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I will definitely run a test and post the results but my pH is not my issue in my tank really nothing's really an issue with my water parameters. My fish are healthy and happy. I was just surprised that my tap water was less hard then my tank water but if my lace Rock which is over 20 years old...

I usually let my water sit for only a half an hour after preparing it in my buckets. I only have a 55 gallon tank so even with a 50% water change it's only five or six buckets no big deal but imagine somebody with a hundred fifty to two hundred gallon tank. I know a lot of people just put tap...

Thank you for the input and the visual aid I think the pool water scanner is for TDS I will ask next time I'm there. I am very comfortable with my maintenance schedule of my tanks and my water parameters with ammonia nitrites PH and nitrates. I've never really cared about hardness before. I...

I believe the water scanning device does total hardness. Totally agree that the dip strips are probably the most inaccurate and the pool water scanning device is probably the most accurate for sure that's why I asked and brought my water for my tank from the test the last time I was at the...

Yes I do have lace Rock in my tank and yes Lace Rock can dramatically raise the pH of aquariums, which is of no concern in saltwater aquariums. In freshwater aquariums, it should only be used with animals (such as African cichlids) that thrive in or are not particularly sensitive to unusually...

If a moderator thinks that this post is better off in a different thread please move. Hello I am pretty new on this forum but not to the hobby. I never really believed in chasing hardness or pH for my aquariums. I've always had very productive longevity with any aquariums that I set up in my...

You know there's some people here will say that you can't just have only one red eye tetra. You're a fish won't thrive and he will be unhappy lol. So please post some pictures of your tank and I strongly recommend you get a 24-hour LED light system it's unbelievable to watch the real changing of...

As of 2/29/20 I am out my bioload Max at 25 fish. I have 10 species of plants however my water Sprite is not doing well because of dwarf gouramis like to eat its stems. My giant hairgrass is in Fair shape I need to see if it's going to make it. I have one rock that has a significant amount of...

I attempted to use fake plants but quickly reversed direction and replace them with all live plants because I started seeing damaged areas around the edges of the silk plants only one that you weeks and you can easily tell they were fake plants from a distance.

For sure and the silk plants look really nice when you first put them in however only after a week or two I started to see small damaged areas around the edges.

Over the next few weeks I started replacing the plastic and silk plants with real plants as well as additional fish and purchased a 24-hour LED light system for the aquarium. I don't know how I ever lived without one lol. I initially only had one original live plant left I attempted to you silk...

On December 28th 2019 I started to convert my old cichlid setup to my current community tank. A week later I added my first group of community fish back into the tank. I was fooling around with silk and the new rubber plastic plants but quickly decided I could not do a fake plant tank

Hello my name is Tony I have been a member for a month or so but been involved in the hobby for over four decades. I consider myself intermediate in the hobby certainly not an expert and always open to learn new things. I have very strong viewpoints and opinions about the hobby. I will have a...