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Thanks for the advice. If she ends up holding again I will do that.

She's definitely young. I just got her and she came holding. If i'm lucky I have a male that she can breed with.

thanks for the crossed fingers.. it's not looking good she no longer has the double chin look. :cry:

On second thought.. maybe she just ate them??

I think she answered my question for me. She's picked up all but 1! Phew! Now lets hope they hatch!

Help! I have a mouth brooding cichlid that spit out her eggs as I tried to move her to a safer tank. Will she ever pick them back up?

If she spits the eggs is there any chance she will pick them up again?

I hope the bamboo doesn't inhibit the growth of my other plants. I don't have many other plants, but like I said I haven't had the hair algae again so I guess the +'s outweighed the -'s so far. I do have an ivy hanging in the back of my tank too now that u mention ivy, jvision.

I don't know if I just fluked, but I had a major hair algae problem.. dang stuff kept coming back... and I added 3 tall pieces of bamboo to the back of my tank. They and are tall enough to be out of the water at the back. It took a week or so, but I haven't had hair algae since. The theory?? behind the bamboo was that they absorb nutrients at incredible speed and would out compete the algae. Seems to have worked for me, but like I said, I'm not sure if I fluked!

Anybody have any comments on that??

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A couple of my angels. Please ignore the algae on the glass, apparently the plecos went on strike. :well:

Thanks!! It's my first attempt at fish photography!!

I've got a couple more to post later.

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My dwarf gouramis just before releasing eggs.

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My gouramis providing a meal to the Angels...... ARGH!!!! :grr:

Have you checked to see that your input hose is clean?

It had a little bit of algae on the sides, but nothing major.

I have a Marineland, magnum 350 convertible cannister on my 90 gallon tank and for some reason it insists on cavitating. At least that's what it sounds like it is doing. The impeller was new only a few months ago. I've taken it all apart cleaned it.. there is nothing in there.. it works for a while and then starts making all sorts of noise.. . PLEASE help.. any suggestions? I really don't want to buy a new filter right now.

http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/diatomaceous-earth.html

Sorry to invade your line, but my angels just deposited eggs.. they lasted 2-3 days.. they mostly disappeared over night last night... Dinner? The parents have abandoned the few that were left.

:well:

Thanks Milan.. sorry haven't been online for a while.. hard drive crashed. ARGH.. Anyways, the plants finally seem to be producing new shoots. I seem to have a problem with algae forming on the leaves, heater, and pretty much anything stationary. I have a pleco in the tank, but this algae seems to be too much for him. Could there be anything i'm lacking in the tank causing the algae to grow this much?

thanks in advance for the help. nat.

Oooooo!! Make my own!! Sounds like fun! LOL.. :grr: Actually.. I would like to do it the most economical way going. Probably making my own. Unless you would advise against it Milan??

I never had so much trouble growing plants on Vancouver Island. The water wasn't treated... came out of my well. So that's probably part of the problem... and then the whole marble issue here didn't help much!

You guys have been so much help! Any suggestions on how to improve or properly fertilize the tank are greatly appreciated.

Thanks again, Natalia.

Ok.. did a water change and removed the marble. Man was it soft.. parts of it broke apart in my hand. That was a big OOPS :bang1: on my part.

New pH today is 6.8-7.0

GH is 16.8 degrees

KH is 5.6 degrees

Hopefully this will work this time. Still have to get the GH down a little.

Thanks again guys! :thumbs:

Thanks everyone for all your help. I'm going to remove the marble, charcoal from the filters, and do a water change. I'll keep you posted on how things are going.

Thanks again all! natalia.

Water tested straight out of the taps...

pH 7.4

GH 160 mg/L 8.9 degrees

KH 70 mg/L 3.52 degrees

From the results of these tests, I'm guessing that the Calcium Carbonate in the Marble slabs I have in my tank is leaching into the water colum. I'll try removing them and doing a water change to see if this helps.

What is the formula for determining C02 levels?

Thanks for all your help! natalia

Ok.. I think the C02 system must be working.. the acidity has jumped.

pH is 6.4

GH is 420 (23.53 degrees)

KH is 100 (5.6 degrees)

Although the C02 is working.. somehow I don't think my fish are going to like a pH of 6.4 ?? HELP!!

thanks in advance.. natalia.

I just got home from work.. going to run my tests again, because i'm using 100 percent Calgary tap water. I have marble in the tank.. perhaps that's where it's coming from? hmm...

I have a magnum HOT filter in one corner, and an AC 300 in the other. The magnum is pointing down so as not to disturb the surface tension, and the water level is high so that the AC doesn't either. Before I make any changes to the KH I'm going to retest everything. The tests I did yesterday were right after installing the second C02 system. Hopefully the levels are up today. How do you figure out the level of C02 in your system?

Thanks Garhan for your help.

Nat.

Ok.. here's the situation....

50 gal tank

6700K Coralife 96W

pH 6.6-6.8 (just added baking soda to bring it up a little)

GH 420mg/L (23.53 degrees?)

KH 50mg/L (2.8 degrees?)

temp 80

NH3/NH4 =0

N03 5-10

Although I put Flourish Iron into the tank last weekend I just tested it and iron levels are at 0.

I'm running 2 DIY C02 systems on it right now. One is running up a bubble ladder, being captured in a container and then pushed through a powerhead, and the other is being run through an airstone into a bell, and then into the container and through the powerhead. Hopefully very little C02 is being wasted this way.

I just pushed Flourish tabs under most of my plants. Before this I was using Aquatic plant food 20-10-5 The plants didn't seem to be doing much. I was wondering if there was anything I should be doing to maximize plant growth.

The substrate is Flourite and fine gravel.

The tank has Angels, tetras, a pleco and a cory cat.

The tank is heavily planted with a mixture of plants... none of them are red. I belive there is java fern, anubias, crypt, a two inch tall ground cover that looks like short val/grass and a couple other rossette type plants... i'll try and take pictures later.

The plants don't seem to be growing much. The ground cover keeps turning yellow and disintegrating. Any ideas to help maximize plant growth would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance, natalia.