Recent content by JoeFinn1997

The fish that declined were also hovering around the bottom of the tank. I think the soft water and/or stress from the fish in cycle has most likely made them more susceptible to illness. Temperature is fine, always around 25 degrees celcius. Tankmates have always been ok with eachother. PH has...

The part exchange isn’t a concern for me. I’d rather the fish be healthy and happy. I think I’ll go with the advice and swap for soft water fish. Thanks for your responses, they’ve been super helpful.

Thank you for the information. In your opinion do you think it would be more prudent to re-home the current fish and then purchase soft water fish for the tank instead?

Thank you. So it’s the water hardness that could be causing the issues? If so, I’ve seen the Rift Lake product but I can’t find it in the UK? Is there an alternative as I want to correct this asap Thanks

I’ve posted a picture of the fish tank below. I’ve also added details of the water company hardness in this thread as well. Please let me know if you need any further details.

United Utilities is the company. If you need further details please let me know.

I completed a water change this morning and the nitrates are reading as 5ppm as of just before my post. I think my carbonate hardness is high but my “total hardness” is low. I have struggled with maintaining a high PH and i guess that may tie into the low total hardness? If so, is there an...

Hello, I’ve completed a fish in cycle (I didn’t realise this was bad due to poor advice from the store). My ammonia and nitrite readings are consistently 0 and my nitrates are kept below 50 with water changes when necessary. However, it seems I am having more problems with fish health now the...

The water is still cloudy today. Not sure if there is anything I can do to clear this/speed up the process?

I’ve noticed today that my fish tank water has gone cloudy (when it’s been very clear since I started the tank). I’ve tested the parameters and everything is fine apart from the PH which seems to have dropped drastically. I had a PH of around 7.5 and now the PH is testing below the minimum range...

Thank you. That’s very helpful. I appreciate the prompt responses. You are correct that the test strips seem to exclude ammonia. They do include Nitrate and Nitrite though which have been showing as zero so far. However, I do have a JBL combiset test kit also that includes NH4 testing so I will...