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how do I increase the hardness of my water?

Hi guy's what the best value co2 kit for a 180-200L tank. I've been looking around but I'm a bit confused. My purpose for it is in my semi planted festivum tank. Just to help keep the plant life in good condition.

I find it relaxing excuse the cheese but almost therapeutic :smln:

Anyone had any success breeding these?

So in the end I didnt listen to anyone and used my pH kit to correct the pH. When I got home from work the pH was out of wack again :an!gry What I did do was buy a kH kit and test the hardness. As suspected my water is very hard and the water the fish came in is soft. The peat managed to bring this down a bit. The fish had to go in or die in plastic bags so I took the risk. For now they seem to be ok I used stress coat, and stress zhyme also I admit I was a little unprepared for the arrival. and the tank is only a temporary measure while I sort there proper one

I have brought 4 festivum's which I plan on attempting to breed in the future but keeping them alive in the mean time will do. I chose these fish because they seem like a challenge and are not that that common. My main worry is WATER they require a PH of 5.5 - 7.2 (opinions vary) and soft water. Where I live the water out of my tap is more like 8 - 9 and the water is hard my duboisi love it. Can they adapt to my water conditions? and if so how? I have a 200L tank for the festivum's with a 300watt heater. I'm going to use an internal filter for now. I think a semi planted tank is the best option so I have laid some peat (which I hope will help with the ph a little) underneath a mixture gravel and large grain sand substate. I will buy some plants and a sunlight bulb in the next day or two.

Thanks for that. So can someone clarify for me what putting crushed oyster shells in will do to the water in a tank?

Welcome to the forum, those julidochromis dickfeldi are great aye

Ok, I have a ph of well over 7.5 (my ph test kit doesn't go beyond 7.5) but I want a ph of 5.5 to 7.2 because the fish I intend to get require it.

Hi, we have quite hard water 7.5 + How do I get a sustainable P.h of between 5.5 to 7.2

Hi, I'd like to find out how many Oranda fry I can raise in a 1000L tank?

An indoors solution please, for growing out fish

I dont think a pond will fit in my garage :lol:

Yeah, I havent decided what kind of fish yet because that depends alot on what is available and what good deals I am able to find at the time. but lets just say I wanted to grow out fancy goldfish. I know they would do better in ponds/outside but I don't have the luxury of owning either so my garage/wannabe fishroom it is. Please note I'm not just talking here I actually intend to do this so any helpful advice would be great. I'm also thinking something that is a little uniform I dont want odd sized tanks or what have you I'm not good with ugly :slfg:

Hi everyone, Does anyone have or know of any good alternatives to glass fishtanks to use for growing out tanks? I'd like to grow out some fish on a reasonably big scale. Not for profit really just because I enjoy the process. I cant afford a fishroom full of nice glass tanks and just wondered if there were any good alternatives. Obviously it depends on a whole range of things but any ideas comments etc about this question would be appreciated

This type really catch my eye but I'm not even sure if they are available Aphyosemion Australe gold. And my intension is to breed. Some of the veterans on here may like to encourage/suggest other types for me to look into to help keep the population up

no not really I'm affraid. I am based in Whangarei. Between work and my kids I don't really get the chance to run away

Im not sure, any suggestions would be good, don't laugh this time :oops:

ok so I guess I'll start with becoming a member of NZKA, thanks If I was a member, does anyone ship these? and how much is the going rate?

Hi Where can I buy killies from? and how much do they usually cost? can they be shipped safely to whangarei? any info would be great, Cheers

hi all, just new to this site. currently setting up 150x40x30 tank in the market for Mollies if anyone has any that can be shipped curious about killis