http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/topic/8458/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:20:05 GMT Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:27:27 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/topic/8458/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/108959/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-108959
t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/108959 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:27:27 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/108373/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-108373 feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/108373 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:17:30 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107927/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107927

I remember those pictures. You did a great job. Don't worry, you will get back in the swing of it.

t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107927 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:44:41 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107901/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107901
Nitrates should ideally be kept at 10 ppm or less by water changes though up to 20 ppm might be ok. I wouldn't go over 20 and would shoot for less than 10.

Barb ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dr Barb) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107901 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:56:29 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107741/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107741
and in case anyone is wondering, i did get as much of the water out of the tanks (when i used amquel/novaqua) before adding prime. not real sure how big of an issue that may have caused.... but why chance it.

i felt dumb when i... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107741 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:35:14 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107503/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107503
t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107503 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:28:33 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107467/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107467
I think I figured it out tho.... remember the issue I had a while back with the 75 gallon... OTS is what I think it was... weeellllll I think I unknowingly somehow created that by mistake. Not by ignoring them or anything, but just by using the old biowheel or the carbon filter after it had been out of the water a week. I am keeping on top of water changes... I'm not terribly worried. I didn't know the Amquel would... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107467 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:40:13 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107306/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107306 Yes, that is why if people seem to have pH that moves around I usually get them to let the tapwater sit out for 48 hours and see what it is. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down.

t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107306 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:55:44 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107216/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107216 as the KH will stay more or less the same ...Ph can be 8.0 but also 6.5 after a week depending on how fresh the water is how old the tank and decoration...so i go the sure way measuring my KH .

easy to test is fresh tap water in a glass as the CO2 saturation will be higher (in europe it is ) kh might by anywhere ...soon as you blow bubbles the Co2 disolves and the Ph is changing !

twinkering... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (farid) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107216 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:35:51 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107170/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107170

That is a good idea about the plants in a new tank for another reason too . . . often if they have roots and such they bring in some good bacteria to start the fishless cycle . . . so they can be a benefit that way.

Yes, if a person is careful with monitoring kH they can use that as a baseline since pH is related to kH. Most people use pH because the testers are easy to read with lots of small gradients to see.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107170 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:36:30 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107144/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107144 all i can say about new tanks is...if there is no chance to get any bacterias of another well run filter (from a friend or even a good shop!) i would not put any fish in for at least 4 weeks. what is important (from my view) is to put enough plants. as a new plant uses at least 3 weeks before they start to grow in a newly installed tank, meeting new parameters etc...they will be ready when you put the first fish to control the nitrate (NO2)...no fertilizer is nessecary during... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (farid) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107144 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:45:56 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/107105/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-107105
t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/107105 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:27:10 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/106931/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-106931 feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/106931 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:45:59 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/106303/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-106303
Why? If water drops in pH over a period of time due to biological action, it can be very dangerous if they do a waterchange with higher pH water and don't realized what happens. So, the Old Tank Syndrome makes the new, suddenly higher pH... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/106303 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:41:41 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/106250/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-106250 you have to know that tapwater has always the higher pH when it is "new"...make a test...measure it when coming out and let a bucket stay for 24h and measure then. it could be lower already as the Co2 in the tapwater has desolved. (why ever)
when in the tank...bakterias of the filter plants wood and so on can help you lower the pH after a while. so the ph it for sure no the most important paramerer to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (farid) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/106250 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:16:33 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/106220/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-106220
Kairi, what is your gH/kH of your tap water? Shelly/T... haven't we found that pH crashes when using A/N... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mattsmommy2) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/106220 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:32:08 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/106211/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-106211 feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/106211 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:22:52 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/105308/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-105308
t ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tetralina3) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/105308 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:30:40 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/105291/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-105291 feeds@yuku.com (ShellyB518) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/105291 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:52:33 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/reply/105238/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html#reply-105238 Have you added anything to the tank in the last week? (peat and driftwoods would lower the ph).
Since im from NZ and we don't have those products im not sure if any of them lower ph. (have you checked the expiry date on the products? )

Also if your tap water is 8 now, i am assuming it was 7 a week ago? Maybe it dropped in the meantime... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (asti015) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/sreply/105238 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:22:38 GMT http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/topic/8458/t/Help-me-solve-this-mystery.html
Now, I use Amquel + and NovAqua + in all 4 tanks. All 4 tanks read the same. I called a pet store up here to ask the pH of their tanks... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (kairi) http://flippersnfins.yuku.com/topic/8458 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:20:05 GMT