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  1. B

    Molly’s sitting upside down at bottom of tank please help!!

    I have a 25 gallon fish tank, In the last 3 day I’ve lost 11 out of 13 fish ( 2 angles 6 tetras 2 mollies and 1 telescope eyed goldfish) the only survivors were two other balloon belly Molly’s. The fish all did the same thing, go to the bottom of the tank lay upside down or on there side then...
  2. james_fish

    Help with pH during fishless cycle

    Hello everyone; I'm 21 days into a fishless cycle in a 200 litre tank, and things to seem to be going extremely well. Yesterday I added 3ppm of liquid ammonia and todays results showed 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite which is very promising after 21 days. However, I'm having some extreme difficulty...
  3. D

    RO Water in tank

    Hi all, Finally cycled my tank! Took about 5 weeks but I'm now there. Water in my area is very hard. Details follow: 113 mg/l as calcium 19.755 Clarke 15.82 German I can purchase RO water from my LFS. What ratio tap water to RO water should I use if I want to keep Cardinal Tetra. I also need...
  4. S

    Using De-ionized Water to Lower pH

    Hello, I've been looking into keeping Apistogrammas however my local tap water has a high pH and is relatively hard. I understand Apistos prefer softer, acidic water so thought that I could achieve this by mixing my tap water and de-ionized water in a set ratio to reach a desired pH. I take A...
  5. J

    Should I Replace the Aragonite in my 4 year old tank?

    Hi I've recently had an emergency in a relatively new 60 gallon tank of Africans. I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank that I set up about 4 years ago. It has about 40 lbs of fine aragonite sand. During the crisis in the 60 gal tank, I discovered my pH kit and the addition pH raising buffer were...
  6. thrujenseyes

    If I were to use water direct from well.....

    I'm going to try and give the short version of my long story: I cycled a little 6 gallon Fluval Edge just over two years ago. I *thought* my water was hard because I'd tested the tap which was coming up 7.5ph. I stocked with 5 little male endlers. Tons of live plants. Over time I kept losing...
  7. Tanya farrell

    Please help

    i have a new tank 160L tank for fresh fish could you please tell me what , Ph Kh Gh Nitrate Nitrite Should be thank you
  8. Cameronb_01

    Planted Discus Tank Emergency

    Hi Guys,   So basically I have been impatient and made a mistake. 4 weeks ago I filled my empty tank with RO water and rasied the Kh to 4 and then began the cycling process. My tank is fully cycled and ready for fish as of yesterday, (I tested the Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia levels). And so I...
  9. thrujenseyes

    Help Reading This Ph And Loss Of Fish After Water Changes

    I'm sorry...I'm sure you get this question all the time but I couldn't find it when searching:   I'm unsure if I should assume this is 6.0 on the regular ph scale or if it's 7.4 on the high range scale?  I tried googling this answer and couldn't figure it out.   I feel super silly not knowing...
  10. eslingerl10

    How To Lower My Tank Ph?

    I have one male betta kept in a 3 gallon tank, filtered. I do 50% water changes every week because the tank is cycled, and the temperature is constant at 76 degrees fahrenheight. The pH currently is about 7.8, but I need the pH to be 7 or a little bit lower. My question is how can I safely use...
  11. Cameronb_01

    Jbl Ph Control

    Does anyone know if the JBL m603 requires an external solenoid or if it is built into the computer?
  12. JenniferBowyer

    Water Pump Question

    so I just got a top fin 1.7 gallon tank from petsmart and the water pump has a switch for plus and minus I was wondering what that does because im not use to that kind 
  13. T

    Ph Drop

    Hello all, I'm experiencing some unusual problems with one of my tanks. (I have 9) but the one I'm having the problem with is actually 10 years old! I'll upload pics, beautiful tank, crystal clear water, all levels have been fine even PH, up until now. All levels test 0 besides ph and nitrate...
  14. fropuf

    New Danio Tank Help

    Hi.   My brother wants some fish, and he already has selected the fish he want's: 5 danios (Glofish) I am going to have a 33 gallon for him soon to use, and it has a filter, heater, everything. I need to know how much maintenance this species will need, as well as how well they can deal with...
  15. simonero

    Long, Failed Struggle To Increase Kh, Suggestions Appreciated

    My kH has been a problem for a good long while now.  Unfortunately the tap water in my area has very low kH, based on both internet resources and my own testing on multiple occasions.  The highest I've ever gotten it is 1 or 2, which is equal to what comes out of the tap.   To increase my kH...
  16. Jax0311

    Added Driftwood To Tank Now Ph Is Out Of Control

    Hi everyone! I have a 55gal tank it has 3 jevie sev's 3 jevie silver dollars and a med chocolate pleco. all of my levels were great until i added a couple small pieces of driftwood at which point my pH went from 6.2 to 8.4!! My babies are all still doing good but I know that this is too high of...
  17. Cameronb_01

    Ph Controllers

    Hi Guys,   I have been keeping tropical fish now for three years and I have  always wanted to keep discus fish. However they require quite low Ph and for years I have been told by the people in my LFS that the only way to do this is by using a barrel to collect rainwater or by putting a large...
  18. AquaPit

    Need Help! How Much Alder Cones Should I Be Putting In My Tanks?

    Hi all I have two tanks One is a 3Litre Shrimp-only tank and a 30Litre German Blue Ram tank I have added 2bunch of alder cones in the shrimp tank(about 4small cones per bunch) and 10bunch in my 30Litre How will it affect both my tanks? I read it lowers pH and the benefits of using them but...
  19. AquaPit

    Oh No! I'm In Trouble!

    Hi everyone! A short intro.. I had set up a new 30L(8US Gal) cube tank for 5mths now.. All these while, I only had a PH Test Pen which I bought one year ago.. And the PH reading was always the same range, 6.2-6.4PH.. Finally, I bought a new API Water Test Kit.. So.. With the water test kit...
  20. W

    High Tap Water Ph

    Hello all   I'm new to the fish community. I have kept fish before but not seriously until now. I have some question on options for my tank water. My tap water is much higher than I'd like it to be, 8.4.   What would be a good idea to lower ph? for water changes? can my fish adjust to this...
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