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Posted by Scott on May 21, 2005, 9:00 am
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Hi, could someone please tell me about the water that you can buy from
aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have to
add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it cost?
The reason that I am interested in starting to use it is because of algae
problems that I haven't been able to completely solve with any of the ways
that I have tried. which include using rowaphos, Siamese algae eaters, test
kits, and lots of plants.
thanks
Scott
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Posted by on May 21, 2005, 9:34 am
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>Hi, could someone please tell me about the water that you can buy from
>aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have to
>add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it cost?
>
You could buy a few gallons but if you are going to spend that much
you may as well get a plumbed in cartridge water filter. Mine was
fitted to take the chlorine taste out of drinking water but I also use
it for my fish. Nothing needs to be added.
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Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software
EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com
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Posted by Scott on May 21, 2005, 9:57 am
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I think what a really need is something that's going to take the excess
nutrients out of the water, so that I can then add they correct amounts
myself. I have tried reducing the phosphate which is 2.5ppm in my tap water,
and the nitrates are all ready low. But my plants are still growing fast and
one type of algae is still able to cover any leaves and plants that don't
grow very fast!!
I recently tried adding plant food in a act of desperation, to see if it
would give my plants nutrients that they might be lacking and increase there
growth, so that they would use up any access nutrients. But there growth has
not visibly increased, only the algae's has. So I think that has proven to
me that my plants are growing fast already and that the problem is due to
access nutrients of some sort in the tap water.
Does any of that make any sense??
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>>Hi, could someone please tell me about the water that you can buy from
>>aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have
>>to
>>add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it cost?
>>
>
> You could buy a few gallons but if you are going to spend that much
> you may as well get a plumbed in cartridge water filter. Mine was
> fitted to take the chlorine taste out of drinking water but I also use
> it for my fish. Nothing needs to be added.
>
>
> --
> Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software
>
> EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
> http://www.easynn.com
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Posted by Nikki Casali on May 23, 2005, 10:46 am
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Scott wrote:
> I think what a really need is something that's going to take the excess
> nutrients out of the water, so that I can then add they correct amounts
> myself. I have tried reducing the phosphate which is 2.5ppm in my tap water,
> and the nitrates are all ready low. But my plants are still growing fast and
> one type of algae is still able to cover any leaves and plants that don't
> grow very fast!!
What type of algae is it?
Can you pick it out from this website?
http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9
Algae eating fish are often specialists, eating only one particular
algae type. Once you can identify the algae, you can buy the appropriate
fish to keep it in check.
Nikki
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Posted by Adrian Hey on May 22, 2005, 9:40 am
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Scott wrote:
> Hi, could someone please tell me about the water that you can buy from
> aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have
> to add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it
> cost?
>
> The reason that I am interested in starting to use it is because of algae
> problems that I haven't been able to completely solve with any of the ways
> that I have tried. which include using rowaphos, Siamese algae eaters,
> test kits, and lots of plants.
I think the simplest solution is to get some snails. Ramshorns seem good
(very unfussy and voracious algae eaters, and haven't touched any of
my plants). They will rid your tank of algae. Trouble is if there's
plenty of snail food pretty soon you'll have plenty of snails, but
getting rid of surplus snails is a lot easier than getting rid of
algae IME. All you need to do is drop suitable snail snack (like boiled
green beans) in the tank, pretty soon it will be covered in snails which
you can then remove all at once.
Regards
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Adrian Hey
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>aquarium shops. Is it RO filtered or something else, and what do you have to
>add to it to make it safe for fish and plants. And how much does it cost?
>