Troys new tank

Will give him a call now quickly.

Yeah think so too. Well i have a spare tank lol if i get some ill try and grow some in it

Gave him a call, will get some on sunday most probably.

Thanks Vis, will let you know

 

OMG! Dude where'd you get that wood! Ive been searching for wood like that forever! and as for the Brown water from the PFP just use the purigen I gave you.

 

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Am using it lol!

Just got off the phone with my mother, apparently its not brown and is
starting to clear up, not so sure about that though lol

 

Just when i thought my day couldn't get worse......SNAILS!!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!
Only have seen 2, and 'popped' them. But where there is one.....1000's follow!

 

What sort of snails were they?If you could crush them with your finger then they're likely ramshorn or pond snails. As long as you don't have Malaysian Trumpet Snails you should be okay-ish

 

One looks like ramshorn. Other like this

 

Just waiting for wood to sink. And still needing more plants.
I added reflectors over the lights. Currently got 3 30w lights.

Heres just 2 pics

 

If you have some small rocks or decent sized pebbles you could most likely tie the wood to that to keep it down.

 

Might as well do that, our bath leaks through the plug so every day i get home the bath is empty and the wood is dry....will tie a rock on it now, thanks!

 

Troy snails are not the enemy i have given up trying to remove them and just let them do their business, my peppered corries and guppies keep their population under control and in return they clean up the dead plant matter and leftover food.

 

I forgot to post about the snails, they're pond snails. They'll breed like crazy but they're easy to remove by leaving a slice of cucumber in your tank and just taking them off and repeating the process. You can never fully get rid of them though

Or you could get some botine loaches and they'll eat them all up for you

 

i was also going to suggest borrowing some loaches from a friend for a few weeks

 

The problem with the loaches is that you'll have to feed very little for them to actually go for the snails. It seems to be more a snack than a staple food for them

 

Thanks

Dont seem to see anymore snails.

I seem to have a problem. I have never seen this before when setting up a tank.
Will upload a pic tonight.

Seems to be like white algae? The wood was only put in last night and it is starting on it.
On the substrate and plants there is also traces of it.
Is it the bacteria starting to form?


Im removing about 4 flys a day lol they seem to like taking a swim of death?

Also plants seem to be gowing brown and starting to die...reasons?
Hairgrass is still fine though

 

yep, its the lighting..

browning usually from lack of it

 

If i do the same lighting as Franna will that be fine?

Can only get lights tomorrow. What would suggest?

 

what did franna do? the flood lights? yes that will work its ok to only get them tom, u'll see the dieing ones die but the new leaves will be fine again

 

Can the be directly on the glass like he did? And i should two?
Anyways of hiding them?

 

yes u can put it on the glass.. just be careful though, halogen lights get very hot.. if u remove them and it suddenly becomes cold, the glass could crack..

to hide them, maybe build a cannopy? also maybe use CFL's instead of halogen.. it gives off less heat, lasts longer and is cheaper? only down side is that its not as bright.. but i dont think u will need such intensity..

if u look at my nano, i used a 2X20W CFL flood light..

also, y not use it in conjunction with ur flourecent lights? this will even the light out instead of just spot lights..

 

I have an idea of a cool way to mount two of those CFL spot reflectors over a tank. Like the Amano pendant lights, just with two beams coming up from the back of the tank.

Go for it dude, there's lots of options