Re: red sand

What kind of food do you feed the fish if not flake food?

Thanks,
Susan :)
"Roy" <Sonoma1720@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The sponges can be just submerged in the water anywhere but for best
> results its best to have water flow through them, so if its possible
> put it as the last stage of any filtration so you do not get a load of
> other debri built up on the sponge.......
>
> I had always been told, do not feed flake food.as it causes problems,
> and I had always been on the assumption, yea right, food is food, but
> like I said ever since I started to pay attention to feeds and their
> contents besides the nutritional end of the labeling, and started with
> frozen and pelletized feeds, red slime algae is a thing of the
> past.....but its still definately possible to get it if you do not pay
> attention to the amounts of feed used. While its nice to ensure your
> little buddies have a full belly its not a real necessity.odds are in
> the wild they will never be completely filled either, so I now tend to
> feed to the point they do not loose any body mass but certainly not
> enough to make em put on weight either...guess you could call it a
> maintenance feeding, as its enough to sustain them, and keep em
> healthy without any extra, much like they do with horses.
>
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:47:52 GMT, "TekCat" <DUMPTHISpsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> Yep, I used flake food :(((((( formula two.
> Phosphate sponge, do I drop it in sump and have it free floating?
>
> "Roy" <Sonoma1720@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Soiunds like your have cyano algae, or commonly called the red slime.
>> Its usually caused by improper water flow in areaas, as it will build
>> up quicker in dead or very low flow areas and its fueld by excessive
>> nutrients mainly phosphates.....Reduce your feedings and do a partial
>> water change to dilute the nutrients thats available for it to use.
>> Flake foods are perhaps the worst food when it comes to adding
>> phosphates in the tank, and also use RODI water for best results.
>>
>> You can also buy a phospate sponge or bag of granular stuff in most
>> lfs, that does a good job of removing excessive nutrients such as
>> nitrogen and phospates, but usually its caused by a slip up on proper
>> maintenance or feeding.....Its not uncommon for a new tank to get it,
>> so to remove it, shut off any filtration, and water flow, and use an
>> piece of airline tube to syphon it out. Then turn on the filtration
>> again when you have it syphoned out.
>>
>>
>> n Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:56:41 GMT, "TekCat" <DUMPTHISpsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> My tank is fairly new. I noticed that some of my sand is turning in
>> red
>> color. Does anyone know that it is? And if it is bad, how could I
>> remedy
>> this situation.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> TekCat
>>
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