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Another way to determine CO2 in our tanks

mybb@mybb.ru (Sladkiy) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:28:00 +0300

Have yet to run my new tank

When I had my 3 month 1ft tank, I did 30% weekly water change and pH measured was 5.5
As for KH, I am not too sure as I did not measure and I was not using CO2 for that tank.

In the case when my tank has no Fauna but only Flora, will the Flora be affected by the pH crash?

How did you find Aquatic Quotient?

mybb@mybb.ru (Sladkiy) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:26:17 +0300

I recalled seeing the 1st AQ planted tank competition poster at the now gone choong sua aquarium few years ago with the url written on it.

Surfed around for a while without being registered until 3 months after that...

Has been here since...

fish or shrimp recommendation

mybb@mybb.ru (Elza Marin) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:23:17 +0300

No worries. I was and I still consider myself a beginner. Haha currently battling algae issues. When I first started I had to read through a lot, don't know where to start and don't know where to look for help.

For algae control, you'd have to see what kind of algae you have. No one animal can fix all. Like diatoms, you'll use otocinclus, but your water must be in tip top condition. Or green spot algae, you'd use nerite snails.

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AQ ADA Singapore Aquascaping Contest RESULTS!

mybb@mybb.ru (Elza Marin) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:21:50 +0300

Very encourging to view. Thank you all very much.

Join AQ's Facebook Page

mybb@mybb.ru (Elza Marin) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:20:37 +0300

Great to see more FB'ers for networking but I think we all know what nuisance all those useless apps do. Sap our time!

Name one great thing about FB:

1. Finding old/lost friends.

Newly planted tank need some advice and help

mybb@mybb.ru (Lukass) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:07:58 +0300

me too...hahaha. took a long trip back home

Timeout too fast.

mybb@mybb.ru (Lukass) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:06:17 +0300

Thanks.

The defunct Self-Introduction thread

mybb@mybb.ru (Lukass) — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:03:58 +0300

LSZ here
Shaozhang my name.

Live in Bukit Merah Area.
25 this year.

Keeps central and south american cichlids.
Some other exceptions eg stingray.

Down to two 4x2ft , two 3x1.5ft , one 2ft frog tank, another 2.5ft or 2ft coming soon.

now doing final year in NUS.
Used to have hobbies like rowing, weights training (been training for past 9 years...but stopped for almost a year now due to workload) , reads widely, used to play basketball and table tennis for sport, used to draw, loves music, will like to travel much more than i had did.

Now mostly fish

Low-tech (non-CO2) tanks post your pics!

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:29:03 +0300

My 2 month old low-tech cube tank. Some crypts melted initially but now slowing growing back. Comments most welcome.

Thought of adding about 10 Boraras some time later. Is it too much?

Dimensions: 30x30x30 cm
Lights: I think it is a 10W study bulb (10 hrs/day)
Filtration: Nil
CO2 injection: Nil
Substrate: peat moss & soil topped with gravel
Parameters: not measured
Fertilisation: 1 drop trace once in a while.
Water change: Nil. Top up only.
Water temp: air-con room
Plants: java fern windelov, various crypts
Bioload: 1 otos, 5 scarlet badi badi

How to set up low requirement planted tank

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:26:50 +0300

It really hepled a lot thanks!

Misuse of "PMDD"

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:25:48 +0300

Hi Tom

I guess my data on Dupla was wrong then. Thanks for pointing out.

One question to seek your comment : You brought up the point that the older thoughts on "limiting theory" (PO4, NO3, Fe,...etc) of curbing algae did not hold ground today : as many had experimented high dosing of these and only good plant growth and not algae. What is holding back the algae ? Could it be the strong growthing plants releasing defensive chemical against algae ? Or highly oxygenated water deter alage to set foot ?

Thanks
No, I do not think you are wrong, you are right based on what you knew.

Growing plants for gardening and horticulture and supplying them with good stable nutrients is different than asking why is algae not present/present.

I prefer to keep them as separate as possible and look at culturing both of these. To learn how to grow algae, teaches you far more about than simply killing it and doing things you hope make it go away.

Think about plants if all you wanted to do was kill them?
Stopping their life cycle, propagules, spores etc is the key to weed control. Algae is no different.

But people eem to want to/tempted to put algae and plants in the same bowl.

Rephrase the question, ask: what induces algae to grow?
Then see if you can cause it to grow consistently.
If your system is a planted tank, then make sure you have things going well, then raise NO3 up to say 100ppm and observe. Lower it to 80, 60, 40, 20, 10, 5, 2ppm, 0ppm and so on.

Watch for algae etc.

The way to do this is while playing with the dependent parameter(say NO3, or PO4,NH4, CO2 etc, light), you get no algae, then you know the other parameters must be independent(thus those are not influencing the results).

