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It looks over 40 ppm But that could be due to macro ferts?

Lucky git.

Haha! Have a nice cup of tea, put your feet up :-)

You need to remineralise the ro with something. What ever you use will move the pH .

Ro is so soft that anything can effect its pH. I bet your tap water is over 8, if you leave it to stand over night.

Home base stuff is good Or use jeyes kleenoff. Get one with no additives

Add ammonia, if no fish are present.

Any ferts will raise tds. Full fertilisation will raise tds substantially

Plant growth, nutrient removal via water changes (dilution, as per lakes and rivers) As for measuring hormones- I have no idea. But the effects can be observed by fish stunting.

What about fish hormones? Surely you don't want them hanging around in the water.

Depends which fish you want. Soft water fish only thrive in soft water, so a reverse osmosis unit might be needed, although some parts of the country have excellent soft tap water. Hard water fish will quickly succumb in soft water, so need plenty of calcium for them to thrive, of course...

Hanna all the way. But there's some fakes out there.

You need at least an hour to acclimate fish. The longer the better, just to be safe

Oh definitely caused by chlorine/ metals stressing the fish. Some white spot meds don't work if dechlor is used....

No dechlorinator used by you at all for water changes? Is this a mix up?

Water changes and q tank

Liquid co2 demands bigger water changes.

Weekly is better than fortnightly. Daily is better than weekly. At least 10% per week.

Its time for a cycling / new tank prep sticky.

well I know my solids aren't unobtanium or molybdenum. Divvy tds by 18. Jobs a goodun.

that's all very well , buy some fish are much happier at low tds. My boraras for example, will NOT DISPLAY above 180 tds ( ish) So why would I not care about tds? Its due diligence in my opinion, to know wtf is going on in your tank.

United utilities should give your postcode area a rough idea about your water quality.

All cheap test kits are pretty hit and miss. Paper test strips are terrible. You can measure this yourself by performing a few tests per day- the results will probably vary quite a bit. Liquid test kits are 'better' but not great, due to the tech involved. If you feel that you need a test kit ...

Ceg cracks me up. He's just so deadpan.

T totally agree. Plus you get much more natural behaviour, such as courtship dancing, reproduction and a much happier longer life.

. . but any amount of co2 will not soften the water, it just compounds the issue. . Water courses in nature vary in ph throughout the day anyway

Absolutely not. . been there. . Softer water is what they need.

Test again just before gas on

Don't do it captain! Probably full of airborne nasties

Increases surface area, dry peat if compressed can resist 'wetting' the eheim stuff is useless.

If its in compressed pellet form, break it up before you use it.

MAke sure you get peat with no additives etc. Humax is great.

i know all about that argument, some kits are worse than others, but for cycling at least- they are more than worth the cost. stop listening to en vouge. the only thing i need to free is 10 pounds at the cinema to watch looper. ciao.

some people need a test kit, they do not have the luxury of experience, or whilst cycling a tank, for example.

if you want to test for ammonia, get ammonia test kit.

you need it for ammonia removal?

indeed, goes against everything i have experienced since 92' though. i suppose we 'could' do lots of things and get away with it.....

i turn my filters off for feeding, sometimes i go off and do something and the filtres are off a few hours, this is ok, but i would not risk more than a day or so like this. my house move at the weekend resulted in filter outage for just over 24 hours with no issues. but leaving a filter in a...

if you have all 8 fish in one tank, taking half of them out means you can also take half the filter media too. remember, the bacteria need food, without fish in the tank the bacteria die, and the filter uncycles and you have to start again from zero.

they usually travel so fast that any absorbsion is minimal.

if your filter has sponges, you can cut them in half or to any shape you need, if they have balls or ceramics just take half out and put into other filter. the bacteria will regrow soon enough- just make sure both filters are full up with media/ sponges etc. so that bacteria have something to...

ok, you could take half of the stuff from the filter that is cycled (your old tank) and put it in the new filter, then use the new filter media to replace the amount you took out of the old filter... if you have half in each filter it should be ok- i have done it many times.

i would put the nutafin cycle in the bin. basically , the fish produce waste, bacteria feed on the waste and reproduce inside your filter. using fish food will work, as it decomposes it will be food for bacteria. how big is your other filter? how many fish are in the other tank?

have a look at this http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/ta ... albonubes/

i said that !

ok, the filter on the empty tank will uncycle without fish or ammonia. hope the wcmm are ok.

how did you cycle the tank?

.... take some of your filter media from the established tank and put it in your new tank filter, turn the temperature down to 20 degrees or so, do a 25 percent water change and test for ammonia and nitrite. your white clouds should then be much happier. or put them back into the old tank...

good stuff.

get that ammonia treatment in pronto. Pal. Big water change first.

sounds to me like you have ruined the action of your substrate. What was shoddy about the eco complete? Do a water change every day until you are happy.

think i checked united utilities? Something like that. They should have at least a basic water parameter.

look at the utilities webby.

so the first butt is to allow the contaminants to precipitate out? Allowing the cleaner water to flow into butt 2?

have a look at the .... If its yellow let it mellow .... Thread on here. Should give you some info.

great info darrell.

i use peat moss to lower my tap water parameters. Works a dream.

what fish? Best not to alter your intank water ph. Do it out of the aquarium.