My first ever tank!

[ambrosia04]

I think the difference is at least at this time @ambrosia04 has but one small aquarium and you have of course expanded in such. I'm sure if @ambrosia04 goes for 50 large aquarium they will swiftly move to ro/di

yeah hahaha, I plan on getting more aquariums in the future so when a ro/di becomes cost effective I'll buy it without a second thought!
The bottled water I bought has these params too:
1 dKH, 3 dGH and 5 pH (and 24 TDS)
and from what I've seen bottled natural mineral and spring water in Spain cannot legally contain intentional or undisclosed chemical food additives (Under European EU Regulation 1333/2008 and Spanish Real Decreto 1798/2010, adding chemical additives, sweeteners, or preservatives to natural mineral water is strictly prohibited)

 

[Helina]

The bottled water I bought has these params too:
1 dKH, 3 dGH and 5 pH (and 24 TDS)

I wonder why it's so low in pH! Shouldn't pure distilled water at least be exactly 7?

 

[anewbie]

I wonder why it's so low in pH! Shouldn't pure distilled water at least be exactly 7?

No - it has no buffering so it will settle low over time.

 

[gwand]

Pure water easily absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. When CO2 dissolves in the water, it reacts to form weak carbonic acid (H2CO3)

 

[anewbie]

Pure water easily absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. When CO2 dissolves in the water, it reacts to form weak carbonic acid (H2CO3)

My water has more co2 then your water - my water has more co2 then your water - nay nay - take that.

 

[Helina]

My water has more co2 then your water - my water has more co2 then your water - nay nay - take that.

And I have more iron in my water than any of you! Take that!

Well to be truthful I probably don't, but I SHOULD since I add it every other day!
grrrrr /RIIISE my friend!

 

[anewbie]

And I have more iron in my water than any of you! Take that!

But is it a good thing or bad thing that you have an excess of iron in your water ? After all while iron might not be as dense as lead it is still quite sufficient to anchor you at the bottom.

 

[ambrosia04]

Update:
After removing 10L and adding 5L from the Chumacero bottle and 9L from the tap treated, today I came back and added 6L of the bottled water (evaporation did a number on my tank LOL but at least it hasn't gone to even 27ºC since I have the fan!)
And now TDS is at 266ppm! It was at 345 last friday and 356 last wednesday!

 

[ambrosia04]

My LFS finally got more honey gouramis and they told me they were pretty sure about sexing this time so I bought two! Let's hope they're not 2 males ...
Attached the video they sent me below too

My shrimpies had a wild pattern neo, I love it so much!

 

[ambrosia04]

Acclimating both the new fish! Let's hope there's a male and a female! I'll take clearer pics when they are in and settled down more this afternoon or tomorrow!
I saw Sol eating the bubbles under the bag! Maybe she saw them and liked them (or attacked... let's see if I don't have to bring one to surrender to my LFS lol)

 

[ambrosia04]

Sol (the fish that's been here for 20 days) is followijg them around lol!
She has shown her side to them (maybe to seem bigger?)
These 2 are much bigger than Sol, I'll take clearer pics whe nthe light is on. Both the new fish are exploring around!

 

[ambrosia04]

I love how Sol is so flabbergasted lol so funny, she looks like a predator lol

 

[ambrosia04]

another video, I've been told they are both males
Does anyone have experience / a guide so I can learn some honey gourami fighting behaviour to separate them?
The 2 new ones seem to be used to each other and are exploring together while my female is now hiding, but she still comes out sometimes and pecks on the floaters a bit

I like asking chatgpt for its opinion to see if it'll say something sensible or not lol (don't worry, I know not to take its advice, even less in fishkeeping), but this made me so angry:

TF you mean made you smile, you're artificial

 

[ambrosia04]

Okay, Mango (one of the males) is an asshole, he chased around Sol and then Kira (separetely and really short burst but I don't like it)
I don't want a bully so as soon as I find a female and she gets in Mango is going to my LFS

 

[FattyFish]

It's a shame they are showing aggression, as the Honey Gurami is normally very peaceful. I have two gold Honey Guramis and two Red Honey Guramis. I also have a Pearl Gurami. All of them get on great with each other and with all of my other tankmates. I deliberately only added one Pearl, as they can be a little aggressive due to trying to be the dominant one. I would highly recommend having plenty of floaters and roots for them to forage in. When I feed small pellets, I drop a few among the floaters, and they love hunting them out.