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06-30-2008, 03:34 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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|  Lakea's 55 gallon Unplanted Okay I redid my 55 gallon using both sand and black gravel. This is just made up of all my leftovers, plants/rocks/driftwood/etc but I think it turned out pretty nice. My BN will go back in there and I think I will continue with my original idea of a community tank with angels/rasboras/possibly corys.      Can you find the coconuts?
__________________ Tank Videos 5g - Male Betta 6g - Peppermint Jack the trained betta, 1 oto 20g - Fry TankCory Fry Count (Sept. 6): 34 55g - Community tank - 2 BN pl*co, 10 Bronze corys, 8 Harlequin Rasboras 75g - Jack Dempsey |
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06-30-2008, 05:39 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Jun 2008
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| I like how you arranged those rocks. BTW, what kind of rocks won't effect hardness and pH?
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06-30-2008, 07:21 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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| I do have a hard time with hardness and pH, our tap water comes from the lake and both specs tend to fluctuate, so I try to keep rocks that won't affect pH, unfortunately a few of the rocks I have I don't know what they are. I think I have some Texas Holey rock which does raise pH and calcium. You want hard insoluble rocks. Slate, sandstone, granite,petrified wood, quartz are some that won't affect pH/hardness. One way you can tell is by the vinegar test, put a few drops of vinegar on the rock, if it fizzes than it will affect pH/hardness, though that does not work for all rocks, there are some other things you can use, or you can just let your rocks soak a bucket of water and test it. And that is about all I know about rocks. Thanks for the comment!
__________________ Tank Videos 5g - Male Betta 6g - Peppermint Jack the trained betta, 1 oto 20g - Fry TankCory Fry Count (Sept. 6): 34 55g - Community tank - 2 BN pl*co, 10 Bronze corys, 8 Harlequin Rasboras 75g - Jack Dempsey |
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06-30-2008, 08:55 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Houston, TX
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Carbonate rocks will affect hardness and pH. Limestone for example. (fyi, sandstone, if it has a carbonate cement, can affect hardness and pH... same for slate/shale. I've collected sandstone and shale/slate samples for school that had a carbonate/dolomite cement.) Doing the 'vinegar test' should tell you if it has a high concentration of carbonates. Hydrochloric acid will tell you if there's even a little... of course, not everyone can readily get their hands on HCl  Igneous rocks definitely shouldn't affect your pH (granite, scoria [lava rock]) Oh, how I just love rocks!
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07-05-2008, 05:22 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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| I got a new pl*c, a girlfriend for my BN, she is a good looking fish! Right now she is pretty much attached to that coconut shell, maybe I can get a better pic later.  I'll see how my BNs are do over the next week or so and then hopefully get my community tank going!
__________________ Tank Videos 5g - Male Betta 6g - Peppermint Jack the trained betta, 1 oto 20g - Fry TankCory Fry Count (Sept. 6): 34 55g - Community tank - 2 BN pl*co, 10 Bronze corys, 8 Harlequin Rasboras 75g - Jack Dempsey |
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