Done with Aquariums

Jag1980

Jag1980

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Aug 18, 2008
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Well I'm now done with the whole aquarium hobby.
From many buckets of water being slowly poured into the tank, to cloudy water, algae, dosing, and trying every fertilizer combination and never finding a good balance that stops algae,and many other things that go along with it. I'm done. :thumbsdown:
I have completely lost interest.
I will be selling everything I own that has to do with aquariums.

I'm moving over to the lizard hobby, probably be getting 5 or 6 Anoles in a nice metal 18"x18"x36" reptarium planted setup.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has helped me out in the beginning and the end. This is by far the best aquarium forum on the Internet and it's because of the people here who make it that way.

Thank you for all your help :cheers:
 
I hear ya Jag. I've been struggling with cloudy water (the type where I can't see into the tank past about 1/2 an inch) since trying to switch to the oh-so-talked-about ADA aquasoil. Bought ready to explode myself.

Sorry to see you go. Have fun with the reptiles :hi:
 
ahhh bummer!

Have fun with them other critters. Dogs n fish is about all I do.

I know I've seen alot of post by you. But can't recall anything that would have been specific to your tanks. I could go serch through your threads but that would take a few days to read at "Posts: 1,253" : P

I haven't had cloudy water problems, yet. Just getting started though. And only one tank(30g) has fancy substrate. Seachem Flourite

I have a few different types of algae growing in my 55g. And well the 30 too. But I don't do much with it, so I don't count it in on much.

But what I have noticed is that all the tanks have phosphate and not much of anything else. Like nitrate, iron, etc. for plants.

I have alot of different ferts and a bottle of snake oil comming in tomarrow. Can't find anything around this town that I want. : /

Anyway....
I'm suspecting(hoping) the algae is feeding off of phosphate. Sense it the only thing I've found available with what (resonable) test kits I can find.

If you haven't seen this thread, and you haven't already tore everything down.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196251

It could be worth a last ditch effort?

Hopefully I can add to the "yup, it lowered phosphates", a couple of days from now.
Just won't be able to confirm anything else for a month.


I probably would have gone reptiles by now myself. But I just can't imagine me with a snake wrapped around my neck.
 
in anything you do what ever the hobby,.. simple is better, its not hard if you keep it close to nature,.. as mother nature dosent use co2,.. unles its volcanic,.. i have never used all that hewy and am doing just fine,.. you can't go high tech untill you know and master the basics,..
even in other hobbies,..
i have found out Gods way is the best, not manmade difficulties,..

good luck with your new venture,..
 
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