Just out of curiosity, how are you measuring ph? I use the API test kits, and I can’t discern teh results with that degree of specificity. What is more, my ph reagent usually suggests a lower ph than my high ph reagent. I do know if the colors […]
What time of day did you test the pH? Was it first thing in the morning? Was it later in the day? Do you have any other test results for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, GH, KH?
We went through this recently with someone else so yours may be the same situation.
Do you have live plants […]
Do you test your nitrate levels in your tanks prior to doing PWC’c? As you may know, nitrate is the end phase of the nitrogen cycle and plants utilize nitrates, phosphates and other elements for food sources. In the “dirtier” tanks, the nitrate levels are probably higher so the plants have plenty to […]
Is your tap water treated with chlorine or chloramine or is it natural, like from a spring, well or reservoir?
While using rain water might sound like a good thing, it’s not as good as it sounds since rain water lacks the minerals, trace elements, etc. that water (from the ground) has in it. It’s […]
You DO NOT need to worry about having neutral pH (7.0). Most fish will thrive in a wide range of pH levels (6.5 - 7.5+). Many fish will thrive at even lower or higher pH levels.
That neutral pH is something that a lot of stores try to push on people in order to […]
It’s good that you have a test kit and you are testing your water. And… you can almost never do too many partial water changes.
Fortunately, your pH is only 7.0 so that makes the ammonia less toxic to the fish but any ammonia isn’t a good thing. The higher the pH, the more […]
It all depends on your starting baseline and then the ecology of the tank will affect the pH after that. The “normal” ecology of a tank will ALWAYS lower the pH over time.
If you have rocks that leach calcium carbonate and/or other minerals, this can keep the pH stable or raise it.. or if […]
Yup they’ll eat them any size they can get them. But on the other hand…… He/She kept my fish population down. Now that someone higher up in the food chain got him I’m in trouble. Barbara
just remember Do not add salt if you are using zeolite as the salt will discharge the ammonia already taken up by the zeolite, in effect your ammonia will go higher.
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Dennis, Sorry to hear of the koi loss. Were your koi looking and acting normal before the lawn service did their applications? What kind of chemical applications have they been applying?? Some lawn services include a bug killer in their applications and that could very well be the cause of your dying […]