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  1. OllieNZ

    Water changes without dechlorinator

    Can you easily get hold of pond dechlor? It works out cheaper for larger tanks.
  2. OllieNZ

    Water Chemistry from really hard water

    With very soft water it doesn't take much to shift ph. Try making your own black water extract or adding a bag of peat or kappata leaves to the tank.
  3. OllieNZ

    My new TDS pen

    1 milli seimen = 1000 micro seimens. 1.56 micro seimens = 1ppm tds
  4. OllieNZ

    Limestone in hard water

    Thanks Darrel Great tip on the bath stone Ollie
  5. OllieNZ

    Limestone in hard water

    Hi All Im consdering using limestone more specificly cotswold stone in my next tank. The water is going to be straight tap which has a ph of 7.5 and 250+ ppm ca. I was wondering wether the stone will add to this futher and end up disolving i'd hate to have it disapear after 6mths. Thanks Ollie
  6. OllieNZ

    roots from reptile tank

    :eh: It does look like it could be from a grapevine Regards Ollie
  7. OllieNZ

    Creating Blackwater

    Hi All Thanks for the link Darrel I've managed to find this regarding tannins http://vet.kku.ac.th/journal/pdf/jv181/4.pdf It would appear if im interpreting the results correctly that lethal levels to fish start around 5 mg/ml (5000ppm) with naturally blackwater fish being slightly more...
  8. OllieNZ

    Creating Blackwater

    Had the decision of what to use taken out of my hands for the moment. The wife "surprised" :lol: me by buying some sera super peat I left on the ebay watch list while looking out for things to use, so I will be trying that out. Any thoughts on the tannic vs humic acid idea?
  9. OllieNZ

    Creating Blackwater

    Very interesting (done a little bit of research) and its something Ive never even considered. Large amounts of tannins also appear to chelate iron and make it bio-unavailable. Humic acid appears to do the opposite by chelating +Ions and making them bioavalible So perhaps peat will be a better...
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    Creating Blackwater

    I moved to England a year ago, my wife imported me from NZ :lol: Would tea have the same effect on the water chemistry as peat? Thanks Ollie
  11. OllieNZ

    Creating Blackwater

    Thanks for the info Ed. How often were you changing the peat in your filter? Thanks Ollie
  12. OllieNZ

    Creating Blackwater

    Hi all Ive been researching ways of creating blackwater and was wondering if there is a best/prefered way? Im looking for something I can stick in my external filter. Would I need to use an aquarium product like sera peat or could I get away with using generic peat moss? Thanks Ollie
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