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I use the Flourite. I would put it in a strainer and rinse. Took a while since the strainer is only so large. But I had minimal haze doing it that way. That was after I learned my lesson the first time and the water was brown. This time no issue.

Hard to tell, but from what I understood, they don't really have scales in the traditional sense. I've read it referred to an armor before. Mine looks like layered armor vs what scales look like. If that makes sense.

Just went down this rabbit hole. Mine was horrible well water and also spiked my KH (leading to my PH problems, but the core issue was this). I basically got brackish water out of the tap. Took a day to show since I have some treatment systems. In my case, I added a RO/DI system and have...

Awesome. Thank you. I just did a clean and water change. Cleaned the glass and did a good gravel vacuum. I’ll watch and add salt based in your response if no improvement. Thanks again. I truly appreciate everyone on this forum.

Hey again guys. Why it never seems to end is beyond me. Finally have a grip on my water issues but now have a Gourami with a single whit spot on him. It seems raised so I’m thinking Ich. Also one Angel has a small bit raised whit spot. They are the only 2 fish with a single spot. No fish have...

Just wanted to post an update. I have to do some cleanup of the piping, but here is my tank that I will produce RO with, and add the necessary buffers to get this water problem under control.

Thanks for running these comps And congrats to the winner.

Thanks for the feedback. I think I’ll do 5 gallons every few days then. I’ll balance the water in my reservoir before I dump it using the seachem products listed above. Slowly but purely I’m becoming more confident about getting my swing and high issues under control.

Thanks. I ended up picking up the unit from Amazon that was posted earlier. I'm just going to make a resevoir system out of a trash can. So basically I can add x gallons, treat it with Equilibrium, alkaline and acid buffer to get the profile i need. Over time and changes it should dilute to...

So I got all of the gear to start using ro. Question is how much water should I change at a time to slowly acclimate the fish to the newer parameters? 10 gallons? 5 gallons? Tank is 75 gallon. I’ve got another fish now with Popeye so treating him and hoping to not lose another fish in a week...

I’ll definitely be aware of that. Make sure I unplug the heater. I brew beer as well and always have to make sure the heating element is off before I pull wort out of the kettle. Hear too many stories of scorched elements. Similar with an uncovered heater.

Returning what I got and going with the pump you posted. The one I got looks like it’s an air pump.

I agree with @jaylach. You need to save money and then maybe the situation will be different. You can't be upset that your parents aren't spending money on your hobbies. I'm assuming you meant your parents want you to get a job in your first post? Are you old enough to work? Old enough to...

Im sorry I missed this. I'm assuming my water softener is the culprit, adding the sodium into the water. I took a sample from the tap and let it sit a day. Following day the PH was 8.8 or higher since the API kit stops there. My substrate is Seachem Flourite. I have multiple fake plants...

You and me both. Lost another Balloon Molley today.

I ended up with this Super Sun Submersible Aquarium Power Head, 317 GPH https://a.co/d/gJJNcr2

I just ordered the 100gpd unit. I’ll run it into a trash can with a spare heater I have. Only thing I need to look for is a power head to pump it out to the tank. EDIT: Ordered a 13 dollar submersible pump from Amazon as well. Also, it is ok to not always have water running through an RO...

Oddly enough. I have plant issues now. They always look rough and have a brown algae on them. I use the root tabs but based on your info may need a different type of fertilizer. I’ll have more options I think once I get the water under control and alleviate the algae issue

Perfect. Thanks just wanted to make sure. I’m most likely ordering what I need this weekend.

You mean “if” there is chloramine treated water? I’m on well and have a chlorine system for sulfur treatment but do not have chloramine.

I appreciate all the information. This is the most straightforward info I've gotten yet. I'm going to go for the RO system you showed me. I'll T into my sink and run it from there. Put a ball valve on the end of the line and run a slow trickle to fill the tank directly. I have a 300w heater...

Now that is a great price on that RO. I’m going to read more about it and could split it off my other RO tap since I have the small system for drinking water I’m going to read more about your GH booster but would the wonder shells I use do what is needed or is what you recommended a better...

I will check my hose line. I also have a bleed port right after my sediment filter that is even easier to get to and is before my water treatment system. I’ll pull a sample from that and see what the readings are. It’s odd. The PH and KH rise. The GH stays low out of the faucet and I adjust up...

No. No crushed coral. I’m leaning towards everything being the water. It’s a pain.

Hey guys. I don’t know much about this guy other than he’s clearly an Angel fish. I’m still learning a lot about fish keeping in general. We’ve had him for roughly 6 months. No names other than “Mommies Pretty Fish” since that is how my wife refers to him with our son. He’s in a 75 gallon tank...

Even with the KH up? I keep reading that KH being high will make the ph near impossible to fight.

It may be higher. API kit only goes to 8.8. Tried the test strip version and showed 9.

I can put in a faster RO system, but I must be looking in the wrong places because all of them seem like the trickle type that fill a reservoir or take forever to fill something

I can’t. It’s for the house water. We are on a well with hard water so it helps that.

Someone told me that there is a high flow RO that would not make it a slow pain in the butt to fill the tank but I cannot find anything because of the amount of filtering needed in an RO system. Right now in the interim, I’m going to have to use the water just until I get this under control...

I have an RO system that runs to a 4 gallon tank, but will take days to fill doing it that way. I'm hoping doing 10/10g with the Fritz preconditioned tank water and tap over a few water changes will dilute enough to eventually lower the PH enough to be in a safe range. The inconsistency is...

I treat with prime, but the 2 digit jump in PH is what the issue is. I did a test by pulling a faucet sample and was 7 at time of pull. 24 hours later it read 8.8 which means it could be higher since the API kit stops at 8.8 I believe. Based on my research, the off gassing of CO2 can raise...

My well water is trash. I have a salt induced softener. Water comes out of faucet as follows: PH: 7 GH: 0 KH: 0 Tank size: 75G Water change every 2 weeks The hardness tests read on the first drop of solution so no hardness. I address this with wonder shells Problem is the KH is up to 160...