funkymonk1984
New Member
I know people say no question is a silly question so here it goes…
1) when adding tap safe conditioner to your tap water the dosing says xx amount per litres of aquarium water. My aquarium is 123l am I measuring the dosing on that amount or the amount of water in changing eg. 50% = 60ish litres. I’ve never been 100% sure.
2) when rescaling with one tank what would you do with your livestock because it’s difficult to catch/remove them, don’t like stressing them out. Also when I move even one rock so much mess kicks up into water I can’t see what I’m doing. So ideally would want to lower water level substantially or I tend to remove rocks leaving tank to filter mess and hard scape outside of the tank but the problem I have is that some of my livestock won’t leave the wood/rock holes (dragon stone)
3) liquid fert dosing. I have the fluval flex 123l with the stock led. I only keep easy graded plants and it’s heavily planted/established. I dose flourish once a week according to bottle guidelines but would prefer dosing daily. Is that considered a complete supplement and I could simply dive dose by 7? I do a 50% water change every week to 1.5 weeks depending on work schedule. I was wondering what recommendations people had for ferts on a low energy tank and successes they’ve had. I also plant flourish root tabs throughout substrate.
4) recommended aquascaping tools. ADA is out of my price range but I have cheap scissors and tweezers currently and they aren’t great for maintenance or planting. What do people use that are affordable but good quality?
5) removal of hardscape. I want to remove a tree stump from my tank but my pleco has set up home in it. When I see him out in the tank I try to remove it but he sees me coming and returns. This battle has been going for weeks and I am losing! Any advice on this? I’ve tried luring out with cucumber etc but no luck.
6) I’ve also made some stocking mistakes in my earlier days. E.g the pleco mentioned. Now I’ve been educated I want to keep less, smaller shoaling fish that won’t eat plants or dig up substrate/carpets etc. should I just return these to my LFS if they’ll take them? It’s very much community only but now I know far more about what I’m doing I wouldn’t have got some of the fish I have. They are happy and looked after with no issues of husbandry (because they are all community) but i am probably close to stocking level for size of the tank and as mentioned have issues with plants being damaged/ uprooted etc
1) when adding tap safe conditioner to your tap water the dosing says xx amount per litres of aquarium water. My aquarium is 123l am I measuring the dosing on that amount or the amount of water in changing eg. 50% = 60ish litres. I’ve never been 100% sure.
2) when rescaling with one tank what would you do with your livestock because it’s difficult to catch/remove them, don’t like stressing them out. Also when I move even one rock so much mess kicks up into water I can’t see what I’m doing. So ideally would want to lower water level substantially or I tend to remove rocks leaving tank to filter mess and hard scape outside of the tank but the problem I have is that some of my livestock won’t leave the wood/rock holes (dragon stone)
3) liquid fert dosing. I have the fluval flex 123l with the stock led. I only keep easy graded plants and it’s heavily planted/established. I dose flourish once a week according to bottle guidelines but would prefer dosing daily. Is that considered a complete supplement and I could simply dive dose by 7? I do a 50% water change every week to 1.5 weeks depending on work schedule. I was wondering what recommendations people had for ferts on a low energy tank and successes they’ve had. I also plant flourish root tabs throughout substrate.
4) recommended aquascaping tools. ADA is out of my price range but I have cheap scissors and tweezers currently and they aren’t great for maintenance or planting. What do people use that are affordable but good quality?
5) removal of hardscape. I want to remove a tree stump from my tank but my pleco has set up home in it. When I see him out in the tank I try to remove it but he sees me coming and returns. This battle has been going for weeks and I am losing! Any advice on this? I’ve tried luring out with cucumber etc but no luck.
6) I’ve also made some stocking mistakes in my earlier days. E.g the pleco mentioned. Now I’ve been educated I want to keep less, smaller shoaling fish that won’t eat plants or dig up substrate/carpets etc. should I just return these to my LFS if they’ll take them? It’s very much community only but now I know far more about what I’m doing I wouldn’t have got some of the fish I have. They are happy and looked after with no issues of husbandry (because they are all community) but i am probably close to stocking level for size of the tank and as mentioned have issues with plants being damaged/ uprooted etc