Recent content by Gray Mare

Only distilled water ? Goldfish and Koi waste and breathing will acidify water like no other fish I know. I tested my water and the following are the readings: Ph: 7.2 GH: 150 ppm KH: 80 ppm Ph is stable and is always around 7.2 to 7.4 whenever I test.

Hi, Thank you so much for your reply! I am doing a fish less cycle in another tank in which I use the same bottle of bacteria. And after around 2 weeks of using the prescribed dosage the ammonia and nitrates are coming down fast. I started dosing a bit more into my gold fish tank. They have...

Hi Colin, Thank you so much for your reply. The water I am using is distilled water and no chlorine, ammonia etc present. I have 2 other tanks on which I use the same test kits with (I assume) is correct readings. I have done a 75% water change yesterday and the ammonia levels are still high...

Thank you for the reply! I have the following bacteria in a bottle (as on photo) (I see we do not get that specific Fluval in SA). If you say to mix half a bottle of Fluval and add it to their tank-is that the normal directions for the Fluval? Why I am asking is I am giving only the...

Hi everyone! I had an unfortunate event where my goldfish tank started leaking. I exchanged it with the supplier, but for a bigger one. I used all of my old tank water (was around 50% and 50% was new water) as well as my old ‘Matrix’ and sponge to try and keep the beneficial bacteria. The new...