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  1. GreenNeedle

    Is there something wrong with my water?

    Like above I wouldn't worry about the Tropica or the Ph in the tank. The Tropica might (or might not) have sucked up KH in its first few days or first couple of water changes but if its past that stage then it shouldn't suck up more. Are you sure the KH is 0? If so I suspect your tap water is...
  2. GreenNeedle

    Water paramater testing.

    I use the Salifert kit for KH and the JBL kit for Ph. Don't use them often.
  3. GreenNeedle

    Is there something wrong with my water?

    I was going to say about the acclimatising method. Seems to much in too short a time to me. When I get fish or shrimp I carefully open the bag up in 2.5ltr pot. That would normally fill a fifth or so. Then I drip acclimatise them at circa 1 drip a second for however long it takes to fill the...
  4. GreenNeedle

    Adjusting pH in natural way

    Thats 3 of us for rainwater. I have some corrugated roof material that used to be my old shed roof. nailed it to 2 pieces of wood , larger piece along one side, smaller piece on bottom side. Added a 6ft length of guttering to the smaller piece of wood. It sits behind my shed then when it...
  5. GreenNeedle

    Is Lincolnshire more challenging?

    Another that lives in Lincoln. KH from my tap is 19 (atm) and the Ph is 7.4 straight from the tap and 8.4 after 24 hours of gassing off!!!! I collect rainwater then using an airline I filter it through some carbon and filter wool into large containers. I mix it 50/50 with the tap and it...
  6. GreenNeedle

    Storing RO water

    This is what I do. I have 4 x 25ltr containers that are stored in a dark cool cupboard. I don't collect any from roofs, that is used on the garden. I leave 10ltr buckets out when its raining and empty into the containers when the buckets are full. That's enough for me and those 4 will last...
  7. GreenNeedle

    Small water change- dechlorinator needed

    You've never seen pond dechlor then :lol: That is the most concentrated :) and 10x cheaper. I would have to agree with Lisa Perry. Thse fish didn't die because dechlor wasn't added unless there was something unusual about the water content. Many people on here do weekly 50% water changes...
  8. GreenNeedle

    Can some one translate this for me please. all chemical wotn

    Re: Can some one translate this for me please. all chemical indeed. thanks very much Clive. It isn't that I am trying to work anything out for a valid reason or to use the figures. I was just wondering because I don't do water changes anymore but do top up the water every day, so I add about...
  9. GreenNeedle

    Can some one translate this for me please. all chemical wotn

    Re: Can some one translate this for me please. all chemical so in the case where we dose ppm of phosphate what does that translate into or are we looking for phosphorus ppms out of the phospahate. Sorry to sound like a newbie but I've never really taken any interest before. lol AC
  10. GreenNeedle

    Can some one translate this for me please. all chemical wotn

    Anglian water says that the drinking tap water contains: 13mg/l Nitrate 601µg/l P/l phosphorus 3.45mg/l Potassium Now I assume the nitrate is 13ppm? Tell me if I am wrong. What on earth does the Phophorus one mean? is it 0.6ppm? Many thanks in advance. I am just working out how much is...
  11. GreenNeedle

    Zero nitrite? 2 weeks in - seems an odd result

    A silent cycle works because in a fully planted tank the plants are doing what the bacteria in a plantless/lightly planted tank would be doing........removing the ammonia!!! AC
  12. GreenNeedle

    Phosphate buffers

    I just left in a bowl of standard malt vinegar for 24 hours last time. AC
  13. GreenNeedle

    Phosphate buffers

    No idea Aaron. The first 2 charges I use discus buffer. I have no idea if that worked. Water is clear etc. How do you tell if undetectable amounts of ammonia are removed and if the water clarity is 0.5% clearer than before. lol Didn't do any harm though. AC
  14. GreenNeedle

    Phosphate buffers

    They do indeed list it under chemicals which I suppose is because it is a synthetic resin but rather than it attacking things like most chemicals it adsorbs like Carbon. I remember them replying on an APC thread where a poster was saying they didn't like to use chemicals in their tank and...
  15. GreenNeedle

    Phosphate buffers

    Aaron. Purigen isn't chemical it is mechanical. Things stick to it and when recharged the bleach 'burns' the nasties off. similar sort of process to carbon (pre exhaustion.) Purigen is actually a bag (or loose) teeny plastic balls that attract the ammonia/nitrogen organic compounds. AC
  16. GreenNeedle

    Water Perameters

    In short yes. They will be similar but more than likely have slight differences. 2 empty tanks of water will be very slightly different unless they are both thoroughly sterilised first and then immediately sealed after water being added. 1 may collect more dust from its position, 1 may get...
  17. GreenNeedle

    Anybody Else Given up on Dechlorinating?

    This isn't really a new argument. I was reading pretty much a rubbishing of the 'ph is too low' a long while back and I link the thread off APC below. This was from 2006 and Edward was talking of Ph 3.7 with no problems although like Ceg he was talking of Amazonian species (tetras.) I think...
  18. GreenNeedle

    Anybody Else Given up on Dechlorinating?

    I can smell it when I run the tap but I use pond dechlor which lasts for yonks anyway :) Approx 10ml per week for 60 or so litres so a £10 500ml bottle lasts 50 weeks. near enough a year :) AC
  19. GreenNeedle

    Po4 levels

    High PO4 is what environmental 'specialist' always blame green water in ditches, rivers, lakes etc on. They also blame every other nutrient that drains in from agricultural fertilisers that inevitably end up in watercourses. However as Tom Barr rightly states they don't take into account the...
  20. GreenNeedle

    EI quick question lol

    Try the PMDD+PO4 one. Can do 10-20% on this with no problems. No need for testing. Testing is a misnomer on any regime really as it will more often than not give you readings that lead you on wild goosechases trying to find the holy grail of Xppm. What is more important is the user...
  21. GreenNeedle

    Evaporation?

