might have to sell some or just remove it). i would also suggest attractive or small snails. MTS snails are good for gravel moving like nassarius are good for sand moving. there like sw/fw cousins.
stay away from mystery snails/apple snails all those big snails that look the same but have 500 different names. (there the same thing). they need big tanks, make alot of crap, eat alot, and get the size of a freaking baseball or more...
freshwater clams/mussels...mussels, the small roundish ones, are ok and you can usually find those on a certain
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type website that i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. but i prefer the larger clams. they can get sorta large but not too large. i keep them in my 5 gallon, and my 10 gallons. i am gonna keep some outside this year and try to breed them myself too (wish me luck). so thats another thing. clams also add natural look to the aquarium. and of course there filter feeders wich is the main reason i like to keep them in my display tanks. one time i had an algae bloom and added some mussels and the water was the clearest it had ever been in about 2 days.
ammonia is a big thing to check, ph is also. otherwise you don't need to be checking much like saltwater.
i usually vacuum the gravel of my main guppy tank about every month to get the detritus out from the gravel. my gravel is a few inches deep so you can see the crap..sorta a must do. you can buy a siphon gravel cleaner, there very nice for display FW tanks.
do water changes occasionally whenever you feel like it. Maby tri-weekly...or more. it's not a must do but fresh water is always a helpful thing.
another thing your gonna wanna look at is clean up, lots of people don't think about a clean up crew when it comes to FW but you should really.
ghost shrimp are good food scavengers but they need good water conditions. i would suggest a small piece of java moss (it grows fast in good lighting so you might have to sell some or just remove it). i would also suggest attractive or small snails. MTS snails are good for gravel moving like nassarius are good for sand moving. there like sw/fw cousins.
stay away from mystery snails/apple snails all those big snails that look the same but have 500 different names. (there the same thing). they need big tanks, make alot of crap, eat alot, and get the size of a freaking baseball or more...
freshwater clams/mussels...mussels, the small roundish ones, are ok and you can usually find those on a certain
[hr]
type website that i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. but i prefer the larger clams. they can get sorta large but not too large. i keep them in my 5 gallon, and my 10 gallons. i am gonna keep some outside this year and try to breed them myself too (wish me luck). so thats another thing. clams also add natural look to the aquarium. and of course there filter feeders wich is the main reason i like to keep them in my display tanks. one time i had an algae bloom and added some mussels and the water was the clearest it had ever been in about 2 days.
zeke92
Active Member
"I'd like to get Live Plants at possible, but with only 8 W on a 6 gallon tank, is that possible?"
yes. i get pond plants from ponds for my tubs but i also put a few cuts of them in my main aquariums because it helps the water. i don't use any lights besides what comes in the window ( the tank is near the window). java moss also lives without very much lighting. (ghost shrimp like java moss)
for fish, if you can find any online for sale, i would suggest some sort of darter like a rainbow or orange-throat darter. they don't need big tanks. i find them in the creek all the time. i don't have any pretty ones right now, just some boring colored black backhanded darters. but there sorta like gobies, they eat at the bottom. i don't suggest keeping them with small shrimp though because all my shrimp disappeared when i found my first goby
yes. i get pond plants from ponds for my tubs but i also put a few cuts of them in my main aquariums because it helps the water. i don't use any lights besides what comes in the window ( the tank is near the window). java moss also lives without very much lighting. (ghost shrimp like java moss)
for fish, if you can find any online for sale, i would suggest some sort of darter like a rainbow or orange-throat darter. they don't need big tanks. i find them in the creek all the time. i don't have any pretty ones right now, just some boring colored black backhanded darters. but there sorta like gobies, they eat at the bottom. i don't suggest keeping them with small shrimp though because all my shrimp disappeared when i found my first goby
gmann1139
Active Member
I'm getting a rather high Ammonia reading on the tank, but I think it may be locked up in Amquel(I had a spike and dosed for a few days to keep it down), rather than actual Ammonia.
Other than a WC, is there is any other way to prove/disprove this fact?
If it is actual Ammonia, should I look at adding more BioSpira to force another cycle?
Other than a WC, is there is any other way to prove/disprove this fact?
If it is actual Ammonia, should I look at adding more BioSpira to force another cycle?