Good News??
I finally received some fish equipments! I remind you that I live in middle east, and had big issues with finding chemicals, test kits, medications, and even siphons!
Now i got (5 in 1 Tetra testing strips) , I know it’s not as accurate as the liquid testing kit, but that’s all I could get. But I also received a liquid (SERA) Nitrit Test kit. Both are made in Germany.
I did a 30% PWC 3 days ago, and did another 30% PWC today. Here are the water parameters BEFORE and AFTER this last water change:
Nitrate 50 Before —- 10-25 mg/l After Nitrite 0 —- 0 mg/l GH 10-16 Before ——– 10-16 dH After KH 10 Before —— 10 dH After pH 8.4 Before —— 8.4 After
The tap water pH is 8 (after like 2 hours). The accurate Liquid Nitrit test also showed (0). Our water is always hard.
The Tank is a 20 gallon, with few live plants, and it’s overstocked: 5 Tetra Serpae - 3 2″ clown loaches - 12 small guppies - 1 Cohli loach - 1 Angel - 1 ZD - 1 Platy - 2 2″ Golden Chinese Algae Eaters - 1 Balloon Moly.
What’s your opinion about the parameters and how suitable they are for these kinds of fish? Do you think I need to constantly add a pH decreaser?
The package also contained two siphons, finally! I enjoyed my first tank siphoning of my life! It was very satisfying to see the two buckets full of brown mulmed water!
Regards, Noura
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