I have a 29 gallon community tank that has been set up for about 8 mo. I moved to a new house just before Christmas. I brought 25 gallons of water from our old house so the fish would have a lot of time to adjust to there new water conditions. also i saved about 15 gallons of tank water that i put back in the tank when i set it back up. All of my fish made the move and are still kickin.
around the middle of january I noticed one of my (9) neon started lossing its red color on its mid section- tail. I promptly check my water. every thing was good except the ph had gone up to 8.3 were as before it was about 7.2 - 7.4. I mad a trip to the lfs and talked to the guy and he told me that the water was very hard here (No kidding) and had high alkinity. he gave me some crap called proper pH 7.0 and I put it in as directed the pH did go down but my thank looked as if I poured a glass of milk in to it.
Any how i put toghether a 150 gpd RO system and started filling jugs with RO water. i Started doing 10 gallon water changes every 2-3 days and I cleared that stuff up.
The pH is know stable at 7.2 I have a Hanna Hi 98150 portable pH meter set up on the tank so can keep an eye on that situation I also add kent fresh water esentials ever week or so. to give back so nutrients that the ro took out.
But now I have (3) neons that are almost completly missing ther color. Can any one tell me if these guys will be ok?? the rest seem to be doing ok
tank Set up
29 gal FW
rena xp2 canister filter
150 w heater keeping tank @ 78. F
(9) neon tetras
(7) platies (6) I hand rasied
(1) sunrise Gromie
(1) comon pleco
around the middle of january I noticed one of my (9) neon started lossing its red color on its mid section- tail. I promptly check my water. every thing was good except the ph had gone up to 8.3 were as before it was about 7.2 - 7.4. I mad a trip to the lfs and talked to the guy and he told me that the water was very hard here (No kidding) and had high alkinity. he gave me some crap called proper pH 7.0 and I put it in as directed the pH did go down but my thank looked as if I poured a glass of milk in to it.
Any how i put toghether a 150 gpd RO system and started filling jugs with RO water. i Started doing 10 gallon water changes every 2-3 days and I cleared that stuff up.
The pH is know stable at 7.2 I have a Hanna Hi 98150 portable pH meter set up on the tank so can keep an eye on that situation I also add kent fresh water esentials ever week or so. to give back so nutrients that the ro took out.
But now I have (3) neons that are almost completly missing ther color. Can any one tell me if these guys will be ok?? the rest seem to be doing ok
tank Set up
29 gal FW
rena xp2 canister filter
150 w heater keeping tank @ 78. F
(9) neon tetras
(7) platies (6) I hand rasied
(1) sunrise Gromie
(1) comon pleco
