lost another 3 fish today
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So from a peak of something like 13 electric yellows, i now have 1.
utterly devastated :'(
CheersDexterPunk wrote:so have some glass pipes if you're keen on buying them off me.
I believe that using rain water has it's own set of interesting challenges, mostly around causing massive swings in pH levels. Solvable of course, if you're aware of themnorbs wrote:I have zero knowledge about al this stuff, but I was talking to a mate the other day about this very thread and that sand waterfall thing.
He lives in Sydney and only uses rainwater now to fill his tank. Said he kept losing random fish after water changes using tap water.
Like I said, I have no idea, but he has about 12 tanks around his fucking mansion, so must know something about it.
I sent him a text before telling him I told you guys about rain water. His reply was curt.CLP wrote:I believe that using rain water has it's own set of interesting challenges, mostly around causing massive swings in pH levels. Solvable of course, if you're aware of themnorbs wrote:I have zero knowledge about al this stuff, but I was talking to a mate the other day about this very thread and that sand waterfall thing.
He lives in Sydney and only uses rainwater now to fill his tank. Said he kept losing random fish after water changes using tap water.
Like I said, I have no idea, but he has about 12 tanks around his fucking mansion, so must know something about it.
norbs wrote:I sent him a text before telling him I told you guys about rain water. His reply was curt.CLP wrote:I believe that using rain water has it's own set of interesting challenges, mostly around causing massive swings in pH levels. Solvable of course, if you're aware of themnorbs wrote:I have zero knowledge about al this stuff, but I was talking to a mate the other day about this very thread and that sand waterfall thing.
He lives in Sydney and only uses rainwater now to fill his tank. Said he kept losing random fish after water changes using tap water.
Like I said, I have no idea, but he has about 12 tanks around his fucking mansion, so must know something about it.
"It's not that fucking easy dickhead".
Thereafter ensured a rather lengthy exchange of ideas, with the last message saying "Rainwater still needs to be watched, and mine goes into a fishpond with various plants for conditioning before the inside tanks"
So i sort of stand corrected.![]()
I have watched him mucking around with his tanks, and it looks like a fucking lot of work.
Interesting side story. He used to have a Flickr account with all his fish photos. Until he was robbed and some stole $2k worth of fish. The look on his face when I asked him how they managed to carry 2000 fucking goldfish out of the place was priceless.
we fill using buckets. conditioner in the bucket, fill bucket, then into the tank. Though i read on the bottle that you're meant to let the conditioned water sit for ~30 minutes. not sure how i'm supposed to do that, *and* have the water at somewhere near the correct temperature when it goes into the tankDexterPunk wrote:Another one bites the dust. I did a water change last night too. I reckon there’s only 1-2 Otos left now. Frustrating as fuck. Don’t know what else to do apart from putting conditioner in before the hose.
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norbs wrote:Yeah, but you have fucking staff!
pixelboy wrote:Someone's gotta keep track of all the ironing boards!
I looked into doing a planted tank originally but due to the extra complexity and the amount of time I could commit, I took the easier optionDexterPunk wrote:RO water for me would be potentially more stressful for any fish than tap water. RO for a heavily planted tank needs to be re mineralised which adds more complexity and another variable to potentially shock the fish. Our tap water here is excellent, however it’s extremely soft GH and KH of near 0. Not an issue for most fish / shrimp, but better for the plants to get that up a bit. I need to find some marble chips for the filter.
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