Example, if I have a well run tank, add 2ppm of PO4 and get no algae, regardless of folks who have algae issues, I know that the othe rparameters are independent. The other folks who have algae already, alway have algae etc their tanks are not and never likely where independent , they have some other cause for their algae that's not from high PO4.

If that theory is true, we should be able to consistently inuce algae.

However, it's pretty clear this is not the case, so another alternative hypothesis is required and the old PO4 excess = algae must be rejected.

The issue is that many folks cannot control other parameters well, so tey cannot even test this to begin with. If you cannot rule out other issues, then you will never be able to do the test

Some folks never do.
Some do, but only by limiting PO4, which limits CO2, which they have not addressed well, or think they have, but really have not etc.

Some have strange thinking, insisting that their observations alone are somehow the only observations that matter and are right in the disscusion, I guess the rest of the folks are all lying? Some seem to imply this. However, their theory cannot explain why and how we know and can confirm we add 2-3ppm of PO4 and do not have any algae bloom at all.

No matter how hard they want to argue and bemoan their points, it will never win the debate, since we know and can test otherwise without such results and have plenty of consistent examples.

Still, some will never be convinced

Thread: Plant ID help

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:21:30 +0300

Looks like Hottonia palustris.

https://tropica.com/en/plants/plantd...tris(027)/4443

Plants to recommend for pond tank

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:20:40 +0300

Plants to recommend for pond tank
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I am looking for common plants that we can find at LFS for a pond tank, can you recommend some for background, midground and foreground.

How to Get Started in Planted Tanks

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:16:45 +0300

How to Get Started in Planted Tanks
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Welcome to the AquaticQuotient forums!

If this is your first time here and you're interested in planted tanks, this is the site for you! Getting into planted tanks may be easy if you take the time to read and understand before taking the plunge!

Getting in is as easy as 1-2-3. (not exactly, but oh well)

Step 1: Get the equipment

These are the things needed to start a planted tank. It will help if you actually go down and take a look at the equipment in your local fish shop (LFS).

Step 2: Get familiar with planted tanks

Read this, as well as read up random topics in the forums here. Literally, the more you read, the easier and faster and better you will start. The planted tank is a complexity at first, but if you read on and try to understand, it will soon become second nature to you. Also, there are many myths and contradicting advise that you may read about, so do ask before committing. Not everything the LFS says is right.

Step 3: Set it up, and showcase it here!

There are bound to be mistakes when you're setting your first tank up, so creating a topic like "<Your name>'s new tank!" where we can help you out along. Fill in this form so that we can better help you.

Good luck, and we hope to see you achieve that peice of nature in your home.

How to Get Started in Planted Tanks

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:07:08 +0300

Welcome to the AquaticQuotient forums!

Getting in is as easy as 1-2-3. (not exactly, but oh well)

Step 1: Get the equipment

These are the things needed to start a planted tank. It will help if you actually go down and take a look at the equipment in your local fish shop (LFS).

Step 2: Get familiar with planted tanks

Step 3: Set it up, and showcase it here!

Good luck, and we hope to see you achieve that peice of nature in your home.
List of LFSes

What is KNO3 and KH2PO4?

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:06:17 +0300

What is KNO3 and KH2PO4?
Oh, and is using calcium nitrate. Seachem Nitrogen can also but more expansive.

Bogwood vs driftwood

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 01:03:24 +0300

Usually don't care about where its from and what its named, as long as meet my scape requirement.

How to find my own posts?

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:59:02 +0300

thanks alot. i tried that the other time. but anyway thanks for the help provided. didn't have to wait long anyway . case closed.haha!

Blocked from registering as a "Spammer"?

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:56:06 +0300

Blocked from registering as a "Spammer"?
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AQ's registration system references a third party blacklist of spammers to block registrations from spammers and spam bots. This service and a few other lines of automated defences blocks hundreds to thousands of spammers/bots registrations daily. This is why AQ is comparatively spam free despite being a comparatively "old" and active forum.

Unfortunately, this also means that some legitimate users are blocked from registering (and falsely accused as spammers) because of "false positives" or erroneous reporting.

It is not feasible for AQ to turn off the screening system as we get too many spammer registrations daily. We are also not able to remove IPs from the blacklist as we do not own the list. It is a service provided by another organisation. Only the owners of the IP addresses can make a request to the blacklist owners to to de-list the IP addresses.

How does that affect me?
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[FAQ] How do I set my avatar?

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:54:50 +0300

Thats rediculous, and just cost you a good member.

Record of user names changes

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:46:35 +0300

Re: Record of user names changes
HBK16 changed to ZIr.

A Gentle Reminder To The Community of AQ - Regarding Exotic Pets

mybb@mybb.ru (qwest) — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:37:47 +0300

Re: A Gentle Reminder To The Community of AQ - Regarding Exotic Pets
As a new member, I appreciate the forum's stance.

Love the title, too!

Pat