First Water Change

[Torred1771]

I stick with the guys at Forest moor. I had a bad experience with Cascade. I got a baby peppered cory there a couple of weeks ago and it turned out to be poorly. It had lost it's whiskers (and a bit of it's tail), which is either because it was kept on a rough substrate or a very dirty substrate. It also kept allowing itself to float to the surface and just lie there. I tried to get it to eat but it wouldn't and in the end I netted it out as the other fish were trying to eat it alive. It died with in 48 hours of bringing it home and I've now vowed never to go back. I also find that everytime I go in nearly all their fish are fully grown, if I want fish I want them nice and young so I can see them grow up.

I've now got a good relationship going with Moorlands (the one on forest moor) I took them some of my baby platies last week and got huge praise for how healthy they looked

Interesting. I think I still prefer cascade, their tanks are cleaner and their fish look healthier.

 

[Aqua Tom]

which lfs are you using Torred?

Aim for a 20% water change once a week as regular maintenance. More if you start having ammonia/nitrite troubles

I used to mostly use Harrogate Aquatics on Forest Moor Road near Knaresborough, but I have found that Cascade on Ripon road is much better. What about you?

Water Changes are benificial for your fish not harmfull. The more often you can do them & the more water you change the better. Personaly I do a 50% water change every single week. Sometimes I will do a 70% if I have time.

50% sounds like a lot to do weekly to be fair. My tank is 90L and the first water change I did was about 12-13 Liters and I planned to do that once weekly, probably every sunday.

Tom

My tank is 180 litres so double your size but I still do a 50% water change every week. It only takes me an hour or so.


Tom

 

[Ruskull]

Sorry, my mistake Soybean is right. Bogwood lowers the ph ... doh ... it's been a long day. It's coral that pushes it up isn't it?

I think lava rock will also raise pH, but I'm not certain. I'm positive bowood lowers pH because it lowered the pH in all my tanks. The one that lowered the most went from 7.6 to 6.8 with 3 medium size pieces, one bogwood & 2 mopani root.