Puttin gas in the tank (castle)

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by Whiskey

Great work so far Sasquach!

Whiskey

Thanks Whiskey, why dont you post your tank for us? as for the fart jokes... your reputation follows you lol.

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by cheeks69

Love the tank Sasquatch ! It appears you have very little flow, is the pump off ? Do you really need CO2 to have a planted tank ?

Thanks Robert! maxijet 1200 for flow, very little is needed, there is no filtration added just the tank, c02 certainly makes lush fast growth but not necessary for growth, high wpg,c02 and fertilizers means trimming 2 x a week. Overall the best thing is if you dont like it, rip it out and redo it, nothing seems to mind

[PEMfish]

Originally Posted by sasquatch

allow me to clarify. co2 makes water acidic thus lowering ph, low ph

Yes

Originally Posted by sasquatch

makes critters act strange and die lol

No, this Ph change dons't affect any tank mates. Will be absolutely fine.

[kathywithbirds]

OK, thanks for the explanation, makes sense. I've had a couple planted tanks in the past and had heard about CO2 usage but never got into it. I may try this again in teh future, good to know options.

[PEMfish]

You bet you should try it agen!
Its great!

[Techno-Vicki]

Tank looks beautiful Sasquatch!

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by sasquatch

Thanks Whiskey, why dont you post your tank for us? as for the fart jokes... your reputation follows you lol.

Aah, good,.. I was worried people would think less of me for not having a good fart joke handy. Normally I do you understand, but I got no sleep, and today I really was running on fumes, I just didn't have the gas to kick my mind into overdrive and be creative.

Post a pic of my tank eh? I assume your talking about the planted ones.

This is my old 180, it was ripped down a couple months ago:






A couple flowers that tank gave me:




And my current planted tank,.. though the color in this picuture is all messed up


Whiskey

[PEMfish]

Nice planted. Why`d ya take it down?

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by PEMfish

Yes






No, this Ph change dons't affect any tank mates. Will be absolutely fine.

Paul, what worries me is the word "absolutely" remember the Titanic? Im trying to post a C02 chart with the danger levels on it, please stand by.Steve

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by Techno-Vicki

Tank looks beautiful Sasquatch!

Thank you Vicki! and I think YOU should do a little planted tank, good for creativity lol

[sasquatch]

Thanks for the pics Whiskey! looking very nice, have you seen the blue twisty bulbs at home depot? Im useing them as moon lights on two tanks, the neons are really neons under them lol

[PEMfish]

Well the valves ( bottled CO2 ) or rate at witch is made ( DIY ) will keep it from getting to high ( with proper setup, see above post ). A little Ph flux isn't going to hurt anything. In the wild the Ph changes daily ( night to day, as temp changes and the plants respiration... ) and any time it rains theres a huge change in Ph out there. So its very uncommon to have troubles from that, I wouldn't worry. But thanks for pointing that out...

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by PEMfish

Nice planted. Why`d ya take it down?

Thanks PemFish!
I took it down because it was stupid to use the reef ready tank as the freshwater tank

The 180 now looks like this:


Whiskey

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by sasquatch

Thanks for the pics Whiskey! looking very nice, have you seen the blue twisty bulbs at home depot? Im useing them as moon lights on two tanks, the neons are really neons under them lol

No problem, and Thanks!

I think those are too bright for me,.. for moonlights I use the large (5W) christmas bulbs (blue of course) or if I can't find those, the 4W Childrens nightlight bulbs Works great!

Whiskey