Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
my first algae - looks like \"glow\"
How do i test for phosphate
is there a kit in the lfs?
lights on for 12hrs, single 15w hagen aquaglow lamp
no other light source apart from room light when im there
(its a utility room that is not used all the time)
heres the snaps - best i could get
thanks
niall
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Mould on wood added to a tank seems to be common enough. This happened me too : a good brush sorted me out
I read that, apparently, it's not toxic to the fish.
Hope this helps.
Valerie
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I just went to check my suspicion it appears to be one of the beard/bear algaes
i stand by the boiling but will this completely remove the problem i think not as this has had a few days to thrive.
thus i would suggest adding a little co2 (a quick google for this part:laugh:
)now remember co2 will effect your Ph slightly!!!!!!!!
I wanted to add co2 for a short time thus i did a diy job so this may help short term but i thing all will agree your plants will love you for it:woohoo:
I got a two liter mineral bottle some air line an air stone and 1 air line connector i drilled the bottle lid placed the connector in the hole and applied some sealant this done i measured out a liter of water and added four tablespoons of sugar which i stirred in and dissolved as much as possible i placed the water in the bottle and added some yeast the bottle with yeast sugar mixture i left on the drainer over night with a balloon on it this was in case it froated over (i did not want to risk this going into my tank)
the next day the balloon had started to inflated this told me the co2 was present i screwed the lid on connected the air line to the lid and stone and place the stone near the filter in take the co2 created its own pressure and escaped in to the tank
do not use a glass bottle if the pipes get blocked it could explode sending flying glass
again i would point out the this
it will effect PH plants will love it.
remember to check daily as any pressure build up could be dangerous.
while this is a basic home brew treat the resulting liquid as toxic and dispose it when expired this is to get co2 and because nothing has been do to ensure safety or quality it could make you very sick
Mickey
Mickey Wallace & Cath Woods
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thats a real bummer, i boiled it for near two hours
before it went in!
this is surely going to freak out my tetras big time!
the roots are a large part of the tank and
are keeping my combomba from sprawling all over the place
there will be sand everywhere too as i bedded the roots in it
heres a snap of the tank
www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...w/id,38168/catid,27/
BTW the PlantaMin clearly states that it does not promote algae growth
I chose plants that were suitable for low level light, non co2 tanks and was hoping not to have to go down that road
many thanks all
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