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Fw: scum on surface
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> From: paul lesniak <plesniak@ compusmart.ab.ca>
> To: aquatic-palnts at actwin_com
> Subject: scum on surface
> Date: December 20, 1996 11:14 AM
>
> Hello everybody,
> Merry Xmas to you all and may you have a safe holiday season.
>
> I have noticed over the past month and a half(the tanks only been set up
> for 6 weeks or so)that
> whenever I do a water change a couple of days later a surface layer of
scum
> forms on the water.
> after a couple of more days the layer begins to dissapate and then is
> completely gone. I think I have heard someone else mention this, but I
> don't recall an answer or solution to the problem
> My tank details are as such:
> 130g freshwater
> heavily planted with Hygrophila, valisnaria, Various species of
> Echinodrus
> Bacopa, Aponogeton Rigidifolius, even some lagarosiphon.
> Ph-6.8-7.0
> CO2 injected
> KH-5-6
> 24-26 degrees C
> about twenty fish
> 2-175 watt MH for lighting
> 3"-5" 0f 3mm substrate
> Terrapur in the substrate
> Fetrivol 13%(from germany) in a liquid form for the water
> Fe-.1ppm
>
> When I do a water change I nuetralize the chloramine with Fritzguard
and
> I also
> add some HCl(Hydrochloric Acid) to bring the Ph from about 8.2 down to
> 7.0 in the
> water change water.
>
> Any suggestions as to what this "scum" is or what I can doe about it.
Also
> could you comment
> on the use of HCl in the Aquarium(I haven't seen any ill effects to
date).
>
> Thanx,
> Paul. Lesniak
>
> P.S.-and a Happy New Year!!