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I agree with Rod. When I was breeding rams, I ran into this devilish bug too.
Basically, to get rid of it, I did the following:
1. Remove all inhabitants from the original tank into seperate 5g quarantine tanks (bare bottom, sponge filter).
2. Bleach original tank
3. Treat fish with...
Yea, I'm still interested in getting myself a good multimeter. Right now I just have a TDS meter and pH meter(s!!), plus the usual liquid test kits.
As for the hardness, I'm using RO so I've been keeping my tds around ~50.
Ok, well to update...
I'm using a milwakee SMS122 pH meter now (as opposed to the handheld meter I was using). After pulling it out of storage to recalibrate it - it is still dead on. 7 and 4. So, I'm going to go ahead and trust the readings.
The readings seem more accurate too:
Tap...
Not questioning what you are saying, but from my understanding adding an acid to pure RO won't necessarily cause it to crash. I thought it was more like a putty you can mold to whatever pH you want.
I mean, adding (for instance) peat with a pH of 6.5 should turn your RO 6.5, but not any...
You raise another question that has been on my mind.
Since my RO reservoir effectively has no buffering capacity (0 dKH), I was hoping the peat would have a dramatic effect on the pH - alas, not much change.
Prior to finishing my fish room, I have had great success in breeding apisto's...
Thanks for the quick reply Mike.
I think your answer was the one I was expecting. Any suggestions on high-quality, decently priced combo meters?
As for the co2, I have municipally supplied water - so I agree in that it should be low in co2 content to begin with. I think, perhaps, I was...
Hey guys,
Just a quick question here.
My fish room is setup using sponge filters, and as such, I am battling high pH problems due to the gassing off of co2 from my water. I'm currently trying to lower it via peat, which has worked a little bit...I think...
Anyway, my question is regarding...
Shouldn't be too much of a problem seperating female rams from female apisto's though.
I didn't know you were on these forums knave, nice to see you =)
Thank you for the reply Mike.
I believe my missing fry are due primarily to the male. The female, up until a couple of days ago (I had removed the fry mid last week) was not displaying with the male and I am still catching stragglers (fry) that appear. I've seen them swimming right beside...
Hey guys,
Thought I would introduce myself here. I've been lurking on the forums, scooping up advice as needed as I am quite new at keeping apisto's.
Right now the only apisto's I have are a pair of algodon's, or Papagei, that I keep in a planted 20g. I also have two pairs of...