Few questions need some help please :)

[Goody3714]

Ok so ive got a few questions on my mind

and was wondering if any one could help me out

1) Ive got a large sea shell was thinking about putting it in my fw trop tank its rather huge and would make a good cave

is thier any problem with a shell in fw ?

2) was also thinking about making a cave out of a base of a fern

the tall tree like ferns any one know what im talking about not sure if would be good or bad in an aquarium ?

3)how long do you leave you IAL in your tank before you change it and put in a new one ?

Thanks for the Help in Advance

[BettaBetta]

Re ? #2, they're called "Tree Ferns"

[Anasfire]

I can only attempt to answer #1 and #3.

#1 - if you cleaned the shell well enough, maybe even gave it a soak in some weakly bleached water overnight then rinsed it well and dried it in the sun, I can't see any reason not to use it in a fresh water tank

#3 I leave my IAL in the tank until it's started disintegrating, sometimes longer lol. I just suck what's left of it up with the siphon when I do a WC. Although in my tanks that have BN it ends up getting eaten as it disintegrates so I don't need to remove it. I put new IAL into my tanks at each water change or every 2-4 weeks...depending on how quickly it's disintegrating and no longer releasing tannins to colour the water

[Goody3714]

Thanks guys and girls

i did think they were called treeferns but wasnt sure

got the idear when i went round to mums she uses them as garden pots

they look great and i think would make a cool looking cave

Thanks for that cassi will clean the shell up this weekend its damm huge bigger than my hand :ph34r: