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A few fish for sale or good home
Started by Linda Logan. Last reply by Linda Logan Feb 2, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I need to shut down my indoor system for a few months. I have 2 mature Shubunkin, 1 albino Hypostomus to clean the aquarium. There is another small fish living in the sump.I live in SE Portland and…Continue
Aquaponics system as filter for swimming pool
Started by John Wilson. Last reply by Wade J Rochelle Jan 25, 2019. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi all, we've just purchased a property with a large indoor swimming pool. Around 80,000L with a greenhouse roof and plenty of room around it for grow beds. However, this is far too big for us to…Continue
Not for human consumption!?
Started by Nichelle Hubley. Last reply by Nichelle Hubley Jun 30, 2015. 7 Replies 1 Like
Well, I think I messed up big time. I've been feeding my precious tilapia koi food (I like in a small place and it was all I could get... :( ) for about 2 months and last night I read on the back of…Continue
Help!! Help !!! with new filtration and set-up.
Started by Henrique Miguel. Last reply by Wayne Mcbryde May 14, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I have a set up of 2 55 gal blue barrel with Tilapia and guppies separate. I have young ones and they are growing well. Issue of overcrowding and feeding. 1. I would like to use a water…Continue
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Comment by Kellen Weissenbach on March 12, 2012 at 3:47pm
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Most aquatic plants actually take up ammonia/ammonium directly, so planted aquariums rarely have anything more than trace amounts of nitrite and nitrate.
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Comment by Tom OBrien on March 12, 2012 at 3:38pm
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Well, the nitrates feed the green. In aquaponics, you want them feeding your green plants. As I understand it, aquarium keepers do a lot of water changing and/or put in aquatic plants to control their nitrates.
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Comment by Holly Curtis on March 12, 2012 at 3:05pm
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Ahh...so the nitrates are part of the green! I didn't know that. Cool. I wonder how people with aquariums only handle nitrates in the world of exotic pet fish.
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Pea soup means the sunlight and high nitrates are providing a really good environment for algae growth. Our pond was pea soup last summer. It didn't kill the goldfish but high nitrate levels (over 50 ppm) are not recommended long term as they may affect fish health. Time to get some plants in and use up all those nice nitrates.
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Comment by Sherill Colgin on March 12, 2012 at 2:13pm
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I am fishless cycling my system in the sunroom. My strips that I use to test the water do not have an ammonia spot, do I need a different type of testing kit? I was thinking the PH is also a good monitor but I can't remember.
I also want to fishless cycle the outdoor pond. Is it impracticle to start before the weather warms up because the temperature affects the growth of bacteria, or will a pond heater be enough to start it?
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I think I am all cycled. Ammonia and Nitrites (the middle step) are always low. The last setp (Nitrates?) is always high. I do water changes each week. I also have an aquarium filter. Is there a problem with Pea soup?
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Comment by TCLynx on March 11, 2012 at 11:24am
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Shade the tank NOW protect it from the sun or you risk pea soup or even cooking your fish.
Get Media in ASAP or you will be building up ammonia that could kill your fish, you need some sort of filtration or you risk killing your fish.
I would be testing several times a week if not daily until the system is cycled up.
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That sounds like algae.
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Cloudy water. What makes the water cloudy? I have a glass aquarium on my patio that gets several hours of sun a day right now. (In time the sun will move and it will be in the shade.) I think the cloudy is from growing green stuff suspended in the water. I test on Saturdays, so no test info right now, though last Sat my pH was at 8 or 8.2...not sure if I should do something about that or not. I did a partial water change last Sat as well...my vaccum tank day...Oh, just fish, no plants or media yet.
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Comment by randy proctor on March 9, 2012 at 10:49am
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at times we all do
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