Shells and other marine items made of calcium will raise your pH which is a good thing if it is too low. Otherwise, maybe not a good idea.
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amber Berglund Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Fw: [AquaticLife] new tank
You should be […]
You should be safe to use those decorations (if you want to) if you boil them first for 10 minutes. That will clean them and make them safe for the tank, but make sure nothing in plastic as it can melt LOL
Amber
Darlene wrote: > > the tank i have now is […]
Your biological media should be placed after the mechanical media that removes debris from the water. Placing it before the mechanical media means that it will be also doing part of the job of that media, as well as the biological filtration, and thus need to be cleaned often. If you are using chemical filtration […]
the tank i have now is 29 gallons it is 18″ x 30″ x 12″ the new tank came with decorations, 2 large shells, a bunch of smaller shells and the exoskeleton of a star fish not sure i want to use any of them since i don’t know where the […]
Yes, the other biomedia that is submerged in the water flow of the filter still works better than something sitting stagnant in the tank but the Bio-Wheels, being a wet-dry filter (so it has a lot of surface area exposed to the air also), works even better according to the peer-reviewed studies that Dr. Tim […]
Well, lets see what the 48 hour baseline tests turn out to be on your tap water before making any assumptions about your final baseline figures.
As far as changing your water, NO… there is no need to change anything with your water.
Your KH is a little low, but you can use Baking Soda or other […]
With the amounts of water you are changing daily, I’m now beginning to get suspicious of the ammonia and nitrite test results remaining at their previous levels. If this continues, I’d have to suggest your looking further at these tests, their reagents or the manner in which they’re being read. […]
Jim,
I’m sending my reply to your off-list email here too. I replied to you directly but often, spam filters grab so many emails nowadays but I’m guessing you get the groups messages.
Yes, silicone can lose it’s sealing abilities… not sure if dry rot would be the right term.. maybe “become brittle”… but it’s not […]
Taking your steps one at a time, there is nothing at all wrong with brook water, unless it comes from (or through) an undesireable source. Other than that, its perfectly suitable. You should invest in basic test kits for the simpler (yet important) water parameter tests, either singularly or […]
I’m not going to get in the mix fully yet since I haven’t had a chance to read all the thread but I did want to point out that your pH can be affected (lowered) by CO2 levels which is one of the reasons why your pH is lowest in the mornings. By the […]