Lessons Learned Board?

[catwoman]

I ended up with an infestation of hydra and plant-eating snails after putting untreated plants in my 10g tank. I tore down the tank and disinfected all of my plants (lost quite a few in the process). Now I soak new plants in Lime-It and then in potassium permanganate (available as Jungle Clear Water liquid).

[zapus]

Iron and manganese deficiency both result in interveinal chlorosis (light green leaves with darker green veins). Adding extra iron when Mn is the deficiency only makes the problem worse, because excess iron inhibits uptake of Mn.

[ksand]

Amano Shrimp are regular little Houdinis, and can crawl quite some distance from their tanks. Why they do this, despite the fact that it is not in their best interest, is a mystery to me.

[kzr750r1]

Just did this recently unfortunatly. I've not kept the balance (still working on it) nutriants and had alot of BBA on my ludwigia. So since this works for Anubis on ocassion figured what the hell.

Unfortunatly lost most of the leaves in a week and it's slowly recovering.

Now If I tried harder at balancing Macros the Ludwigia would probably have out grown the BBA on the old leaves...

We all live and learn. Great string.

[Canoe2Can]

If you don't have a quarantine tank, get one and use it. I knew this, but didn't follow it and now I feel dumb as a rock for not. I bought a 1/2 dozen green neons from a local shop week and a half ago. They were in great shape and so in they went. I go back a few days ago and they had a fresh order. So I bought ten more, and put them right in. Now 7 are dead and #8 doesn't look good. Turns out they had some kind of parasite, probably gill flukes by the looks of things. And of course, I don't have a quarantine tank here (having recently moved, it's still stuck in storage). And of course, any medication I have for treating parasites says it will also kill plants. Live and learn, and then get a spare 10 gallon.

[Biffe]

10 years break from aquarium hobby
new tank
wohoo Discus let's try those! ahmmm let's buy 20 to start with
another 5 year break!!

[misa212]

If you use a heater you're not sure about, 1. you'll forget about it soon after you turn it on and 2. it'll overheat your tank so much that you'll be almost too embarrased to post about your mistake. Almost.

[plantbrain]

Originally Posted by anonapersona

Do not buy food in bulk. I bought 10 lbs of flake food for the pond. In the 5th year I began losing fish. After 8 years, I simply gave up and left the pond bare with a fountain. In the 10th year I restocked and the fish began to die. I finally threw out the last 3 lbs of flake food. Now I buy little bitty containers and toss it out in a year.

I got rid of these algae sticks I had from 1989 last year finally, they tasted good though.

Lessons I've learned:
Careful, you might end up working in aquatic plant research and outrunning gators to obtain samples("Stumpy" was the last Grad student I had....). You might say you'll never become one of "those plant only people" only to fail miserably. You might end up with a BS, MS or PhD if you are not careful.
I find I like plastic fish more and more, they are life like, easy to keep, never jump out. Flourish smells and looks a lot like Soy sauce.

Regards,
Tom Barr

www.BarrReport.com the place for plant information

[plantbrain]

Originally Posted by ksand

Amano Shrimp are regular little Houdinis, and can crawl quite some distance from their tanks. Why they do this, despite the fact that it is not in their best interest, is a mystery to me.

Amano said they are trying to come home to Japan.

Regards,
Tom Barr

www.BarrReport.com

[Momotaro]

Amano said they are trying to come home to Japan.

AHHH! That would explain the tiny little passport!

Mike

[derekkim]

Originally Posted by Momotaro

AHHH! That would explain the tiny little passport!

Mike

LOL!

I learned that you never should do water changes with your mom. You spill one drop, and thats one hell of a spanking you're getting.

[observant_imp]

If you're suprised when a test reads 0, redo the test before dosing. For me, this is particularly true of nitrate--I never seem to shake the dang bottle long enough.

[Fastdave289]

Started my first 10 gallon planted tank two days ago. DIY Co2, several wisteria, 3 wpg cfl, kitty litter substrate, osmocote fertilizer, medium sand on top. I haven't been involved in the sport for long, but your posts will allow me to console myself when things go FUBAR

[Rex Grigg]

Originally Posted by Fastdave289

Started my first 10 gallon planted tank two days ago. DIY Co2, several wisteria, 3 wpg cfl, kitty litter substrate, osmocote fertilizer, medium sand on top. I haven't been involved in the sport for long, but your posts will allow me to console myself when things go FUBAR

It shouldn't be long with Osmocote in the substrate.

[SCMurphy]

Originally Posted by Fastdave289

Started my first 10 gallon planted tank two days ago. DIY Co2, several wisteria, 3 wpg cfl, kitty litter substrate, osmocote fertilizer, medium sand on top. I haven't been involved in the sport for long, but your posts will allow me to console myself when things go FUBAR

It's amazing what people can dig up on the internet, Dan would be proud.

It's almost too perfect, is this a troll?