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i wanted to say septicemia for a moment there, but it doesn't look like there is any red streaking into the pectoral fin at all, and if it was septicemia i don't think the fish would be growing or last a month after noticing the redness.

i would quarantine, and do daily large volume water changes for a week, to see if good clean water can resolve the redness. you don't want to throw medications at a problem when you don't know exactly what the problem is.

I had a similar problem and the red streaking showed up later.

Can you post a photo of your fish?

I don't see anything at

http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?showtopic=31342

If you like I can give you a little sniplet of code and erect a chat server on a computer I own currently sitting in a rack.

I've got a ton of leds and resistors for anyone interested in continuing my project. I went the 400w metal halide route.

many people use T5's to grow plants. All seasons garden center sells some units complete with ballast for a very reasonable price.

Check with Nicklfire for a toolkit.

I got mine from the river. Nice big pieces. already water logged. I stuck it in my dish washer(without soap) for a nice steamy bath. don't know what kind of wood it is, but it's been in the river so long I don't think it matters.

I missed the part about the black dirt. I found using sand and letting fish waste create it's own soil works pretty good. In the beginning I used black dirt by circle h farms. However it's anything but black dirt. I had it described to me as wood chips from a pig farm that hasn't finished decomposing. My tank was full of antifungals(cedar) and turpentine(pine). Also it smelled like a cat urinated in my house. After a year of dealing with problems I stripped it out. Also I had my dirt about an inch or 2 thick which lead to an abundance of beneficial bacteria that starved many fish for oxygen.

Now I have also had many potted plants with soil in my tanks and have had no further ammonia/oxygen problems.

I also understand that Natures Corner Store carries some aquatic soil.

I planted it in a special filter I made, however when it grew big enough I completely submerged it and let it grow out of the top. It secretes a tree sap and the fish appear unaffected by it. (clown loach, corydoras,plecos)

To germinate this tree as I understand it grows along rivers, it needs to have water constantly flowing around it and through it. I used potting soil mixed with sand. I planted 6 seeds and two came up. This was my fourth attempt to germinate.

By almond I presume you mean the plant producing Indian Almond leaves? Hmm, good and interesting idea, beats my paying 30$ for 300, buy the source. Where did you manage to snag these 'seeds' ?

Ah makes sense now. He posted it under the water cooler so I thought he was talking about something different.

I'm willing to bet some mods moved it to the water cooler and then moved it back.

Didn't really want to post pictures because it's kind of embarrassing burning the plants leaves on my light which is when I decided to submerge it.

The other plant (tomato) is technically this aquariums sole filtration system. 0% ammonia at all times just perfect for clown loach. Some sort of relationship with bacteria that holds the ammonia near the tomatoes roots.

On this picture my pleco's strip the plant of bark. So far it has not had any negative impact on the tree.

duckweed. also lower ph makes ammonia less toxic. Though don't lower the ph with stressed fish. Also prime has some unique properties with ammonia.

ebay

I planted it in a special filter I made, however when it grew big enough I completely submerged it and let it grow out of the top. It secretes a tree sap and the fish appear unaffected by it. (clown loach, corydoras,plecos)

To germinate this tree as I understand it grows along rivers, it needs to have water constantly flowing around it and through it. I used potting soil mixed with sand. I planted 6 seeds and two came up. This was my fourth attempt to germinate.

pictus have been known to eat cory's. When mine started missing fins I moved them from the pictus tank.

I'm growing one right out of my fish tank.

Just wondering if there are any laws against growing almond trees here? Curious why more people don't do it?

Nice prices on tops. would love to get one for my bigals 120gallon(long) aquarium. Also replacement tops for my bigals 90gallon. But I am in edmonton so let me kmow.

I have a poor memory but I recall someone on a previous threat posting alternative methods for treating these worms rather than a discontinued product.

I tried led and while it is possible to grow I didn't get the results I would have with a higher intensity light such as t5ho. However there are 3watt leds on the market that cost their weight in gold that do have the intensity from my understanding. Pictures of a few running salt water aquariums with them.

Why not just toss a few pellets in? They will probably like the NLS better anyways. Iv never seen a community fish that did not accept NLS almost instantly.

The problem is that they have been spoiled and don't see the pellets as food. Or even seem to see them at all. The food can hit them on the way down and there is no response.

:smokey:

One more thing you can try is to put some pellets into a pepper grinder, and grind it up so that the grinds float on the top of the water. About as close to flakes as you can get. Hopefully that works.

I do that for my smaller eaters. But I use an electric coffee grinder.

I have been told marineland may just be a re-branding of sunsun. Maybe save a few bucks?

I have become interested in endlers and have not seen them in the shops. Maybe you could sell me a few?

Edmonton water always had ammonia in it.. happens when you break the chloramine bond. no big deal. my plants suck it as fast as it goes in.