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so the platy perked up a bit the past couple of days. Now, that may not mean much but something i have noticed. With my water changes ammonia readings have done down as expected. Currently 0.25. However, the PH stays yellow at bottom of scale and KH stays 0/1 bottom of scale. This suggests to...

Got my GH/KH kit today so did full test. Found it quite fiddly but think its right. Not sure it makes sense for GH to be higher in tank though so might retest tomorrow. source water Ammonia = 0 ph 6.6-6.8 GH 2 drops = 35.8 KH = 2 or 3 = 35.8-53.7 Tank water Ammonia = 0.25 - 0.5 (was 0.5...

All the guides online tell you to dose prime + do water change very with with ammonia until it reaches below 1ppm. More recently i discovered this ammonia is harmless due to my low PH but im stil doing it as part of my water change just to be sure i guess. I dont think it will hide anything as...

Perhaps its possible the plants consume "too much" and prevent a colony from forming? That would explain lack of nitrates ever. Every week. Never missed it once in whole year. Yeah i went a bit product mad. Ordered 2 different products including the tetra one. I still get the feeling i wont...

hi and thanks for your reply. Regarding the ammonia thing, I did remove a bit of decaying plant matter and one snail had been decaying there for few days. Some of the moss i added recently might be dying or just changed colour. Might remove that too. People i spoke to dont think that could be...

hi I am bit of lurker but sorry my first post has to be a problem and quite a long mess. Some details: 55l cube tank which I have had for 1 year with no loses apart from old betta who died from boating + 2 recent snails. 4 harlequin rasbora's + 6 tetras plus 1 betta + 1 kuli loach + 1 platy +...