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  1. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, We do live by the lake. But I´ve never seen any birds on the roof.
  2. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, I was informed on another forum that birds pooping on the roof might be a problem when collecting rainwater? Because the poop might have diseases if the birds eat fish?
  3. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    It is from the new roof. I ´ve taken the habit of waiting 10 minutes before collecting and always checking the conductivity. Yesterday I made the first water change with peat filtered rainwater and everything seems to be ok.
  4. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, Stop hijacking my thread you nincompoops! So... Any PPI will stop fish fry and shrimps from sucking in to the filter?
  5. ButtNekkid

    Panduro breeding trick?

    Hi, Nice article! Thanks for the info!
  6. ButtNekkid

    Panduro breeding trick?

    Stay away from my kids!
  7. ButtNekkid

    Panduro breeding trick?

    Hi, No I did not. I´m in the process of finding out whether my rainwater is safe to use. The tank that has Panduros has a conductivity of 23µS and my regular peatwater is 40+ µS. I´m trying to change water with peat filtered rainwater to this tank.
  8. ButtNekkid

    Panduro breeding trick?

    Hi all, Can adding dithers trigger a spawn? My Panduro pair just started spawning after I added a couple of Otocinclus and 7 Hemigrammus rhodostomus? Previously the male showed no interest in other fishes ( 3 Otocinclus and 5 Carnegiella myersi). After adding these new fishes in he started to...
  9. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    So this size won´t suck up fish or shrimp fry?
  10. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, I collected more rainwater today. It was 8 µS. It rained heavily. What is leaching from peat, since I filtered my rainwater through peat for 48 hours and it it 23 µS? My peatmix with straight tapwater (1 GH and 4 KH) is 46 µS.
  11. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, I´m about to change my filtration in my 60 gallon to these: https://www.garnelen-tom.de/zwerggarnelen-shop/Aqua-Mac-HMF-Eck-Mattenfilter-EM-300-ppi-45-Schwamm https://www.aquaristikshop.com/aquaristic/EHEIM-Internal-Filter-aquaball-180/240302/...
  12. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, Well... apparently that roof is steel sheets and with zinc (zinc mass is 275 g/m²). It has two layers of paint on both sides. But I will filter all that rainwater through peat. Darrel, what do you mean by Daphnia not liking soft water?
  13. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, They installed new roof 2 years ago on our block of flats. And all new drainage. Could the roof leach something? Sheet metal roof. Should I wait before collecting rainwater? There´s no big factories in our town and were living in the middle of forests and lakes.
  14. ButtNekkid

    A. Cacatuoides sexing/breeding questions

    Hi, I keep them in: 1 dGH 3 dKH 120-140 µS 24-26 Celsius ,75-78 Fahrenheit They breed in this water without problems. I remember them being "whitewater" species. If they are, they like slightly harder water just fine.
  15. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, Would fishes get something useful in this peat treated water since it rises conductivity? In addition to humic substances. Or will everything they need come from food?
  16. ButtNekkid

    PH crash (symptoms and how to avoid)

    Hi all, Just wondering: Is there such a thing? At what ph does it occur? What symptoms do fishes show when it happens? I know that KH plays a big part at buffering but what else helps keeping ph from crashing? How low KH still keeps ph crash at bay? I have a 15 gallon that has about 1/4 of...
  17. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi all, It rained heavily again today. Of course it did, my summer vacation started today ;) I tried salt. Before 3µS After 50µS I placed 8 grains of table salt in 0,4 pt (pint) of rain water. What is the unit used in Uk on that small amounts of liquid? Did Mike That Is Wise write some time...
  18. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi, It rained heavily today. I collected about an hour after is started. I live in a middle of "peat country" here in central Finland. And there´s no big factories in my town(if that makes any difference).
  19. ButtNekkid

    Greetings from Moscow

    Welcome to the best forum on earth! Also... best username ever.
  20. ButtNekkid

    Newbie questions

    Hi all, What kind of conductivity readings you guys get from rain water? I got 3 µS. Is that even possible?
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