 Brew Green Water In A 2ft Tank |
| sheringam |
 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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| HappyBuddha |
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 7:13 pm
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Sheringam
A friend was telling me he was feeling kinda stupid as he now keeps all his goldfish in green water tubs. The end result is he has nice goldfish that he hardly sees. He's resetting up his glass tank as a "showroom" and would rotate his collection. Meanwhile visibly check your fishes right after water change. Is your ammonia level high? If not, there's no need for a filter. Avoid it if you can since it would produce nitrate as a by product. Although relatively harmless at low quantity, it still can't beat a zero count. If the ammonia level is high, I would rather either increase the lighting, or reduce the stock load. I must confess I use an internal powered filter too... but only to polish the water. Yeah, I like my green water sparkling clean and free of floating debris. If it happens to collect some poos, even better. I run it once a day for no more than 15 minutes. The filter wool is discarded after use; no chance for bb to cultivate at all. I would describe the cleaned intensely green water... liquid jade.  |
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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 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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