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Disabled ya me again I only have one thing can we try not to make the posts To techical I under stand the majortiy of what you are saying and can look up explinations of the rest but if I read this correctly this is for beginners and the majority of them are looking for the straight dope but in...

Disabled first it's the nitrates and ammonia that hurts, nitrites the fish can handle at low levels and it makes excellent plant food. the ammonia and nitrates are broken down by friendly bacteria (two kinds) that eat the bad stuff and expell the good as a waste product kind of like if your...

Disabled oh ya by the way mu tank stats are as follows; 1 75 Gal 1 Penguin Eemperor 500? bio wheel power filter 1 single 40W glo-gro flourecent tube several species of live plants ( dont ask me their names they looked like what I wanted) About 70 lb crushed shale stone with substrate...

Disabled Time even 2-3 months with those readings says that something is amiss. Did some one feed your fish while yopu were away? if so then there is the possibility of over feeding which will bring on the numbers you quoted real quick. if not it sounds like this will be the first water...

try this, a plastic 2x2x10 inch box that holds and allows CO2 to be absorbes at it's own rate. At saturation the CO2 stays in the box to be absorbed later. Here's the trick the CO2 is let into the inverted box by a hose fitting that is slightly lower than the rim of the box as the CO2 bubbles...