jonfromscotland
New Member
hmm,
So i had been slighty confused dialing in my c02 but now understand. .. sort of
My tap is PH:6.9 with kh:1 GH:2-3
Now my tank water has some seiru stone which packet said slightly changed water chemistry. I also use tropic aquasoil. Between these i didnt really have a baseline but when i did test near the start it seemed around 7. However, it was hard to tell as c02 was being used early on and i didnt realise you could test the water by stiring it to remove the c02.
anyways. .... i was getting algae issues and so increased it from one of these to the other below..
from start
7:00: ph6.9 / KH4 - C02 ON - (i think it used to be 7 before i increased injection to 6>8 hours. Appears effect not wore off from previous?)
8:00: ph6.6 - med green - LIGHTS ON
9:00: ph6.5 - med green
10:00 ph6.4 - med-light green
11:00 ph6.3 - lime green
12:00 ph6.3 - lime green
13:00 ph6.3 - lime green, nearly yellow
14:00 ph6.3 - lime green, nearly yellow
15:00 ph6.2 - lime green, nearly yellow - C02 OFF .....
16:00 LIGHTS OFF
June14 - about 2 months on ....
6:00: C02 on ....
8:00: ph6.3 - med-light green - LIGHTS ON
9:00: ph6.3 - light green (yellow when out of water)
10:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
11:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
12:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
13:00 ph6.1 - light lime green (yellow when out of water)
14:00 ph6.1 - light lime green(yellow when out of water)
15:00 ph6.1 -light lime green(yellow when out of water)
*** note drop checker colour is actually not yellow ... my room lights make it look yellow. When in bathroom in natural light with white background it reverts to roughly what it is in water. Light lime green, tinge of yellow is the most i have seen.
Now i did this thinking in my head my base was like tap water ... 6.9 which i admit was kind of dumb. I may have done tests also ater big water changes perhaps which also messed up results. Anyway, today is Tue and i di di 60% change last thur
my aquarium water is PH7.6 KH4-5 GH:6-7 !!
This means the drop is pretty huge actually and that my calculation were way off. I think the fish not gasping is what gave me confidence but this brings me on to my worry. From some brief research, gasping is not the only symtom. Lathargy is too and i think perhaps my fish do become less active as the day goes on. Perhaps only reason they were not too bad is a have oase biomaster 350 with lilly pipes pointing upwards. This is probably enough to balance out the c02 with 02/' gas exchange.
Still, how do you guys judge the fish? Perhaps they are just more active early in day and wind down naturally as well?
So i had been slighty confused dialing in my c02 but now understand. .. sort of
My tap is PH:6.9 with kh:1 GH:2-3
Now my tank water has some seiru stone which packet said slightly changed water chemistry. I also use tropic aquasoil. Between these i didnt really have a baseline but when i did test near the start it seemed around 7. However, it was hard to tell as c02 was being used early on and i didnt realise you could test the water by stiring it to remove the c02.
anyways. .... i was getting algae issues and so increased it from one of these to the other below..
from start
7:00: ph6.9 / KH4 - C02 ON - (i think it used to be 7 before i increased injection to 6>8 hours. Appears effect not wore off from previous?)
8:00: ph6.6 - med green - LIGHTS ON
9:00: ph6.5 - med green
10:00 ph6.4 - med-light green
11:00 ph6.3 - lime green
12:00 ph6.3 - lime green
13:00 ph6.3 - lime green, nearly yellow
14:00 ph6.3 - lime green, nearly yellow
15:00 ph6.2 - lime green, nearly yellow - C02 OFF .....
16:00 LIGHTS OFF
June14 - about 2 months on ....
6:00: C02 on ....
8:00: ph6.3 - med-light green - LIGHTS ON
9:00: ph6.3 - light green (yellow when out of water)
10:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
11:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
12:00 ph6.2 - light green (yellow when out of water)
13:00 ph6.1 - light lime green (yellow when out of water)
14:00 ph6.1 - light lime green(yellow when out of water)
15:00 ph6.1 -light lime green(yellow when out of water)
*** note drop checker colour is actually not yellow ... my room lights make it look yellow. When in bathroom in natural light with white background it reverts to roughly what it is in water. Light lime green, tinge of yellow is the most i have seen.
Now i did this thinking in my head my base was like tap water ... 6.9 which i admit was kind of dumb. I may have done tests also ater big water changes perhaps which also messed up results. Anyway, today is Tue and i di di 60% change last thur
my aquarium water is PH7.6 KH4-5 GH:6-7 !!
This means the drop is pretty huge actually and that my calculation were way off. I think the fish not gasping is what gave me confidence but this brings me on to my worry. From some brief research, gasping is not the only symtom. Lathargy is too and i think perhaps my fish do become less active as the day goes on. Perhaps only reason they were not too bad is a have oase biomaster 350 with lilly pipes pointing upwards. This is probably enough to balance out the c02 with 02/' gas exchange.
Still, how do you guys judge the fish? Perhaps they are just more active early in day and wind down naturally as well?