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sheringam
post Thu, 27 Nov 2003 9:59 pm
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Propose brew green water in 2ft tank project

1. 23.5" x 11.5" x 13" fiveplan brand tank
2. 51.81 litres of water (13.71 gallons of water), around 12.5" depth of water
3. 2ft DIY PL lights with 2 36W OSRAM tubes and e-ballast
4. Simple sponge filter to collect goldfish poos
5. Wooden air block for aeration
6. 2 4.5" to 6" ranchus

Is it possible to brew green water in 2ft tank rather than tub? I've all the equipment with me except the PL lights which I've yet to collect from a bro who help DIY PL lights. Will switch on the PL lights non-stop for 3-4 days or until the green water turn dark green?
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post Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:15 am
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QUOTE(kingyoo @ Tue 09 Dec 2003 11:45 PM)
Wouldn't it be better for the fish to cultivate green water in a seperate container.  Keep your fish healthy in a another cycled container.  Then when the green water is ready add to the fish.  This way the fish do not get tortured with ammonia and nitrite poisoning.

Oh yes, it's definitely better to cultivate virgin green water using cheap, but healthy, fish. There was a bro who missed my point on the healthy part but put in cheap feeder fishes instead. He wrote and asked me why the green water looks brown. I explained and told him to throw away that tub and start again.
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sheringam   Brew Green Water In A 2ft Tank   Thu, 27 Nov 2003 9:59 pm
HappyBuddha   Your setup is a very typical beginner's tank.....   Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:14 pm
HappyBuddha   Just to give you an idea the penetration capabilit...   Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:25 pm
CyberET   water volume is not sufficient for 2 ranchus of t...   Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:55 pm
The Matrix   Let see your questions ... YES. Possible. BUT...   Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:26 am
sheringam   Have been switching on the PL lights for 3 days. B...   Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:36 pm
CyberET   3 days non-stop? i normally see hint of green on 3...   Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:49 pm
sheringam   i switch on the PL lights for 10-12hrs everyday. ...   Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:15 am
CyberET   i dunno am i doing it right, but i feed 3 times a ...   Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:29 am
sheringam   yes the water stinks very badly with lots of part...   Mon, 08 Dec 2003 8:53 pm
CyberET   i'm not sure removing the goldfish will slow ...   Mon, 08 Dec 2003 9:34 pm
sheringam   no blood streaks but it seems that the ammonia le...   Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:17 pm
CyberET   gasping for air? at the surface u mean? hmm...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 7:39 am
kingyoo   Gasping at the surface is usually lack of oxygen o...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 8:37 am
CyberET   why a low KH may cause a pH crash when having gre...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 8:49 am
HappyBuddha   Without sufficient KH, the green water is not buf...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 9:26 am
kingyoo   In basic terms..... Green water = suspended algae...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 9:32 am
CyberET   hmm... but the water issn't green yet right? h...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 9:46 am
kingyoo   Ah, no green water yet. Then maybe because no bio...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 9:52 am
CyberET   i don't think hes using filter? but if the gre...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:00 am
The Matrix   i sense another one making the same mistakes once ...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:07 am
HappyBuddha   Unless he hasn't been reading the advise give...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:35 am
sheringam   i'm not using any filter, only an air stone w...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 1:16 pm
CyberET   sounds ok.. but whats your stocking level?   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 2:23 pm
The Matrix   so far so good. few more things 1. fish size (bo...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 2:49 pm
sheringam   Just started everything this morning and hope to ...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 3:35 pm
The Matrix   it's a big fish for a small tank. the rest loo...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 4:03 pm
CyberET   har? i thought u say 2ft? 2ft tank around 59Litre...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 4:41 pm
sheringam   yes it's 2ft tank around 13 gal filled with w...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 4:53 pm
CyberET   oh, hehe.. pai sei, my mistake, i mistook gallon a...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 5:24 pm
sheringam   yes restarted it this morning. PL lights have bee...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 9:07 pm
