aaron11 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Right new tank i set up 3 foot been going two weeks Gravel introduced made a bit of a mess of the water been doing daily water changes Just got heater going in it today Fish coming tomrrow as stated 50 guppies 3 foot tank. (stupid i know but im prepared to loose a few) Anyway.. PH is light blue wish is about 7.0 is that ok??? Old kitt I had I did my 2 other tanks that have been set up for yeers and years and their PH is only 6.0 it was yellow I dont know how much to put in the test tube thou as i lost the original one with the marker ive only got one with mls on it Im goin to just buy an ammonia test kitt now the full one tht should do for a while aye TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 7 is neutral and fine for an aquarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Squirt thats good then since its the one that I just set up 2 weeks ago what do I do about the ones with 6 ???? change some water later??? one had Platy fry in it grrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 6 is only slightly acidic. It is better to just leave it, you don't want a pH shock. 6 is preffered by plants. What is your tap waters pH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Unless you have fish that have really specific pH requirements, it is better to leave as is! Fluctuating pH is not good; consistent is better. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dachende Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Unfortunately, putting 50 guppies into a non-cycled tank, you might wanna be prepared to lose more than a few, that many fish being introduced at the same time, whilst not cycled, can only end in tears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 do daily water changes of 20% will reduce your losses ui have over 100 fish in a 3 footer and have lost 4 in the last 3 weeks they came from an ice cold pond so i expected to lose more than that touch wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Dachende Yes I know but im going to do daily water changes the tank has been going for 2 weeks It has 2 filters in it one from the other tank and oen i put in Plus i put water in from my other tanks. the ph is good but I have no ammonia test kitt yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 buy a new test kit, they do go out of date after a few years. i had one only 3 years old that was reading up by 3 (im assuming my pH 7.4 tap water is not 10.4 =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 buy a new test kit, they do go out of date after a few years. i had one only 3 years old that was reading up by 3 (im assuming my pH 7.4 tap water is not 10.4 =P Yes i understand but I cant really afford 60 dollars for the whole big one so I am just going to get the ammonia test kitt I was told that would do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Ammonia only is better than nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyGeoff Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 You can always take some water to your LFS and they will test it for you 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 You can always take some water to your LFS and they will test it for you 8) Yes I will fish are fine at the moment will keep up the water change but with 3 tanks i will get an ammonia kitt I had one before when I had ammonia in a tank from too much fish Guppies are lovely in large numbers The guy i got them off said that he has guppies 100s in a 3 foot tank no filter and his fish are fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 You can have a lot of fish in a cycled tank with a good filter and it will often or usually handle the load. If the fish have reproduced in there then the load increases slowly and there aren't big shocks. It can be risky to do it with a new tank but doesn't mean it can't be done. You are just going to have to be vigilant in making sure the water quality is pristine while everything and everyone is settling in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 You can have a lot of fish in a cycled tank with a good filter and it will often or usually handle the load. If the fish have reproduced in there then the load increases slowly and there aren't big shocks. It can be risky to do it with a new tank but doesn't mean it can't be done. You are just going to have to be vigilant in making sure the water quality is pristine while everything and everyone is settling in. Thanks Sophia If worse comes to worse i can put some in the lounge tank that only has ten platy fry and one big platy but i dont watn the guppies munching the platy fry I was going to put the Albino guppies in there but then the platys will only eat the fry when its bigger, and the albinos have been with other fish so they might not always have albino babies I will do the daily water change and keep at it I am going to get an aqua one external filter later they are only 160 so that should do a good job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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