Thinking of going fauna

Myka · #1 12-08-2009, 12:32 AM

Lol!!!

Werbo · #2 12-08-2009, 01:45 AM

Marie - you just did a major re-aquascape that increased flow throughout your tank and should help with dead spots where algae gets a start and can thrive. Why not wait 6 weeks and see where you are with nuicance algae.
Change one thing at a time.
TW

marie · #3 12-08-2009, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Marie - you just did a major re-aquascape that increased flow throughout your tank and should help with dead spots where algae gets a start and can thrive. Why not wait 6 weeks and see where you are with nuicance algae.
Change one thing at a time.
TW

Your right, but it will be at least another 4 weeks before I'll have time to even think of additives. Who knows what I'll decide to do if my phosphates test as low as the nitrates

marie · #4 12-09-2009, 02:01 AM

I just heat tested my phosphates with an elos test kit that i've had for over a year (expiry date??) and it appears to be somewhere between .01 and .05...a hint of blue but not quite dark enough to be .05...I hate these stupid test kits

Mrfish55 · #5 12-09-2009, 02:56 AM

I orederd new test refills today supposed to have them Thusday.

marie · #6 12-13-2009, 10:21 PM

Okay, My nitrates are 0.3ppm and my phosphates are 0.022 (heated) as per Dave's colorimeter....that seems awful low considering I haven't done a water change in at least 3 weeks

Skimmerking · #7 12-13-2009, 10:36 PM

But Remember Marie PO4 is PO4 if you have some type of sort of Algae then you have PO4. however some PO4 is great for tanks and some isnt

marie · #8 12-08-2009, 01:47 AM

Dave was just over to test the water.

The nitrate tested at .3 ppm
Unfortunately he had ran out of the phosphate reagent so I will have to wait for that