    A jug or 2 of tap water for me too. I don't get condensation in my house from it. Maybe my house temp is lower? Around the 17-18ºC mark. I also have those little open/close slit thingamys at the top of the windows which are open all year round. I believe that may be a key factor to the no...
  22. GreenNeedle

    Evaporation?

    I lose about 10Ltrs a week from my 125Ltr. Its not that much really. and my lights are 15" above the water!!! I think its more about the difference in temperature of the water and the ambient temperature. AC
  23. GreenNeedle

    got my water report!

    I am one of those who has fish and builds scapes around the same fish whilst trying to breed too. I don't test nor know what the content of my water is. It just goes straight in each week. The only parameter I know is that the ph is 7.2 before CO2 starts and about 6.4 at lights off. No idea...
  24. GreenNeedle

    NO3 Calibration Results

    Of course it does matter how much nitrate is in your tank water but the limits are not in the 60s they are in the 100s if not more. Tom Barr has tested up to 140ppm before shrimp deaths as far as I know. Not sure how far above this he has tested. Your tap water versus tank water comparison...
  25. GreenNeedle

    Postcode search for water parameters for Anglian Water

    I just found this while doing my usual bored internet searches and it's quite interesting (not that I know how to interpret the results) Turns out I have Very hard water at 21(Clark) 17 (German ºdH) What does this mean for me? Don't know but hasn't been a problem for me and I don't use...
  26. GreenNeedle

    Something has raised the hardness of tank water

    It is very popular to fishless cycle with a non planted tank for the reasons that they have nowhere for the ammonia to go. I personally don't use substrates like ADA AS so no ammonia leeching there and when I rescape I put fish in as soon as the temp is right (obviously going through the...
  27. GreenNeedle

    Something has raised the hardness of tank water

    Is sandstone not one of those that breaks down pretty easily?? AC
  28. GreenNeedle

    Tap water

    Those Hagen tubes may say 20W on them but I would bet if you open the top of the ballast recess there will be a label on the top of the ballast saying 2 x15W or 2 x 18W. Either way I doubt very much it will be a 2x20W ballast!! Fluval used to put 2 x 15W ballasts in their 80cm hoods for tubes...
  29. GreenNeedle

    Tap water

    Am I right in thinking the stock lighting in the Fluval 125 is 2 x 18W T8? If so then staying on the same light you can get away with non CO2 and just upgrade to an external (if you have internal) at the moment, then bang your plants in. Dosing like CO2 and flow becomes more important the...
  30. GreenNeedle

    Water Chemistry

    not 2ppm weekly!!! 2ppm daily is what you need!!! I would discount the phosphate reading that seems way to high to me to be true. There are a lot of fish though so maybe you feed to much etc. I'll leave the phosphate issue alone but I would add 5ml nitro daily if 5ml = 2ppm AC
  31. GreenNeedle

    Water Chemistry

    The only reason that adding nitrate will reduce your phosphate is that if you are 0 on nitrate then the plants will not be using PO4. adding the nitrate will then enable the plants (after a day or 2) to fully take in their quota of phosphate at which point if nothing else is defficient then the...
  32. GreenNeedle

    Shelf life of test kits

    Not that I use them but I thought this article I discoverd on another forum was quite good giving shelflife of various test kits from various suppliers: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/t ... s_life.php AC
  33. GreenNeedle

    Temp question

    London. Is yours an open top tank? Those fans look like 40mm ones. I have 3 of these in my hood but I guess the hood holds a lot of the heat in. AC
  34. GreenNeedle

    Temp question

    you'll find that whilst PC fans (which I have in my hood) or the ones that are sold for aquariums do little really. They may reduce the temp by 1ºC if you are lucky. Are you in the UK? You have no location next to your name! If you are UK then you have your house thermostat to hot. lol...
  35. GreenNeedle

    Temp question

    Why do you have it so high in the mornings? The lights will be providing the extra 2-3ºC. Smaller tanks will heat up and cool down quicker than larger tanks. 24-26ºC is the norm. I personally run mine at 24ºC and with the lights it rises to 25ºC. AC
  36. GreenNeedle

    po4 levels

    I wouldn't say 2.5ppm is too high anyway. I think overfeeding from the furry narrow leaf you describe. or overfeeding in one are of the tank. AC
  37. GreenNeedle

    Water report for Bromley area (Thames Water)

    no wonder my weeds dont die. lol
  38. GreenNeedle

    Water report for Bromley area (Thames Water)

    Is not Sodium Chloride also used as a weedkiller though? Thus making it a nasty in our tanks. Probs not a high enough concentration I suppose AC
  39. GreenNeedle

    Test Kits

    P will be the most problematic. cheap hobby kits are highly inaccurate on P. Most of us don't test at all!!! Some do for research sake. Andy
  40. GreenNeedle

    Just checked for pH

    I wouldn't worry too much with that Ph. If you reach 30ppm with your CO2 (difficult with yeast!!) then it should drop by about 1 to 7.5ish. Add to that some wood this should reduce it further. Adding chemicals to 'adjust' the Ph can be more dangerous to the fish than a Ph that is supposedly...
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