PH Variation in tank (tropical)
I have 1 bristlenose catfish and 11 Synodontis catfish (your upside down is in the same family). Usually you want to add catfish to a tank last since they are purportedly VERY sensitive to the harmful chemicals that occur during a cycle. One of my Synos is like my canary in the mineÂ…when he starts hanging around the top, I know I need to test the water. When I had a small nitrite spike in his quarantine tank his nose was GLUED to the surface for weeks, even though the nitrite was removed with a water change and never came back (I added bacteria from an established tank).
Try to get some bio spira, or maybe take the cats back until your cycle is complete.
Best of luck!
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jasmine Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:20 AM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: PH Variation in tank (tropical)
Hi
Sorry. The tank holds about 215 liters. I was referring to PH adjuster when I mentioned “I only use a little bit” (i do mean a little bit - like - a tiny tip of the ph adjuster on the tip of a tea spoon)
I will have to check the Ph level of our tap water, it continually changes (depending on rain or if we have had an outbreak of blue green algae somewhere in our water system).
If we do have rain water, I would use it above tap water anytime. We are trying to set up some rain water tanks just for the fish tank.
I haven’t mentioned, we haven’t got any driftwood in the tank at this stage. The 3 large ornaments are plastic, 3 small ceramic glaze ornaments, 1 unsealed terracotta ornament, 1 small piece of salt water coral and 2 small live plants.
The water awaiting to go into the tank is often left standing over night (12 or maybe 24 hours), I must admit I don’t agitate it nor heat it - just use it from room temperature.
Thank you all for your feed back. it has been very en lighting. Jasmine
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