The Matrix   all matters need rest and that's where the gr...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:00 pm
CyberET   12hrs should be enough liaoz.. 7am - 7pm :wink   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:55 pm
kingyoo   Just wondering.... Wouldn't it be better for ...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:45 pm
CyberET   because your green is achieved via natural sunligh...   Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:55 pm
HappyBuddha   Oh yes, it's definitely better to cultivate v...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:15 am
kingyoo   What is PL? :blush Also, not to start an argumen...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:53 am
HappyBuddha   PL is Compact Fluorescent Lamps. It comes in man...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:08 pm
The Matrix   kingyo, your method is not wrong either. In some ...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:47 pm
kingyoo   Well, since I live in Seattle, where the sun com...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:53 pm
HappyBuddha   May I know what kind of fish food you use to fert...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 2:20 pm
kingyoo   I use crushed seafood flakes. I like it because i...   Wed, 10 Dec 2003 3:38 pm
smgutie   I was wondering this same thing. Would only amoni...   Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:04 am
mountain   actually, the problem most of us singaporean faced...   Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:43 am
kingyoo   I use a full specrum flor. light in the hood of ...   Sun, 14 Dec 2003 3:28 am
HappyBuddha   I have a green water tub in my airconditioned roo...   Sun, 14 Dec 2003 7:37 am
square_guy   yes, i think we can safely say that once the green...   Mon, 15 Dec 2003 9:06 am
kingyoo   None of my tanks have any smell at all. They are ...   Mon, 15 Dec 2003 9:41 am
sheringam   after 3 attempts, finally succeed in brewing green...   Thu, 01 Jan 2004 12:18 am
HappyBuddha   Woo hoo! :happydance Congrats man. So why ...   Thu, 01 Jan 2004 7:52 am
HappyBuddha   It's been two weeks since you successfully cul...   Wed, 14 Jan 2004 4:10 pm
ttsen   hi all, i've been trying out green water sinc...   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:19 am
dennis   Your bioload seems abit high doesn't it ? May...   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:40 am
CyberET   way way way overstocked.. :(   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:11 pm
HappyBuddha   This is a long reply. :D I'm glad you d...   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:26 pm
square_guy   my goodness, my green water holds roughly the sam...   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:01 pm
CyberET   hehe.. someone tell that to my dad.. he made me to...   Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:14 pm
square_guy   wahahaha, it's not that i don't want, jus...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 8:25 am
CyberET   interesting because i'm considering using a FB...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 9:12 am
ttsen   hi all, to all the sifus out there, a great thank...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:03 am
square_guy   i think FBF would work well in any overstocked ta...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:44 am
square_guy   thread on toyogo u can see the webby on the abov...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:49 am
CyberET   try using both lamps instead of one also :) if po...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:50 am
sheringam   Only problem is that I can't see the ranchu i...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 3:59 pm
sheringam   How long can a 36W PL tube and a eballast which su...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 4:17 pm
square_guy   from orgast in AF, 1 x 36W osram = $10. elibi...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 5:02 pm
sheringam   u mean the higher the kelvin in colorur temperatur...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 5:34 pm
CyberET   if its dark green, and feeding still continues, an...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 5:40 pm
HappyBuddha   Sheringam A friend was telling me he was feel...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 7:13 pm
HappyBuddha   On top of what ET mentioned, the pH of excessively...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 7:22 pm
HappyBuddha   Your eBallast supports 2x36 watts but you are onl...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 7:30 pm
HappyBuddha   In one of my tank, the rain bar is set an inch ab...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 7:44 pm
sheringam   http://rafflesgold.dyndns.org/~rg/images/gallery/h...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 8:21 pm
sheringam   I used to set the rain bar above water level too....   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 8:29 pm
ttsen   yes in fact, i do see this happenig in one of my...   Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:58 pm
CyberET   its always fun to see what changes your fish went ...   Sat, 17 Jan 2004 1:43 am
ttsen   i hope it changes from orange back to red!.......   Tue, 20 Jan 2004 6:03 pm


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