5g Fluval Chi Nano (Updated 06.26.13)

[suicune]

the bad gas bubble build up is often happen with very fine substrate like sand. You have ecocomplete, the particle of eco-complete is actually pretty big, so most likely won't cause a problem. Bad gas bubble comes from the build up of trapped ammonia from decayed material trapped in the substrate, if you have very fine substrate such as sand, the gas can't escape and over time it'll become big enough to push through substrate layer and burst, the concentrated ammonia often can kill any fish that comes in contact. This wont happen if you do a vacuum every week. In heavily planted tank it can't happen because the root of plants will penetrate through the gravel and eat any nutrient (ammonia) it can find unless you use sand

[mistahoo]

Kind of thought so. I was playing around with the scape and messing with the substrate a bit. Also read about trapped gasses in the substrate, could this be bad for plants and livestock?

[suicune]

those "big" bubbles are just trapped air in the substrate. Overtime, it'll stop. pearling from the plants are very very small bubbles and only happen noticeably when you have high light, high light plants and good amount of CO2. I have seen some pearling when using excel, but it's still very hard to notice.

[mistahoo]

Could anyone tell me what these bubbles are? They seem to be coming from the substrate or the plants?

[mistahoo]

Curved?!?!

[allysangels]

they're curved....

[mistahoo]

Re: 5g Fluval Chi Nano (Updated with pics 10.06.12)

Damn those forceps would help so much with planting

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[allysangels]

lol not at the moment.

[mistahoo]

Maybe. Anyone from NW side want something? Med center is still a bit far for me.

[allysangels]

true. maybe we can work something out. i've got somebody out by the med center who wants some stuff...

[mistahoo]

lol $10 plus gas money. I'll let you know if I head down that way again

[allysangels]

mine would cost you 10$, they cost me 15$

[mistahoo]

How much do they cost? or a good price for them?

[mnemenoi]

That is probably the best investment we made, lol

[allysangels]

It's hard to plant anymore without forceps because of the confined space. I think I'll invest in some really soon!

ooooo! i have those too!