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All I'll say, is that if the chlorine levels in tap water were THAT incredible at killing bacteria - well Flash would be out of business...
Slightly flippant, and you may well have knocked things back a tad. However, you've got the time and ability to check.
Let it settle for 24 hours, dose up some ammonia, test to see it's clearing just as you would anyway. Then you can see what's what.
I would be very surprised if it's killed your biological filtration dead. Worst case in my mind would be a knock back in it's "capacity".
Slightly flippant, and you may well have knocked things back a tad. However, you've got the time and ability to check.
Let it settle for 24 hours, dose up some ammonia, test to see it's clearing just as you would anyway. Then you can see what's what.
I would be very surprised if it's killed your biological filtration dead. Worst case in my mind would be a knock back in it's "capacity".
I'm not convinced that you're overthinking this Chester, your tank is 20 litres bigger than mine, I let mine run on Aquasafed water for a few weeks, then added some bacteria and shoved in 6 zebra danios, fed, monitored (using AP master test kit) made PH alterations, water changes as necessary, then added new fish gradually over some months, it's really not needing to be hideously complex.
Up to 45 fish(49 if you include the new black molly fry) and zero losses, despite the Dwarf Gourami doing its damndest to get ill.
I know you had some losses last time, but whoever suggested Cardinal Tetra (like big neon tetra) was a womble.
Up to 45 fish(49 if you include the new black molly fry) and zero losses, despite the Dwarf Gourami doing its damndest to get ill.
I know you had some losses last time, but whoever suggested Cardinal Tetra (like big neon tetra) was a womble.
I would always avoid making ph changes if possible, the majority of fish will thrive in many ph ranges and if you are altering the ph the water needs to be buffered and kept stable at that ph which is hard work with water changes etc. My stingrays are technically from softer water with lower ph but bred and grew happily in close to ph 8 with pretty hard water.
My water is pretty hard 8.4+ so I maintained it with not a lot of bother( to around 7.4) which everyone seems happy with.
Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
techguyone said:
My water is pretty hard 8.4+ so I maintained it with not a lot of bother( to around 7.4) which everyone seems happy with.
Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
Do you do many water changes? Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
I wonder if the ph in the water is high but not particularly hard or buffered so the ph down has enough buffering to cater for the water changes?
On the flip side I am amazed many people only top up due to evaporation so the residual water just gets harder and harder
Caddyshack said:
techguyone said:
My water is pretty hard 8.4+ so I maintained it with not a lot of bother( to around 7.4) which everyone seems happy with.
Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
Do you do many water changes? Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
I wonder if the ph in the water is high but not particularly hard or buffered so the ph down has enough buffering to cater for the water changes?
On the flip side I am amazed many people only top up due to evaporation so the residual water just gets harder and harder
techguyone said:
Caddyshack said:
techguyone said:
My water is pretty hard 8.4+ so I maintained it with not a lot of bother( to around 7.4) which everyone seems happy with.
Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
Do you do many water changes? Oddly though, now the tank is established, it seems to be self maintaining at that rate, I haven't had to put in any PH Down in for months, strange that. (I check every 10 days or so all the water parems)
I wonder if the ph in the water is high but not particularly hard or buffered so the ph down has enough buffering to cater for the water changes?
On the flip side I am amazed many people only top up due to evaporation so the residual water just gets harder and harder
Filling with un-dechlorinated water didn't seem to do any harm! I did another 24hour test and a 25% water change yesterday.
And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
Chester draws said:
Filling with un-dechlorinated water didn't seem to do any harm! I did another 24hour test and a 25% water change yesterday.
And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
Chlorine in tap water can suddenly spike as the water companies combat outbreaks, worse still is chloramine. It is best to use it all the time as you could be putting the fish under stress, just because they did not die is not really an indicator that all is well.And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
Caddyshack said:
Chester draws said:
Filling with un-dechlorinated water didn't seem to do any harm! I did another 24hour test and a 25% water change yesterday.
And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
Chlorine in tap water can suddenly spike as the water companies combat outbreaks, worse still is chloramine. It is best to use it all the time as you could be putting the fish under stress, just because they did not die is not really an indicator that all is well.And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
I just use this, you only need a half a capful per bucket of tapwater, been using it for years.
https://www.tetra.net/en-gb/products/tetra-aquasaf...
https://www.tetra.net/en-gb/products/tetra-aquasaf...
Aquarium delivered today, filled up, filter, pump, etc installed and letting it start to cycle.
Quick question on the heater ....
It’s on, but seems keep switching itself off like it’s get its own thermostat, I’ve got a digital thermometer in there that’s telling me the water is 26.4 ... but It feels freezing!
Also what do people recommend to hide air lines? AMD where to get a background, just want a black one so I can’t see the wall, maybe on one side too.
Quick question on the heater ....
It’s on, but seems keep switching itself off like it’s get its own thermostat, I’ve got a digital thermometer in there that’s telling me the water is 26.4 ... but It feels freezing!
Also what do people recommend to hide air lines? AMD where to get a background, just want a black one so I can’t see the wall, maybe on one side too.
Turn7 said:
Caddyshack said:
Chester draws said:
Filling with un-dechlorinated water didn't seem to do any harm! I did another 24hour test and a 25% water change yesterday.
And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
Chlorine in tap water can suddenly spike as the water companies combat outbreaks, worse still is chloramine. It is best to use it all the time as you could be putting the fish under stress, just because they did not die is not really an indicator that all is well.And brought home 6 Mickey Mouse Platys today. They've had a good explore of the whole tank, and had a nibble on all the plants.
Next week should see 6 more arrive. (6 was the most that was recommended to put in today).
Hard to photograph, especially with the light dimmed right down!
The small water change I dechlorinated in the bucket before adding. And that is the plan for future partial WC too.
Lord.Vader said:
Aquarium delivered today, filled up, filter, pump, etc installed and letting it start to cycle.
Quick question on the heater ....
It’s on, but seems keep switching itself off like it’s get its own thermostat, I’ve got a digital thermometer in there that’s telling me the water is 26.4 ... but It feels freezing!
Marine? If so get a D&D temp controller and plug the heater into it. Thermos on heaters can get stuck on, I've had to go and help a friend strip down a destroyed tank twice now due to the heaters cooking the tank.... Quick question on the heater ....
It’s on, but seems keep switching itself off like it’s get its own thermostat, I’ve got a digital thermometer in there that’s telling me the water is 26.4 ... but It feels freezing!
techguyone said:
If it's tropical, I've found (in my house at least) that the ambient temp is enough to keep it going without the heater being used, maybe we have a warm house. Temp currently at 25 degrees C, the light tubes get hot too.
I assume you still have a heater in there to keep it at a stable temp as the house will chill at times and lights will be off at night?Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff