Truth_FishGuy
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Current stock: 4 Electric Blue Rams, 1 Bristlenose Pleco
pH: 8.0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Ammonia: 0
GH: 300+
KH: 7
I know some of these numbers are absolutely horrible for the rams (especially the pH [should be between 6.5 to 7.0] and GH [should be 50-100 ppm]) but I'm gonna get everything fixed by Friday. I bought API Proper pH 6.5 to fix the pH and I bought an API Water Softener Pillow to fix the GH. KH is also a little off (should be 3-5 ), but that can be fixed with my weekly water changes. I'm confident that the proper pH stuff will work, but I've never used the water softener pillow. Has anybody here used it before? If so, how good is it? My only grievance with it based on the instructions is that I have to "recharge" it every 2 days, but otherwise it should be a nice, easy solution to the GH problem. The only other solution I know is buying a reverse osmosis filter, but it takes a very long time to make all the water needed for a water change (if I recall correctly it takes 6 hours to make like 15 gallons. Correct me if I'm wrong). Other than that, everything's looking good!
As for the fish themselves, they're all doing very well. The rams are doing just fine even in water conditions that aren't the most ideal. They look absolutely gorgeous, so much so that everyone that's looked at the tank so far has complimented them. The bristlenose is a little shy, but he seems to be doing just fine too. Based on how they're doing right now, I'm very confident the rams will make it to Friday. Once I get the water conditions dealt with, I'll add some tank mates! (6 sterbai corys and 6 cardinal tetras).
I'm hoping to make semi-weekly updates for this tank and my 50 gallon tank (once it gets cleaned up. It's going through an algae bloom). I'm just glad I have somewhere to post about fish stuff!
pH: 8.0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Ammonia: 0
GH: 300+
KH: 7
I know some of these numbers are absolutely horrible for the rams (especially the pH [should be between 6.5 to 7.0] and GH [should be 50-100 ppm]) but I'm gonna get everything fixed by Friday. I bought API Proper pH 6.5 to fix the pH and I bought an API Water Softener Pillow to fix the GH. KH is also a little off (should be 3-5 ), but that can be fixed with my weekly water changes. I'm confident that the proper pH stuff will work, but I've never used the water softener pillow. Has anybody here used it before? If so, how good is it? My only grievance with it based on the instructions is that I have to "recharge" it every 2 days, but otherwise it should be a nice, easy solution to the GH problem. The only other solution I know is buying a reverse osmosis filter, but it takes a very long time to make all the water needed for a water change (if I recall correctly it takes 6 hours to make like 15 gallons. Correct me if I'm wrong). Other than that, everything's looking good!
As for the fish themselves, they're all doing very well. The rams are doing just fine even in water conditions that aren't the most ideal. They look absolutely gorgeous, so much so that everyone that's looked at the tank so far has complimented them. The bristlenose is a little shy, but he seems to be doing just fine too. Based on how they're doing right now, I'm very confident the rams will make it to Friday. Once I get the water conditions dealt with, I'll add some tank mates! (6 sterbai corys and 6 cardinal tetras).
I'm hoping to make semi-weekly updates for this tank and my 50 gallon tank (once it gets cleaned up. It's going through an algae bloom). I'm just glad I have somewhere to post about fish stuff!