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GusBus
02-24-2009, 2:07 PM
So i Got mine today and im about to check my water and remember im going through my cycle so can you guys tell me if my results are normal
Hooked Newbie
02-24-2009, 2:15 PM
What are your results?
Reefscape
02-24-2009, 2:15 PM
So i Got mine today and im about to check my water and remember im going through my cycle so can you guys tell me if my results are normal
Erm.....posting the results may help....LOLOL ;)
Fish-Addict
02-24-2009, 2:22 PM
Erm.....posting the results may help....LOLOL ;)
:rofl:
GusBus
02-24-2009, 2:25 PM
PH:7.6
Amonia:.25
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Fish-Addict
02-24-2009, 2:30 PM
Nitrite and nitrate are good. P.H. only really depends on te fish you are keeping. Amonia should be 0 but I think .25 is the maximum it should be. Any higher and it is dangerous.
Oh sorry I forgot you were cycling. Did you add an amonia source to begin the cycle?
GusBus
02-24-2009, 2:31 PM
Goldfish :D
Im Doing the fish in cycle so doesnt the ammonia appear by itself?
The nitrites will rise later, and finally the nitrates will rise. For the fish's sake I would change enough water to keep the ammonia no higher than it is now.
KarlTh
02-24-2009, 3:09 PM
Actually, pH is more important to the cycle than to the fish. If it drops too low, the cycle will slow down or stall. The fish don't care a monkeys' about the pH.
Fish-Addict
02-24-2009, 3:12 PM
Actually, pH is more important to the cycle than to the fish. If it drops too low, the cycle will slow down or stall. The fish don't care a monkeys' about the pH.
Couldnt keep discus with a ph of 8 and you coldnt keep malawis with a ph of 4. It does matter. I have had failiure with several soft water teras, but when put in a softwater aquarium they thrived.
Star_Rider
02-24-2009, 3:19 PM
Couldnt keep discus with a ph of 8 and you coldnt keep malawis with a ph of 4. It does matter. I have had failiure with several soft water teras, but when put in a softwater aquarium they thrived.
actually Discus can be kept in a pH of 8 I know several folks who keep them at that pH. they do seem to have more issues when gh is high tho.
jpappy789
02-24-2009, 3:26 PM
Fish can adjust to pH almost instantly. GH changes (a closer level to TDS) will take longer to adjust fish to but most should be fine outside of their "preferred ranges."
I've kept blue rams in liquid rock. No health problems.
Anyways, test regularly and do a water change whenever the ammonia and nitrite are readable.
KarlTh
02-24-2009, 3:30 PM
Couldnt keep discus with a ph of 8 and you coldnt keep malawis with a ph of 4. It does matter. I have had failiure with several soft water teras, but when put in a softwater aquarium they thrived.
Of course they did. But we're talking about pH, not soft and hard water. They're not the same thing. You can keep discus a pH 8, if the water's soft. You can't keep many fish at a pH of 4 because it interferes with sodium uptake, but almost anything is fine above 6, including Malawis. It's just almost impossible to create the hard high TDS water Malawis like without having a high pH.