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Here are some new shots tonight with rearrangement and plants and a homeade CO2 injector
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Don't you just love it when you think you are getting a good shot and then later after looking at it you realize one of your pretty little fish is relieving himself for everyone to see Embarassed

In case you don't know, I broke up the huge lava rock that my kenyi Kenny called home. I didn't want to but it weighed a lot, I use to think it only weighed about 25 lbs, but later realized it weighed double that so I worried about it in one location in the this tank being the glass was thinner than in the 3 foot tall tank that had 1/2 inch thick glass. So I broke it up into 3 pieces and Kenny still has a huge piece to call home.

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9076] Mon, 10 March 2008 21:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9077] Mon, 10 March 2008 21:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9078] Mon, 10 March 2008 21:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is the CO2 injector

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9080] Mon, 10 March 2008 21:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's really hard to get a full shot of the aquarium and have it come out good.

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9083] Mon, 10 March 2008 23:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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My fish eating romaine lettuce
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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9084] Mon, 10 March 2008 23:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9085] Mon, 10 March 2008 23:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9087] Tue, 11 March 2008 00:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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nice looking tank.
Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9089] Tue, 11 March 2008 07:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks Allen. I am going to try and get some nice plants in it over the next couple months. Believe it or not but there is 11 plants in there that are real. But I have some of them bunched together. And that one pinsey plant in the left back section, that thing is just about reaching the surface of the water now. I have never seen a plant grow so fast in my life as that one. I swear it grows an inch a day if not a little more. But it does make nice filler. I saw online somewhere a plant like that but only it was redish/green. You wouldn't have any idea what that would be would you?


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9100] Wed, 12 March 2008 01:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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can you take a close up shot of the plant.
Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9106] Wed, 12 March 2008 17:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Malawi Mother wrote on Mon, 10 March 2008 21:49

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i like this picture.
Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9108] Wed, 12 March 2008 17:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Here are some new shots tonight with rearrangement and plants and a homeade CO2 injector
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Don't you just love it when you think you are getting a good shot and then later after looking at it you realize one of your pretty little fish is relieving himself for everyone to see Embarassed

In case you don't know, I broke up the huge lava rock that my kenyi Kenny called home. I didn't want to but it weighed a lot, I use to think it only weighed about 25 lbs, but later realized it weighed double that so I worried about it in one location in the this tank being the glass was thinner than in the 3 foot tall tank that had 1/2 inch thick glass. So I broke it up into 3 pieces and Kenny still has a huge piece to call home.


you remodeled for kenny! cool. the tank looks nice.
Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9109] Wed, 12 March 2008 18:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ok here is a close up shot of that plant Allen. Well it's not a new shot, just enlarged, hopefully you will be able to tell what it is. I know it's starts with a B, sounds like a chemical name or something. hehehe.

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9111] Wed, 12 March 2008 18:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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When I get my camera back out I will deliberatly take a picture of the plant and get it up here.


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9114] Wed, 12 March 2008 19:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Kenny is always first priority in the tank. He is my most cherished fish. He looks at me like we have something going on you know Shocked


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9115] Wed, 12 March 2008 19:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is me, just thought you should see who you are talking too. Razz I hated those glasses!

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9116] Wed, 12 March 2008 19:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is also me with my little kitten Miracle whom I raised from 3 days old. The rest of the litter died from a backhow (sp) truck running over them. Her leg was almost amutated but I saved it. She is now almost 3 years old, hence how old the picture is.

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9117] Wed, 12 March 2008 19:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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me taking a pic of me Rolling Eyes

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Yes it's the same pic as my avatar.


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9119] Wed, 12 March 2008 19:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Nice to meet you Malawi Mother...Nice to see you too!!! thanks for adding the pics!

Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9141] Thu, 13 March 2008 00:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey mother

My guess on the plant would be some kind of a cabomba.
Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9260] Fri, 21 March 2008 21:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi, I was wondering(remember I am new at this dont make fun) the white sand, is it or is it crush coral on the bottom of your tank? I would like to get some, I like the way it looks, Thanx, Shelby


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9267] Sat, 22 March 2008 12:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Forgive my spelling but its "white Tehesian Sand"

Crushed coral is more bits and pieces. Crushed coral is coral and shell that have been broken up into very tiny pieces, Bigger than sand but sometimes smaller then tiny pebbles. A lot of times it will have sand mixed in with it.


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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9426] Sun, 06 April 2008 00:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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HI Malawi mom that is a nice setup you have there. I was wondering since you inject co2 in your aquarium what is your PH level at? and is the cruch coral keeping your PH High enough? or are you using chemicals to keep the PH up?

I have a planted African tank also but I don't use Co2. I just have flourite under the crush coral. It was a establish planted tank before I converted it to my new planted African chiclid tank.

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Re: Malawi Mother's Aquarium with Plants and CO2 injector [message #9431] Sun, 06 April 2008 10:20 Go to previous message
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The CO2 injector didn't change my pH level. I had hoped that it would. I had hoped that having the plants would raise the pH. My pH is on the lower end of the scale but still somewhat suitable. It's 7.6. I would like to get that raised to atleast 8.0 I have removed the driftwood just recently and hope that will help somewhat. If that fails I am going to the rock depot and getting some limestone. That will raise the pH naturally. I don't have crushed coral in my tank. Just sand.

Since them pictures were taken, I have removed all my plants, CO2 injector and driftwood because of a nitrate issue I was having. I couldn't figure out why my nitrates raised to 40 and couldn't get them to go down even with water changes and new filter media. So I took everything out that didn't need to be in there leaving just my large rocks for hiding, did another water change and have been checking the nitrates and ammonia daily and I have gotten them down to 15 and they are staying there. So the culprit was most likely the plants.


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