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Another question, you all helped out great with the "Rio Tauhpo", can't wait till they grow out a bit more and I'll send more pictures when those are showing better colors and a bit older. Was at the same cichlid convention where I picked up the Rio Tauhpo, I also picked up a pair of wild, A...
Hi, just wondering if anyone has raised up fry to maturity and at about what age do males start to color up.
I had a beautiful pair that spawned once and then the male jumped shortly after spawning(tight fitting lid, found the 1×1" opening). I have only 4 fry from the brood and at the moment the...
Was reading about the nitrogen cycle and read that bacterial growth ceases at a pH of 6 and below. A few questions came to mind,
1- If your trying to breed a fish from a area with an extremely low pH, do you have to worry nitrite spikes. I know that ammonia isn't toxic in acidic conditions, but...
When working with soft water(low KH/GH, Conductivty), do you worry about ph crashes due to the lack of buffering abilities of having a low KH. How can you help prevent pH crashes when working with soft water. Please correct me if I'm wrong, never went past high school chemistry and that was a...
Sorry for all the questions but I'm thinking about what I read on Apisto Bob's site about him using straight ro water. If I lower the tank water's ph by using botanicals, lets say to 6.0-6.5, when I do my water changes with my 90/10 RO mix, the ph on that new water, according to my testing is...
Could you explain how and why to calculate this, I work with some strong acids in my work so I'm know the protocols involved, it just makes me nervous using acids with my fish, never did it before, but I've heard plenty of people who do, just never have seen any formulas or procedures on how. Thanks
Thanks for all the input, I did some testing on tap/RO mixes, heres the results.
RO/Tap
50/50 mix-ph-7.6, microS-166,GH-5,KH-3.5
87/13 mix- ph-7.5, microS-48,GH-2,KH-0.9
My tap is- ph-7.6, microS-339,GH-11,KH-6.7
I'm happy with the results from the 87/13 mix except for the ph numbers, they...
I have a question regarding keeping Apistos that need very soft, acidic water. I start with RODI water and at this time I'm using Seachems Acid Regulator and Neutral Regulator to adjust it to the ph I'm targeting. It works well enough for now, I use a 50 gal container so I only have to mix it a...