i wrote light green cuz i was in a rush, its actualyl darker, just waste, algae, bacteria, the regular stuff that accumulates on sponges. i meant light as in not heavy not light coloured.
i never thought about seasonally changing our water quality since we dont get our water from a well. ill buy the testing strips, never once have i had to use em to date, but i suppose its good to have around in case anyway.
good news though, this morning the leo was a lot mroe active than ive seen him lately. he was jsut fed, and he ate shrimp and smelt. and he ate well, a lot. dent in his forhead has actually gotten smaller (or maybe im being optomistic).
so this makes me wonder. lately filling my 400 gallon tank in the winter has left me short on hot water near the end. and this is maybe the last 5-10% max of cold water im putting in at the end. so ususally i keep my tank at 29 degrees, with the cold water it drops to about 26, 25 lowest. takes less than a day for my heater to get the temp back up, but now it has me thinking, would up and down temperature like that affect this single ray to this degree? the bass get a bit lethargic, the black aro swims lower than usual, but that last for 3-4 hours and then everything is normal, including their colours, so i've always chalked it up to something i gotta deal with because really, if i dont got enough hot water what can i do? wait 2-3 hours and then fill with new hot water? seems more risky to me.
i never thought about seasonally changing our water quality since we dont get our water from a well. ill buy the testing strips, never once have i had to use em to date, but i suppose its good to have around in case anyway.
good news though, this morning the leo was a lot mroe active than ive seen him lately. he was jsut fed, and he ate shrimp and smelt. and he ate well, a lot. dent in his forhead has actually gotten smaller (or maybe im being optomistic).
so this makes me wonder. lately filling my 400 gallon tank in the winter has left me short on hot water near the end. and this is maybe the last 5-10% max of cold water im putting in at the end. so ususally i keep my tank at 29 degrees, with the cold water it drops to about 26, 25 lowest. takes less than a day for my heater to get the temp back up, but now it has me thinking, would up and down temperature like that affect this single ray to this degree? the bass get a bit lethargic, the black aro swims lower than usual, but that last for 3-4 hours and then everything is normal, including their colours, so i've always chalked it up to something i gotta deal with because really, if i dont got enough hot water what can i do? wait 2-3 hours and then fill with new hot water? seems more risky to me.
