crawdad and planted

[Lotus]

What kind of lightbulbs are they? Are they incandescent?

 

[iexiak]

 

[Lotus]

Yep, they're incandescent, so they won't support plants. Get yourself a couple of screw-in fluorescent bulbs (around 6,700 K (Kelvin) - daylight spectrum) and you'll be fine. I like the ones they have in the Wal-Mart fish section, but other daylight bulbs will work.

 

[iexiak]

thanks will do!

 

[ishar]

yeah Lotus is dead on- those bulbs won't support your plants. The sooner you get some plant-friendly bulbs the better, and then your plants will start to grow healthily again.

 

[iexiak]

update: my crawdad is running around his tank more and has gotten less and less scared of me.

though i saw this at the bottom of the tank....it looks kinda like a spider nest, white fuzzy kinda like clouds but stuck to the gravel. could this be eggs? or is it some kind of algae that i need to get rid of?

originally this patch was underneath of the cave, but i moved the cave to a spot where the crawdad can hide better, but i can still see it.

heres a terrible pic of the white fluffy stuff.

and a pic of citizen snips:

to reiterate my question: what is the white fluffy stuff?

 

[unwritten law]

i would think some kind of fungus or just something from the decor when you put it in and wasn't cleaned off... I would just remove it and hope for the best.

 

[misterking]

Yeah kinda looks like a fungus.. possibly by left-over food, I've had it happen in the past. Btw your gravel really makes the crawdad stand out, he's gorgeous!

 

[iexiak]

thanks for the comment, if only the camera decided to focus on him nistead of the rocks!

i guess ill vacumn it out tomorrow then.