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Tanja: Thanks for the reply. As you are aware in Physics you always go back to the basics. ... because he's a bigshot fish writer ... If this person "is such a bigshot writer" why does he not know proper etiquette. As little as I know about the internet (or any other publication medium) using anothe...

Could someone post a Reader's Digest version of what in the world is going on here.

TR

Mike:

What is the surface area of your tank?

TR

Mike: I cannot find an efficiency curve for your pump. Armed with the surface area of your tank, a previous thread concerning river tanks, your typical tank temperature and the maximum temperature in your home* I believe that I can come up with a WAG here. If your configuration is different from the...

Mike Lang wrote:I'm aerating heavily ...

Boomer

I left this one out of my post but I do this also.

TR

Hi Boomer and Welcome.

There are many gurus on this Forum (not Ron of course)

But

the following may be of some comfort:
http://www.fishforums.com/forum/fyi-you ... style.html

TR

The video is not too swift
but
the audio is original!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r-9lhTFcOY0

TR

Diana wrote:Lots of stuff going on in the tank that do not show with the few tests that are commonly available.

Diana:

Absolutely and our tests are reliable only within several standard deviations.

I do not understand your post.

Do you believe that I should not be removing the snail shells from my tank?

TR

You did good Cup.

TR

Diana wrote:Snail shells dissolve so slowly they do not significantly increase the pH, GH or KH of the water.

Diana:

I do not disagree.

I python the bottom very infrequently now but the snail shells come out and I believe this to be beneficial although I cannot specify a reason.

TR

I purchased my Yoyos in order to eradicate an unbelievable snail infestation. I do not know the species of these snails but they were very small and spherical. They were a gift which I received with plants. My definition of infestation is virtually 100% coverage of wood, rocks and plants. In additio...

There are some excellent specially formulated vitamin products available for fish, such as Vitazin by Waterlife http://www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/vitazin.htm . At least with these products you know that the levels of vitamins have been researched and dosed at an appropriate level for aquatic lif...

Shari This thread way styled "Vitamin deficiency" and hence I noted only the centrum multipurpose vitamins. I also add five blended cloves of garlic for each pound of meaties as the fish seem to enjoy the mixtures much more when garlic is present. I also add three packets of dry yeast for each pound...

Ive been feeding my Botia tank a mix of prawn and whitefish blended with spinach and bananna since before xmas (near Oct time) and have not seen anything like you have described. I feed recipes similar to what Ashleigh has described but with more meaties and veggies. For each pound of meaties I als...

Gary Stanton wrote:The greatest guitar player ever.

Does this mean that Ernest Tubbs does not count?

TR