keeton
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- 28 Jul 2009
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hi guys,
i bought a german blue ram about a week and a half ago by the next day the it had died, i phoned the shop to see if i could get a replacement. they said they would replace the ram if my water was alright and they wanted to test my water. i did a test myself using my API master testkit result were:
ph 6.0 (7 from tap but i use nutrafin home brew co2 kit)
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
so went down and they tested my water with a dip stick, i thought they were well know for being hugely inaccurate. and said that all my fish and plants should be dead because my ph is 5 and my kh is 2/3, and said to bring it up slowly using some shell they gave me, which i havn't put it yet. i've just bought a kh test and tested myself which has shown 2/3kh. am i right in thinking that the shell will have calcium in it to bring the kh up which will bring the ph up also. but doesn't need to be done extremely slowly, ph fluctuation via co2 is ok but ph fluctuation due to kh is really bad. should i put a small amount of shell in my filter and monitor the ph and kh every hour? and add and remove shell accordingly till i get a solid kh between 5-10?
different matter completely
but i bought some plants from sheffield aquatics the other day and since i put them in found a half eaten dead shrimp and ive not seen the rest (6) of the shrimp since last night, copper to kill snails on plants? but my apple snails are still moving around.
all help appreciated!
keeton
i bought a german blue ram about a week and a half ago by the next day the it had died, i phoned the shop to see if i could get a replacement. they said they would replace the ram if my water was alright and they wanted to test my water. i did a test myself using my API master testkit result were:
ph 6.0 (7 from tap but i use nutrafin home brew co2 kit)
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
so went down and they tested my water with a dip stick, i thought they were well know for being hugely inaccurate. and said that all my fish and plants should be dead because my ph is 5 and my kh is 2/3, and said to bring it up slowly using some shell they gave me, which i havn't put it yet. i've just bought a kh test and tested myself which has shown 2/3kh. am i right in thinking that the shell will have calcium in it to bring the kh up which will bring the ph up also. but doesn't need to be done extremely slowly, ph fluctuation via co2 is ok but ph fluctuation due to kh is really bad. should i put a small amount of shell in my filter and monitor the ph and kh every hour? and add and remove shell accordingly till i get a solid kh between 5-10?
different matter completely
but i bought some plants from sheffield aquatics the other day and since i put them in found a half eaten dead shrimp and ive not seen the rest (6) of the shrimp since last night, copper to kill snails on plants? but my apple snails are still moving around.
all help appreciated!
keeton