Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / June 2006

Maybe I missed a basic concept here - can someone explain this to me?
Assume, for the sake of argument, that straight out of the tap, my water has
a KH of 2 and a PH of 8.
So, I add CO2 to 15ppm, which drops my PH to 6.6.

I just converted my 75 gallon heavily planted rainbow tank into a
discus tank.  Currently I have 5 discus in there with plans on three
or four more.  
The problem I am running into is feeding them.  I am feeding them a

I was wondering if there was an easy way of softening my water.
Maybe fiter media or anythin, except rainwater(dont trust it).
I want to keep cardinal tetra, rams and rummy-nosed tetra but my wate
is to hard.

As promised, shots of Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) dwarfed,
floating in an aquarium.
    http://images.aquaria.net/plants/floating/Pistia/

I don't know its name, but I have had it in my 75 gallon tank for
years.  It has a single stem with small, round leaves radiating from
the stem.  I have often had to trim the tops as they would reach the
top and then lay over on the surface.  I started with a few cuttings

Hey all, I've been lurking around here a few days and now I have a
question about the plants in my tank. For starters all I have is a 2.5
gal tank with one betta in it lit by a 20watt halogen desk lamp. I have
water sprites and some other kind of floating plant covering a good

I established a ten gallon aquairum from Walmart with a Tetra 5-15
Power Filter.
I never clean the biowheel part and I never leave the filter unplugged
for more

My Tank has been set up now for over a year, even when I out weekl
partcial water changes the hair grass algae has not subsided. M
stocking levels are low and I have even used remedies to combat th
problem but nothing seems to work

About a month ago I added three rocks (well, 2 large and several small
matching ones) to my aquarium and a few days later my male dwarf
gourami began to loose color, stop building nests and won't spawn.
Here's his photo, he looks pathetic...

"Not enough light for healthy plants = algae.  
Too much light and not enough CO2 for healthy plants = algae.
Too much CO2 and not enough light = dead fish and algae.  
Wrong temperature = algae.

I have a fish tank,freshwater. do plants like Elodia and Banana Lillies
convert Ammonia to oxygen please??/ If NOT what plants do???
TIA.. PJ

Hi.  I have kept aquariums for awhile and have always wanted to try one
with live plants, but fear has stopped me! I would like to start out
with a 10 gal. tank to see how it goes.  I have an economy incandescent
hood with 2 all-glass 6500k 10 wt. flourescent bulbs to use that a guy

Planted 55 to a non planted, now I want to go back to planted. My Raph is
huge now and likes it under the plants better than in his flowerpot and
several caves. Don't wanna get rid of him... help?!?? Is there a way to
discourage his digging? Using sand and lateralite sprinkled in ...