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November 5th, 2009
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Originally Posted by eiginh  I can't view unless there's something wrong with my laptop | it comes up fine on my comp | 
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November 6th, 2009
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| I can see it now, it kind of looks like brush algae or the beginning stage of it. How long do you leave your lights on and how often do you do w/c's? | |
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November 6th, 2009
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Originally Posted by eiginh I can see it now, it kind of looks like brush algae or the beginning stage of it. How long do you leave your lights on and how often do you do w/c's? | im aiming for 12hrs like 8-8 or sumthn like that
its just been really hard to spend all my time with the tank between a family emergency and college or else Id be on top of it, excuses aside tho, I prob should figure out a set pattern for the lights. Also I bought the Prime and put in extra cuz it said so if I have a nitrite prob hope it works like u said | |
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November 6th, 2009
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| Prime detoxifies ammonia for 24 hours so while you do the water change the bacteria isn't being overloaded of having to convert ammonia and nitrites at the same time now it's focusing on converting nitrites to nitrate. Reduce your photoperiod to 8-9 hours a day. Do you have a timer? | |
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November 6th, 2009
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| so it doesnt get rid of it, it just delays the process? | |
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November 6th, 2009
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| pH is now 8
ammonia 0
nitrite .5
nitrate 10 | |
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November 6th, 2009
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Originally Posted by eiginh Prime detoxifies ammonia for 24 hours so while you do the water change the bacteria isn't being overloaded of having to convert ammonia and nitrites at the same time now it's focusing on converting nitrites to nitrate. Reduce your photoperiod to 8-9 hours a day. Do you have a timer? | Just wanted to say that what I learned about the nitrogen cycle in my Microbiology class, that there is actually 2 different bacteria living in your tank.
All bacteria need a 'food source' and an 'energy' source
Both of these bacteria use oxygen as an energy source.
One bacteria uses ammonia as a food source, and nitrite is a waste product.
The other uses nitrite as a food source, and nitrate is a waste product.
More of an FYI, hope it isn't too off topic (I have a midterm on this stuff in a week!)
From what my prime bottle says, is that it converts Nitrite and Ammonia into a safe form that is still recognized by the bacteria. So it keeps your fish safe, and still feeds the bacteria in the tank | |
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November 6th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Elvishswimmer Just wanted to say that what I learned about the nitrogen cycle in my Microbiology class, that there is actually 2 different bacteria living in your tank.
All bacteria need a 'food source' and an 'energy' source
Both of these bacteria use oxygen as an energy source.
One bacteria uses ammonia as a food source, and nitrite is a waste product.
The other uses nitrite as a food source, and nitrate is a waste product.
More of an FYI, hope it isn't too off topic (I have a midterm on this stuff in a week!)
From what my prime bottle says, is that it converts Nitrite and Ammonia into a safe form that is still recognized by the bacteria. So it keeps your fish safe, and still feeds the bacteria in the tank | woah gnar stuff
thats sick tho
good luck!
hopefully u do better than i did on my midterm :S haha | |
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November 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by fishnchips im aiming for 12hrs like 8-8 or sumthn like that
its just been really hard to spend all my time with the tank between a family emergency and college or else Id be on top of it, excuses aside tho, I prob should figure out a set pattern for the lights. | Hi and welcome to FL 
I would suggest getting a timer for your lights so that you can set them to be on for 12 hours and off for 12 hours,so it won`t be a problem if you are not there to do it manually. | |
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November 7th, 2009
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| I just got a timer  | |
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November 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by fishnchips it comes up fine on my comp | in your pics, one looks like green hair algae, (on the left pic) and one looks like diatoms (the right pic)...mathas is great with identifying algae...the brownich algae(in the pic on the right) if thats what im seeing, is normal for new tanks..and will go away on its own...but will sometimes take the plants with it.. | |
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November 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie in your pics, one looks like green hair algae, (on the left pic) and one looks like diatoms (the right pic)...mathas is great with identifying algae...the brownich algae(in the pic on the right) if thats what im seeing, is normal for new tanks..and will go away on its own...but will sometimes take the plants with it.. | whats mathas | |
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November 7th, 2009
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| are silver tip tetras usually aggressive? | |
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November 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by fishnchips whats mathas | Mathas is another member on FL.
His algae looks like this except the begining stage but not too sure  | |
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November 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by eiginh Mathas is another member on FL.
His algae looks like this except the begining stage but not too sure | got it how can i find mathas? | |
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November 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by fishnchips got it how can i find mathas? | I'll shoot him a pm and ask him to look at this thread. | |
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November 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by eiginh His algae looks like this except the begining stage but not too sure | I would say you're correct, it does like like early-stage BBA.
Fishnchips,
In addition to the plantgeek.com link eiginh posted earlier in the thread, you can also look at the following algae articles for further information: http://www.gwapa.org/articles/algae/#blackbrush http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm | |
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November 9th, 2009
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| Help with my tank please
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Originally Posted by mathas | thanx mathas
Last edited by Lucy; November 9th, 2009 at 11:20 PM.
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