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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 3, 2007 2:01:58 GMT
Seems like the aldrovanda have settled in.. a couple of the strands are noticeably longer. Phase 1: Introduction... SUCCESS!
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matti
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Post by matti on Jun 3, 2007 2:19:11 GMT
Well done silverkiento!.
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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 9, 2007 21:00:40 GMT
I have switched to the yeast method for providing CO2. I added a CO2 tab the other night to refresh the CO2 levels in the water a bit and I realized that I have since not seen any daphnia. Out of two water samples that I took, I found none and that's strange because I added like 400 of them. This can only mean one thing, the CO2 tabs released some sort of toxin into the water and killed the daphnia. I know that daphnia are used for testing if water is safe or not and this is definitely not a good sign. I will wait before I order more daphnia to see if there may be some left and also to make sure the water hyacinth absorbs the substances that the Co2 tabs left over. On a side note, the aldrovanda are doing ok and the U. gibba is flourishing.. I'm actually kinda worried that it's starting to take over a little too fast. It's just this thick mass of utric traps. I will have to cut it back soon.
Yesterday I got a package with the Kimberly form of aldrovanda in it. The form I received earlier was the typical form. The vendor did that because the Kimberly form were too small to ship at the time.. I just wish he had told me. So now I have both forms of aldrovanda in that tank.
One more problem I have noticed is that the water gets much too warm. I'm thinking of getting a bigger container and filling it with some kind of insulation and then resting the tank inside that. I could also just bury the tank but that would probably be even more difficult. Although there is a spot that would be good for it... MOVING the tank is difficult in its own. Since it's plastic, it bends, and since it's full of water.. it's VERY heavy.
I'm not very discouraged.. I knew there would be setbacks and problems like this.
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Post by Clint on Jun 9, 2007 23:05:32 GMT
What makes you think it's too warm? Mine gets into the upper 90's (98-99), and sometimes the water level drops down to an inch and I haven't noticed anything negative.
I'd also bet that those tablets did not release anything harmful into the water. They are made from use in small aquaria. Be careful that no yeast gets into your tank.
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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 10, 2007 1:51:38 GMT
Yeah I'm using a 1 gallon water jug for the yeast and it's barely even half full. The tube is only about 1 cm into the top of the jug. Mine gets about the same temp.. maybe a little less.. but I think that may be the reason that the daphnia kicked the bucket too... and possibly the reason why I have yet to see any sign of snail life since I added them, lol. I always blamed it on the fact that they are nocturnal, but now I don't know.
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Post by ieatflys on Sept 29, 2008 19:27:06 GMT
I had that prob too all we did was add a filter if you don't want to you can just add more water hyacinths. There are lots of things you can do.
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