stacey cunningham

Iv had to set up 2 in the last 3 weeks so what I had been doing is filling up the new tank with water mayb 2/3 then getting the goodies out of my establish filter ie squeezing the filter wool and sponges into a bucket, Then poor this over top of the sponge filter in you new tank give it 2-3 days for the bacteria to attach it self to the new sponge filter. After 2-3 days get all the left over stuff lying on the bottom a 25% water change and you should be good to go :thup:

cobalt red turk cross so things are looking good :happy2:

so as i sit here....... my two discus newly bought are in there QT tank which is proberly a bit small and on the kitchen table funnily enough :slfg: and im moving in two days.. but obviously dosent worry them as they are spawning.... :happy1: :happy1:

my juveniles are 5 x brilliant blues 1 runt, and have just got 2 intermediate albino leopards and two fuji reds that will arrive in couple of weeks. my briilliant blues are growing so big and so fast its great atm they are between 5-6cm and eat my $120 brew of ox heart, salmon, cod, shrimp,prawns, spirulina,carrot,spinich,pro growth etc etc they absolutely love it. I went out and bought a r/o unit havent set it up yet as we are moving house this week. But stoked with the purchase.I emailed seachem and asked weather i would have to add replenish and discus trace to the r/o water but they said discus trace will put all the essential minerals back in so :thup:. What are the juveniles your bringing up? Im just getting into the breeding side of things now and have two breeding pair ready to go once i move and they can go in there own tanks. But have been purchasing younger fish to grow out for the future because its pretty hard to find anything decent in chch.. discus wise anyway.

i have a display which is 300l which is planted and drift wood etc etc But this 1 is a grow out tank for youngsters but am just gonna leave the ph as like every1 sez your Betta to have 7ph that's stable than trying to adjust it and it fluctuating.

cheers for all the help and yes i think im just going to leave it for now because ill end up bald at this rate but gunna buy a R/O unit just to make lifre that we bit easier.

:slfg: true but it would be nice for my fish about the 6.5 hehe :slfg: The rain water sounds like the go to be honest, and nah i dont have shells its a bare bottom souly for growth. Have just done a water test in condition container............ after 24hrs dun dala dun PH:7 Nitrite:0ppm Nitrate:0ppm Ammonia:25-50ppm...............What the duce??? :nilly: So im guessing my conditioning container is trying to cycle???? what the heck So Back to square 1 I think the R/O is looking to be the go. Any ideas on what the hell is happing???

yea the only other thing i can think of is R/O unit which makes water pure then with the discus buffer as it has nothing to bounce it back to the original ph :dunno: Its one of those things why cant the council give me 6.5 soft water &c:ry

the water softening pillow helps to lower kh/gh so thats why thats in there. And the tank is bare bottom 80l with sponge filter and heater thats it for the wee ones they are my main focus getting them to grow to there potential. Just did the big run round aquarium places and every1 suggests peat. its just the waiting period for peat to work, it takes a wee while to do its job and my fish kinda need water changes in between waiting for peat to soften and lower the ph

also does peat work as efectivly if its just sutting in the conditioning container or would it work better if water runs through it :dunno:

Hi All I'm New so be gentle. I,m losing a constant battle with ph.I want it around 6.5 for my discus especially my new youngsters from Auckland. I have a storage container around 100l to condition water i have a heater, sponge filter, two bags of peat moss and a softening pillow in it, hoping to reach a ph around 6.5. But dosent seem to be doing what i want it to do my tap water is around 7.2-7.5.Iv tried using discus buffer but it keeps rising back up to the original ph. And if i could keep away from chemicals. Any suggestions on how to reach my goal as i don't want to shock my fish with bouncing ph levels, but also dont want to stunt there growth due to ph levels Any help would be so grateful as im running out of options