Mossy frog tank - Page 2

Grimm · #12 05-04-2010, 01:03 AM

Looking great. Thanks for the plant names, I love the look of the lipstick vine. Funny thing, my mother had a lipstick plant for at least 5 years and it never flowered once haha

Is the submerged driftwood removable? If it is you should try boiling it if you havent already. Your water wont take long to become a dark brown from all the tannins in that wood.

Olivia W. · #13 05-04-2010, 08:27 AM

haha. I have no idea how i did. LOL. I think its the lighting. I have a Coralife Aqualight T5 Fluorescent Light Bulbs for Freshwater. Its a dual light fixture. One bulb says "Coralife Colormax F18-T5-BP", and the other is "18Watt-T5-MP 6700K". I like the really slim look of it.

All of the wood is siliconed in/down. I did boil it all for 15 minutes. And then I soaked it for over a week, changing the water as soon as it turned brown. Once the water stopped turning I boiled it again. I was gonna bake it too but thought it was going to be overkill. I have done a 10 gallon fresh water fish tank before where I just dropped the wood in. Took it about 3 hours to turn my water deep brown. lol
I think it may be just sand and substrate dust. Its been getting clearer, I think. If its the wood I may just have to do a bunch of 50% water changes over time to get it to stop.
Mossies are native to river beds so a little cloudy water isn't going to be bad. I would like it to be clear just for the sake of my water plants getting the adequate light to grow once I put them in.