[AquaticLife] Breaking The Rules!

December 11, 2008 @ 4:19 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

If I ever get any babies from my long finned blue ram pair you’ll be the first I email Bill, LOL. My pH is 6 and I have very soft water too I have a very happy little couple too, I’m hoping maybe someday in the future they start showing more breeding habits, so far I’ve only had the male for a couple of weeks and the female a couple weeks longer than that. Definitely male/female though I can tell in the coloring differences and how they act toward each other (follow each other around the tank). I like the male’s coloring more of course, so pretty
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > Check on Aquabid.com. Post messages in their forums. I am sure that > someone, somewhere is breeding/raising the fish you seek in similar water > parameters to your source water so that you do not have to go through such > drastic measures just to acclimate the new fish… especially since these > fish do best in acidic soft water conditions. Heck, someone with that kind > of water, with an unlimited supply from a well similar to yours, would be > most likely to decide to start breeding acidic soft water fish. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to articles referenced above listed on the right side under > Archives > - Year, Month and under Labels) > > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > ] On > Behalf Of bill1433 > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:40 AM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Breaking The Rules! > > Yes Lenny, > > All of that may be true to some extent. But let’s look at a few facts, as > they are presented. > First, there is no supplier even remotely close to me that has these fish, > much less the water parameters I need, why? Its well water! They can’t > match this type of pH and even if they could, they sure can’t match my > water > hardness, none! > > Next, would they say or go through all of this with a potential new > customer > with whom they want to sell even more goods too? I think not. A failure > would most certainly guarantee the lose of a good customer. What business > today can afford that? > > Finally, put it in writing? Give me a brake here! That’s how the got Nixon > and the Watergate Tapes I believe. Nobody puts anything in writing these > days BUT they do guarantee the fish to live delivery, provided their > acclamation instructions are carried out properly. Hint? Part of their > acclamation instructions cover water parameters and that is in writing.. > > doing the best I can with what I’ve got! > > Bill > > — On Thu, 12/11/08, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > wrote: > > From: Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Breaking The Rules! > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:10 AM > > Or you could check around for a seller that has the fish you want and have > them in the kind of water you have… or at least closer to it. > > I would do that rather than try to acclimate the fish that much…. unless > your current proposed seller will guarantee that their advice will > work and > will give you a full refund for the fish and all the chemicals if/when it > doesn’t. Ask them to put it in writing… I bet they’ll start hemming, > hawing and crawfishing like political friends of Blago right now! LOL > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny. blogspot. com (Links to articles referenced > above listed on the right side under Archives > - Year, Month and under Labels) > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com] > On Behalf Of bill1433 > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:31 AM > To: AquaticLife > Subject: [AquaticLife] Breaking The Rules! > > Sometime ago I tried changing my water parameters, I was moderately > successful but I could not hold the settings I wish to keep (I did not > buffer with crushed coral at this time) so in the end, I had to just lower > back down to the water baseline parameters I had and bow to all that I > should not have “played in the water” in the first place. But now I > have to! > > While doing all of this, it was also with the understanding that I would > ALSO be trying to match the same parameters of the LPS water parameters > where I was buying the fish (Wal-Mart)! This is NOW the case in spades! > > Most of you know I want to keep Blue Rams. (No you can’t order them around > here! People think Blue Rams are trucks)! To that end, I recently > contacted > an on-line shipper. Yes they had the Blue Rams and at a reasonable price. > Since I also wanted some Bronze Cory cats the deal, with shipping, seemed > quite do-able until I remembered the > rules——- ——— –Water Parameters– –what are theirs! > > Ah Ha! Now we have trouble! Here are their water parameters: > pH 7.5 > GH 200-400 PPM ( 11-22 DEGREES) > KH 50-100 ppm ( 3-6 DEGREES) > Temperature 78-82 degrees > Now here are Bill’s readings: pH 5.5 GH 1 KH barely readable but I do have > the temperature covered at 80 degrees. > Getting on the phone with their staff Marine Biologist, she recommends > a set > of two possible combinations, the first: Acid buffer ( item # 198597) 1/2 > teaspoon and an Alkaline buffer ( item # 198745) 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons > of water. Use them in conjunction with each other. There are charts on > them > showing you how long to use it and amounts for the target pH you are > looking > for. The item numbers are for products they sell. And the second set: > Kent Marine’s pH Stable and SeaChem’s Neutral Regulator are two other > products that you would also be able to use to raise your pH and > buffer your > hardness. > Now when I asked about the baking soda and crushed coral buffer, she > simply > said “How fast do you want to do all of this”? And she also said I would > assume that after the fish are acclimated to the new tank, you will then > take them back down to your parameters, I said yes. She said to use the > chemicals she stated. > Folks, obviously, there are many roads to get to the same destination > but in > considering all, which is the best and safest for the fish? It would seem, > in my case, the chemicals win out. It should also be stated that I > would be > doing this in a new tank and after the required readings are reached, then > the use of One and Only to cycle and prepare for the fish. What are your > thoughts, please? > > Bill > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus > : > Outbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 081210-0, 12/10/2008 > Tested on: 12/11/2008 10:51:11 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > >