tell me about it. I had no idea either and mine were closer to 18" when I got them
out of the 55 gallon and into their pond. I was terrified they were going to break
the tank!!
I hate to tell you, but one year I had to pull all my fish into the basement,
something like 6 tanks @100-144 gallons each and doing water changes every night
between 11pm - 3 am in morning. took a TV downstairs to watch reruns.
BUT ... I was treating with antibiotics that killed the biobugs, once that was over
the gravity filters cycled very very fast.
I use plain old fluorescent lights... they are full spectrum. and cheap. not
everything did equally well. foliage plants do fine, flowering ones not so fine. I
did want to keep some impatients that dont like bright sun, but time got away from
me. Ingrid

"Richard Holub" wrote:
The reason I am in this predicament is because I have not completed my
outside pond in time. I did not realize that these fish grow so quickly. I
have become somewhat attached to these fish so I hope I don't loose them
but....water change every day. I was hoping that the ZEOLITE would help
keep the amonia down till the filter came into full service.

What type of light are you using in your cellar plantings? Are you using
different spectrum lights?


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