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AE86-Danny

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Tr182md said:
I have a 50 gallon high tech plant tank and I bought a complete setup 100 gallon recently and put all the plants I bought at plant auction, no fish yet. I have been trying to get the pH to go down set it at about 6.5. Bubbling away for days. Finally decided to check calibration of my pH probe. It was off by 1.5! No wonder my tank would not go below 6.9! Recalibrated it is 5.6! Good thing no fish in there.

High Co2 levels in water make it hard for fish to swap co2 for oxygen. As blood carries waste (co2) to gills and to water exchange is by equillibrium so gas flows to area with low concentration. If co2 in water is really high then it can not leave the body and no oxygen can be picked up. So fish suffocates in high o2 environment.
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so for my 20 gallon maternity tank i want to plant it not "heavily" but i want to plant it for sure, maybe a nice rock or 2, and a small piece of drift wood.

what would you suggest for an easy, cheap substrate that will help the plants grow out of control?
id rather have to prune daily because the plants are green, lush, and huge, then to dose daily because the plants are small, and brown.


Probably should add, i have some form of Co2 in the tank, and i also have about 60 watts of lighting.
 
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sandnuka

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I knew it was c02 that dropped PH!!! Wish I knew the details like tr182md, seriously, good information, thanks for sharing....

Danny-I used flourite (didnt wash it like people do, left it muddy and all) and had about 1/2 inch gravel on top of flourite, filled the tank slowly or it will cloud up... anyway, thing had the best growth.... well not the best, that was my soil tank.... store bought soil (pick out the chunks of bark and stuff so it was just soil) packed it pretty tight, then a thin layer of argonite sand, and 1/2" gravel on top.... the craziest growth ever, no c02 needed, or lights!!! Something about the soil and argonite that creates its own c02... maybe tr182md knows and can explain why/how. lol

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This was my flourite tank.... Think after 4 months.
 
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Betty

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I've never had a healthy planted tank before -- how difficult would it be to catch those fry without uprooting plants?
 
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AE86-Danny

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Betty said:
I've never had a healthy planted tank before -- how difficult would it be to catch those fry without uprooting plants?
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not very hard.
they don't seem to flock to the plants when they are scared, they seem to bunch up in the corner of the tank instead.
atleast in my experience.


why would you need to catch the fry tho?
 
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Betty

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I meant later when you're ready to sell them or they outgrow the tank. I should have said juvies instead of fry.

I can see myself destroying a planted tank chasing after fish. :oops:
 
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AE86-Danny

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Betty said:
I meant later when you're ready to sell them or they outgrow the tank. I should have said juvies instead of fry.

I can see myself destroying a planted tank chasing after fish. :oops:
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Well i wouldn't be any harder then trying to catch them from a tank with rock formations.

You can easily remove plants or move plants around the tank to get at fish. It shouldn't stress the plant too much because its still in the same environment.
nothing really changed. All of the parameters are the same. And basically after you have snatched the fish you stick the plants back in the dirt or whatever substrate you use.

plants might take a few to start "growing" again technically but it wont kill them.
the roots will figure themselves out in no time lol.

this also gives you a chance to prune away any dead leaves, or trim some of the plants down. do some cropping so to say.

dunno seems like there are some pro's and con's in my opinion
 
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