DaveDude77

Thanks again for everyone's help. :thumbs: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing tbemis. The DIY idea is cheap and I could always use it for another tank when MTS sets in. Thanks for the link to the DIY CO2 thing, Werner. I actually had read it before. Great artical though. That's a real interesting chart FTLOABT (sorry, your name is too long and an acronym is needed ). Do you know if these values are all relative? The reason I ask is that the last time I checked I had really low KH values and yesterday I tested my pH and it was 8.2. I'm wondering if this is in relation to the low KH values and the possible low CO2 values. If so, then I should probably add some CO2 to help keep the pH down if nothing else. I'll have to wait a while first though because I just reduced the amount of light my tank gets and that should lower the O2 levels itself, right?? I understand that plants consume O2 at night. Also, I guess some of these strange numbers may be that I'm still going through my cycling stage. AHH!!! to many variables. I can't wait for my tank to finish it's cycling and stablizes so I can really feel good about the water tests, CO2 values, yada, yada, yada. But PLEASE keep the info coming, the more the better. Oh, one more thing. Does anyone know if it's true that Algae just loves excessive O2?

Hi everyone, I've got a planted 32G aquarium with 9 plants, 5 Danios, 2SAEs & 3wpg (2.5wk cycle). I was thinking that many plants would really saturate my water with O2. I think I've read somewhere that excessive O2 makes it hard on the plants but great for algae. And lately some brown algae has been growning on my plants and substrate, and most resently some green hairy algae as well. So, I've reduced the light time from 11hrs to 6hrs (that'll help), but I'm still wondering about the CO2. Someone has told me that I don't need CO2 for a small tank, but does anyone else have any advice on this? This is my first tank and I've done a lot of research but no text references my tank exactly, that's why I'm asking you wonderful people here. As for the research, my head is going to explode from all this info. :boom: BUT I LOVE IT!!!

:thumbs: LOL, this is great!!!! All I had to do was say hello and I already got some important info. You guys are just the greatest, Thanks. Gobies et al: Norway!! Wow, that's cool. I'm curious how you ended up on AA? Flip: So you don't think I'd need any CO2? I was figuring that because of the small size and the amount of plants that I would end up with an over abundance of O2, and that isn't good for the plants but great for Algae. Is this not true?? Slough Shark: Yeah, I heard that about SAEs. Can you tell me how fast they grow? I'm hoping that MTS sets in before they get too big and I can move one to another tank,or mybe trade at the LFS. Haven't checked if they latter is possible though yet. Thanks again for the warm welcomes and the helpful tips.

Hi all, I'm new to the aquarium world and have started my first planted aquarium. I've got a 32G tank with an AquaClear 70 power filter, An AquaClear 30 heater, and a Coralife light rated at 96W @ 67000K, and I'm debating on getting a CO2 defuser. Living in the tank I've got: 5 Leopard Danios 2 Siamese Flying Foxes (the real ones, not the fakes) 3 Hygrophila Polysperma 2 Amazon Swords 1 Hygrophila Rosanervis 2 Anubias Barteri 2 little grass like plants (I'll get the names later) So far everything's going well. I check my water quality on a regular basis to ensure all is going well using my Master Test Kit. I can't wait to get to know some of my neighbour aquarium lovers here in Calgary. Dave