Recent content by SusanK

Hi there I did the test whereby I had a jar of tapwater, a jar of tapwater plus gravel, a jar of tapwater & terracotta pots. After 8 days and using my API wet chemical test kits there was no change in the water hardness at all!!!!! It was still as soft as when it came out of the tap >17ppm GH On...

Ok, jam jar experiment underway!

Hi Again Aftyer all your advice I got an API Master test kit and a KH/GH API test kit and tested my water. Results are Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 0ppm pH 7.2- 7.6 Hi range pH - 7.4 KH - 51 ppm GH - OFF THE SCALE - Had to put in 21 drops which I reckon is circa 260ppm. My tap water tested...

Thanks Smoke14, the only stuff in the tank is the gravel, a 12inch by 5 inch interesting pice of bogwood, 3 plants in terracotta pots ( 1.5 inch diameter) and a 2 inch high SpongeBob Squarepants as dictated by my son. If I don't get further problems ( been lucky so far for a beginner) I'll leave...

Many thanks for the advice. I think my second Betta will have to find a new home. I'll invest in a proper test kit, I just took my Gold Ram with the dodgy eye back to the place I bought it and they said it was just a scratch, testing the water with a chemical kit showed some ammonia & they...

I've had my 60L tank for 5 months now and have had a lot of pleasure from it. However, something is driving me mad. Our tap water is very soft ( south cheshire) but I noticed after about a month from set-up the water was very hard - >180ppm. All other parameters on the testing strips were "...