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  1. DGalt

    FS All Must Go! (Pickup preferable, CT)

    I'm leaving for Chicago for graduate school in a couple of months, and unfortunately I will not be taking my current 15 gallon set-up with me (I'm debating starting a new tank once I get there, but that's another issue). It would be great if I could sell some of this stuff instead of just...
  2. DGalt

    Worst Nightmare came true

    any idea what happened?
  3. DGalt

    Scaling Way Up: Clown Loach/Community Tank - Compiling Info

    Very odd that the 120 goes down to 4ft. Anyone know anyone that makes a 120 long? When you see eat swords, do you mean nibble on/punch holes in the leaves or do you mean entirely consume the plant?
  4. DGalt

    Scaling Way Up: Clown Loach/Community Tank - Compiling Info

    I've had a 15 gallon planted tank for the last 2 years or so in my on-campus apartment (where we're supposed to be limited to 10 gallons :rofl:). Now that I'm graduating and going off to grad school, though, I'm finally going to get the chance to put together what I've been coveting for a while...
  5. DGalt

    Are Water Changes Actually Necessary?

    sigh...Kav, the only points that you seem to be responding to are the ones made about the nitrogen cycle, even though several people have brought up the fact that other organic and inorganic substances can build up over time if water changes are not done on a regular basis. the basic question...
  6. DGalt

    Are Water Changes Actually Necessary?

    Kav you complain of flawed arguments and yet what valid argument are you making? Your assumptions seem to be 1. New filtration technology can take care of the nitrate cycle 2. A fish who has adapted to the conditions of the tank can live in said tank There are a multitude of variables...
  7. DGalt

    Are Water Changes Actually Necessary?

    The point is that over time there will be a build of a "things" (whether that be nutrients, or hormones, or whatever) that the filtration in a conventional tank cannot take care of. As many have mentioned, the point of doing water changes is to maintain a relatively balanced level of "water...
  8. DGalt

    Need to Modify Fert Schedule - Suggestions?

    I do have AS, so how does that come into play? And I assume whatever changes I make should remain constant over the entirety of each week. Do you mean just reduce the light by 1/3 and dose regularly on the 3-4 days a week I'll be around? Or reduce light by 1/3 and don't dose at all?
  9. DGalt

    Need to Modify Fert Schedule - Suggestions?

    So I've been dosing my 15 gallon planted using the EI method for a while now, but for the next 1.5 month I have to figure something else out. I'm going on graduate school interviews every weekend (well, really Thursday - Saturday/Sunday) until early March, meaning that I'll be missing out on...
  10. DGalt

    Shrimp Hierarchy?

    not to hijack the thread...but those big red ones...are they usually male or female or could it be both (i.e. is there a difference between male/female appearance, or is it simply based on age)
  11. DGalt

    Dwarf Hairgrass: More Spread Planting = Denser growth (eventually)?

    I read this in someone's post recently and was a bit confused. What the person (I don't remember who) said was that to get a denser carpet of dwarf hairgrass one should plant the small "plantlets" of dwarf hairgrass (i.e. 4-5 blades connected to a root) more spread out rather than very...
  12. DGalt

    low-med light grass?

    I second (or third or whatever) dwarf hairgrass. Doesn't require a lot of light if you got your CO2 under control. And it definitely won't get too tall in a 90 gallon. (growing it under 30W in a 15 gallon)
  13. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    Well...I did the rescape/added the new aquasoil last Friday. The filter broke on Monday. And I received the fish on Tuesday and Wednesday. So that can't be the whole explanation, because I doubt there was a large difference in ammonia levels between Tuesday and Wednesday, especially since on...
  14. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    luckily I only added what amounted to probably about 4 cups worth of AS, so hopefully the ammonia should clear within a week or so I did a large enough WC today to get ammonia to 0ppm (thank God my water bill is covered in my rent lol). We'll see what the tank looks like when I get back next...
  15. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    sigh...this is frustrating I'm stuck at about 0.25ppm ammonia. Tested before a WC, did what amounts to about a 200% WC, still at 0.25ppm. Tested tap water just to see and tap is reading 0 ppm At a loss in terms of what to do besides go to bed and see what it looks like in the morning...
  16. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    I know I read that salt helps to keep the wounds from getting infected; I can't think of what it would do for respiration. In either case, several sites suggest adding salt (for the antibacterial effect) and an air stone (further oxygen in the water so the fish can still breath despite damaged...
  17. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    That's what I'm planning on doing. Removing all the soil isn't really an option either. I mean, it is...but it would be an immense amount of work that I just don't have the time for. I'll keep changing the water and checking the levels. Hopefully having the filter on there will help
  18. DGalt

    Urgent: Hyperventilating Kuhlis

    it's definitely the ammonia; i can see that the two I originally had have damaged gilled (at least...I think; they're rather red and look slightly swollen, which I understand to be signs of ammonia burned gills). hopefully they'll pull through, options are limited at the moment. :(
  19. DGalt

    Need to turn CO2 off - Turn Lights off too?

    I'm having a variety of issues with my tank and I need to turn the CO2 off for a few days until the part for my filter arrives. The last time something happened with my CO2 (tank ran out while I was away) I came back to find a good amount of BBA. Would it hurt my plants if I turned the...
  20. DGalt

    Treating BBA in a sensitive tank

    I've used H2O2 on several occasions to kill BBA. Works well, just keep the filter running if you're doing it in the tank. Find a syringe and directly apply to the affected areas
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