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NFC: Re: NFC ADOPT A TANK PROBS
Id do the following in no particular order ....add some fathead minnows
as they are algaE hounds......do a 50% water changes every week for a
month ....reduce feed to 2X a week....good luck and keep us appraised
Robert Rice
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:02:40 -0400 "Joshua L. Wiegert" <JLW at pi_dune.net>
writes:
> Don't use the word HELP in a subject line, please. :)
> > From: CEFCHURCH at aol_com
> > Subject: Help! Adopt-A-Tank Problems
> >
> > I've been busy and have not been checking on my Adopt-A-Tank as
> much. It
> > appears I have three problems:
> >
> > (1) What I suspect may be blue-green algae. It started a few
> month ago and
> > has steadily gotten worse. It appears to be sort of blue-green,
> almost
> > turquoise and appears to infest the upper layers of Java Moss and
> another
> > unknown suspended plant. It is actually sort of attractive. Sort
> of filmy
> > looking.
> >
> > (2) An unpleasant odor. I have a pretty bad sense of smell and
> it is still
> > very noticeable; not at all the rather pleasant smell of a healthy
> aquarium.
> >
> > (3) One of the Southern Red Belly Dace has an eye which seems to
> be infected
> > and clearly protruding from the eye socket. I suspect it may be
> some sort of
> > infection.
> >
> > I also suspect all these problems may be related.
> >
> > SET UP:
> >
> > - 29 gallon with double fluorescent light
> > - lots of natural but mostly indirect light
> > - gravel substrate over a peat mat
> > - lots of other plants which are doing very well and do not appear
> to be
> > effected by
> > the unknown algae.
> > - I had been doing regular water changes but have slacked off last
> two
> > months;
> > librarian in charge of tank claims she has been doing water
> changes.
> > - no plant fertilizer added in last three months; about three
> months ago, I
> > buried
> > a little clay wrapped in newspaper near the roots of some of the
> rooted
> > plants. The
> > plants immediately started growing, but that was also when
> natural spring
> > sunshine
> > increased.
> > - fish are three SRBD, assorted minnows and one darter; except for
> one eye
> > problem, all fish appear healthy and no casualties for several
> months.
> > They are fed
> > quality flake food and get daphnia and mosquito larvae once or
> twice a week.
> >
> > WHAT I DID TODAY:
> >
> > - removed most of Java Moss and other suspended plants.
> > - 50% water change, including vacuuming some of the gravel.
> > - cleaned all algae off glass, cleaned out filters in outside
> filter.
> >
> > Any help appreciated!
> >
> > Chuck Church
> > Indianapolis, Indiana USA
>
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Robert Rice
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