Made this post as a sticky !

Keep the recommendations going ! This is great.

Valerie

vinegar:

if you want to test if a rock will effect your Ph a couple of drops will tell you, if it starts to fizz it will effect your Ph. i would also study the rock for any difference in colour and do this a number of times in different parts if required!!

lime scale at water level vinegar again a few drops on a clean cloth and rub gently allow to penetrate and it will remove it. once removed wipe down again with a wet cloth

rabbit droppings. use a finger to make a hole beside the plant roots place one pellet in hole and cover firmly this will feed the plant for a month. but ensure it is firmly covered and won't be disturbed by tank occupants.

if you have set up a new aquarium it will be necessary to put out the lights for about two or two and a half hours in the middle of the day as well as at night. A new tank has a lot of food in the water for algae and you will get an algae bloom if the lights are on all day. This method helps to prevent the problem until the tank achieves a better balance with the plants starting to grow and the fish living in it.

Catching elusive fish

As I spent more than wee while this evening trying to catch an errant danio the solution popped into my head and hey presto I got him soon after and right away this thread popped in as well. I was trying to cause as little damage as possible to the plants and also trying not to upset or stress the other occupants, but the old net did not quite cut it for the evasive and speedy danio.

Fish are clever little divils in noticing nets and probably have an un-nerving sense that this thing in the tank is going to remove them from their current abode - quick & easy solution =

USE THE EMPTY LID FROM YOUR TEST KIT

you can corner the fish quite easily, towards the glass, bring it open-side up (beware of jumpers ) and then you can always hold it in place with a magnetic algae scraper as you scurry away to photo, medicate, examine or remove....

Andrew

Great thread worthy of a bump

A few short ones

Don't use eSHa with shrimps, it contains copper and kills them.

Mouthbrooding Bettas like B simplex and B edithae are great jumpers.

To replace gravel/sand in a tank with new or different gravel or sand, there is no need to empty the tank, syphon it out with a hose into a large bucket, let it settle pour the excess water back and repeat until all the old sand / gravel is removed.

Don't use eSHa with chrimps


I do hope this mis-type is referring to Shrimps and not Chimps?

:o)

John

Thanks John I should really add a tip to re-read your posts before submitting and then take heed of it myself.

"Snad" was also meant to be "sand"!