Wow 6 months. Doesnt feel that long
Looks great. I had to check the title as I couldnt believe it is a 65l tank
Hello Aston and welcome. I would do as Hendre suggests. Make up a mix of RO : borehole water and then do frequent smaller WC until the parameter...
Do it. Do it. Or as the Nike slogan says "Just do it"
I can highly recommend vinegar eels. very little smell, easy to culture and feed, no mess, no fuss, no risk of fouling up the tank. I dont bother...
Didnt the fish in Finding Nemo do the same thing to escape? Blocked the filter so the tank goes green so the dentist removed them to clean and...
Welcome to TASA Quin. Lots of info and informed, experienced aquariasts here always will to provide advice when needed.
Dont throw it out. Give it a citric acid bath. If I recall its 2 teaspoons citric acid to 3 cups of water. let it soak for 10 minutes and then...
It may be easier to catch the fish out and then nuke the tank with hydrogen peroxide. Again treats the symptoms not the cause
Why must it be new? I find my wife's toothbrush works well just so long as I put it back before she realizes its missing. Have I made this joke...
Flourish excel / Scape liquid carbon will kill it and is safe for the inmates as long as you stick to the dosing instructions. You will need a...
My 6 year old son found a gecko egg on his Jungle Gym and put it in a plastic container in his room. About a month later he came running to me to...
Congrats. 182 is quite a number. Is that a lot for a betta?
Crypts can do that. I once changed from a sponge filter to a power head, the additional water flow caused the leaves to fall off. Crypts dont seem...
I had a look at some solubility charts of calcium carbonate. About pH 8 its stops dissolving completely but by pH 7.4 the solubility is so low it...
Hello and welcome @HugBug
Glad your cpds are still going strong. Much better to buy local with them rather than the imports.:thumbup:
So what caused the pH to drop?
Just to further elaborate - in the amazon there are sections that can drop to pH 4.5. This water is soft, unbufferred and has a source of tannins...
That is still a naturally occuring pH and there is a source of H+ ions. I wouldnt call that a crash though. Did you lose any fish when this occurred?
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